As far as docudramas go, “The Social Network” was good.
I went in to the movie not expecting much and came out surprised. Seeing as the story is how Facebook came to be, I did not think that it would be much of a plot. The story of Facebook is interesting, and it could have carried the movie, but I didn’t think it could for two hours.
But it actually did.
The movie was also about the two lawsuits that surrounded Facebook within the first few years of its creation. This means that the movie told the story of Facebook, and it also told the story of the lawsuits.
The first creation of Facebook happened a few years before the lawsuits, but the movie tells the stories at the same time using flashbacks.
When the movie first did a time jump, it was a bit confusing.
It took me awhile to understand what was going on. Especially since, when the movie did the time jump, it showed both the lawsuits at the same time. When this happens, you have to listen to the dialogue to understand what just happened.
The main character, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), was a jerk. The reason he appears to be a jerk is that he is very smart and he thinks faster than most people.
At first that is why I thought he acted like a bored child most of the time. He also only seemed to care about what he was doing and nothing else that was going on around him.
To him, he had the best ideas and no one else’s were better. I, for the life of me, cannot understand why his friend was even his friend.
His friend, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), puts up with him for no reason except he is his friend. Zuckerberg treats him badly and, it seems, uses him only for his money.
Finally, around the late middle of he movie, Saverin starts to try to get Zuckerberg to pay attention to him.
He does not fully obtain Zuckerberg’s attention until he sues him, which started one of the lawsuits surrounding Facebook.
The movie was good and worth seeing. I would only give a word of caution if you do not like docudramas.