The Social Network is a 2010 drama by David Fincher starring Jessie Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield. The film tells the “true” story of the creation of FaceBook, how Mark Zuckerberg slithered his way to the top of the world and screwed over the ones who helped him along the way. This is a very epic and dramatic story, but is it all true, or is it just a dramatization? Aaron Sorkin is known for realistic and nuanced characters. Although Zuckerberg denies aspects of this film and the depiction of his character, there is something about it that feels natural and we all know that truth is stranger than fiction.
The Social Network puts you in the shoes of a genius psychopath growing his project that will eventually control the world. You see him make decisions that only a business-robot would make, yet you can’t argue with him that it would be the best for his company.
From the very beginning, Facebook was founded on an invasion of privacy when a college-age Mark Zuckerberg hacked into Harvard’s servers and stole images of other students. The film also explores how he may have plagiarised the idea of Facebook and screwed over his best friend and business partner Eduardo Saverin. The relentless invasion of privacy displayed in The Social Network echoes what has to come to pass now. This is even shown in the ominous and monotonous soundtrack and design.
The most enjoyable aspect of the film is the dramatic relationship between Mark Zuckerburg and Eduardo Saverin because unlike other films of its type, this story is real. The historical accuracy also puts the movie in a box because if Sorkin were to change too much then the characters and story would not be realistic and this would in-turn damage the movie’s quality and believability. Despite this, The Social Network succeeds at being a realistic yet fun and intriguing film while remaining very relevant to this day.
I WILL GIVE THE SOCIAL NETWORK A 9/10
Levi Jacobson Reviews 