The "Colossal" Network

I thought it would be appropriate to pick the Oscar-Wining film The Social Network as the subject for my first blog, as this class is about "Social Media" and all.  This movie was not only extremely interesting because of its depiction of the success story which bloomed right in front of our eyes but also because of the cinematography, the portrayal of the characters and the tiny little glimpse of pathos provided by the makers.


Unfortunately, I haven't been as up-to-date with the recent pictures as I would like to be. I actually did not get a chance to see The Social Network until a couple of weeks ago, which was just in time for the Academy Awards. At the 2011 Academy awards, The Social Network was nominated for 8 categories including Best Picture and Best Actor and got awards for Best Achievement in Editing, Best Achievement in Original Score and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.
Like I said I haven't had a chance to see all of the movies awarded at the Oscars this year how ever I did get the sense that the awe of the movie got lost in the shadow of the rest of the nominees as the actors and actresses and the directors were bigger names in those pictures. 


As a film, I found the Social Network to be not only informative but tremendously artistic as well. The main character Mark carried the irony of the story; he was intelligent, witty yet socially awkward. It made the audience think "How weird is it that the man behind the biggest social network of the world was only this successful in a virtual environment because he lacked these skills in the real world?" And of course, the show-stealing story behind his success was one we have heard in many tales before, yet it still managed to bedazzle me. In my opinion, his best friend and the twins were both in their cases against Zuckerberg, yet somehow the audience was directed to like this guy as if he was right. 
The cinematography was also phenomenal along with the music in certain scenes such as the rowing race scene in England. 
Over all I highly recommend watching this movie to any movie lover or anyone interested in this story. I believe it to be a master-piece.