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Plot Summary: In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, he is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but Zuckerberg finds that his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend (Andrew Garfield). Based on the book "The Accidental Billionaires."
*Recognition: Nominated for Best Picture, Director (Fincher), Actor (Eisenberg), Cinematography, and Sound Mixing; Won for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sorkin), Film Editing, and Original Score; Nominated by several outlets as a top movie of the 2010s
What is this movie is about?: The Accidental Billionaires: what do you do when you get power even if you never wanted it.
Best Performance: Justin Timberlake/Jesse Eisenberg/Aaron Sorkin
Best Secondary Performance: Armie Hammer/Andrew Garfield
Most Charismatic Award: Justin Timberlake/Andrew Garfield
Best Scene: Dinner w/ Sean Parker
Favorite Scene: Opening Date/Facemash/Dinner w/ Sean Parker
Most Indelible Moment: Going from "the Facebook" to Facebook/Winklevoss Pitch/Eduardo suing Mark.
Best Line:
Marylin Delpy: “You're not an asshole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be.”
Marylin Delpy: You must really hate the Winklevosses.
Mark Zuckerberg: I don't hate anybody. The "Winklevii" aren't suing me for intellectual property theft. They're suing me because for the first time in their lives, things didn't go exactly the way they were supposed to for them.
Honorable Mention:
Mark: “People want to go online and check out their friends, so why not build a website that offers that? Eduardo, I'm not talking about a dating site, I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online.”
Erica: “You write your snide bullshit from a darkroom because that's what the angry do nowadays.”
Funniest Line:
Erica Albright: I think we should just be friends.
Mark Zuckerberg: I don't want friends.
Erica Albright: I was just being polite, I have no intention of being friends with you.”
Legacy: 8
Impact/Significance: 8
Novelty: 8.33
Classic-ness: 8.83
Rewatchability: 6.5
Audience Score: 8.6
Total: 48.26
Remaining Questions:
What motivated Mark to freeze out Eduardo?
Is Mark autistic?
Possible sequel?
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