Rating of
4/4
The Anti-Social Network
Jeremy - wrote on 01/20/11
Despite being constantly marketed as "the Facebook Movie", the Social Network is so much more. David Fincher's bravura direction and Alan Sorkin's tight script look directly at technology's affect on modern society. While the story definitely seems one of simply betrayal and greed, it must also be mentioned the importance of person to person connections in the film. Zuckerberg's unsympathetic "asshole" of a protagonist is shown as being completely unable to sustain friendships as he can not connect with anyone properly. On the surface it is a powerful drama of greed and selfishness, on a deeper level it is about the gradual destruction of man by technology. For this reason, I believe The Social Network is one of (if not THE) Best film of the year.
