How Mark Zuckerberg Was Right

There has been a lot of noise coming out of The Social Network, and not a lot of it is positive for the film’s central figure, Facebook (co-)Founder Mark Zuckerberg.  (Though there has been a lot of positive reviews for the film, mainly because it’s fucking awesome and you should absolutely to see it.)  The film does not go out of its way to present the current CEO of Facebook as a crook or scoundrel; but that the portrayal of the the character by Jesse Eisenburg is that of a blank slate, as portrayed by Jessie Eisenburg.  He is so coldly removed from our reality, our values, that he should be hated for the way he built an e-empire and the actions he took to sustain it.  But in the end, after the lawsuits, the hurt feelings, the hubris and the betrayal, wasn’t Zuckerberg right?

The Social Network Trailer

When news first broke that there was going to be a “Facebook movie” centered around how the social phenomenon was conceived, I thought it was a pretty stupid idea.  Soon after, Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, Sports Night, The West Wing) was brought in to write an adaptation on Ben Mezrich’s book, I was surprised.  Then David Fincher became attached to direct and my head promptly exploded.

David Fincher?  As in Se7en, Fight Club, Zodiac David Fincher?  Why the hell would he be directing this, let alone in the zip code?  Like trying to fit a round head in a square box.  There was no way this could work.  And then the trailer attached above was released, and suddenly no one else could have made this movie.