Thursday, December 13, 2012

Assignment #4: Movie Review

The Social Network
Everyone knows what Facebook is and almost everyone has one. The Social Network is about  the life of Mark Zuckerberg and how he came up with the idea to start Facebook. This movie was released on October 1, 2010. Directed by David Fincher, The Social Network brought in over $224 million dollars worth of revenue since its release. The Social Network is the perfect college film. It shows how Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and his best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield). All college students want to come up with the next great phenomenon worth billions of dollars, and The Social Network shows how Mark Zuckerberg had to step on a few toes in order to achieve greatness.

The whole moviwe is about whether or not Mark Zuckerberg steal the idea of Facebook fromthe Winklevoss twins. Tghis movie is told throught the eyes of Zuckerberg. Saverin, his best friend is suing him for removing him as a co-founder and is seeking compensation. The movie recounts how the two friends came up with Facebook and even met the creator of Napster, Sean Parker. The Social Network is a greatt college movie because it involves a lot of partying and even a prestigious university like Harvard.It relates to almost every college student because Facebook is a common way that students interact with one another.


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