By: Robert Acosta
One of the most talked about films of the year is only 9 days away from wide release, unless of course you're making it to an early screening of the film. That film is The Social Network.
Unlike the seemingly unnecessary and way too late release of online porn movie Middle Men, The Social Network is right on time with it's story about the creation of Facebook. They're going to tell the story of all the ups and tons of downs that came with making Facebook. The fame, the fortune, the women, the lawsuits, everything under the sun about Facebook.
I've been excited for the movie for a few months now, how could you not be? For the millions of people on Facebook, you get to see how the site dominating your life, came to be what it is. What could go wrong?
Well as great as this movie looks, I have a couple of warning signs that could lead to a disaster movie.
For one, the cast is a bit boring. Jesse Eisenberg, though heralded as one of the better young actors, reminds me too much of Michael Cera and maybe less than that. Eisenberg can be a bit boring at times, ex: Adventureland. Of course he had Zombieland that turned out to be a big hit but I think that wasn't influenced by Eisenberg being the most talked about thing in Zombieland, but he had his moments. From the trailers, he looks much more witty than usual so maybe I'm in for a surprise. Justin Timberlake is a decent actor, entertaining and could be the most interesting character in the film. After that you got Brenda Son who, as beautiful as she is, her role could be very minimal. Also thrown into the mix is Andrew Garfield, future spiderman/Peter Parker, currently not well known and still has a lot to prove.
Another huge warning sign is the amount of hype this movie is getting. Though the trailers have showed us a lot to be excited about, it's huge. In recent memory both Inception and The Last Airbender come to mind. I'll give you a hint, only one of those movies were better than good and lived up to the hype.
On the other hand, it seems like a good, true to the story, story that people will want to hear. It was given a hard pg-13 rating. I say hard because it supossedly takes place in college and I know not a lot of college experiences are not pg-13.
Finally, the tag line intrigues me a bit. It goes "You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies." I definitely want to see the conflict arise, cause it seems like an interesting one regarding who made Facebook and if the idea was stolen.
The Social Network is due out on Friday, October 1st.
Trailer for The Social Network: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810128131/trailer
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