The Social Network is about a simple idea that changed the lives of millions of people and contributed to the "me" culture we live in today: Facebook. A simple idea which started out as a way for Harvard students to find out about each other, it has since become a global phenomenon. The Social Network charts its rise from the idea of one lone geek (creator Mark Zuckerberg) to its current status of drug of choice for millions of people across the world. Being a David Fincher film, of course, this is not a straightforward narrative about the creation of Facebook. It flicks between the past (telling the story of how Facebook came to be), and the nearer ...  Read the complete review

Some ideas and brands get so big and so popular that they become a verb. Hoover was the first, but in recent times it's also happened with Google and Facebook. The idea and popularity of Google was turned into a book and TV series by Dave Gorman in his "Googlewhack Adventure" and now David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin have done the same for Facebook in "The Social Network". For some reason, I'm not anticipating a major film release about Hoovering any time soon, however. "The Social Network" is not just the story of Facebook, although that does provide a considerable backdrop to the story. One evening a Harvard student called Mark ...  Read the complete review

"Life ain't nothing but bitches and money." So quipped Ice Cube of seminal gangsta rap outfit N.W.A., to an outcry from mainstream America, horrified by the band's brutal sexism and cynical world view. Make a film carrying essentially the same message, but with white, middle class Harvard graduates as protagonists (with tarted up language to suit), however, and it seems all America will gush with praise at its production. "The Social Network" tells the story of Facebook in retrospect, largely via the accounts of litigants in pre-trial depositions. Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zuckerberg, and we begin by seeing him on a ...  Read the complete review

The Social Network Background The Social Network is the account of the rise of the social networking site Facebook, adapted by Director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it tells about how the site originated but also the world famous legal battles about its creation and who owned the rights to it following its development. The film was released in 2010 and widely regarded as one of the best films of that year. It won the Golden Globe for best picture, best director and best screenplay but was beaten to most of its nominated Oscars by 'The King's Speech'. The ...  Read the complete review

=== The plot === In 2003 Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer, while intoxicated, and sets about working on a new idea. In a flurry of blog posts and hacking he finds himself building a new website that then manages to crash the servers at his university in just an hour or so. This starts off a create fire that is eventually to become Facebook.com, one of the worlds most well known websites. This film centres on Mark Zuckerberg, the making of the website and the subsequent events that ensued when friends and acquaintances came forward to sue him for various reasons. === The cast === Mark Zuckerberg - Jesse Eisenberg Erica ...  Read the complete review