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post #1 of 329
9/9/10 at 11:21pm
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Just got back from an advanced screening. I loved it. I'm a huge fan of Fincher and I was more than excited for this movie from the get-go. The trailers only amped up my excitement. And honestly, it exceeded my expectations.

Funny as hell and a really interesting story to watch unfold. Not to mention, Zuckerberg is an incredibly interesting character. On one hand, he's a ruthless, backstabbing asshole, on another he's a pretentious jerkoff, and another you can't help but root for him. At least that's how I felt. There's so much about this movie I love.

Eisenberg is suprisingly fantastic. Garfield is also great. Reznor's score worked really well. Intense hacking scenes. Facebook/internet humor. People acting overly serious about the internet. The ridiculousness of college. What's not to love?
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post #2 of 329
9/10/10 at 2:41am
I'll check it out because it's Fincher, but I gotta admit, I'm really gonna have to drag myself. I have no interest in seeing young millionaires live it up with girls and drugs only to find out success isn't all it's cracked up to be! The trailers make it look like nothing but that type of story, and I'm sick of it. I have some faith that Fincher got more out of the book than that, but still...
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post #3 of 329
9/10/10 at 2:53am
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Originally Posted by Warren Peace View Post
I'll check it out because it's Fincher, but I gotta admit, I'm really gonna have to drag myself. I have no interest in seeing young millionaires live it up with girls and drugs only to find out success isn't all it's cracked up to be! The trailers make it look like nothing but that type of story, and I'm sick of it. I have some faith that Fincher got more out of the book than that, but still...
I guess I read this and I feel like you're saying they feel empty inside or something, or sorry for themselves. I don't get that from the trailer at all. It looks like a legal/interpersonal drama to me.

Seeing it on the 22nd.
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post #4 of 329
9/10/10 at 2:56am
I'm so pissed I had to miss a screening of this on Tuesday.
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post #5 of 329
9/10/10 at 3:28am
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Originally Posted by Tyler Foster View Post
I guess I read this and I feel like you're saying they feel empty inside or something, or sorry for themselves.
Not so much, no. I don't really care how they feel about it, it's just that seeing privileged people have fun on film doesn't appeal to me. Maybe it's a personal quirk, but movies about the party culture of the rich and famous just bore me to tears.
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post #6 of 329
9/10/10 at 10:19am
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Originally Posted by Warren Peace View Post
Not so much, no. I don't really care how they feel about it, it's just that seeing privileged people have fun on film doesn't appeal to me. Maybe it's a personal quirk, but movies about the party culture of the rich and famous just bore me to tears.
Whoa. Don't want to spoil the movie or give a plot summary, but honestly that stuff is barely focused on at all. Any time someone seems to be having a remotely awesome time, it's quickly cut away from. The movie primarily follows Zuckerberg, who in the movie, is much more focused on building a successful website than fucking girls and going to parties.
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post #7 of 329
9/10/10 at 11:50am
Well, that's good to know. The commercials give just the opposite impression (imagine that!)
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post #8 of 329
9/10/10 at 11:06pm
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Also forgot to give props to the Armie Hammer, who played the Winklevoss brothers exceptionally well. Yes, both brothers, who are on screen at the same time quite often. The credits say he plays both parts, even though IMDB lists some other actor as playing one of the brothers (I think this guy was a stand-in for complicated shots.) Pretty impressive and practical use of the technique.
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post #9 of 329
9/12/10 at 11:28am
I'm toying with the idea of buying this shirt simply to wear opening weekend.

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post #10 of 329
9/12/10 at 7:09pm
I haven't seen it yet, but having read the book and seen glimpses of Eisenberg as Zuckerberg, I think that role could become one of the really memorable ones of the year and a breakthrough for the actor. Zuckerberg is Shia LaBeouf as SkyNet.

