I bought my tickets online for the movie this evening and on my credit card being swiped at the till at the Rialto in Newmarket, our tickets were generated. Such is technology nowadays. Some drinks and popcorn for Tim and we were on our way.
Following the founding of Facebook, largely though the settling of two lawsuits by Mark Zukerman, the story doesn’t make anyone look too flash at all. Zukerman comes across as sad and obsessive. Could he be so now with a majority stake in a company worth $25b? Maybe. The power of an idea that goes viral on the internet is inspiring. I kept thinking through the movie “what next?”. No doubt some 18-year-old will have it. Partway though the movie Tim discovered that his soft drink was flavourless. Ah, the disappointment.
The Social Network is a fast movie, looks honest, if not a bit predictable with two-dimensional characters, but hey, that could be true. Ending with a rather sad attempt by Zukerman to reconnect with the girl who dumped him, I guess we were being told he wasn’t completely narcissistic. Only others like to think that narcissistic’s aren’t. The narcissistic is content as they are.
If I was internet-powerful like Zukerman I could probably make mischief out of the theatres inaction over Tim’s soft drink when we left. Strange that the manager couldn’t see the irony in the experience and the movie. Hope he’s allowed to see the movie one day. Even if only to reinforce the reality of the web, we should all see this movie. And it’s a fun and at times funny flick.
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