DISCERNIBLE ENOUGH, every mind craves for recognition and every head implores for crown. This is what serves as the spine of this masterpiece, by David Fincher. How would it be if a young boy with all the gray matter in the world becomes the richest acceptance seeker- exactly defines Mark Zuckenberg? Mark is a Harvard product, looking for ways to get into the ‘finals club’ that is the tag over almost all the big names in the university. Mark tries weirdest possible ways for which you can appreciate his brain, but unfortunately, he ends up with zilch in hands.
Mark is craving to get into the ‘final club’ that he thinks is a prestige issue and unfortunately, this idea makes his girlfriend dump him. Just after this, he creates a social networking site called facemash.com with an exclusive application on which you can rate the hottest girls in Harvard. The site turns out as a big success, so big that it crashes Harvard’s server. Moreover, rather than appreciation, it comes out as a curse to Mark, as he ends up with a black image in front of girls and their boyfriend start threatening him for the same. This surely gains him some attention as the Winklevoss twins; tall, blonde, rich and popular people call him for a partnership in creation of a networking site that would work within Harvard. Even after accepting the idea, he does not get entry in the club, which he thinks would have been his chance to meet all the upper class people. He feels disrespected and reforms the idea, paving the path to his facebook.com. This was no doubt, a billion dollar idea. For the financial support, he asks his best friend Eduardo to do a partnership as the owner of facebook.com.
You better do not feel sympathetic towards Mark. It may come as a surprise to you that when Eudardo becomes a member of the club, getting something that Mark craves for, he starts making things difficult and apposite for him without even giving a second thought on this. Mark proves to be a selfish, stubborn character suffering from superiority complex. You may identify it to be a psychological dish. Here destiny conspires to make it worse for Mark only. Even after becoming a billionaire, he can’t really taste the pleasure. He stands amidst two lawsuits and hence the creation of the most successful and popular networking site becomes one of the biggest controversial name games. Upsetting part is that one of these comes from his own friend, Eudardo who wants to sue him. Second one, no doubt from the Winklevoss twins who have this case where they say that mark stole their idea for the site.
The plot and script deserves hats off. In every movie things become predictable but here neither can you foretell the next nor do you get any space to blink your eye. You will hold your breath with every expression and sarcasm that crosses the silverscreen. It is totally Aaron Sorkin’s script that you can connect with the movie so well. C’mon, it is part of you day to day life. You actually relate to the story, after all everybody looks for acceptance and feels desperate for things that have direct connection with fame. Therefore, it will not be wrong to say that after watching this you feel a Mark somewhere inside you. How far can your desire drag you?
Mooting upon the technical side of the movie, you will awe at the lighting in every frame and shot. Few movies bring it this decent and precise that no matter if the second shot of Mark behind the door with Eudardo in serious conversation is in light, the practical part is that in the first his other side was in complete shadow maintaining the practical and aesthetic balance, tough task. Movie begins with long and lengthy follow shots that make it suspicious. Never seen such smooth shots, without a single jerk in any of the cranes or pans. Not to mention the shift focus the glass with some formulae written over it. How perfectly can you put in your creativity into simple things and serve them as one of their kind? You start watching a movie with a long conversation in the beginning itself and you are still not bored. Rather, you can’t move your eyes.
One of the best given by Eisenberg. This movie surely pays off well.
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