The Social Network Review!

So, the Social Network was added onto Netflix, like, forever ago. And I finally saw it, like three months ago. But it was kind of on the back burner of posts to write, suffering along with Knives Out, Ford V Ferrari, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, and Once Upon A Deadpool. Which I will write.

But the Social Network. 

     I had heard the Social Network was great. I had seen the Honest Trailer and the HISHE. I knew vaguely who Mark Zuckerberg was and I use FaceBook. So, to watch the movie? Okay. I went in with pretty good expectations. 

But I never expected the FaceBook movie to be this good. 

     In fact, I want another FaceBook movie. Which is weird because... that's not something you would think you would say. 

But anyway, let's just get some of this stuff out of the way; 

The acting is all on point - Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg are excellently cast. Armie Hammer and the kid from Jurassic Park stand out as well, and Rashida Jones will always be cool. 

The soundtrack is dope - You don't regularly get dramas that have good soundtracks, rather focusing on the direction and acting. But the Social Network's score is toe tappingly good. I really like the edgy In the Hall of the Mountain King remix. 

The editing - It's not often editing is noticed in films. And when it is, it's either an Edgar Wright film or told non-chronologically. While the Social Network is told non-chronologically, there are some scenes that are suprisingly tense - the one that comes to mind is the rowing race

The non-chronological storytelling - While I was a bit confused at first, just as I always am when a film is told non-chronologically (Dunkirk comes to mind), I realized that this is just another way that the film exceeds. If it was just told in a standard timeline format, then it wouldn't nearly be as good. But, this way allows for the most dramatic scenes in the film (The one at the end. You know which one).

The screenplay - the movie is cool to look at. It's fun to watch. It's not just routine close-ups and establishing shots, it's seeing what they did to make the movie great.

The writing - Oh my gosh. The dialogue in the film is impeccable. It's not like Marvel where it's crisp one liners, or like the Prequels where it's in the "Camp" section of writing. It's more in line with "Why didn't this win Best Picture?" Some of the lines are just so... juicy. That's a weird adjective. But I think it fits. 

 
 Like, in ATLA, when Azula is introduced, she has a pretty dope line that establishes her as a serious player. In the Social Network, there are several scenes where you feel like you just watched something akin to the Portals scene in Endgame, just through smart dialogue. It's so smart. 

Is Zuckerberg the villain? - Seriously. Is he? I think so.

     So just getting that out of the way, I would say that there are only two real complaints I have about the film. The first is the historical inaccuracy, because, while it shouldn't be a documentary, it should still give the viewers a good idea of what happened instead of a decidedly fictional one. 

     The only other thing I thought was odd about it was that the revelation that they had cut Eduardo's share of FaceBook from 34% to 0.03%. I mean, while that is a huge, huuuuge drop, especially for the dude who put in 19 grand to get it started, it's still worth billions. If a 2.34% share of FaceBook was enough to make Dustin Moskovitz the youngest self made billionaire in history, then 0.03% is still worth around 12 million dollars, and 160 million at FaceBook's highest. Which is still a lot. But not a lot lot lot. 

So okay. 

I think that the Social Network has got to be one of the greatest films of the 2010s, possibly of all time, working as an exciting drama piece, an ambitious spectacle, and an interesting biopic. 

Overall, I give the 10/10. "Amibitious, riveting, precisely edited and impeccably acted, the Social Network stands out among a crowd of biopics - nay, amongst a crowd of all other films - as one of the greats."