The Facebook Movie. That’s right. This one is my pick for Best Picture. And some of you will be booing and you have every right mainly because you think I’m picking this movie because of all the hype surrounding the fact that Facebook is now an integral part of our daily lives. But, alas, no I’m not. The Social Network, rather loosely based on fact, is the story of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous rise to billionaire status and the friends he had to lose to get there.
When taken out of context, the movie is a parable about a dorky college student, Mark, who sells his soul to the devil for the opportunity to no longer be invisible. At the start of the movie, Mark is having drinks with possibly the only girlfriend he’s ever had. When the conversation goes sour and she dumps him, Mark creatively lashes out through his uncanny ability to mash random codes from cyberspace into destructive yet enjoyable sites and using his fellow students as his experiments. When he is given an idea from the notoriously athletic Winklevoss twins, Mark uses his talents to create the ultimate Social Network.
The reason why this movie will win Best Picture is because it has all of the elements. First and foremost is the script. Aaron Sorkin, the creator of A Few Good Men and TV’s The West Wing give this story a razor sharp tongue that younger generations love and the right kind of class that older generations can appreciate. At the helm of this ship is director David Fincher; his fearless use of drab lighting and colors wash away the real world autumnal look of Harvard which gives the film a more gothic look and his unconventional use of camera shots give this movie what the other movies seem to lack…originality. And let’s not mention that he made the Winklevoss twins look like two people in the same frame when it’s really only one Actor! (Thanks Chris and Lauren for noting that which I did not pick up.) Nominated for his music score, there’s NineInchNails front man, Trent Reznor, setting the pace of the film with a hyperkinetic score to match the forward leaps into the digital age. As for the acting talent, my roomie Jason and I always thought Jessie Eisenberg was the poor man’s Michael Cera but we now know it’s the other way around. But is he Best Actor? You know where my thoughts go on that one.
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