The social network is a brilliantly written movie that will stand up as a text to future generations about the ideology that was encompassing the current generation. If the viewer takes ‘facebook’ out of the story and simply looks at the tensions between all the characters, an ideology is revealed. The ‘creator’ of ‘facebook’ (in this fictional account) was a lonely bastard. He brought the world together, without having a single important relationship in the end. In fact, he had two relationships that were ruined.
The movie has so many themes interwoven into it, it can really be taken as a representational story of this time and related back and forth throughout time. It deals with power, greed, betrayal, connection all through this story of young people striving to do what? what happens in the story! these individuals want power! they want to be the social elite, and they want money! has this ever been so relevant than now? in the age of the young, asshole, smarter-than-you billionaire? Well might as well get it straight, these kids are smarter.
I really loved how the movie ended with Mark adding the girl he was trying to impress in the first scene of the movie. Also, about half way in, another character explains that he started Napster as a way to look cool for a girl. The movie is cyclical. It starts, ends, and has in between the very relatable notion of trying to look cool for that one girl.
