Movie review - The Social Network

Let me precede this with a fact: I do not walk out of movies. I don’t do it. I’ve wanted to, boy have I wanted to, but I’ve always managed to find it in my heart to let directors and/or actors redeem themselves to me before the ending credits roll. (That’s not to say that I haven’t turned off DVDs because I have, but even that’s a rarity.)

That being said, I could not make it through this movie. I walked out halfway through, and did not look back.

The gist is that Mark Zuckerberg is this crazy, insane computer programmer and socially awkward outcast who creates The Facebook. The story is told through flashbacks while he’s in the midst of two different lawsuits. It’s quite confusing to keep straight, and I think at the point I just gave up trying was when I walked out. My head hurt.

From what I’ve heard elsewhere, the story is insanely sensationalized in this movie. Makes me want to read the real story of Mark Zuckerberg, although, it’s probably insanely boring. Hey, wait, so was this movie. But I do suffer from insomnia, so perhaps Zuckerberg’s story will be just the thing to actually cure my insomnia. Hey, it could happen.

As an aside, the twins are played by the same actor. Really? They couldn’t cast a set of twins? They had to make the same guy play them? That’s almost (but not quite) as freaky as Deep Roy playing all the Oompa Loompas in the movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I guess they wanted to do the anti-Olsen twins bit. Or were they trying to prove that Eddie Murphy and Mike Meyers aren't the only ones who can play multiple roles in a single movie. I have no idea. But really, I think they could have expanded the casting call to find a real set of twins.

Then again, what do I know? I didn’t even make it through the whole movie.