DIRECTOR: David Fincher
STUDIO: Columbia Pictures
STARRING: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
RATING: PG-13
GENRE: Drama, Biography
GRADE: C-
Wow. Am I the one who DIDN'T like this film? I mean, normally before I formally write my review, I check out other ones (Spill.com, Rotten Tomatoes, ETC), but it seems like every other critic really enjoyed this movie.
First off, I loved the concept! Facebook is something that EVERYONE uses, and of course, this movie will attract millions of people, but the problem is this played into a court-room drama, but without the court-room! I mean, the movie basically consisted of 3 acts, and the only one I really enjoyed and got into was the first act. It peaked and then just went plummeting down.
The actors were actually really great and I'm beginning to love Jesse Eisenberg, because just the way he enunciated his words fit his character. The supporting actors were great, too. However, the one thing I'll never understand is the characters of the Winklevoss twins. Their dialogue was some of the worst I've heard in a long time! I don't know if it was purposeful, but the way it was presented was serious and the characters actually meant it, so it was hard to distingish the proper reaction.
A lot of critics compared it to "Citizen Kane," which kinda makes me want to scream. "Citizen Kane' was an amazing, beautiful, artistic masterpiece that has so much depth, it's hard to even explain. This is a sloppy, thrown-together should-be-independent film that happens to sell well because of it's concept, not of its final product.
The film dragged in more places than it should, but the sad part is that it IS such an interesting story, but it was just presented in such a boring way to its audience. They're marketing to ages 12-25, but most are used to movies like "Zombieland" or "The Notebook" or "The Hangover" where the plots are so intense in every scene, that their attention spans have lessened.
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