Tuesday, October 18, 2011

INT. MARK’S DORM ROOM- NIGHT

Mark Zucherberg had a revolutionary idea of social networking which expanded around the world. Facebook. Personally I’m not a super fan of social networks in general; but I have to accept that he is a genius. But this post is not to clap the creator of Facebook, instead is to clap David Fincher’s movie “The Social Network”. A story based of friendship, loyalty, betray and talent with a great cinematography, direction, screenplay and character development.

I enjoy this movie because the cinematography is made up with simple shots, medium shots, close ups inserts, basic camera movements, panning, dolly’s in and out emphasizing the drama. Every shot stays classic and simple. I think that’s what makes this movie so attractive. Through the images the movie flows smooth without fancy special effects – only the face replacement- but rather than that the cinematography is simple and lovely.

The screenplay by Aaron Sorkin is terrific. Even thought the existence of inaccuracies like Mark had a girlfriend named Erica Albright or drinking while writing on his blog, the movie is well accomplished. The screenplay had a long process of work and meetings with the director and actors before the final version. Dedication is what makes a screenplay so rich. What I found more valuable of this screenplay is the purity and clarity of the dialogues, they sound convincing and perfectly matches the young characters. Authentic dialogues that a regular college student in Harvard could have. Mark’s dialogue has a fantastic sarcastic tone delivered magnificently by Jesse Eisenberg who gives life to the character of Mark Zuckerberg .

The presentation of the characters from the cafeteria, to the dorm rooms, to the social ambiance is functional. They are introduced one by one on timing. Each character has a place in the movie, from Erica Albright the ex-girlfriend to Sean Parker the entrepreneur. The characters have their own development and modification during the film. The actors are well prepared. I think that with a good guidance of the director the performances are pleasant. In this case David Fincher knows exactly want he wants and expect of his actors. For example, from Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Armie Hammer as Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker (maybe he is not a great actor but he performed a good job and also I think the production use him to give some publicity to the movie). A good director can make any actor and screenplay shine giving as a result a movie that will be remembered.

The estimated Budget of the movie is $40,000,000. In the Opening weekend of October 4th 2010 the movie earned $22,445,653 in the United States projecting in 2,771 screens and the gross by February 27th 2011 is $96,917,897. The production tried their best to make the movie real and accurate. Most of the scenarios were sets- the apartments, the row practice area, the law meeting rooms. Everything is well done and perfectly finished; I bet that you didn’t imagine it was a set. The Harvard shots were without the permission of the university (film adrenaline), because in past productions there was lot of damages to the university buildings. The other exterior places were in other locations like California or New Jersey. The costumes of the characters give us perfectly idea of their personalities. For example, Mark is anti-fashion with sandals, jeans and a gap jacket. Actually the real Mark Zuckerberg never planned to see the movie, but he ended up seen it and remarked that the production got his clothing right.

And what supports that “The Social Network” is a great movie? The awards won.

Here is the list

Academy Award winner

· Best adapted screenplay

· Best original score

· Best film editing

Winner of 4 golden globe awards

· Best picture

· Best director

· Best screeply

· Best original score

Winner of 4 Critics Choice Awards

· Best picture

· Best director

· Best adapted screenplay

· Best original score

The Writers Guild of America winner of the best adapted screenplay

The American Cinema Editors winner of best editing

National Society of Film Critics winner

· Best director

· Best picture

· Best screenplay

· Best actor

· Best score





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5 comments:

carlosmxax said...

se hace interesante la película después de leer la critica, veré si tengo tiempo para verla...


saludos!

Nad Leiruc said...

carlosmXaX: si te la recomiendo y disfrútala cuando la veas.

reptilio said...

a mi si me gusto, pero creo que es por los detalles de David Fincher que vale tanto la pena, él es un genio

la MaLquEridA said...

No había oído nada acerca de esa película pero ya la tengo anotada para verla.


Un saludo.

reptilio said...

Nad Leiruc que el 2012 sea de puro exito, por aca nos vemos