Watched "The Social Network" last night.
Strangely, my reaction was to actually get interested in Facebook for the first time. I still doubt I'll join, but I have to wonder if a lot of people -- perhaps older folk -- will make the leap.
The movie actually shows almost nothing about the actual ins and outs of the site.
And my reaction was to actually feel sorry for the guy --
Poor little billionaire.
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The movie is fiction. See
http://www.businessinsider.com/is-the-social-network-true-2010-10
And, from wikipedia:
"The film's screenwriter Aaron Sorkin told New York magazine, `I don’t want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling,' adding, `What is the big deal about accuracy purely for accuracy’s sake, and can we not have the true be the enemy of the good?'
"According to Sorkin's script, Zuckerberg created Facebook to elevate his stature after not getting into any of the elite final clubs at Harvard. Yet Zuckerberg told The New Yorker he had no interest in joining the final clubs."
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg#Depictions_in_media)
Finally, that final scene of him waiting for his old girlfriend, Erica Albright, to friend him? The scene designed to make him look like a lonely nerd? Total fabrication:
"...According to interviews Zuckerberg has given in the New Yorker and TechCrunch, he's been dating the same woman, Priscilla Chan, for about seven years -- since before he founded Facebook.
"So while the story that Zuckerberg invented Facebook to impress/get over his ex-girlfriend (and win chicks) may make for a good story, the reality -- that he wasn't a spurned, dateless loser but was in fact in a stable and committed relationship -- is much more boring (but happier, of course, for Zuckerberg)."
-- http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/10/01/mark-zuckerberg-girlfriend-priscilla-chan-social-network/
The entertainment industry is not interested in portraying the truth; the entertainment industry is only interested in selling popcorn and getting laid at Hollywood parties.
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I get that. There's been quite the backlash to the movie. When I say I feel sorry for him, it's because the movie really does a number on him.
Oh, and my other point is -- basically, the old bromide "there's no such thing as bad publicity...."
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