Movie Review
“The Social Network” – Teens “like” the movie that “lerks” the reality of their life.
Actors/Actresses/ Characters:
Jesse Elisenberg ---Mark Zuckerberg
Rooney Mara --- Erica Albright
Joseph Mazzello --- Dustin MoskovitzJustin Timberlake--- Sean Parker
Andrew Garfield --- Eduado Saverin
Have you ever had an idea that you thought would bring you fame and fortune? Maybe it wouldn’t make you 500 million friends, but it would get you out in to the big world. You thought that if the world discovered you then you would be rich and famous and that would be a perfect life to live. But not all ideas are that simple. Some cause problems that not even the richest people in the world can deal with.
On a night in 2003, Harvard Student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Elisenberg), sat down with an idea and worked hour after hour that night to produce his idea of “The Facebook.” After only six years and 500 million sign ups later, Mark Zuckerberg finds himself as the youngest billionaire in the world. But all of his success does not come without a price; it costs him legally and personally.
The most important actors in this movie were: Jesse Elisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Andrew Garfield as Eduado Saverin. They were the three that I felt any connection to. They seemed to have the most drama between them and played their roles the best. I was convinced most by the way they acted compared to anyone else in the movie.
The things that I like about this movie are as follows. The fact that they made the movie about something so relevant to their audiences lives such as Facebook. Facebook is a big deal in today’s society. People use it as a way to communicate and a way to plan events. Imagine for a moment that we didn’t have Facebook… Our lives would be very different than they are right now. That is why making a movie about one of the huge factors of communication would make it important, because what kid would not want to watch a movie about the way they spend half of their lives?
I think that most people could take away from this movie the fact that money isn’t everything. Of course Mark Zuckerberg never thought that his idea would get him to where he ended up, in some ways good, others bad. His idea completely changed his life. Sometimes putting your wants in front of what you already have in life, it will cause you loss more than gain.
Since the movie is rated PG-13, for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language, I think that the largest age group that will go to see this movie are people between the ages of 14-24. I feel that these are the people who find that Facebook affects their lives the most, so they would be the most interested to see the story behind it. People older than that would look at the movie and think that Facebook is a waste of time therefore, a movie about it is also a waste of time.
I would rate this movie 4 stars out of 5 because it did have a lot of the important elements for a movie to be successful, but I felt that it was missing the importance of feeling a bond with the characters. Usually I try to connect with them so that I feel sad when bad stuff happens, but because these characters didn’t have much in common with me I didn’t feel that connection. Other than that all the other important elements were there. |
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Biography:
The brilliant writer of this movie review is named Jenna DeAbreu. She is a Senior student at Holy Trinity and a valued employee at Longos. She plays rugby and soccer, rugby for the school, and soccer as a summer time filler. Her hobbies include, taking photographs, being outdoors, and travelling. These three things are very important to her as she is striving to become a photographer after her time is done at Holy Trinity.
