What's the last movie you've seen?

[Eraserhead]

The Social Network

Yep, as good as it was said. Sorkin and Fincher actually made the story fantastic. And while Zuckerberg came across as an asshole, I was rooting for him over the twins because they appeared to be bigger assholes. But the bit with his best friend...that was brutal.

As soon as I heard how he was negatively portrayed, I knew I couldn't enjoy it. It hits too close to home for me. Maybe I'll see it when it comes out on video.

Why?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's not a total hit piece on him. Not wanting to spoil too much but he has at least two moments in the movie of deadpan comments that would qualify as Crowning Moments of Awesome under the TV Tropes category. A bit of a snarky jerk in them, but in a good way.

BTW Eraserhead, are you people at your theater actually saying the name of the movie or just buying tickets to "the Facebook movie" like the guy ahead of me in line said? I know if I worked at a theater simply having it be referred to as "the Facebook movie" would annoy me quite a bit.

[Eraserhead]

It's not a total hit piece on him. Not wanting to spoil too much but he has at least two moments in the movie of deadpan comments that would qualify as Crowning Moments of Awesome under the TV Tropes category. A bit of a snarky jerk in them, but in a good way.

BTW Eraserhead, are you people at your theater actually saying the name of the movie or just buying tickets to "the Facebook movie" like the guy ahead of me in line said? I know if I worked at a theater simply having it be referred to as "the Facebook movie" would annoy me quite a bit.

I don't really ever work in the box office so I'm not really sure. I wouldn't be surprised by that though.

[Phony Moderate]

The Aviator and Signs. Both pretty compelling.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

The Social Network

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Social Network

So what did you think?

[King]

Greenberg.

Depressing.

[King]

Greenberg.

Depressing.

To elaborate, I HATED THIS MOVIE.  But that's what makes it BRILLIANT.  I think this was a movie that was meant to be hated by its creator.  It showed characters that were cynical, sexually active, financially secure and seemingly happy for themselves.  But watching them only made me mad and I think that's the message it sends: don't be like any of these people.

4/5 stars.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Greenberg.

Depressing.

To elaborate, I HATED THIS MOVIE.  But that's what makes it BRILLIANT.  I think this was a movie that was meant to be hated by its creator.  It showed characters that were cynical, sexually active, financially secure and seemingly happy for themselves.  But watching them only made me mad and I think that's the message it sends: don't be like any of these people.

4/5 stars.

Are we the same people? I thought the same things almost word for word about the movie. All I wanted to do while watching this was to fly into the film and punch Ben Stiller's character in the balls.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

That's a Noah Baumbach one right? I need to see it then.

[Phony Moderate]

World Trade Center. Good and moving.

[fezzyfestoon]

Has anyone seen A Single Man?  A couple friends and I wanna watch it and I don't think anyone I know has already.

[Eraserhead]

The Social Network

I don't know if it was the movie of the year but it was very good. Great soundtrack. Cool ending.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Social Network

I don't know if it was the movie of the year but it was very good. Great soundtrack. Cool ending.

What did you think of Justin Timberlake? I know you've complained about him before but I thought he did a great job here.

[Eraserhead]

The Social Network

I don't know if it was the movie of the year but it was very good. Great soundtrack. Cool ending.

What did you think of Justin Timberlake? I know you've complained about him before but I thought he did a great job here.

Yeah, he was good here. Apparently, his true talent lies in playing assholes.

I think the dude who's going to play Spiderman kind of stole the show though.

[Eraserhead]

The movie had one of the best uses of an obscure Beatles songs ever.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

The Social Network

I don't know if it was the movie of the year but it was very good. Great soundtrack. Cool ending.

What did you think of Justin Timberlake? I know you've complained about him before but I thought he did a great job here.

Yeah, he was good here. Apparently, his true talent lies in playing assholes.

Like Alpha Dog.

I think the dude who's going to play Spiderman kind of stole the show though.

Was that Eduardo? He was very solid, particularly in the "It wasn't" scene. I've read the movie is far more slanted in his favor than the reality though.

There's at least two scenes though when Eisenberg really owned though, the Harvard board review and when the other lawyer asked him if he thought he was deserving of his attention.

[Eraserhead]

Yeah, those scenes were cool. "It's starting to rain."

[Eraserhead]

Garden State

Another movie with a great soundtrack. I think I enjoyed the first half more than the second half... good picture though.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

The Social Network

It was one of the best movies of the decade, it also reminded me a lot of Citizen Kane.  I can't wait to see it again.

[Middle-aged Europe]

In theater (reverse order):
The Social Network
The Town
Inception
The Ghost Writer

Non-theater:
2001: A Space Odyssey (rewatch)
Magnolia (first time)
Network (rewatch)
Requiem for a Dream (first time)

I found Magnolia terribly boring, while I enjoyed Requiem for a Dream. Since I had exactly the same sentiments about There Will Be Blood and The Wrestler, I've come to the conclusion that I'm a fan of Darren Aronofsky, but not of Paul Thomas Anderson. Tom Cruise's character in Magonolia cracked me up though. "Respect the cock!"

Network and 2001 speak for themselves really.

The Town: My first thought was that it must be a perfect movie for couples. Action + Love story = something for everyone. Of course, Ben Affleck is a better director than actor and of course Jon Hamm is a better actor than Affleck. Still enjoyable though.

The Social Network: Fincher + Sorkin = Win.

[Lief 🗽]

The Shop on Main Street, a Czechoslovak film from the 1960s, one of the first Czech New Wave films and the first Czechoslovak film to win an Oscar. I really liked it. It dealt really well with the subjects of the Holocaust and living under fascism without turning into sentimental exploitation (like such films are wont to do).

[Boris]

Reefer Madness (1938)

[Stranger in a strange land]

The Social Network

I don't know if it was the movie of the year but it was very good. Great soundtrack. Cool ending.

What did you think of Justin Timberlake? I know you've complained about him before but I thought he did a great job here.

Yeah, he was good here. Apparently, his true talent lies in playing assholes.

Like Alpha Dog.

I think the dude who's going to play Spiderman kind of stole the show though.

Was that Eduardo? He was very solid, particularly in the "It wasn't" scene. I've read the movie is far more slanted in his favor than the reality though.

There's at least two scenes though when Eisenberg really owned though, the Harvard board review and when the other lawyer asked him if he thought he was deserving of his attention.

Zuckerberg isn't portrayed as a Complete Monster, but the movie clearly depicts him as a sociopath with no concern for the feelings of others. The Winklevoss Twins and Divya Narendra come across as unsympathetic victims, but his treatment of Eduardo crosses the moral event horizon: he doesn't cross all the way to complete monster, but he comes pretty close.

Justin Timberlake's Parker, however, steals the show and is in many ways the true villain of the movie. I thought it was easily Timberlake's best performance, and possibly an Oscar-worthy one.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

One thing that struck me when I saw it the second time: What exactly did Parker do for the company? Eduardo wasn't joking when he said suggesting to drop the "the" was his biggest contribution because that is pretty much all he did in regards to running Facebook.