[/caption]The Social Network movie is opening nationwide today. While some say it's all fake and made-up, other say that this movie shows all the behind the scenes secrets of Facebook and it's founder Mark Zuckerberg.
At the very least The Social Network is a brilliant PR stunt. Mark Zuckerberg tries to make believe that he objects to the movie, which only stirs it up more and makes it known far and wide. Facebook's value is about $33 billion and the movie is expected to bring in 1/2 billion. That estimate is from yours truly:
Facebook has, according to their own statistics, more than 500 million active users and 50% of their active users log on to Facebook in any given day. So, if you apply some simple math and say that only 10% of all facebook users would see the movie at, let's say $10 a pop, you come to 1/2 billion.
There are others, like MTV, who do not have their math down cold: "Facebook was recently valued at $33 billion. The movie about its founding should do about .09 percent of that total during its opening weekend at the box office, and Sony will be damn happy about it. "
If you use your good old calculator and feed them numbers to that machine, you would see that .09% of $33 billion is only $29,700. I guess Eric Ditzian, the guy who wrote the MTV story should apply for a refund for his math tuition or maybe for his tuition for research class in journalism. Even if the movie would flop, it would bring in several million, but $30,000 would not happen.
Update: Ohps, my math was wrong here. Sorry for that. 0.09% of 33 billion is actually 29.7 Million.
Anyhow, lets discuss the movie itself and not the numbers.
The Social Network has everything you want in a thriller for the brain
"The Social Network has everything you want in a thriller for the brain: huge doses of ego and duplicity, corporate backstabbing, and some very layered performances. Justin Timberlake plays Sean Parker, the Napster cofounder who helped launch Facebook, as an ultra-shrewd party boy who encourages Zuckerberg to see that what looks illegal in the Internet era may in fact be the rules of the future. As the ingenuous Eduardo, whose only crime is thinking small (which to Zuckerberg is the biggest crime of all), Andrew Garfield has a great moment where he confronts his ex-comrade. It's the tongue-lashing we've been waiting for, yet the power of The Social Network is that Zuckerberg is a weasel with a mission that can never be dismissed. " --Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Extremely well-made and well-played
"The Social Network is one of those works of art that exactly crystallizes the moment in which it was made -- for good and bad.
Like “The Catcher in the Rye,” “Easy Rider” or “Nevermind,” it apprehends something that surrounds and informs us, something sitting out there for all of us to see, and captures and shapes it in digestible, recognizable, and entertaining fashion -- with the immeasurable benefit of being extremely well-made and well-played." --Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
Well-acted throughout (kudos to dynamic Justin Timberlake)
"Because whatever else The Social Network is--a darkly (and darkly-lit) movie, well-acted throughout (kudos to dynamic Justin Timberlake), at times fun, witty and entertaining (the mere mention of the Facebook "wall" drew snickers from the audience)--the film represents the biggest culmination yet of old media's disdain and misreading of new media. Its title notwithstanding, it's a movie about social networking born out of a fundamental disconnect." -- Jose Antonio Vargas , Huffington Post
Overall The Social Network is definitely a movie worth seeing.Even if some "critics" want to make you believe that it does not give the real insights, I think the movie is worth watching it. After you've see it, please leave your comments below!
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