sapphi_snake said:
I agree with this. I've read reviews where the movie was compared to a Shakespearian tragedy, but the ending was very unsatisfying IMO. All of the characters had a relatively happy ending, and the movie did a poor job of showing the negative consiquences of Zuckeberg's despicable actions. You're right that there seemed to be no point to the movie. It also seemed like they were too afrain to paint Zuckerberg as the villain he was. I also hated the dialogue. Aaron Sorkin is the main reason I could never watch The West Wing. He tries so hard to be smart and witty, that he creates artificial dialogue, that's so unbelievable. It's as if all the characters have the same voice. The movie Juno was harshly criticised for this, but no one seems to criticise The Social Network for it. It would be OK if just one of the characters spoke that way, but the fact that all charatcers speak like that is a huge flaw IMHO. The movie was also too long (lenght is appropriate for some movies, but it seemed pointless in this case). Personally I thought Black Swan was much better. More original, better acting, awsome use of special effects (no simple eye candy like Transformers), and a surpsrisingly appropriate length. What's True Grit like? Haven't seen it yet. Heard it's similar to Unforgiven, but more kid friendly. |
Aaron Sorkin was REALLY good on Sports Night which is my favorite show. Same talking, but it fit best there.
Everything else... not so good. Going in I didn't know Sorkin wrote it, but I did know as soon as I heard them talking in the first scene.
Honestly it's also why the rich jocks were probably portrayed as evil jerks even though they were the ones wrong. Sorkin REALLY hates rich people and in general all things right wing. It's really noticeable in the West Wing... where after Sorkin had left the presidential debate actually plays out like a "Gee both these guys have good points" event rather then one group being right and the other sporting cape and fake moustache.
Really, I wish real campaigns were like that West Wing Campaign.
I imagine the dialogue doesn't get critisized because they're "eccentric computer programmers" and the only people who know the dialogue is off are people who aren't the people talking about it.
As for True Grit. It's a Western that everybody I know liked, even people who steadfastly hate westerns. It's basically about a young girl who hires a sheriff to capture the man who killed her father and then just the whole adventure of it. Hard to explain really since while the plot is basic, all the joy generally comes from the great characterizations and some of the action.
