I was surprised I didn't see a review of this from Angela since it's one of the best reviewed movies of the year, so I guess I'll have to start this thread.

Basically, I liked it, and I recommend it.  As a movie, it's extremely well acted, directed, edited, and paced.

However, I have one MAJOR problem with it.  The way the film depicts Zuckerburg is simply untrue.  The film makes him out to be one of these super smart, antisocial computer geeks who wouldn't know what to do with a woman if one fell in his lap.  In real life, he has a longtime girlfriend.  I know they made the change because it makes for a much neater bit of storytelling, but it just rubbed me the wrong way.

I did see the film earlier this month, and had planned a write-up.  Better late than never, I suppose.

For a movie filled with subject matters not exactly deemed 'cinema-friendly' - i.e. computer programming jargon, bantering depositions, and outspoken talks of business models and intellectual property rights - director David Fincher delivers a briskly paced and engaging narrative.

Chronicling the crucial developmental stages of the world's most influential social networking site, what unfolds is the fascinating story of one man's rise to fame and notoriety, and the backs he manages to stab to get there.  The film plays up in non-linear fashion, intercutting those key moments in the website's development with the cause and effect of Zuckerberg's actions and lawsuits. And it works, because there's a raw human element underlying the proceedings. Friendship, betrayal, and questionable moral implications lie at the story's core, which provide excellent character drama. The sequence that leads into "the ambush" may be one of my most favorite cinematic moments of the year.

People ask, do you need to be a member or even be familiar with Facebook to appreciate the movie?  Not necessarily, no, but it does enhance the biographical potency of the narrative.  Even a basic understanding of the website's genesis and the features it has to offer goes a long way toward "getting" the in-jokes and references.  Beyond that, smart decisions were made with the screenplay in terms of taking liberties with historical accuracy and punching up the dramatization to make it work perfectly fine as a standalone film.

I'm not a fan of Fincher's rapid-fire delivery of dialogue, however, and I'd say it's the film's one and only (though significant) shortcoming.  True, our characters are made up of lawyers and highly intellectual people, but honestly, NOBODY in real life talks this way.  This unrealistic tone tends to undermine the drama in several places.

Oh, and you gotta love that musical arrangement of "In the Hall of the Mountain King".

Yeah, that was pretty great.  Armie Hammer's characters (or schizophrenic character, depending on how you want to look at it) were one of the film's highlights.

Brenda Song is a very attractive young woman. That's all I got to say 'bout that.

Well, the movie WAS pretty entertaining; kind of made me feel as if my college experience WASN'T a total waste of time, like I'd lived vicariously through these fellows.

Favorite quote: "I'm gonna check my e-mail...see if anyone sent me any pictures of cats that look like Hitler...I can't get enough of that!"