Just saw the Social Network spoilers!

[sapphi_snake]

Kasz216 said:

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.

You mean the one where the right wing guy's wearing a cape and has a fake moustache (BTW, I hope you weren't saying that that literally happened, which would be very ironic, as such portrayals are right wing stereotypes of villains) or the boring one that actually makes sense?

I never saw much of The West Wing (tried seeing the pilot, but was very turned off by the dialogue). I don't think the politics would've upset me (unless it all got too over-the-top, and from what you describe I suppose the term "liberal wet dream" would be appropriate).

I'll check out True Grit when it comes out over here. It's theme kinda reminds me of Unforgiven (which I really liked), though I heard that this is the most "kid friendly" movie of the Coen's.