THE SOCIAL NETWORK (2010)

This David Fincher film features actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Dakota Johnson, Rooney Mara and artist Justin Timberlake .

Welcome to my blog post for David Fincher's film "The Social Network."

Based on the actual history of the social networking website, Facebook, and the lawsuits it had to endure, the film examines the complications incorporated in acquiring fresh ideas and advanced technologies, while investigating the psychological shortcomings that transpire when accomplishment occurs suddenly. The rosebud term is a peculiar, unusual instance in the film that refers to Citizen Kane. Its similarities include obsession, pettiness, megalomania and amounts of wealth. The symbol of rosebud is quite major because it will be a sled in the end. The story of this is observing a man’s ascent to and through politics, newspapers to unlimited wealth. William Randolph, who is the subject Citizen Kane is based off of portrays unlimited wealth and influence. Yet the dying words on his lips are rosebud. What is witnessed in the film is the search to get to the bottom of what it indicates. It is a revert back to his former youth strangely enough when he was sledding enjoying himself and would in time rescue his brother in the course of a sledding accident but would sooner or later alter the setting of his profession. Social Network provides insight on Fincher’s character, was a screenplay and nonfiction book published in 2009 called “Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It is about the invention of Facebook that not only changed the world and how it was shaped but started as a joke by Mark Zuckerberg in 2002. Twenty years ago, in a dorm room at Harvard, after some drinks, stole some Facebook data, crashing the server, creating a game that exploded while crashing their system. It shows us just how far it can go in terms of the class in America, levels of aristocracy in Ivy League schools etc. and is explored subtly. Sean Parker, played by Justin Timberlake, is responsible for the creation of Napster and the ways in which society was able to access music years ago. It exploited what he thought was a loophole and we had the ability to share music files for free skyrocketing sales, changing the entire industry of digital file sharing. The invention of Napster got rid of albums and there was a change in how music was processed. In the 90s, people had to buy entire albums, CDs, vinyl records, and cassettes. Parker is the one behind Facebook who realized its potential and got Zuckerberg to drop “the” from its original Facebook name modifying it to just Facebook. There is a misogynistic undertone here which is seen in most Fincher films. The microcosm reveals much of who one spends time thinking about. He did not graduate from college. The process starts out with Zuckerberg and the twins who are doubled because of what they stand for. They represent the white, Anglo Saxon, Protestant money and the privileged who tried to connect with Zuckerberg. This story is about friendships and a lot of dialogue filling in the gaps coming from Andrew Garfield’s character. It can also be a place of incredible loneliness and isolation. This film suggested naivety in early 2010. There is a sense of drifting away which sets up an interesting antagonism and looks back at how he is building testimony. He is becoming more driven into himself, the company and becoming more isolated. There is a fixation on clubs which directed a major part of the under network of the connection manipulating some of the culture he so desperately wants to be a part of. His genius, isolation, what he wants and the persona of what he wants to be creates conflict. This is a success story of an outsider being able to change the direction of the world and the irony is through social networking. He wants success but not for the money. There is a technological change. No one understood its possibilities and how it would generate profits. Sean Parker was always able to land on his feet and this was one way he would be able to make an income. Eduardo believes in advertising while others do not. People become addicted quickly because they want connections. One of the liberties comes out with Mark’s perspective. Much of it is based on Eduardo’s outlook while others cannot wait to receive a check. This film is really about the legal action and issues that result during its emergence when Facebook must progress. Mark Zuckerberg is the upstart in several ways. So much of this is about aspiration, disloyalty, and a bit of self-absorption, Sexism, egoism, and there is a lot that goes into defining this film. The first few minutes, like many of Fincher’s films, frequently set a lot of the subject matter for the work. It is a very tense segment starting with Zuckerberg and his girlfriend who have uncomfortable heated disagreements which results in Zuckerberg going home by himself. Much of what they will dissect is in that discussion. Part of the tragedy in the Social Network is the relationships and friendships that get discarded for the ambition for greed, personal gain, and power. Andrew Garfield’s character who played one of the primary supporters of Facebook in time gets into some conflicts with Zuckerberg while Sean Parker rearranges and takes down the music industry. His website, Napster provided the first MP3s which had to be litigated in court and eventually he lost. But this changed and entirely transformed how we encounter music. Before this, we did not have the possibility to experience music as we do today. It is an amazing account about something in which one does not anticipate having such a magnitude of drama. This is like Zodiac where he returns to an authentic true life experience. It is a darker social satire like many of Fincher’s films. There is a lot of anxiety, loneliness, and toxic masculinity present. Adam Nayman’s Mind Games put into perspective much of what Fincher is after in this film and selecting the topic. It is strange to consider the trajectory scene in the Social Network. It opens with an awfully agitated dating scene in a bar and ends with an unhappy depiction of a character repeatedly refreshing his page to discover whether or not his ex would accept his friend request. We are left with questions regarding what this is about. A man who is now a multi billionaire chose an international corporation and has unlimited sources of wealth as well as influence. Much of this is about just how likable, miserable he is in a sense on this pursuit to get Facebook launched and to become a billionaire to get to this majestic peak through any means/ costs. It is a curious film in a variety of ways and to consider just how recent these developments are in the essence of things . This occurred twenty years ago and changed the nature of how the world communicates as well as operates. This film exhibits what it is like to be an outsider figure, someone who is not part of the inner circle but wishes to be. Much of the process of this film is about the lengths one will go to in order to exercise his dream. It has a fascinating Gatsby-esque function. All of the wealth and influences are about Daisy in Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” such as the symbol of the green dock and light. This also could be about Zuckerberg finding some genuine connection. Meghan L. Grady