How's Reznors score?
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post #11 of 329
9/12/10 at 10:45pm
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I really liked Reznor's score. It works really well and Fincher did a great job using it where it belongs. Small portions of it are very intense and moody, which really heightens the tension and impact of particular scenes or dialogue.
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post #12 of 329
9/13/10 at 1:05pm
Dev's review: http://chud.com/articles/articles/25...AKE/Page1.html
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post #13 of 329
9/13/10 at 1:16pm
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Originally Posted by Devin Faraci
An ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN for the Farmville Generation
That's going to be the signature quote for this film, I bet.
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post #14 of 329
9/13/10 at 1:17pm
That review just cements the fact that I really want to see this film.
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post #15 of 329
9/13/10 at 1:19pm
Aweome. One of my most anticipated
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post #16 of 329
9/13/10 at 1:20pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny View Post
That's going to be the signature quote for this film, I bet.
Ha, I was thinking exactly the same thing. I was already pretty psyched for this based purely on the talents involved, but now I pretty much can't fucking wait for it.
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post #17 of 329
9/13/10 at 6:09pm
I'm not on Facebook much over the last year or so but the name Fincher at the top will always have me interested and this typically brilliantly articulated review from The Great Man just shot it near the top of my target list.
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post #18 of 329
9/13/10 at 6:11pm
Devin's review puts this in the top 3 at least, for the rest of the year. I can't wait. Though his tantrum on twitter about it not being listed more prominently on the website was a bit tacky.

:edit: It looks like he deleted it but it was something like he was glad to see a limited screening for an oscar contender gets 3rd billing behind resident evil.
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post #19 of 329
9/13/10 at 6:12pm
Nothing on twitter.
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post #20 of 329
9/13/10 at 9:39pm
Good to hear its good. Not that I had a doubt. See, I've realized that Fincher has a pattern: one misstep, one home-run, to use a mixed metaphor. He doesn't deviate from this. Consider:

Alien 3--misstep.
Seven--home run.
THe Game--enjoyable misstep, but misstep nonetheless.
Fight Club--home run.
Panic Room--misstep.
Zodiac--grand slam.
Benjamin Button--handsome misstep, but misstep nonetheless.

Thus, Social Network will be a home run. It's just science.
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post #21 of 329
9/13/10 at 11:17pm
Am I the only one who loves The Game?
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post #22 of 329
9/14/10 at 12:14am
I loved 95% of The Game. The ending just makes the whole damn thing fall apart, and knowing it on repeat viewings makes the whole film feel like naval gazing to me.
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post #23 of 329
9/14/10 at 12:37am
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I loved 95% of The Game. The ending just makes the whole damn thing fall apart, and knowing it on repeat viewings makes the whole film feel like naval gazing to me.
Bingo. DOn't get me wrong, his missteps aren't disasters, and he's never made an outright bad film. I even like Alien 3. But when you look at those movies in order, its a pretty clear pattern.
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post #24 of 329
9/14/10 at 9:56am
I think this brief profile is a good glimpse inside Facebook CEO
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post #25 of 329
9/14/10 at 9:55pm
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Saw it again tonight, followed by a Q&A w/ Sorkin, Eisenberg, and Hammer. Tidbits:

- The opening scene between Erica and Mark had 99 takes
- Mark's "Arm & Hammer" t-shirt is surprisingly not a reference to Armie Hammer
- Fincher let Sorkin direct the last day of shooting. It was one scene and is about 2 seconds in the movie. He didn't say which scene.
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post #26 of 329
9/15/10 at 8:43pm
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Originally Posted by Z.Vasquez View Post
Good to hear its good. Not that I had a doubt. See, I've realized that Fincher has a pattern: one misstep, one home-run, to use a mixed metaphor. He doesn't deviate from this.

Thus, Social Network will be a home run. It's just science.
I like this theory. I like it a lot. But does that mean we shouldn't get our hopes up for Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?

