Having read some movie reviews, it can be said that this movie has different themes for different people. Many people think that what they see as a biopic is nerd=asshole, and that success requires unscrupulous complaints. Some people think that it is the cruel reality of shopping malls like battlefields, and there is no friendship and only money. Others regard it as a youth comedy or a white line in the Internet age. Others believe that it "attempts to explore the source of creativity and the motive for invention".
1. Smart
With Aaron Sorkin as a screenwriter, it's like putting on a "that" smart label.
"That" cleverness, including quick lines filled with "advanced" humor and an unusually densely interleaved way of story organization, although that cleverness is sometimes useful too far to give the impression of cliché, or the obnoxiousness of "high-IQ" movies It seems that there are some clips in this film - basically clips from various hearings, such as issues that can be summarized or elaborated in one sentence, often because of the need to give large humorous or special effects. Creating the opportunity to speak out and having the characters ask or answer the question in a weird way, once or twice, I get a few seconds of boredom in those lines - it's just that the whole script has been so good and tight, These flaws are highlighted.
But, on the whole, Aaron's "kind" of cleverness is exceptionally appropriate in this story. Moreover, the tune of "not afraid to use the worst malice" to speculate on all the characters (the inside story of the animal cruelty incident and the intern incident), and the cruel and interesting insight that also flashes in some small clips that have nothing to do with the main story (this film There are too many small details that can be said), flirting with all kinds of complicated corners in a complex society - this film named The Social Network is really worthy of the title, as if countless thorns were buried in the main line path. The roses make this film extremely rich.
If this just makes up a clever story, I think the real wisdom of TSN is that it doesn't stop there, or that the story it tells may seem so on the surface, but I want to ask too much.
Many people felt that the film had (slight but obvious) anti-nerd, anti-new-media intentions, some expressed schadenfreude approval, some kindly felt that it was a bit too vicious, and some felt that the screenwriter was like At the beginning, the making-shit-up was on Mark, but as the film progressed, he was slowly washing it out, or using the progress of things to observe "the helplessness of human nature" (Eisenberg's acting skills also fully played a role), Until the last finishing touch, "You are not an asshole, you're just trying so hard to be" accompanied by Mark's "lonely" staring at Erica's page constantly refreshed, can't help but feel a little pity - a What a vulgar way of provocation. But I'm thinking, does Aaron really need to be so vulgar?
Facebook originated from Mark being dumped and still haunted? ok, maybe. Mark's abandonment of Eduardo stemmed from jealousy of Ed being absorbed into an elite club, which is a bit viciously unreal. I don't think Aaron really wants to speculate on Mark so viciously, at least not against him. It's a vicious movie, but geek or nerd or the new generation of online survival is by no means the only object of its complaints (such as the twins' performance in meeting the principal, both performances are extremely "wonderful", both are stupid and And there is no lack of reason, which makes people laugh and cry). The film shows people, and the complexities of their relationships, that everyone has a right side, a side that contributes to this social network (both reality and that website), and a side that is bad, selfish, or stupid side.
Except for Eisenberg, the "innocence" expressions often presented by the beautiful faces always make me want to laugh; when I still can't tell whether the movie is ridiculing their "childishness" that should be presented by young people (Just for fun) or contempt (after all, it's not because of money, don't pretend to be tender), Edurado turned his back regretfully and seemed to be real, oh, and the presentation of those clever lines In short, TSN seems to have created a cynical attitude, flickering, pretending to be vicious and telling the story quickly, as if it did not want to express any value judgment before the end.
Maybe that's how the film handles The Social Network, where each character is presented fairly, right or wrong. The film uses the principal's mouth to convey the contempt for online social networking (which actually represents the lifestyle and business model of the entire Internet age), (or ignorance, depending on how you look at it. In addition, the lesson of "get another idea" is actually , if it wasn't against the background of Facebook's great success, it wouldn't make sense), and he used Shawn Parker's arrogant remarks at the Party to reveal that this is the characteristic of this era, live on the internet! The film is called The Social Network, but it lacks the Facebook Network, the protagonist that the audience should expect. Because that is not needed, we are living in this age, we are using Facebook, no matter how much someone despises this way of life, it is working! No evaluation, no attitude, this is the smartest part of TSN, we only All it takes is cool viciousness - I remember that comment, twitter makes you feel good about strangers, facebook makes you even more disgusted with friends you see every day.
So, as if I don't think Mark's objection to "selling" the site to ads is not necessarily "smart", he just doesn't think it's cool enough (who said, cool is the new smart), I think Saying TSN is "cool" might be more appropriate than saying it's "smart".
Of course, the vulgar ending is a kind of euphemistic compromise. The film always has a theme, and it falls on Mark. Let’s echo it from the beginning to the end, who cares if it’s true or not.
2 . Gossip
movies are actually about gossip. Oscar's favorite type of biopic is about gossip. The entire entertainment industry is about gossip, and Facebook is also about gossip. This film is more about gossip.
The entertainment of gossip Where is it? Look at how Mark, who is now worth tens of billions of dollars, was dumped, how he plagiarized, how he was betrayed, and how he was alone. Look at those power struggles around Facebook, true and false, so young power struggle - Wall Street's early days That's why you didn't watch "Wall Street 2" so it's so trite and boring? That's the joy of gossip. People want to know how other people are successful, how they are successful and unfortunate.
It can be said that the gossip in this film is very good, people and people The relationship between people is so weak, but the nothingness born from Mark's expressionless face seems more human! There are so many twists and turns behind the success, so, "The core thing of the film is this part about how people should live. , leaving a long string of ellipses". The
most valuable type of gossip is the relationship between men and women. As a geek, Mark's most incredible thing is his insight into "business opportunities", whether it's for attracting girls from other schools A keen sense of the importance of ideas like meeting Harvard boys, or a keen intuition of adding an "interested" button, although the film deliberately (maliciously) shows (Mark makes) Facebook is always making ideas around the relationship between men and women, but this does not prevent it. Reality (some people say that the entire network SNS, including instant messaging, is actually serving this purposely or unintentionally).
Therefore, even if the sporadic film critics are dissatisfied with the lack and symbolization of female characters in this film, they cannot obliterate the maximum value of this film's gossip The place is that gossip is actually a mirror of the real world. The self that we don't want to see, our way of life changing with technology, our emotional style, interpersonal relationship, behavior and ethics, are all in it. And TSN is Such a rich gossip that some say it reflects "the spirit of our time" is not a big deal at all.
But then again, although the story environment in this movie is far away from me (Harvard, men chasing women, plagiarism can be compensated, ideas can really be sold for money, and facebook), I still think of the recent 360 and The QQ dispute, perhaps this is the "spirit of the times" with Chinese characteristics
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