"The Social Network": Reflections and Doubts on Social Networking

Houston 2022-04-21 09:01:15

David Fincher's new film is really extraordinary. As a biopic, it is very difficult to grasp this film, because almost all the protagonists of this film are still alive in this world, and they are still public in the real world. Characters, this is a huge challenge for the film's director, David Fincher, but the end result we see is gratifying anyway.

Today, when social networking sites such as Facebook are popular (similar websites in China, such as Renren.com), the networking of social networking is no longer a sci-fi problem. People can easily capture the information of their social circles on the Internet, and this information is still presented dynamically. Yes, this is in line with the rhythm of modern people, fast, convenient and instant. It is an inevitable product of the development of the information age. This film is based on the founding of the world's famous social networking site FACEBOOK. The focus of this film is not to promote FACEBOOK. The highlight lies in the process in the middle, as well as the dynamic change process of the relationship between the characters in the film, money and success, business competition and friendship, career and love, and the problems of online social circles.. The

rhythm of the dialogue at the beginning of the film is quite fast, and Mark Zuckerberg's mental agility is really amazing. Then Mark is dumped, revenge, inspiration, opportunity, and struggle are still presented to us in a fast-paced way. The hour-long film does not give anyone any sense of lengthy, editing, switching, and plot jumps are presented in an extremely fast-paced but perfect way, which is of course David Fincher's skill. For such a film, his ability It's still easy to handle. David Fincher's film themes have always been extremely sharp, from "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Fight Club" to "Zodiac" and "Rejuvenation". "The Social Network" is of course no exception. The rhythm adheres to the consistent style of David Fincher, which is sharp and edgy, creating a sense of overall film under the fast-paced story development process.

The film is based on the initial development history of Facebook, and the whole story is built around several Facebook founders in reality. In fact, the biography of this film also contains many commercial and inspirational components. Qi has left us a lot of thinking. Mark Zuckerberg, as the founder of the huge online social empire of Facebook, is a person with serious communication deficits in real life. Compared with the characters in reality, in fact, once these characters are processed in the movie, they may not conform to the prototype in reality. As for this movie, the fit with the prototype characters is no longer important. This is just a springboard to jump to a higher level. However, since some of the characters in the film are public figures in reality, the shaping of the characters in this film should be subject to certain pressure to various degrees, so that the improvement of the film itself cannot be completed. , there is a conflict between the real prototype and the rise of the film itself, but as far as this film shows us, there are no breakthroughs but there are rules.

I have to admire the screenwriting skills of this film, which is also affirmed by winning the best screenplay at the 2010 Hollywood Film Festival. The editing of this film is also a highlight, because the screenplay builds the whole story in reverse order many times, and the plot of the paragraphs The jumping and switching of the movie has to test the editing, and the sharp and ingenious but tepid and just right editing greatly improves our viewing pleasure, which is also the experience that David Fincher movies have always given us. The hero of this film and Armie Hammer The performance of (one person plays two roles) is also extremely brilliant, and all these factors of success are destined to be of excellent quality for this film.

There are many "addicts" of social networking sites around us. There are many people who hang on campus all day long and are desperately swiping their screens. The convenience of social networking is no longer necessary. We provide a lot of convenience, and it has become a general trend to spend less time making friends or falling in love. Mass media has brought us all kinds of good news, more free information, more convenient and effective information transmission channels and Feedback, "This is the information age, this is our age!" This film takes Harvard as the starting point of the story. The stereotyped fraternity and various student friend gatherings have limited the social needs of the "information generation", but there are needs There will be innovation and supply, social networking must be the general trend, it is just a matter of time, and Mark Zuckerberg seized the opportunity and seized the opportunity to become this "anticipated" lucky person, and the film In the middle, Mark Zuckerberg has few friends in real life, which can not help but be an irony. In the thirteenth season of "South Park", there are also many ridicules between real social networks and online social networking. In a social circle that carries so many people, what exactly does the information age bring us?

What has the networking of social networking in the information age brought us? I was deeply impressed by the last scene of the film: Mark kept swiping the screen to see the FACEBOOK of his ex-girlfriend, jumping out of the inherent emotional frame that the film gave us that Mark was abandoned by his ex-girlfriend, and rising to a higher level to understand, I It was obvious that David Fincher put a big question mark on the screen.

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Extended Reading

The Social Network quotes

  • Amy: You're a zillionaire!

    Sean Parker: Not technically.

    Amy: What are you?

    Sean Parker: Broke. There's not a lot of money in free music, even less when you're being sued by everyone who's ever been to the Grammys.

    Amy: This is blowing my mind.

    Sean Parker: I appreciate that.

    Amy: I gotta hop in the shower and get ready for class.

    Sean Parker: Bio-Chem even though you're a French major who's name is Amy.

    Amy: You passed.

    Sean Parker: I'm a hard worker.

  • Sean Parker: You mind if I check my email?

    Amy: Yeah, go ahead.

    Sean Parker: [logs on and sees The Facebook] Amy? Amy!

    Amy: Yeah?

    Sean Parker: Can you come out here?

    Amy: Just a second.

    Sean Parker: There's a snake in here, Amy.

    Amy: What?

    [runs from shower]

    Amy: Where?

    Sean Parker: Okay, there isn't a snake but I need to ask you something.

    Amy: Are you kidding me? I could have been killed!

    Sean Parker: How?

    Amy: By running too fast! And getting twisted in the curtain. What do you need to ask me?

    Sean Parker: I went to check my email and there's a website open on your computer?

    Amy: Yeah, after you passed out last night I went on The Facebook for a little bit.

    Sean Parker: What's that?

    Amy: The Facebook? Stanford's had it for like, two weeks now. It's really awesome except it's freakishly addicting. Seriously, I'm on the thing like five times a day.

    Sean Parker: Mind if I send myself an email?

    Amy: Yeah, is everything okay?

    Sean Parker: Everything's great. I just need to find you, Mark Zuckerberg.