MOVIES OF THE FUTURE: Facebook – The Movie.
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Wait, what the hell is going on here?!?
I knew that a Facebook movie was in development. I knew that Aaron Sorkin of The West Wing had written a script. I stay up on these things as much as is reasonable for someone in my position to do.
But since when was David Fincher attached as a director?
David Fincher, the brilliant visual stylist behind Seven, Fight Club, and Zodiac, among others, is apparently due to make a movie about the geeks who created one of the most popular, influential, and inescapable websites of the internet era: In other words, an intrinsically uncinematic story from one of the most talented practitioners of the cinematic arts who is currently at work in movies. (With a script from one of the most dialogue-reliant writers ever to tap on a keyboard.) I guess Fincher, having proven his brilliance several times over, is now looking for a challenge.
So the other thing I learned from this article about the Facebook movie, called The Social Network, is that the leads have been cast. Jesse Eisenberg, who is a deft, likable young actor (see Rodger Dodger, Adventureland, and the upcoming Zombieland) is playing the Facebook guy, and…uh… Justin Timberlake is playing the Napster guy, who has some relation to Facebook. I don’t know how Napster leads to Facebook; honestly I stopped reading at Timberlake. I’m not a fan. I find his music unlistenable, I'm not amused by his antics, I find his voice annoying, and I don’t see a single genuine human emotion there. Basically: Don’t look for my byline if you want to read complimentary words about Justin Timberlake. I do my best to be a nice guy when I write about complete strangers who don’t know I exist, but I allow myself an exception on Timberlake.
You know how in Fight Club, Brad Pitt and Ed Norton talk about what famous person they’d fight? If you asked me that question, if I could Fight Club anybody… well, it’d have to be Donald Trump. Timberlake wouldn’t be a contest, and he’d definitely cry.
That said, even I can admit that Timberlake did a solid job for Craig Brewer in Black Snake Moan. A good director can get a convincing performance out of just about anybody, and David Fincher is a GREAT director. The bottom line is that anything that this man directs is an automatic must-see for anyone who cares about the art of movies. I guess I have to update my status to “Jon Abrams is now a fan of The Social Network.”
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