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"The Social Network" - I went from not caring to excited

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My 13 year old niece wants to see this, she was like "OMG, Justin Timberlake!!!!!!!! AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

So I blocked facebook.com on my sister's router. :twisted:
 
Way too many commercials for the movie on TV. Seeing the same thing 20 times a day is not going to make me go see it.
 
what I want to know is whether this got made with zuckerberg's approval, ie, whether it's going to touch all the allegations of him stealing the website from others
 
Aharami said:
what I want to know is whether this got made with zuckerberg's approval, ie, whether it's going to touch all the allegations of him stealing the website from others
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Have you seen the trailers? It sounds like MOST of it is based around Zuckerberg getting sued and accused of stealing.

FWIW, I remember reading something that Zuckerberg wasn't all that happy with "the facts" in the movie... which probably means it's accurate 😛
 
gorcorps said:
Have you seen the trailers? It sounds like MOST of it is based around Zuckerberg getting sued and accused of stealing.

FWIW, I remember reading something that Zuckerberg wasn't all that happy with "the facts" in the movie... which probably means it's accurate 😛
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Yeah the WSJ had an article today about Facebook getting into damage control mode about the movie. Like the OP I went from thinking this was lame to thinking I might actually watch it. I usually like Sorkin stuff.
 
I hate the actor playing him. I guess he does kinda look like him, but I just don't like him. He's the bastard child of Michael Cera and Andy Samberg and he annoys me.
 
It'a a movie about facebook.

It's a movie. About facebook.

A movie. About facebook.

REALLY? About facebook? REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Facebook? REALLY?
 
spidey07 said:
It'a a movie about facebook.

It's a movie. About facebook.

A movie. About facebook.

REALLY? About facebook? REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Facebook? REALLY?
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i bet it's a movie about facebook like fightclub was a movie about soap.
 
i think the trailers look way too dramatic and terrible. i doubt that's how it all went down. will wait for a non-fiction documentary.
 
I love all the douche ATOT'ers that go 'FACEBOOK, REALLY?'

I guess one of the most culturally significant events in the past 5 years isnt worth making a movie about...
 
Yep, I will definitely see this; not sure whether in theatres or as a rental.

I've listened to the 5-track sampler a few times (Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross) and I really like it. This movie should have a wicked soundtrack too.
 
cheezy321 said:
I love all the douche ATOT'ers that go 'FACEBOOK, REALLY?'

I guess one of the most culturally significant events in the past 5 years isnt worth making a movie about...
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Culturally significant? Really? Serious? Facebook? Culturally significant? Really?

NO
 
spidey07 said:
Culturally significant? Really? Serious? Facebook? Culturally significant? Really?

NO
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The culture we live in consists of a lot of people that aren't you. And millions of them use Facebook and it is a significant part of their lives.
 
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spidey07 said:
It'a a movie about facebook.

It's a movie. About facebook.

A movie. About facebook.

REALLY? About facebook? REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Facebook? REALLY?
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A Beautiful Mind was about game theory.
Flash of Genius was about windshield wipers.
Envy was about a spray that could vaporize dog poo.
Pirates of Silicon Valley was about the personal computer.
 
surfsatwerk said:
The culture we live in consists of a lot of people that are aren't you. And millions of them use Facebook and it is a significant part of their lives.
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Yeah, farmville and mafia wars are serious business. 😛

For real though, anything that gets my mother online and looking up her high school friends is pretty significant. She has a hard time even using the DVR.
 
Wyndru said:
Yeah, farmville and mafia wars are serious business. 😛

For real though, anything that gets my mother online and looking up her high school friends is pretty significant. She has a hard time even using the DVR.
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I don't use Facebook, but there isn't a day that goes by where I don't hear it mentioned by somebody at least once.
 
KeithTalent said:
Well it kind of is and you are completely missing the point. I'm not even on Facebook and I can understand this.

KT
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Indeed. There are lots of things I have only a passing knowledge of and I don't give a shit about (iPhones, iPads, Twitter, American Idol, Glee etc.) that I can nonetheless identify as culturally significant.

Tends to make conversations less awkward when you can actually acknowledge this.
 
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