Assessment of the Film "The Social Network"

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Social Network Response
The “Social Network” is a 2010 film directed by David Fincher and screen written by Aaron Sorkin. The social network is about a paradox that shows the founding of a pioneering internet tool called Facebook that brought the world together while also tearing five friends apart. The movie appears to be part conspiracy thriller and part boardroom drama. Both the director and screenwriter contributed immensely to the success of the Facebook story along with series of double crossings and lawsuits. In my opinion, “The Social Network” is an interesting movie that evokes different perspectives in its meaning. Sorkin and Fincher succeed in giving Zuckerberg a personality but also leaves his character open to interpretation. The film’s screenplay is creatively curated with precise editing and acting.
I agree with David Denby's assessment of the "social network." Just as Denby suggests, I think the film should be considered as a work of art. In his response to the film, he describes, “The portrait of Zuckerberg is many-sided and ambiguous,” which proves the artistic approach in the movie (Denby 1). Furthermore, Denby also emphasizes at the beginning of his response that “…Fincher and Sorkin, selecting from known facts and then freely interpreting them, have created a work of art” (Denby 1). Fincher also describes the film as “…expansive over all as a picture of college social life, hipster business enterprise, friendship, and rivalry”(Denby 1). Sorkin creates characters who are sympathetic, believable, but still irritating. The future founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg's character, is played with the right intuition by Jesse Eisen...