I've had countless conversations over the last week about The Social Network, and why it's nominated for an Oscar. While I'm no awards analyst, I am a filmmaker. A story based on the development of Facebook may not be very entertaining to any other generation other than my own, since people who entered college circa~2004 were of the first to develop social networking addictions, but the film is something for the ages.
The film is not only iconic because the subject matter has changed the way humans interact with one another, but as many critics described it, The Social Network is a "perfect" film. Through the first viewing, I was blown away just at how convincing of a Zuckerberg, Jesse Eisenberg is, and how the script flowed. Every camera angle was perfect. The cast of this film brings you into the story, and keeps you captivated. While Aaron Sorkin's baby is far from a documentary on Facebook, it does what a film should do, tell a story in an incredibly entertaining way. Normally, it would be sinful for a film to have the amount of dialogue TSN does, however, Sorkin does it in an effective manner, while Fincher delivers. Although Tom Hooper (The King's Speech) is predicted to win Best Director at the Oscars, David Fincher took home the BAFTA for Best Director last Sunday. Take another look at The Social Network, and see that it deserves the Academy Award Nominations it has received, because it is not only a mark on cultural history, but an example of how seemingly mundane subject matter can be turned into a grade A portrayal on the silver screen.
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Couldn't agree more with you. TSN has this complexity no other film has this year. It's simply the best fitted to get the Oscar, if you put campaigns aside.
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