Anyway, I was ultra-skeptical when I first heard about this movie. Even with Fincher and Sorkin on board, a Facebook movie? Really? But now, like everyone else says, it's one of the films I'm most looking forward to now.

Oh, and has anyone else heard rumblings about it being "too soon" to be making this story in film? I have, and it kinda reminds me of similar complaints about "W" when that was coming up.
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post #27 of 329
9/15/10 at 8:53pm
W is completely different. Bush wasn't out of office and we already KNEW everything there was to the guy. So it was a question, why?

Besides, All the President's Men came out two years after Nixon resigned and four years after the Watergate break in. Shattered Glass was five years after its incident.

I can understand not having a movie appear too close after the event since it reeks of tv movie of the week tactics. But there really isn't a time limit on such things.
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post #28 of 329
9/16/10 at 6:38am
Assuming this is as great as everyone says I hope it doesn't suffer from people dismissing it as 'that pointless Facebook movie' and not bothering to see it. I'm seeing a lot of that sentiment around.
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post #29 of 329
9/16/10 at 2:36pm
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Assuming this is as great as everyone says I hope it doesn't suffer from people dismissing it as 'that pointless Facebook movie' and not bothering to see it. I'm seeing a lot of that sentiment around.
I've noticed a lot of people saying that too...on their facebook page.

Irony!
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post #30 of 329
9/16/10 at 3:40pm
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Am I the only one who loves The Game?
Nope.
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post #31 of 329
9/16/10 at 3:42pm
Yeah, I love 'The Game' as well, and the ending totally works for me.
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post #32 of 329
9/16/10 at 7:10pm
I also dig The Game, but I admittedly only saw it a few weeks ago and haven't had much time to live with it.
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post #33 of 329
9/16/10 at 7:28pm
There's still a pre-release thread floating around here, and the Game could probably use a thread. Just sayin'.
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post #34 of 329
9/20/10 at 11:40pm
McCarthy just splooged all over the internet, mentioning "Kane" in nearly every paragraph:

HERE
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post #35 of 329
9/22/10 at 2:36am
Eisenberg deserves a nom, I think.

The real Zuckerberg was at my screening. I walked out onto the street and there he was, taking a photo with some girl. Having literally just walked out of the movie, I didn't have my wits about me to ask him what he thought, but it was pretty crazy to see him.
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post #36 of 329
9/22/10 at 3:16am
Gah, I wish I could've been to that one!
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post #37 of 329
9/22/10 at 3:21am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
Gah, I wish I could've been to that one!
Yeah...when the group one was on the 22nd I was thinking "I don't need to go on the 21st" but when they moved it I figured I should go so I had more time to mull it over for my review.
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post #38 of 329
9/23/10 at 11:35am
Personally think this will win Best Picture. Whether it deserves it over INCEPTION will remain to be seen, but it's the most socially relevant film right now and the Academy usually steers toward that.

Just my $0.02.
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post #39 of 329
9/23/10 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny View Post
That's going to be the signature quote for this film, I bet.
I laughed reading the following quote:

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Rudin [the producer], meanwhile, assiduously solicited Facebook’s involvement, even slipping the company a copy of the script and eventually showing senior officials a cut of the movie. Facebook’s official spokesperson inadvertently contributed a line to the movie: Critiquing the script, he said, “Every creation myth needs a devil.” (Sorkin loved the line and put it in.)
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post #40 of 329
9/23/10 at 1:59pm
I'm not adding to the discussion in any way but I had passes to see this last night but they overbooked the screening by like 200 seats and me and so many more were turned away. I understand why they overbook these things, but to do it to such an absurd degree really irked me. If I were a slightly stupider person I'd boycott the movie out of spite.

