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Anyone else seen this yet?
I enjoyed it a lot, wasn't overly keen on the subject matter but a David Fincher film with an Aaron Sorkin script (West Wing, A Few Good Men, The American President, etc) and Trent Reznor music would have to go very wrong to be a poor film.
Interesting story and well worth a look even if you couldn't give a toss about Facebook.
I enjoyed it a lot, wasn't overly keen on the subject matter but a David Fincher film with an Aaron Sorkin script (West Wing, A Few Good Men, The American President, etc) and Trent Reznor music would have to go very wrong to be a poor film.
Interesting story and well worth a look even if you couldn't give a toss about Facebook.
I don't know how to form this into a good sentence but I thought a pair of brothers, possibly twins, were the ones who sued and got hundreds of millions of dollars? They were in the Oxford Boat Race Crew this year.
Why is there only one guy in the film?
The screen play is by Aaron Sorkin though, so I'll be seeing it.
If anyone else is a fan of Sorkin but hasn't seen the only series of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, consider yourselves failures. It's brilliant.
Why is there only one guy in the film?
The screen play is by Aaron Sorkin though, so I'll be seeing it.
If anyone else is a fan of Sorkin but hasn't seen the only series of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, consider yourselves failures. It's brilliant.
They couldn't find a suitable pair of identical twins to play those guys, so it's the same actor twice. Some scenes were done the old split-screen way, some had a stand-in of similar height/build with the actor's face put over the top in post-production.
Can't say I noticed during the film, only when looking up the actor later.
Can't say I noticed during the film, only when looking up the actor later.
thebluebus said:
Republik said:
A film about Facebook? I couldn't think of anything worse to be honest!
Because you don't like Facebook?Or don't like films?
Or aren't able to imagine how very skilled film-makers could make an interesting film about an ordinary subject?
Seriously though, I dislike Facebook. If someone asked you to watch a film on a subject you had a passionate dislike for, you wouldn't watch it, would you?
Edited by Republik on Wednesday 13th October 09:04
Republik said:
thebluebus said:
Republik said:
A film about Facebook? I couldn't think of anything worse to be honest!
Because you don't like Facebook?Or don't like films?
Or aren't able to imagine how very skilled film-makers could make an interesting film about an ordinary subject?
Coronation Street? I can't imagine anything worse!
I don't like soap operas. ITV. The North. Television. Being indoors. Fiction about people's lives.
Or anything.
Read my history and I'm sure you will see for yourself. Are you really getting hot under the collar because someone doesn't like Facebook? My point was I can't understand why a film about Facebook would be in any way interesting, but I'm sure plenty of people will go, watch it and enjoy it. After all, as was mentioned, the film maker has an excellent track record. 
Republik said:
Read my history and I'm sure you will see for yourself. Are you really getting hot under the collar because someone doesn't like Facebook? My point was I can't understand why a film about Facebook would be in any way interesting, but I'm sure plenty of people will go, watch it and enjoy it. After all, as was mentioned, the film maker has an excellent track record.
No I'm not hot under the collar. I'm not cross.Nor do I like Facebook.
But I suspect the film is going to be very good - as I mentioned, I couldn't make use of my tickets, and I was disappointed not to see it.
I just find it curious that people post how they aren't interested in something on a thread about that thing.
I should be used to it though, as it's what makes PH go round
thebluebus said:
Republik said:
Read my history and I'm sure you will see for yourself. Are you really getting hot under the collar because someone doesn't like Facebook? My point was I can't understand why a film about Facebook would be in any way interesting, but I'm sure plenty of people will go, watch it and enjoy it. After all, as was mentioned, the film maker has an excellent track record.
No I'm not hot under the collar. I'm not cross.Nor do I like Facebook.
But I suspect the film is going to be very good - as I mentioned, I couldn't make use of my tickets, and I was disappointed not to see it.
I just find it curious that people post how they aren't interested in something on a thread about that thing.
I should be used to it though, as it's what makes PH go round
Republik said:
My point was I can't understand why a film about Facebook would be in any way interesting, but I'm sure plenty of people will go...
...all the more reason YOU should see it then! Just to learn what a great writers/ Directors are capable of.The film has had excellent reviews and I will be watching it (although I don't use Facebook and think that the majority of users are sad dweebs with not many REAL friends).
Republik said:
thebluebus said:
Republik said:
A film about Facebook? I couldn't think of anything worse to be honest!
Because you don't like Facebook?Or don't like films?
Or aren't able to imagine how very skilled film-makers could make an interesting film about an ordinary subject?
Seriously though, I dislike Facebook. If someone asked you to watch a film on a subject you had a passionate dislike for, you wouldn't watch it, would you?
I don't like or have any interest in boxing (and nor did Scorcese) but I liked Raging Bull.
I don't like bank robbery but I liked Dog Day Afternoon.
I don't like drug addiction but I liked Requiem for a Dream.
I don't like violent neo-nazi skinheads but I liked American History X.
... I'll stop there. Since when have you had to like a film's subject matter to enjoy it's content?
Edited by sjg on Wednesday 13th October 10:01
louiebaby said:
I don't know how to form this into a good sentence but I thought a pair of brothers, possibly twins, were the ones who sued and got hundreds of millions of dollars? They were in the Oxford Boat Race Crew this year.
Why is there only one guy in the film?
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (who rowed in the 2010 boat race) took Zuckerberg to court. Zuckerberg settled out of court..Why is there only one guy in the film?
"In 2002 the Winklevoss twins, who compete for Oxford in the Boat Race today, were studying at Harvard when they had the bright idea of starting up a social networking site for students. It would, in Cameron's words, "incorporate a quality-control aspect to create a private, safe, environment in which people could connect". In short, users could invite people to share their personal pages. Sound familiar?
Given that the two men were already juggling careers as rowers with their economics degrees, the one thing they were short of was time to work on the site, which they had named ConnectU. So, in late 2003, they brought a fellow undergraduate, Mark Zuckerberg, on board to help them write the computer programme. Three months later Zuckerberg stopped working with the twins and launched Facebook. Today he has a net worth of around $4bn (£2.6bn). Facebook has more than 400 million users. ConnectU has long since shut down.
"From about early 2004 we were aware that 'Oh wait, something wrong has happened here'," Tyler says. "So we went down and petitioned the disciplinary board at Harvard, met the president and it turned out we really had no other place to turn than the legal system." The twins filed a lawsuit against Zuckerberg for copying their idea and programming code in September 2004. The casecontinues.
"It was sort of a landgrab," Tyler said at the time. "You feel robbed, the kids down the hall are using it and you're thinking: 'That's supposed to be us.'" Zuckerberg denies the claims but settled out of court in 2008. Facebook offered the twins a total of $65m, $20m in cash and $45m in shares."
louiebaby said:
The screen play is by Aaron Sorkin though, so I'll be seeing it.
Was he the guy that featured in an episode of Entourage? (episode called 'The Sorkin Notes' IIRC)durbster said:
The trailer put me off it, and if it's the same scriptwriter as The West Wing then I'll definitely wait for the DVD. I can't bear that style of writing.
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