Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 77

Chernabog · 01-26-2011, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by mousepod

What's interesting for me is that when Heather and I saw The Social Network, not only did we enjoy it, but we liked the Zuckerberg character (for the most part).

How can you *not* like Jesse Eisenberg, with that cute-as-hell Jew-fro?

I gotta see Social Network, glad it is coming to Netflix prior to the Oscars. I'm not so worried that it is heavily fiction. I can't think of any "based on a true story" movies that are meant to be exact accounts of what happened. That usually makes for boring movies, since life doesn't really progress in story arcs.

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

But I daresay there's a reason Inception is nominated for a ton of awards and Tron is nominated for best sound mixing.

I didn't say that Tron was academy-award material, 'cos it isn't. It seemed to be one of those movies that pretended to be deep but really it was a silly excuse to show "look at what we can do with computer effects!" which hasn't really thrilled me since Jurassic Park. (for another example of such a movie, I cite The Matrix and Larry Fishburne's intense spewing of "deep" utter bullsh~t. Incidentally I liked Matrix 3 because it was just an action film with no such pretensions.) It just wasn't my cup of tea, even if it was yours. I won't think any less of you, I promise.

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

but 300 accidentally ended up at the top of our Netflix queue and that has to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

But it did make for an awesome episode of South Park. Scissor me timbers!

LSPoorEeyorick · 01-25-2011, 12:56 PM

I liked Social Network well enough. Just not as much as a few other films this year. And I neither liked nor disliked Zuckerberg - just figured he was a fictional character with flaws.

Kevy Baby · 01-25-2011, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by LSPoorEeyorick

...just figured he was a fictional character with flaws.

Aren't we all really?

innerSpaceman · 01-25-2011, 01:43 PM

Heheh.

But WHY be so inaccurate about the facts (not the character) of a currently living person so famous he was made Time's Person of the Year? I just don't get it.

Ghoulish Delight · 01-25-2011, 01:51 PM

Umm, because it made for a better movie?

innerSpaceman · 01-25-2011, 03:49 PM

Then make a piece of fiction. Don't make a True Story with no truth. That dramatic license sh!t works a lot better when the truth you are adapting is more than 4 years old.

Anyway, it's funny how Cherny could not make it through Inception, but could watch Tron again. I'm the exact opposite. But I daresay there's a reason Inception is nominated for a ton of awards and Tron is nominated for best sound mixing.

mousepod · 01-25-2011, 03:58 PM

This is not intended as snark: iSm - you should take a couple of hours out of your life and see The Social Network. I'd like to hear what you actually think of the movie as opposed to your theoretical objections.

alphabassettgrrl · 01-25-2011, 05:24 PM

Well, for what it's worth, I'm with iSm on the true-story-should-be-based-in-truth stuff. If you're going to make a fictionalized version, tell me so.

I do plan on seeing The Social Network (at some point) but it is disappointing to hear that they made up everything about the person supposedly at the center of the movie. I know they always take some dramatic license, but to use almost nothing of reality? Can't love it.

innerSpaceman · 01-25-2011, 06:06 PM

It's not that there's nothing of reality. They got some stuff right besides the T-Shirts. And I don't mind dramatic license when it's used to simplify the drama or the number of characters so it's suitable for a movie (i.e., rolling 4 characters into 1, compressing the time span of events).

I will see The Social Network, and I bet it's a damn fine movie. I also bet they could have stuck to Zuckerberg's actual story and had the film be none the worse for it.

Otherwise, and perhaps Gemini Cricket would have preferred this, they could have gone the "Trans Global Airlines" route and not used "Facebook" for the film. Clear product placement! Harumph!

mousepod · 01-25-2011, 07:34 PM

If I remember correctly, the script was based on the two lawsuits (that also serve to frame the film). So it was a reality, just not the one that Time wrote about.

Just see the damn thing already. I'm looking forward to your take on it.

01-25-2011, 12:56 PM	#2
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	I liked Social Network well enough. Just not as much as a few other films this year. And I neither liked nor disliked Zuckerberg - just figured he was a fictional character with flaws.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Heheh. But WHY be so inaccurate about the facts (not the character) of a currently living person so famous he was made Time's Person of the Year? I just don't get it.
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Umm, because it made for a better movie? __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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01-25-2011, 03:49 PM	#6
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Then make a piece of fiction. Don't make a True Story with no truth. That dramatic license sh!t works a lot better when the truth you are adapting is more than 4 years old. Anyway, it's funny how Cherny could not make it through Inception, but could watch Tron again. I'm the exact opposite. But I daresay there's a reason Inception is nominated for a ton of awards and Tron is nominated for best sound mixing.
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01-25-2011, 03:58 PM	#7
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	This is not intended as snark: iSm - you should take a couple of hours out of your life and see The Social Network. I'd like to hear what you actually think of the movie as opposed to your theoretical objections. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	Well, for what it's worth, I'm with iSm on the true-story-should-be-based-in-truth stuff. If you're going to make a fictionalized version, tell me so. I do plan on seeing The Social Network (at some point) but it is disappointing to hear that they made up everything about the person supposedly at the center of the movie. I know they always take some dramatic license, but to use almost nothing of reality? Can't love it. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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01-25-2011, 06:06 PM	#9
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	It's not that there's nothing of reality. They got some stuff right besides the T-Shirts. And I don't mind dramatic license when it's used to simplify the drama or the number of characters so it's suitable for a movie (i.e., rolling 4 characters into 1, compressing the time span of events). I will see The Social Network, and I bet it's a damn fine movie. I also bet they could have stuck to Zuckerberg's actual story and had the film be none the worse for it. Otherwise, and perhaps Gemini Cricket would have preferred this, they could have gone the "Trans Global Airlines" route and not used "Facebook" for the film. Clear product placement! Harumph!
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01-25-2011, 07:34 PM	#10
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	If I remember correctly, the script was based on the two lawsuits (that also serve to frame the film). So it was a reality, just not the one that Time wrote about. Just see the damn thing already. I'm looking forward to your take on it. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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