The Social Network - Our Generation

With the debut of the Social Network[1] movie, it is now clear what our generation will be remembered for. People originally referred to us as the net generation or generation Z - people born into the 1990s or 2000s. There have been movies before that define
generations. There was Rebel without a cause in the 50s, Dazed and Confused in the 70s, and the Breakfast Club in the 80s.

However, since the premiere of the Social Network and ultimately the creation of facebook, we have now truly started a new
generation - the social networking era. Overall, I enjoyed the Social Network for many reasons. It portrayed the way in which our generation is changing with the use of the internet. With facebook, millions of people around the world are able to be connected instantly. Countless photos, messages, and information on someone's facebook are able to be viewed by anyone they choose - for free.

The fact that the movie was not accurate to the true events that happened to Mark Zuckerberg is something I personally find to be more than acceptable. Making a movie is an art, not a job or homework assignment. It is the director's right to portray who he or she wants in the film, and thus, is is the viewer's right to criticize or react accordingly. Dustin Moskovitz, co founder of facebook, explains this portray: "A lot of exciting things happened in 2004, but mostly we just worked a lot and stressed out about things; the version in the trailer seems a lot more exciting, so I'm just going to choose to remember that we drank ourselves silly and had a lot of sex with coeds [2]". He explains that the creation of facebook in 2004 was just a normal invention at the time, but people today want it to be dramatized. The Social Network movie does just that. They excelled at providing entertainment as well as historical insight about our generation.

[1] The Social Network. Dir. David Fincher. Perf. Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara. Columbia Pictures, 2010. DVD.
[2] Moskovitz, Dustin (July 16, 2010). "What does Dustin Moskovitz think of the Facebook movie?". Quora. Retrieved July 16, 2010.