With it recent four Golden Globe wins, it is no surprise to see The Social Network on the Oscar Nominee list as well. After it’s success at the Golden Globes the film was a definite shoe-in for the Academy Award nominations of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay. This movie is starting to show that it is one of the best movies of the last ten years, and is racking up the awards to prove it.
Who could have known back in late 2003, early 2004 that some programming kid attending Harvard would revolutionize the way we socialized with people. That what he created would become the standard way to connect with people all over the world. With more then 500 million users it is clear that Facebook is not going away any time soon.
The film is an adaptation of the book Accidental Billionaries by Boston writer Ben Mezrich. It was adapted by West Wing writing alum Aaron Sorkin, and directed by Academy Award winning Director David Fincher. The movie was filmed mostly on location in Massachusetts with scenes taking place in California being filmed in California.
The Social Network recounts the events that led up to Mark Zuckerberg creating Facebook as well as the events that resulted as a consequence of its creation. Fincher took an interesting approach to the film, by using the lawsuit hearings as the main thread and then flashing back to the events that lead to the said hearings. Eisenberg does an amazing job becoming Zuckerberg, considering that the two never met in real life before filming the movie. In fact neither Zuckerberg or any member of the Facebook team were involved with the film, and the only member of the team that was involved with the novel was Eduardo Saverin as a consultant. Check this interview with Mark Zuckerberg where he address his feelings on The Social Network.
In all the movie was extremely well done. I really enjoyed the way that Fincher told the story through the non traditional story structure, and Eisenberg did an absolutely wonderful job capturing the awkwardness of a computer science major trying to make a name for himself in the world’s social structure. The supporting cast is just as good as Eisenberg and help to make his performance even more solid. Armie Hammer plays the Winklevoss twins, who approach Zuckerberg about making a site called the Harvard Connection which sparks him to create Facebook. Hammer acted against a body double for the filming and his face was later digitally grafted on the double. The soundtrack also helps to make this film as wonderful as it is, and earned Trent Reznor a Golden Globe for Best Original Soundtrack. In the least it will be interesting come Oscar night to see what awards The Social Network takes home. Check out Styleboston’s interviews with the cast of The Social Network that I helped shoot.
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