The film "Social Network" is a film adaptation of the biographical story, shot by the popular director David Fincher. The picture tells about the love and friendship of the programmer Mark Zuckerberg, as well as about the project of his whole life - Facebook. Reviews of the film "Social Network", the plot and details of the filming process - in the article below.
basic information
The film "Social Network" is a biographical drama, which reveals the details of the history of the creation of the world-famous Internet resource - Facebook. The director's chair was taken by the cult David Fincher ("Seven", "Fight Club", "Game").
The scenic part went to Aaron Sorkin, known for working on projects such as "The Man Who Changed Everything" and "Steve Jobs." The premiere screening of the picture in the United States took place on October 1, 2010, and from October 28, Russian viewers were able to watch the movie in cinemas.
Plot
The action of the film takes place in 2003 at Harvard University. The focus of the audience is Mark Zuckerberg, a gifted student who has not gained much popularity.
After the girl throws him, Mark sits down at the computer, planning to take revenge on the lady. He creates a site on which he places photos and a rating of students from various hostels, suggesting thereby to choose the most attractive one from the pair proposed. His friend Eduardo helps him in creating a kind of electronic magazine with girls, who suggested a special algorithm for implementing voting.
The site is becoming popular, and after a while Zuckerberg is met by some Winklevoss brothers who offer to work with them on a project that has the character of a closed social network within the same university. However, Mark decides, secretly from the twins, to develop another exclusive Internet space, based on the idea of ​​network communication.
Zuckerberg is helped by his loyal friend Eduardo, who was appointed financial director of this promising project. Developing the site and making various additions to it, programmers doomed themselves to world fame. The Winklevoss brothers treated Mark's work as outright intellectual theft and sued him.
Having made the first enemy, Mark does not stop. Developing a platform for online life, he, together with Eduardo, is trying to find the maximum benefit from the project and the people necessary for progress. The bone of contention between entrepreneurs is a certain Sean Parker. He offers the Facebook director another strategic staging of the future social network, which the chief financier does not like. In the end, Eduardo fraudulently remains “overboard” the site is gaining popularity, for which he is suing a former friend.
The main storyline is the court hearings of Mark Zuckerberg with the Winklevoss brothers and Eduardo Saverin. Legal proceedings are interrupted by flashbacks showing historical details of the intersections of the prosecution and the defense.
The finale shows a lonely Mark awaiting confirmation of friendship from an ex-girlfriend on his personal Facebook page.
Roles and characters
The main actors of the film "Social Network" in 2010:
- Jesse Eisenberg ("Welcome to Zombieland," "The Illusion of Deception").
- Andrew Garfield ("The New Spider-Man," "Conscientiousness").
- Armie Hammer (The Lone Ranger, J. Edgar).
- Justin Timberlake (Alpha Dog, Va-Bank).
The role of the bizarre programmer Mark Zuckerberg was handled by Jesse Eisenberg. Facebook creator friend Eduardo Saverin was played by Andrew Garfield. Armie Hammer got used to two characters at the same time: Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Musician and actor Justin Timberlake played the role of Sean Parker.
Background
Modern American writer Ben Mezrich, in consultation with Eduardo Saverin, wrote the book "Billionaires Involuntarily" on the creation of Facebook, which described the collision of friendship with betrayal, and genius with money. The main detail in the work of Mezrich is that in documentary works he often uses characters and dialogues that slightly differ from the facts of reality.
The book was published in 2009 and instantly won success. Kevin Spacey himself was so impressed with the frank publication that he decided to buy the rights to the film version.
The film "Social Network" in 2010 is a kind of cinematic secret, since the details of the true events taking place in the framework of the court or private conversations were not disclosed. Facebook employees refused to participate in the filming, and prototypes said they had nothing to do with the picture.
Musical accompaniment
Particular attention should be paid to an important component of the picture - the soundtrack. To work on the soundtrack, David Fincher invited a longtime friend, with whom he had already collaborated in previous projects, musician Trent Reznor. The composer, along with his colleague Atticus Ross, created a musical atmosphere: in some places gloomy and disturbing, in some places light and melancholy.
Classical Grigov’s play “In the Cave of the Mountain King” played for the film is not just an accompaniment, but a true musical masterpiece. The film also uses the compositions of The White Stripes and The Beatles.
Recognition and rental
"Social Network" is the best film of 2010, according to many film critics and reviewing publications. Among the most significant achievements in the cinematic world, the picture has:
- 3 Oscar awards in the nominations: Screenplay, Music for the film, Montage.
- 4 Golden Globe awards: "Best Film", "Director", "Script", "Music for the Film"
Also, the Facebook feed has such important awards as BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Satellite.
With a starting budget of $ 40 million, the team of the film "Social Network" managed to collect almost 225. The first weeks of the rental, the picture was the absolute national leader in the United States.
Prototype protagonist
The true founder of Facebook did not miss the opportunity to look at the artistic self from the side and joined the ranks of not only viewers, but also critics. Of course, the opinion of the prototype is of primary interest to the public. Zuckerberg noted pleasant accuracy in describing his appearance - a gray jacket and slippers. Mark did not notice more positive similarities in the tape. The director of Facebook called the main factor of motivation to create a site the most important difference between himself and the hero of the film, which was not at all insulting and not wanting to become famous.
Director David Fincher said in an interview that he was not familiar with the prototype and did not know what his inner world was. Many commentators say that Mark is not much like the central character of the film "Social Network". Reviews about Zuckerberg itself are sometimes extremely controversial: they either call a genius, or a sociopath. Many are sure that you should not try to establish exact similarities or differences between two different personalities - a person and a character.
Criticism
Reviews on the film "Social Network" in 2010 are mostly positive. Film critics enthusiastically and warmly greeted this biographical picture. The prestigious portal Rotten Tomatoes voiced the generalized opinion of experts, in which all the components of the tape, called the model of modern cinema, were praised.
Peter Travers from Rolling Stone, in his review, commented on the importance of the theme of the development of two personal qualities in society - narcissism and antisociality. An independent cinema channel spoke of the film as a simple Hollywood story where the protagonist does not understand that happiness is not about money.
In reviews of the film "Social Network" there are also sharply negative comments. Critics criticized the tape for the scarcity of dialogs and effects, as well as for the soullessness and uniformity of the characters.
Spectator reviews
Reviews of the film "Social Network" leave ordinary movie buffs. On the Kinopoisk website, there are 40 negative reviews for 500 positive reviews. Among disgruntled commentators, some note the lack of professional skills of the cast, some state that the plot is tedious, others write that there is no general bearing sense. Positive reviews indicate the relevance of the problematic topic of Internet life, as well as the importance of raising it. Also, kind words were sent to the director Fincher and the entire film and acting group. Viewers write that they themselves occasionally notice a certain affection and dependence on being in the virtual world, they say that this film once again reminds of the warmth and joy of live communication.
In social networks
So far, many comedies, dramas, thrillers and horror films about social networks and the side effects that they can bring have been released. List of some of these films:
- Kill Like.
- "Men, women and children."
- "Sphere".
- "Ingrid goes west."
- Chat.