After watching the movie The Social Network, the first thing I did was to search for Mark Zuckerberg’s real life experiences to see which parts are facts and which are fictions. As a matter of fact, this Harvard genius that founded the world’s first social network was not as childish as the movie portrayed. At least he didn’t write programming for getting into elite Harvard “Final Clubs” or for retaliating his girlfriend. During Mark’s high school, Microsoft and AOL tried to purchase the music player that he built and also invited him to join them. However, Mark decided to enroll in Harvard for further education. From where I stand, although the movie is fictional, it can easily perk up the ears of the public and provoke independent thoughts and discussions. And for Mark Zuckerberg and the Facebook itself, it can be a special opportunity for them to publicize their company and let people learn more about the true meaning of their website which means it’s worth fictionalizing the episodes through film creation. In the movie, Mark Zuckerberg has been caught up in the manias of the moment alone.
From the part that he breaks up with his girlfriend, we can see that he’s not good at interpersonal communication in real life but believes that he rises above the common herd. It is the break-up which promotes the launch of the Facebook. David Fincher, as a director, used tense and rapid rhythm to highlight the obstinate and unruly attitude of the character. The thing that Mark interested in also meant something to David Fincher: How does the social network change human relationships and people’s lifestyle? And how people’s ways of communication get evolved in this Facebook Age? David attached great importance to the details in the movie. For example, the protagonist’s clothing, and even those Adidas sandals are the accurate reproductions of the real story. Especially when Bill Gates is giving a speech standing on the Lowell Lecture Hall, all the details in the movie have replaced the real images. “It’s interesting what stuff they focused on getting right,” Mark Zuckerberg said during a candid interview at the Y-combinator event over the weekend. “Like, every single shirt and fleece that I had in that movie is actually a shirt or fleece that I own.”
The Social Network Movie Review
The social network is a movie released in 2010 by Roger Ebert. It is entails a young boy Mark Zuckerberg who never gave up in anything he decided to do. As is portrayed in the movie, Mark was a smart brilliant boy who created Facebook and became a billionaire at early age. He had previously created Facemask which was a campus website where men could like and meet girls of their choice. As the fame ...
“Someone might build something because they like building things,” Zuckerberg explains. Normally, Mark should be the person who cares about the movie most and might be pissed off because the movie portrayed him in an unflattering light. But it seems that he respects the ideas and decisions of the filmmakers, more or less, in terms of artistic creation. It was because he wanted to see how filmmakers would interpret his unimaginable story. This kind of art stresses the maze beyond art and the real world, which can only be seen through by smart people who also show respect to the artwork. “The movie’s final image—Zuckerberg “friending” the woman who dumped him and endlessly refreshing the page to see if she accepts—is presented as pathetic irony. But you could also read it as a sign of hope. In the Facebook world, which is now ours, a new communication infrastructure exists, with no avenues definitively closed.” (Edelstein) The real Zuckerberg had a vision that Facebook would help create communities in an ever-insular world. And now we have seen the evolution.
The world is changing so fast that we all get confused and disoriented without knowing what to do next. We like the Facebook: fast, simple, up-to-date…While the movie is trying to tell the audience that sometimes slowing down is not bad. There are a lot of precious things in the world that are unable to keep up with the rhythm of the money and technology, such as art, love, friendship and faith. It’s difficult to judge the merits of the various roles in the film. Of course Mark Zuckerberg has done some shameful things and the reasons could be found in business rules. Mark has also tried to retrieve his relationship with his friend Saverin but paid the price for his betrayal eventually. Mark Zuckerberg is just a person who has been running so fast that no one can catch up with him. As a result, the ending was designed to be lonely. On the one hand, the story that a genius changes the dating pattern of human but cannot get real friends in his own life itself is a sharp satire. But on the other hand, thanks to his success, we got Facebook as a gift and The Social Network as well so that thousands of young Marks can maintain their motivations and desires for their future dreams.
The Essay on Mark Zuckerberg 2
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“In a sense, this is a movie about an inventor and how he invented something with a half a billion users worldwide. Yet there is irreverence and a distance in the relation of this saga that you could never imagine in a movie about Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell or the Wright brothers.” (LaSalle) As a need of film narrative, the fabrication is successful and a smart man knows clearly that it’s just a fiction. David Fincher made more efforts to show but not to judge because the revolution is still on. Zuckerberg has become a billionaire and his own way of communication will fade under a halo of celerity.
However, the change that his Facebook brought to us is still happening. Mark is undoubtedly successful since his exceptional technical ability and foresight promote the development of our entire network. No matter how the movie fictionalizes the characters, they all become positive in the end because we have already admitted our real humanities. This is the result of the rational, but to meet the emotional needs. It is a true demonstration to show how exciting and sympathetic the story can be to have influence on human life. The myth is still very far from its completion.
Works Cited
Lilly, Paul. “Mark Zuckerberg Shares Thoughts on “The Social Network” Movie” MAXIMUMPC. 19 October 2010. Web. 11 December. 2012 Mick, LaSalle, “Review: ‘The Social Network’” SFGate. 1 October 2012. 11 December. 2012 < http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Review-The-Social-Network-3172465.php> David Edelstein. “Best Served Cold” New York Movies. 1 October 2012. 11 December. 2012 < http://nymag.com/movies/reviews/68725/>
The Review on Facebook and Social Capital
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