Dickin' Around on the Facebook

I thought The Social Network was going to be good, but I was surprised at how good it was when I saw it Tuesday night. Jesse Eisenberg has made it into an elite group of actors that I watch in movies as long as they are not romantic comedies - worst movie genre ever!
My elite actors by the way are Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tim Roth, John Turturro, and of course Adam Sandler. I'll even give my boy J.T. a shout out.
I liked the way Eisenberg portrayed Zuckerberg, because it didn't clearly paint Zuckerberg as good or bad. The audience is allowed to draw conclusions, and I think that most reasonable people would realize that we have all made poor decisions regarding people with which we have had differences. Stealing the idea for Facebook I thought was the most incriminating evidence, but I think if someone tells you something, and you improve on it, especially if that idea is based on something you did, it is their fault for giving intellectual property away. The film did a great job of going from present to past, while expanding knowledge on both timelines. I really liked how they developed the rift between Eduardo, and Mark. Most of the movie you are wondering how Eduardo is involved with the litigious matters, but there is enough information throughout for the audience to draw conclusions before the events are revealed in their entirety. There actually weren’t many specific parts that I loved, it was just a great movie overall.l
If there is any effect on Facebook's popularity I can only see it being positive. People don't go onto Facebook because of their love for Mark Zuckerberg. They go on there because their friends are on there too. The release of this movie likely will only increase the number of people on, and popularity of Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg's response in the PR Post blog was necessary, and exactly what he should have done. There are parts in the movie that are open to interpretation, for instance the creation of facemash and the comments he put on a blog about his ex-girlfriend, but Zutterberg allows for people to draw their own conclusions. All he says is that the movie is supposed to be "fun", which I believe allows him to separate himself from the way he is portrayed on screen, while not making claims that the creators are lying, or misrepresenting him. I think he therefore avoids having people look deeper into his past, and limits the impact anything in the film will have on him, or his future endeavors. I don't know if there is much else he could have done, and despite what Tiffany Gallicano might think I don't believe there is ever a wrong time to give to charity. I would have done the same thing as Zuckerberg.