I watched The Social Network the other day and I really enjoyed the movie. Like, really, really enjoyed the movie. It's probably one of my favorite movies of the year. The acting was fantastic, especially Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg. I didn't like him in Adventureland
, but he was so good at being this sarcastic, super nerdy, socially awkward guy with borderline Asperger syndrome. In the end, I kinda felt sorry for him and wished I could give him a hug. Poor, lonely, genius billionaire! I also really liked the rest of the cast including the Winklevoss twins, played by ONE guy. This guy.
He doesn't even have a complete IMDB profile! Andrew Garfield, the guy who played Eduardo (the CFO) was also very convincing and has a mane to rival Rob Pattinson's! Justin Timberlake was surprisingly good, playing Sean Parker as this hard partying, sleazy but wise key player in the Facebook story. I also got a nice glimpse at Rooney Mara, who will play Lisbeth Salander in the American version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". I am impressed.
Back to the movie! The storyline was compelling, the idea of "the Facebook" and how it took off was unbelievable! I am still so amazed by these people, geniuses really, that can change our daily lives with one single, simple idea. It's just incredible. Incredible.
Watching this movie made me realize that I am not one of these people and I am OK with that. However, I've decided that my future children will be headed to Harvard:)
The movie also got me thinking about when exactly I joined Facebook and how and who sent me the link, etc. But I don't remember. Do you?
If you haven't guessed yet, I give this movie a A++. Go watch it!
