The Social Network

Name: Shahnawaz Syed
I have never really written a movie review or critique in the past, but this is not the first movie I’ve ever seen; which is why I am familiar with the practice. After all, regardless of how humble and loose some of us might be, there is always this little judgmental process going on in our heads; it is necessary for our survival and helps us decide where to spend our rather limited life time. Now I try my best not to refer to myself too much within a given assignment or use words such as “I” or “us”, but in this case it is pretty hard to talk about something and not admit that it’s me behind it, that would not only be an unnecessarily difficult task, but it will also come off as dishonest.
The movie starts off in its own unique way. In the usual teen flick which seems to be popular these days, we have a geeky looking guy who is crazy over an attractive girl and is willing to do whatever is necessary in accomplishing his task of getting with her. The girl on the other hand is barely shown to have much else going for her besides her beauty and bodily proportions. In this movie however, it was quite the opposite literally. We had an arrogant smart individual who is slightly socially awkward but already has a girl friend he’s in love with, yet he pushes her away and then spends the rest of the movie trying to somehow get back with her or at least prove her wrong. The girl herself was pretty but she was also very smart and had legitimate reasons to dump her boyfriend.
What do I like about this movie (Pros)? I believe it is an excellent movie and definitely worth seeing, I am also glad it received the popularity and money that it did; because it was well deserved. The movie itself as a piece of art is a fine one indeed. The acting, the scenes, the flashbacks, everything was perfect and well put. The guy playing Mark Zuckerberg has also very good acting skills; maybe it is because he fits the character so well. The movie was not un-realistic but it wasn’t more real than reality itself. Shows like Jersey Shore are quite entertaining but they are pushing the boundary as to what reality is supposed to be. There were no jocks or bullies pushing little kids and there was definitely no exaggeration of drug or alcohol abuse. The mixture of realism and fiction was blend just to perfection. I almost felt like I was at the trial myself, sitting right next to everyone. I think this movie deserves its own genre; maybe we can call it a fictional documentary.
What I didn’t like about the movie (Cons)? This movie lacks replay value; once a person has seen it they might not be interested in watching it again. I also hate the way it ended. We humans as a species are going through a rough patch in our lives, terrorism, racism, crime, hatred and lack of moral values has deeply affected the amount of optimism and good will present within our atmosphere. In a situation like this I think it’s pretty sad to see that someone like Mark Zuckerberg who worked so hard and made all this money never really achieved any of his goals and was unhappy in the end, he’s still that over compensational loser that he always was. He didn’t get the girl, he had no friends left and he was just typing on his computer like always. After making billions of dollars and coming so far, all he accomplished was the courage to request friendship with her ex girl friend online.
Of course the movie does not reflect how things actually happened, so it puts a bad label on Mark Zuckerberg in real life. Since we do not know how exactly the trial took place or what exactly happened between the creation of the idea and then face book itself, no one can guarantee that this movie is in fact based on reality. Even if it’s not real it is meant to come off as real because logos such as face book and Mark Zuckerberg were used. Basically the movie is a false depressing fictional depiction of true events sold as reality. However I will still give it a 9/10 because it is one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is no Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan or Fight Club though; I can assure you that.