#Review: The Social Network

Sep 22

I have spent a total of 5,423 hours blogging in various capacities on TNTML since its inception. We currently have 3,335 posts - 95% of which I personally have done ... and this post, is hands down the one I am the most excited about.

I just saw The Social Network. *cue 4sq checkin*

I do not posses enough words in my vocabulary to describe just how awesome this flick was. Please note as well, this review will not contain a single spoiler - however, the same cannot be said about exclamation points!!!!

First off, Facebook has nothing to worry about as far as press is concerned and the overall perception of the public regarding el senor Zuckerberg. I was always pretty ... meh on the guy, but I can now say - I am a champion of his. For real, if Marky Mark were to run for office I would totally be his Gennifer Flowers - and if I still even had a flower, it would be his.

Visually speaking - it is captivating. I am from Connecticut originally, and my great-great-whatever great grandfather was president of Harvard; they could not have captured it better. The dark, secret society ladened aura of the campus peppered with the North Face jackets and circa 2003 Gap sweatshirts could not have been more legit. The attention to detail was a job truly well done.

Direction, music supervision, acting, I mean there just really are no words to describe this film. I sound like a total fangirl - but it deserves it that much. It has been a very, very, very, long time since I have not only enjoyed something so much, but more importantly felt equally inspired.

I have poured my blood, sweat, and tears into this blessed little website. I walked away more confident than ever that I am doing something right. (Whatever that right is however, has yet to be decided.) I identified with Mark on so many levels. The geek speak is done in a way that is engaging and informative rather than condescending and patronizing. You either understood the algorithms, MySql, or you didn't - your nerd cred was not a pre-requisite to the undeniable age old tale that anyone on any level of code could relate to. The passion Mark had, the heartbreak that initially started the site, to even the refresh at the end he kept doing - WAITING for that friend accept - like we alllllllllll have done was so endearing, charming, and touching, I just ... have no words.

Bottom line: This movie will be an incredibly big hit. It is worthy of any buzz it receives, and after getting in for free tonight, I feel like I need to go see it again just to pay a $12 homage to a brilliant piece of art.

Do yourself a favor, go see it when it opens in theaters on October 1st. All of your friends will be talking about it. It is "one of those" and worthy of every bit of accolade.