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Posted by: gojira Oct 12 2010, 08:56 AM

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/board/flat/171736274

did anybody watch this? i thought it was surprisingly good. reasons why you should go see it? 1) the script was well written 2) the scenes were shot beautifully and i very much enjoyed the soundtrack 3) good acting


did anybody notice rooney mara playing his girlfriend? she's going to be lisbeth salander in the girl with the dragon tattoo

Posted by: mipadi Oct 12 2010, 09:24 AM

I saw it last Friday. It was decent, although way overhyped -- some critics compared it to Citizen Kane, and Citizen Kane it was not. I also expected a better script from Aaron Sorkin, but I think he still did a good job of taking something that's an interesting story in theory, but not necessarily for a movie, and writing a pretty good film.

Posted by: Joanne Oct 12 2010, 10:10 AM

I agree with this. I still very much enjoyed the film though... I just didn't think it was amaaaaazing, like some of my friend made it out to be.

Posted by: gojira Oct 12 2010, 10:58 AM

oh, i expected it to be complete crap. it was entertaining, it had a decent plot, and even though i knew the outcome, i left very satisfied.

Posted by: serotonin Oct 12 2010, 12:52 PM

did the include the part where he said people were f*cking stupid for trusting him with credit cards and all their personal information?

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 12 2010, 06:00 PM

no

it had a few strong points (ie it actually showed hacking as something other than sitting in front of a green terminal while typing nonsensical code) but other than that it was just Antitrust with different characters.

Posted by: mipadi Oct 12 2010, 11:06 PM

The Social Network was nothing like Antitrust. I'll start with the point that The Social Network wasn't a murder mystery and work my way up from there if I have to.

Posted by: futura Oct 14 2010, 01:47 AM

agree

Posted by: ButtsexV2 Oct 14 2010, 09:08 PM

Antitrust hardly had a mystery to it.

In any case, the murder in Antitrust was just symbolic and in all honesty the movie would have made just as much sense if the main character was trying to find out who egged his house.

I suppose you didn't see the connection between Avatar and Pocahontas either?

Posted by: mipadi Oct 15 2010, 01:11 AM

Wow, we got a regular film sleuth over here. You must read a lot of blogs or somethin'.

But really, the only similarities between Antitrust and The Social Network are that each features a CEO who isn't afraid to step on a few people to make it to the top. But the difference -- and thematically, this is a major element -- is that the CEO in Antitrust hurts people he doesn't like or doesn't know or doesn't give a shit about, whereas the CEO in The Social Network -- and this is crucial -- is willing to betray people close to him, like his best friend and the only girl he really ever loved, in order to make it to the top. That makes all the difference: anyone can kill people they don't know, but not everyone will throw their best friends to the wolves. Because of that, Antitrust becomes little more than a thriller, whereas The Social Network gets allusions to Citizen Kane (which I think are unfounded, but that's beside the point).

I won't even go into the stark cinematographic differences between the two films.

Posted by: smash Oct 26 2010, 10:34 PM

true ....PAUSE HARRY POTTER TRAILER JUST CAME ON. FIRST TIME SEEING IT.... i just saw it sunday night and i knew i wasn't going to be impressed because Mark whateverhislastnameis said on Oprah that majority of it was pretty much crap for the movie and the first 2 years were spent coding (or something like that). everyone and everything was nice to look at because it wasn't all crispy glamor. the cast seemed quite dedicated to their roles.

Posted by: Joanne Oct 26 2010, 10:43 PM

I don't think the fact that the movie's storyline isn't accurate should affect whether you're impressed or not though. =\

Posted by: serotonin Oct 27 2010, 01:25 AM

lol i can't believe people actually believe that this is based off of facebook what retards

Posted by: Teesa Feb 6 2011, 12:36 AM

FINALLY saw it and thought it was pretty okay...but i wish i had seen it before all the hype/nominations and wins for awards, etc. because i had really high expectations. the acting was really good though.

Posted by: gojira Feb 6 2011, 12:58 AM

SOUNDTRACk, CINEMATOGRAPHY

Posted by: Teesa Feb 6 2011, 12:11 PM

OH and andrew garfield's voice sounds so much like hayden christensen's!

Posted by: Maccabee Feb 6 2011, 09:00 PM

I totally totally loved it. And I thought the soundtrack sounded like book of eli before I found out it was done by Atticus Ross. (guy who did the book of eli soundtrack.)

I found it very personally inspiring. Also... I think the packaging may have been the best part. You can't see but it has this matter, rubbery texture.

Posted by: gojira Feb 7 2011, 08:16 AM

like

Posted by: liquordick Feb 25 2011, 12:59 AM

can anyone make a gif of garfield doing that shimmy dance during carribean night

Posted by: futura Feb 25 2011, 02:41 AM

Posted by: Joanne Feb 25 2011, 03:14 AM

that man

Posted by: liquordick Feb 25 2011, 05:11 PM

f*ck i cant stop watching this rofl

Posted by: datass Feb 26 2011, 01:03 AM

lolol i love him

Posted by: simx Mar 6 2011, 11:06 PM

Excellent movie