I really enjoyed The Social Network and I at least hope they have NIN doing the score again for this one.
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Best film of 2010, hands down
They had me at "written by Aaron Sorkin."
What reckoning?
I guess I'm glad that people can find work making a movie about Facebook, but it just seems like The Emoji Movie and the Angry Birds movie to me — not intended for my generation.
Not everything has to be for everyone, but are people really gonna pay to see a movie about Facebook? I feel like, if you have Facebook, it should be free to watch on that platform at least. Maybe on Instagram/WhatsApp/whatever other Meta services.
I would be willing to give it a chance, just on the strength of Jeremy Allen White and Aaron Sorkin, but I am not gonna pay to be advertised to.
Not everything has to be for everyone, but are people really gonna pay to see a movie about Facebook? I feel like, if you have Facebook, it should be free to watch on that platform at least. Maybe on Instagram/WhatsApp/whatever other Meta services.
First of all who says it wouldn't be about everything Meta/Zuckerberg have done? Although even focusing on Facebook would give a ton of material.
I think the first one was quite interesting and since then there have been a ton of technological and social shifts, with Facebook being both a driving force behind them and a platform that reflects those changes. I really can't see how this is at all similar to the "Emoji" or "Angry Birds" movie, which are just niche things.
If anything you could maybe compare it films like "Blackberry", "Air" or "Tetris" which have come out in recent years and focus on a founder+product. Admittedly i have watched none of those, but especially compared to the later two i feel like there are deeper themes to explore with a Facebook movie compared to the rest. And aditionally the topic would be vastly more relevant to people.
Is this one going to be a giant puff piece too?
I thought the original was pretty scathing myself. Care to elaborate on your thoughts here? I'm genuinely interested.
Oh man it was not. He's just such a fucking creep that he comes off as creepy even when they're trying to make him come off as great. It glossed over so much weird crap. Super creepy pervert stuff all over the place. You can look around for it there's tons of articles and writings about it. Lot of people have problems with that movie. Aaron Sorkin doesn't make movies where he doesn't make love to neoliberal idealism of corporate Geniuses saving the world. You should always take anything he makes with a huge grain of salt.
I'm appreciative of the response. Thank you. Is this pervy stuff in the book the film is based on?