In the past many years, "Social Network" has been my best movie. The first time I watched "Social Network" was in 12 years. At that time, I felt that it was too fast. Although I know it is an entrepreneurial story, there is no aftertaste after reading it for the first time. But after a few years, I watched it again, and this time I fell in love with it sincerely.
"Social Network" is not a movie that impresses me as soon as I watch it. It does not have the "value", "art" and other aspects of what we see in movies. He told a story full of friendship and betrayal. The director and screenwriter put all the elements they wanted in the film, and did not even strictly follow the historical facts to shoot. But "Social Network" is so good, certainly not because of these superficial elements, but it has a very important aspect, that is "status".
The sense of status and honor are involved many times in the movie. I think this is a young movie. Young students always think of colorful clubs, who are in charge of the overall situation, and who are eye-catching and chasing upper-class people. In the classic bar chat at the beginning, Mark was a person who couldn't make people chat well. In this chat, he revealed his understanding of various clubs. He was very proud of his score on the test, but it was not for him. The pride of ability, but he hopes that someone can appreciate him and allow him to enter a club that is more in line with his identity.
In the chat, Erica was irritated by the sentence, "You will be my girlfriend in the future, and I will let you know someone with a face and a face." Mark has regarded his object as an item worth showing off, but he himself Haven't realized it yet. What made Mark angry in the conversation was that Erica did not ask Mark: "Which club is the best?" Instead, he asked: "Which is the best to enter?" The very sensitive Mark retorted her opinion in court. He did so. Resistance, in fact, just shows his desire for the club. He hopes to be a person with a good sense. He is dissatisfied with his current situation, or he is an inferiority person.
But it is very interesting that in the movie, the role of Mark Zuckerberg is a "non-existent protagonist." There is no psychological description. We observe him through other people. So using this indirect description to describe his character will make people more attractive and curious. Where will such a protagonist go?
Similarly, the two rowing brothers are also people produced under this "status system", but they are different from Mark in that they have all the honors. They won first place in rowing, they are both excellent in character and academics, they have admirers, and more importantly, they are members of a prestigious club.
So when Mark was brewing his own conspiracy, we, like the two brothers, knew nothing. They put Mark in the bicycle room of the Poslane Club. If you have seen the English subtitled version, you can find that the rich trio said: "We can use the Harvard connection to restore your reputation." Mark said: oh you would do that for me? If everyone has an impression, this sentence has appeared before, just when Mark said to Erica "I will introduce you to someone with a face", Erica once threw this out immediately Sentence. If you carefully consider this sentence, the connotation inside can be said to be quite interesting. This sentence can be described as borrowing flowers to present the Buddha, and vomiting the breath that was swallowed by Erica to the rowing brothers. Of course, his tone is so light that not only the brothers didn't feel anything weird, but even our audience didn't feel anything wrong.
"EXCLUSIVE" (decent), the word appears many times in the movie. When the wealthy trio found out that Mark had stolen their ideas, and the younger brothers and Indians wanted to sue Mark, the older brother used a word to let them temporarily give up the idea. Why? That is "EXCLUSIVE". They are the most prestigious figures in the best universities in the world, and they can't tear off their skins to sue others. While this reputation builds them, it also restrains them.
But this is why they sent a lawyer to sue Mark. They lost the rowing game with Oxford. They were turned away by the principal. Mark let them know that not everything in the world is caught by hand. I used to think that the reason that made them determined to sue was that they passed on these grievances to Mark. But it seems that the new reason is that they find that their "decentness" does not exist, and that they are not as noble and excellent as they thought. They peeled off their skins, only then were they determined to compete with Mark.
In addition, exclusive has also achieved the role of threading needles. The EXCLUSIVE of the rowing brothers to the Harvard connection has also been completely used in the description of Mark and his friend Eduardo.
To say that Mark Zuckerberg is a "non-existent protagonist" is because what we see is all observed through Eduardo's perspective. Eduardo didn’t know Mark’s thoughts either. He occasionally discovered the letter from the Rowing Brothers’ lawyer. Mark was happy or jealous of him entering the Order of the Phoenix. He didn’t know why Mark didn’t like the Jewish Brotherhood. He didn’t know why. Like Sean Parker. What we see in Eduardo’s eyes is an ambiguous Mark. In this story, the identity and psychology of the protagonist are blank. The dialogue in court makes the truth of the facts more obscure. This is also a textbook-level movie that shapes characters. Up.
Sean Parker did not appear until halfway through the film. He was gentle, handsome, and able to speak, which directly destroyed the relationship between Mark and Eduardo. The method he used is also very simple. He let Mark know the colorful world outside, and he told Mark in the bar. Young man, you can dominate the world. This made Mark, who had been depressed, suddenly realized the possibility of himself becoming a decent person. He will be a CEO, he is a real person with a face, and even... can let his Erica know about this. Because his friend's vision is not high, he is lost in Sean's entrepreneurial dream. Under Sean's operation, he personally erased Eduardo's shares. Sean's role is very functional. The biggest reason for his existence is to let people know that your desire can also be your trap.
Finally, he returned to Erica. Mark fought so many lawsuits and wrote countless pieces of code just to prove it to Erica. There was a funny thing at the beginning. Erica was completely crushed by Mark in terms of IQ. She couldn't keep up with Mark's thoughts and was interrupted by him from time to time. But when Erica said: We are not anymore, Mark's brain was short-circuited. Such a proud person was panicked at that time. If you watch the whole movie, it’s hard to imagine that Mark is such an innocent person. He may just want to explain to Erica that he is a very accomplished person, or say in a subtle way: "I was wrong. Please come back to me."
But what he didn't understand was that it is good for a person to have achievements, but achievements do not necessarily produce friendship. He parted ways with his best friends, and he couldn't catch up with his beloved girl, all of which had something to do with his character. So listening to the song Baby you are rich man, enjoying the "jumping rhythmic lines" of Alan Sorkin and the perfectionist directorial style of David Fincher's obsessive-compulsive disorder. Okay, you really have money this time.
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