Jesse Eisenberg ('Zombieland') stars as the famous Mark Zuckerberg - a legend amongst geeks and the youngest billionaire in history. I have to add that he just has to be an Asperger person as well. If he's not, Jesse Eisenberg certainly played him to the tee as one!
This movie succeeds where no others before it have - it makes coding - actual computer programming - into an exciting lively event! The action (coding) scenes are breathtaking. At least I found them to be, but then I'm another geek. :)
We go back to 2003 when the whole thing began and see it's birth with great intensity, excitement, momentum and the best written dialogue ever. If you're not enthralled after the opening scene that lasts approx 10 minutes, maybe you should slip out and go down the hall to watch something else. For me the opening conversation is amazing and captivated me completely. I'm going to watch this whole movie again.
I realize somewhere deep in my mind that Zuckerberg is supposed to be coming off as the bad guy here.... at least that thought finally dawned on me several hours later when I was still thinking about the movie. But played by the incredible Jesse Eisenberg, all I felt for him throughout the movie was admiration. I was cheering for him to succeed on all levels. I admire genius and could only think that this guy is just amazing!
The pacing throughout the movie is excellent. Justin Timberlake shows up playing Sean Parker - the founder of Napster. His role is smooth, a little slimey and very worldly since he'd already been around the block (and lost it all). A very solid performance on all counts.
It would have been so easy for this movie to become a snoozer. Talking about code and servers and legalese, Zzzzz. Instead it's a fully entertaining story, exciting and interesting. It gives us a glimpse under the hood and into the world of creation and creativity and genius - and it's exhilarating.
I gave this a '4'. Pueblo Tinseltown was the place. They were unfortunately having a Fail Whale Monday... computers acting up and everything slowed to a stop. After reminding the mgr at the concession stand that popcorn was not computer operated and we *could* just pay cash and get our food before we were late for the movie... they decided to let us do that. :) Sometimes you have to just go old school.
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Saw Eisenberg in Solitary Man. There's a fairly good scene where Michael Douglas chides the young feller for having "hospital corners" on his bed. As if anyone these days knows what hospital corners are. I don't recommend the movie unless you are a big fan of Eisenberg.
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