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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Film review: social network (12A)

THE 21 July this year, social networking site Facebook welcomes its one millionth user 500 for the fold line.

A breathtaking statistic, even more when you consider that seven years ago did not exist.

Less than a decade, an idea born at Harvard University has changed how we communicate.

As one of the characters in the social network, skilfully a David Fincher film on the creation of the website launches: "Bosnian - they have no roads, but they have Facebook.

Like all good ideas, the site is its very rich creators, but as accidental Billionaires on Ben Mezrich book chronicles the eventful history of Facebook led to two lawsuits.

Working in a scenario of Aaron Sorkin, Fincher uses a timeline fractured to dissect the jealousy and betrayal that underpinned the success of the site.

Central protagonist Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) is a computer nerd that the lack of social skills see him dumped by his girlfriend.

On the other hand, mark creates a crude site called facemash.com, shelves "22 000 hits in 2 hours", which brings the nerd attention Divya Narendra, Max Minghella) and who want to mark for programming their internal social networking site called HarvardConnection Winklevoss (Armie Hammer), twins.

Shortly thereafter, mark friends approaches, including Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), with an almost identical idea.

The social network is technically impeccable, powered by dazzling direction Fincher and polished Sorkin scenario.

Convincing, a note of the Eisenberg performance fails to reveal the flaws of humanity under the thick skin of Zuckerberg.

Indeed, the character is emotionally cool, which leaves us with the person at the root so that the legal battle is nasty.

Garfield is much more sympathetic and when it vows revenge against mark, installing, "I am not return 30%, I am back to everything," it is the closest to a rush of adrenaline.

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