Two nights removed from the Golden Globe awards, the Social Network won four awards including; Best Picture(Drama), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Score. Jesse Esienberg and Andrew Garfield failed to win Best Actor-Drama(Esienberg) and Best Supporting Actor-Drama(Garfield), but that doesn't mean the two wont pick up those wins at the Oscar awards coming up at the end of February. A friend of mine and I have often compared Esienberg to Michael Cera for some reason. I think a lot of that came from the fact that they've played similar characters and have a similar style of delivery in their lines when they're playing those characters. However Esienberg's roles have always been more broad and diverse while Cera pretty much sticks to playing the same person in every movie hes in. That's not a slam against Cera or anything, guys like Jack Nicholson, Nic Cage and Tom Cruise have made a career out of doing that. And while I do enjoy the occasional movie from those three the fact of the matter is they can't compare to someone as versatile as say Leonardo DiCaprio who does his best to completely become his character. Comparing Leo from the Departed and Leo from Blood Diamond, two movies released the same year, hes a completely different person.
Esienberg is the same type of actor. Hes completely different in this movie than he was in Zombieland, and perhaps my favorite movie of his right now, the Education of Charlie Banks. The only bad thing about his performance is that he makes Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg look like a total asshole. But at the same time the situation he is in, demands that. I've always herd the saying that the sharks swim on top. And that's what Zuckerberg is because the little guppy doesn't become the youngest billionaire in the world. Still back to the point, Eisenberg gives a career performance at only age 27. If he wanted to, he could retire right now knowing he has made it to the top. I'd assume that this will open up some doors for him in bigger pictures, with some bigger name actors.
Andrew Garfield shouldn't go over looked in this film either. After watching this movie a few times I am about 75% sold on him playing Spider-Man. I rather wait until something tangible comes out from that camp until I decided if I can buy into him as the web-slinger. But as Peter Parker I have faith he'll be pretty representative of the hero, but still to me nearly ten years after the release of the first film, Toby McGuire is still Spider-Man to me. Anyway, Garfield too gives a great performance in this feature. I wouldn't call it a 'career' one just yet since I haven't seen a lot of films hes in, but it's still great. I love how he gets quiet near the end of his eruption on the Zuckberg character with the line. "I'm not coming back for 30%. I'm coming back for everything."
One of the real highlights of the acting is Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster. It's still pretty funny to have a high profile music star play the person who the entire record industry had in their sights back in 2000. Timberlake however, is one of those actors like Eisenberg, he does his best to become the character hes playing. I've seen interviews and such from Timberlake in the past and for me his acting is almost nothing like how he is when hes out of character. From my perspective I hope Timberlake gets some more roles in films, hes a great additive as a supporting actor.
Another great part of the movie was the Score from Trent Reznor and Atticuss Ross. Quite impressive coming from someone whose never scored a film before. Every subtle note is in the right place, along with every powerful one. Honestly sometimes I get the feeling that the score made the movie as good as it was. Hearing some pop music behind some of scenes just seems so out of place with Finchers style. And of course the highlight of Reznor's involvement is what I called, probably his greatest piece of work in a while. And it's a cover of a classical song at that too.
This clip from youtube doesn't do the scene justice but its there to check out. But everything about this movie just flows together so well. The Social Network is something I think will become as romanticized in the future as much as Citizen Kane is today.
fan, and have in the past checked out some of the films they've put out. Today I decided to review two of their movies that just hit netflix instant viewing about a month ago in a double review. First off is:
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) and the first, (Knucklehead being the second) to begin a new strategy for the fledgling studio; casting WWE stars in supporting roles with a strong supporting cast. However it really falls short of any expectations. I enjoyed Cena's latest outing in 12 Rounds, it had a great action flick feel with some really funny cheese tossed on. It wasn't anything like Die Hard, but it was what it was. Saying Legendary is what it is, is like saying a rotten egg is what it is. With that being said lets dive right into it. John Cena plays Mike Chetly a troubled young man who was an all-star wrestler in high school. His brother Cal played by Devon Graye is described in a summary as a 'book smart' teenager despite nothing outside of him being interested in restoring a pond and winning a prize in a science fair shows him to be exceptionally smart.
), Melora Hardin (
) and Bobb'e J. Thompson (
). Some pretty funny people in a story where Big Show plays the worlds biggest orphan. He lives and works in an Orphanage where he was never adopted due to his large size. The Orphanage falls on harsh times due to a fire started by Big Show, and just in time Mark Feurstien shows up to bring Big Show on the road as an MMA fighter. Mark is in deep with some sharks in the fighting ring, and hopes Show can bail him out with a big pay day, Melora joins them along for the ride.
but I know that this suit is the design from the latter series. It looks cool and is something a military man would wear but I dont know, it also looks too bulky, how can someone run in something like that? Oh right super-solider serum!
was released. If anything is to be taken by a simple picture it can be the design of the film. The suit itself to me gives off a very 'gothic' vibe. Does this mean that Spider-Man will be a slightly darker film than before? With 
having taken in a billion dollars at the box office in 2008, many studios thought comic book films should take a more 'darker' approach. But what works for one movie, dosen't always work for another. However we can only speculate at this time without seeing anything substancial yet. I myself like the suit for certain things and dislike it for others. I find the spider logo rather attractive but the red on the suit looks like blood which is something I dont like in particular. Overall instead of over-analyzing anything or jumping to conclusions I think we should take it for what it is, just a picture. What are your thoughts on the new suit?
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) stars as Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in this David Fincher (
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) directed film about the creation of Facebook and the fall of the friendship between Zuckerberg and co-founder Eduardo Saverin; played by Andrew Garfield (the New Spiderman). The movie itself is much less about the founding of the massively popular social networking site and more about the friendship between Zuckerberg and Saverin. With the 
done by Trent Reznor (
). This film is a beautifully crafted masterpiece of style and substance, with an excellent score by Reznor. Reznor's cover of "In the hall of the mountain king" very well could be his best piece of work, next to such great hits as "Closer", and "March of the Pigs." He takes an older; classically done song and adds his own flavor to it.
by Ben Mezrich. As stated previously it follows the founding of Facebook by Zuckerberg and Saverin, and chronicles their tumultuous friendship, while detailing the lawsuits against Zuckerberg by Saverin himself and Cameron, and Tyler Wilkenvoss. One of the real highlights is 
as Sean Parker, co-founder of Napster. It's quite funny that the man playing a person who fought the music industry over copyright claims is a musician himself. The irony in that gets lost almost when Timberlake comes on screen. Many media figures who try to cross-over into other fields of entertainment are met with various degrees of success, but after his performance in this film its pretty clear that Timberlake has found a second calling, or perhaps his true calling in entertainment. He dosen't come off as "Justin Timberlake playing Sean Parker" he comes off as Sean Parker himself, probably an exaggeration given the artistic license taken with many films based on real figures.
as my favorite movie of 2010. The story of Mark Zuckerberg, the founding of Facebook, and the twisting turns it takes two friends makes for a great film. I'd see it 500 times.