The Social Network : Brilliance \m/

Here I am....finally !!! I've been waiting to write this for the past two weeks.. and I couldn't because of my exams.But whatever starts comes to an end.. (Read: My exams) and I am so pumped about this fantastic movie I saw more than 2 weeks ago. Since its release in India (last week) this movie has gained a lot of steam...Critics giving it an unprecedented 5-Star rating and Movie-buffs going ga-ga about it on Rottentomatoes and Imdb.

So what exactly is this thing ?!?! Its....of course the facebook movie - "THE SOCIAL NETWORK".What seriously catches your eye when u watch the first trailer is its tagline - "YOU DON'T GET TO 500 MILLION FRIENDS WITHOUT MAKING SOME ENEMIES". Whats that supposed to mean ?! Stop scratching your head and find out for yourself....Watch the movie !!

I would hate to give anything out, and I cannot do without describing my favourite scenes in the film. So..I'm going to try to be as discreet as possible for those who haven't watched it yet !!

Basically...The story is about the founding of the most popular social-network in the World - FACEBOOK. Now..who cares about how facebook was found ?! Doesn't sound dramatic....does it ?!?! Let me assure you that it is one of the most compelling stories I've heard in a long time. The opening scene gives us an arrogant, obnoxious and a wizard of a computer programmer, who gets dumped by his girlfriend in a bar. After she has dumped him, she says to him,

"You may become a very successful computer person, but you'll go through life thinking that girls don't like you because you're a nerd. And I want you to know from the bottom of my heart, that it'll be because you're an asshole !"

The Guy dumped is none other than MARK ZUCKERBERG (played by Jesse Eisenberg)... !!This very much sets the tone for an incredible two hours of sharp dialogues, fantastic characters and an incredibly intriguing screenplay. The movie mentions the two lawsuits, that Zuckerberg had to face after Facebook became a hit. One from the "Winklevoss-Twins" and another by his only friend EDUARDO SAVERIN (Played by Andrew Garfield). The writer of "A Few good men" - AARON SORKIN and The Director of "SEVEN" & "FIGHT CLUB" - DAVID FINCHER serve up such a delicious plate of story-telling, that it is hard to stay away for any movie buff !!

The acting is all top-notch. Jesse Eisenberg brings in the necessary innocence and also the cold-ness to the character to leave the audiences to decide whether MARK ZUCKERBERG is the hero or the vilain. Andrew Garfield is impeccable and earnest as Mark's best friend and Co-founder EDUARDO SAVERIN. Just look out for the scene towards the end of the movie when he confronts Jesse's character, you can relate to the anguish better than anyone. And also...in the acting department is the Shining star from the music Industry - Justin Timberlake. He plays the character of SEAN PARKER (Founder of Napster) who is a Rockstar-honcho, also broke (Because of NAPSTER going bankrupt). He finds out about Mark's idea and almost immediately sees the potential of a billion-dollar company. He meets him and Eduardo and wooes them with his charm, and also gets himself a job in the company. He is Mark's mentor now, and please listen to that landmark conversation in the pub, where Sean tells Mark of what he expects out of the facebook-idea. It represents this age of cocky-technocrats becoming billionares overnight with their soft(ware) skills.

So ultimately is the movie what you expected to be ?!! Not exactly..I did not sit with such high expectations and I'm flabbergasted to say the least. Is it a movie on facebook ?! Its a movie on Mark Zuckerberg's life through college ?! The movie stands proof for friendship and deceit ?! Is it another rags-to-riches story ?! Well...take home whatever u feel appropriate. I like to see all these layers in one movie.

A noticeable fact is the flooded-asian women in the movie, It obviously is some kind of an indication. The movie has drawn comparisons with Akira Kurosawa's "RASHOMON", since till the very end of the movie we're not clearly told by the director who is the good guy and who is the bad guy ! I choose to overlook it, as I know that no ones "White" or "Black" in the real world. Everything in this world is indeed GREY !!