Yo! It's another episode of BP! Today is PALMREADER's birthday so make sure to say "Happy Birthday" to the dude before you listen to this episode. This week we're talking about David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's 2010 movie about the weird, somewhat insufferable, insensitive genius boy turned evil social media mogul Mark "the ZUCC" Zuckerberg and the creation of that site where your aunt posts anti-vax memes and argues about essential oils and Justin Trudeau, "The Social Network".
In this pod, we share our favourite scenes/actors, our personal opinions on what we each feel are the better aspects of the film, discuss how many great movies came out in 2010 and why PALMREADER thinks it's one of the best movies of the 2010s. We gush about the soundtrack (done by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross) and the technical aspects of Fincher's direction, discuss our disagreement on Sorkin's writing and dialogue style, ponder how the film relates to current cultural ideas about social media, and how this dramatic retelling of the birth of Facebook kinda hints at how bad it was really going to get. We then go on a rant about why social media kinda sucks now, how it is negatively affecting the masses and youth, why ZUCC sucks in real life but why this movie rules as a character study and so much more.
We also talk about Fincher's body of work and directorial style and Aaron Sorkin's writing styles. Surprisingly, people DON'T walk and talk in this movie. PSA: PALMREADER forgot his pop filter at his house like a big dumb guy so apologies for the quality this week and any unwanted pops.
Next week... we hit the beach with Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" and probably talk about how Tom Hardy always talks weirdly or has his face covered in movies.
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