Anyway, I'm still super excited to see it. Just had to vent.
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post #41 of 329
9/23/10 at 2:08pm
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Originally Posted by Dalai Llama View Post
But does that mean we shouldn't get our hopes up for Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?
Probably.
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post #42 of 329
9/23/10 at 2:09pm
I'm going tonight and the theater's right by my house. I'll make sure to get there early.
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post #43 of 329
9/23/10 at 4:46pm
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that Zuckerberg is going on Oprah tomorrow to announce a 100m donation to Newark (talk about left field) for a charter school iniative.
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post #44 of 329
9/24/10 at 1:13am
Like Fincher's FIGHT CLUB 11 years ago, THE SOCIAL NETWORK is very much a product of its time. It's a snapshot of a generation. I could trot out "best film of the year" if you want, but it's such a great movie that it seems silly. I'm just happy that I saw the damn thing.

Sorkin's script pops out of the actors' mouths like they're spitting diamonds. Easily the best thing he's ever written, and I'm so happy to have him back in films. Fincher's direction is flawless. Jess Eisenberg's acting is all armor but it's the chinks in it that reveal the wounded child beneath. And Andrew Garfield is also wounded by the friend he thought he could trust and by his own conventional thinking that wasn't quick to understand just what Facebook was about. Justin Timberlake brings the right gloss and sleaze to Sean Parker, and I'm imagining he was relishing playing the guy who was responsible for the downfall of the music industry as an unrepentant scumbag. Every performance is great. It was nice seeing John Getz again.

I can't wait to see it again. This thing's going to be quoted for years.
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post #45 of 329
9/24/10 at 1:42am
I'm especially interested in Nordling's opinion on this: Do you think that this has a real chance of commercial success, or is this going to be Fincher's next ZODIAC (or FIGHT CLUB, for that matter), meaning a respected movie that didn't find an audience in the theater? I'm stoked for it, but I don't know anyone (outside of the internet) who gives a fuck about it at all.
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post #46 of 329
9/24/10 at 8:12am
I think the audience had a great reaction to it: lots of laughter and after the movie was over people were talking about it in the lobby. It seemed that the general consensus was that they really enjoyed it. How that translates into box office I don't know - when I brought the movie up at work the people there didn't seem interested. I think word of mouth could help build up attention if last night's crowd is any indication, but it's a hard sell and if it doesn't do well I don't think I'd be terribly surprised. But it's not a difficult movie - once you get into the cadence and delivery of Sorkin's dialogue you fall right in, and even the hacking/code parts make sense - so if people give it a chance I think they'll genuinely enjoy it.

This opens against LET ME IN, and I'm curious how that weekend's going to play out box office wise. I think it has a chance, but I'm not terribly optimistic. It's going to take word of mouth to get over the "it's that Facebook movie" hurdle. It just doesn't seem interesting to people to see a movie about people programming for two hours (it isn't but that's the perception).
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post #47 of 329
9/24/10 at 8:19am
Harry compared the film to AMERICAN GRAFFITI in his review, and I know exactly what he means. The film's a snapshot in time, it's just that we're still in the midst of that time. In about 20 years or so, when people want a film to look back on how crazy the Aughts were, this will be that movie.
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post #48 of 329
9/24/10 at 12:29pm
The problem with the film, I guess, is that people are going to take the film as an accurate portrayal of what really happened, when it's only generally accurate. They're going to miss the larger point of the film, which to me is about how even with all these social tools and media, we can still be isolated and lonely, and these can be drives to excel as much as ambition or wealth can be. That final shot, of Zuckerberg refreshing his ex-girlfriend's page, desperately hoping that she would friend him, was devastating to me. Fucking AMAZING movie.
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post #49 of 329
9/24/10 at 3:31pm
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Originally Posted by Alan "Nordling" Cerny View Post
That final shot, of Zuckerberg refreshing his ex-girlfriend's page, desperately hoping that she would friend him, was devastating to me.
On top of the world, yet he still can't get into the "club" he wants to be in.
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post #50 of 329
9/25/10 at 8:36pm
I love how this thing has gone from "Who the fuck would want to watch a Facebook movie?" in the early stages to film of the year contender. Kudos to Fincher & Co.
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