Showing posts with label hype. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hype. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

The Social Network

I'm aware that I'm very late on this one. In my quest to see all the Oscar nominees possible before the Oscars, I finally added "The Social Network" to my list.
It was pretty good, but it definitely didn't live up to the hype I expected. Mark Zuckerburg is borderline savant as far as I'm concerned, but definitely a genius. Justin Timberlake was hella creepy with the n*sync style throwback hair and helped solidify the widespread belief that sean parker is a huge douchebag.
Other than that, I thought it was a good movie, but not incredibly amazing. I give the screenwriters mad props for making a pretty interesting story over Intellectual Property laws, and they definitely deserve an Oscar. But, other than them, I think they should just be excited to be invited to the party. One thumb up. And another one if you count my roommate who watched it with me.