Unless you have been living in a cave, you must know about Facebook. If you don’t, which I doubt, there is a movie called “The Social Network” about the creation of Facebook. If you do know about Facebook and use it every single day like most of us do, you will learn about the fascinating and tumultuous process that now helps you stay connected with your “friends.”
The Social Network is told from the perspective of three people, Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), Eduardo Saverin(Andrew Garfield), and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss(Armie Hammer and Josh Pence). In this movie there is no clear protagonist or antagonist. Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, claim that they are the ones who came up with the Idea of Facebook, and that Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea. But Zuckerberg says that he had a better idea and that it was the Facebook. Eduardo Saverin, is the co- creator of the Facebook, and he is the one that spends most o the money for this website.
The movie starts off with Mark being dumped by his girlfriend. Mark gets really mad he starts to talk about her on his blog. Then he starts to rate girls on “FaceMash” from Harvard, which he attends, and it becomes a hit. The fact that he created it in one night really impresses the Winklevoss twins. When they hear more about Mark they ask his to help them create a website, Harvard Connection. Later on in the movie he asks his friend, Eduardo to help him. Mark has an idea for a better website and he calls it The Facebook. This idea expands all the way to Yale, Stanford and Colombia. With the help of one of Eduardo’s girlfriend they meet the founder of Napster, Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake).
The Winklevoss twins finds out that they are not a part of the Facebook and decides to sue Mark. When Eduard finds out that Mark and Sean reduced his share of the company he also decides to sue Mark. In the end of the movie the lawyer says that Eduardo Saverin will most likely win this case.The movie ends with Mark sending his ex-girlfriend, a friend request.
Overall I thought that this was a really good move. It is totally worth watching. It gives us a sense of how the website that we all know and love was created.
