‘The Social Network’ explores the times in which the social media platform Facebook came to be. The platform was invented through warring perspectives of smart young men with a great passion to interlink their friends though the online connected platform. David Fincher, director of this interesting script, extracted from the book 'The Accidental Billionaires' kept on our plates an enticing film that results in a drama that caused both creation and destruction. Escaping the use of singular points of view but instead tracking dueling narratives and mirroring truths that are constantly modifying social relationships that define our time. Drawn from multiple sources, the movie captures a vicious thrill on how a great revolutionary change not only pulled this group together but how it split them apart in mere days. This impeccably scripted, beautifully directed film filled with fine performances will constantly keep you on your toes.
Fueled with the anger of the break-up with Erica, Mark Zuckerberg is determined to damage the image of the female population, especially Erica by inventing a website FaceMash. This website raises his popularity to the extent that the Winklevoss brothers seek his help in developing an application to join the students on campus in an online platform. A mere six years and 500,000 friends later, Mark is brought to court by both the Winklevoss brothers and Eduardo Severin, suing him for different crimes he did to them separately. The outcome of blogging and programming in fury, a simple action commenced in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication.
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The Winklevoss twins are seen sitting outside the Harvard president's office waiting for the appointment set by their father's colleague. Once they walk in, President Summers ends the call he was having with Catherine and gives them his attention. He questions the purpose of their appointment and finally concludes that he cannot assist them. At the beginning of their conversation, President Summers is not interested in whatever they were posing to him. He turns to his assistant Anne and says, “Punch me in the face”. It is highly expected for a president of such a big institution like Harvard to take their students seriously especially those coming from wealthy families like the Winklevoss. However, President Summers is not even bothered about their status and simply suggests that they develop another project since theirs not eligible to the public anymore. Furthermore, at the end of their conversation, Presidents Summers inquire from Anne to how the undergraduates got the appointment. Once he finds out how, he points out how wrong it is for them to be there in the first place and if they need further assistance, they should visit the court. This displays an intriguing character of the president, very unpredictable and highly fascinating, contradicting the usual personality audience expect to see in such a character in a movie.
Cameron Winklevoss, a character played by Armie Hammer delineates a patient, polite and an over-trusting young man with far reached ambitions but very scrupulous about his identity. His confidence was alluring and his ability to make calculated decisions considering the outcome was outstanding. Unlike his brother, he was not impulsive. Cameron took his time to assess the decisions he made, not rushing to use his wealth and name to get what he wanted. Sited in different scenes in the movie, Cameron seems to be resistant every time his twin brother Tyler Winklevoss and partner Divya Narendra bring up the idea of suing Mark for stealing their idea in the formation of Facebook. What makes this character an interesting spice in the film is changing personality. With enough convincing, Cameron used his power and approached the President of Harvard delivering offense crimes that Mark had done violating and breeching the school conduct. Cameron is a vivid example of how our environment and company can affect how you view things. Not that he is perfect, but he conveys a rare personality for a person of his status.
A general rating for this movie is around 4 out of 5 stars. My rating would not by any means vary from that one. The plot of the film was brilliant and the actors did an amazing job of wearing the characters suits. The script written by Aaron Sorkin was indirectly extracted from the author Ben Mezrich (‘The Accidental Billionaires’). If I am to rate the two, I will give more credits to the film since it displayed Zuckerberg's personality on point. The film follows an interesting chronology, filled with numerous leaps between the present and the past using flashbacks. The attention of the audience is at stake here since many may lose the entire direction of the story even before they get halfway. The ending of the movie gives me an unsettling feeling. It informs the audience about the fate of Mark Zuckerberg and then what? It leaves room for a lot of assumptions because it does not seal the deal on the future of the characters which were displayed.
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