After a very stressful week, I was thrilled for a fun weekend. I went to the football game (nearly froze to death), edited my short film, hung out on Saturday night, and saw The Social Network.
As expected, it was good. The film has already been called a "classic" story. Because I've read many classics so far for AP English including Oedipus Rex, Hamlet, and The Great Gatsby, I have to agree. Maybe Mrs. Reaman will let us discuss it tomorrow (nice try).
Alaina and I have concluded that Jesse has surpassed Michael Cera. He was pretty dark and definitely has acting skills. Everyone else was really cool too including Brenda Song (who won't be on the Disney Channel anymore).
Basically, Mark gets inspired by some guys and invents the facebook in order to impress his ex Erica. His best friend Eduardo is made CFO as the website starts to gain attention.
Everything goes well until Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) enters the scene and seduces Mark with his coolness and California. In the process, poor Eduardo gets screwed, and Mark is later sued by Eduardo and the other dudes who claim they had the idea for Facebook.
The movie is actually very relatable. Alaina and I could draw parallels between the characters and people that we actually know. I mostly identified with Eduardo. He was the only nice/nomal guy and ended up getting screwed over. I hope that doesn't happen to me. I guess I just have to be smart when I enter the big world.
What's scary is that Mark and Eduardo are real people. I hope they can become friends again somehere down the road.
Of course everyone has a facebook, but that's not what the movie is really about. These guys could have started a lemonade stand, and the story would have been just as compelling.
The script was the best part. At the end of the movie, we sort of just sat there. Alaina was angry and crying. That means the movie was good. She's an emotional film viewer.
As I went to Walmart, drove home, and headed to bed, all I could think about was The Social Network.
Go see it.
