MOVIE- THE SOCIAL NETWORK

so, late last night i decided on the net too look for a movie to watch, and i remembered i had wanted to watch (at the theateres) but never did, THE SOCIAL NETWORK. so, i punch in the search bar the name of the movie, and was pleased too see it was there.


clicked the link, started to watch a movie about a young college kid who has gone and revolutionized the internet world we live in, so much so the word "social network(ing) has become common place, an every day word in our language.


and it all started with an idea...a thought.
'how to connect people online so they can share each others information.'


the next thought, was how to make this national, the idea to go global was introduced by another person.


this movie was very good, and i understood allot of the techie langauge. (too bad craig was asleep, hed prolly have enjoyed watching it too, just too se if they knew what they were talking about as far as techie info goes.)



heres what WIKIPEDIA has about the movie. (by the way WIKI is another well known word we use in our common every day language, it has become the Internets global encyclopedia..and i LOVE it!)

The Social Network

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website FacebookDavid Fincher and features an ensemble cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones and Rooney Mara. and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by
Aaron Sorkin adapted his screenplay from Ben Mezrich's 2009 nonfiction book The Accidental Billionaires. Sorkin also makes a cameo appearance as a would-be investor. No Facebook personnel, including founder Mark Zuckerberg, were involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich's story.^[3] The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010 to critical acclaim.

Plot 

In 2003, Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) has the idea to create a website to rate the attractiveness of female Harvard undergraduates after his girlfriend Erica Albright breaks up with him. Mark hacks into the databases of various residence halls, downloads pictures and names of female students and, in a few hours, using an algorithm for ranking chess players supplied by his best friend Eduardo SaverinAndrew Garfield), he creates a website called "FaceMash", where male students can iteratively choose which of two girls presented at a time is more attractive. (
Mark is punished with six months of academic probation after the traffic to the site brings down parts of Harvard's network, and becomes vilified among most of Harvard's female community. However, the popularity of "FaceMash" and the fact that he created it in one night, while drunk, brings him to the attention of Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Armie Hammer), identical twins and members of Harvard's rowing team, and their business partner Divya Narendra (Max Minghella). As a result, he gains a job working for the Winklevoss twins as the programmer of their website, Harvard Connection.
Soon afterwards, Mark approaches his friend Eduardo and tells him of his idea for what he calls "Thefacebook", an online social networking website exclusive to Harvard University students. He explains this would let people share personal and social information securely. Eduardo agrees to help Mark, providing a thousand dollars to help start the site. They distribute the link to Eduardo's connections at the Phoenix S-Kfinal club, and it quickly becomes popular throughout the student body. When they learn of Thefacebook, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra believe that Zuckerberg had stolen their idea while simultaneously stalling on their website. Cameron and Divya want to sue Mark for intellectual property theft, but Tyler convinces them they can settle the matter as "Harvard gentlemen" without resorting to the courts.
At a visiting lecture by Bill Gates, fellow Harvard University student Christy Lee (Brenda Song) introduces herself and her best friend Alice to Eduardo and Mark. She asks that the boys "Facebook us"; their use of this phrase impresses both of them. Christy invites them to a bar, where she and Eduardo have sex in the restroom. Mark later runs into his ex-girlfriend, who is not aware of The Facebook's existence because she is not a Harvard University student. Stung by this, Mark decides to expand the site to more schools.
As The Facebook grows in popularity, they expand to other schools in the Northeastern United States, while the Winklevoss twins and Narendra become angrier at seeing "their idea" advance without them. Tyler refuses to sue them, instead accusing Mark of violating the Harvard student Code of Conduct. Through their father's connections they arrange a meeting with Harvard President Larry Summers, who is dismissive and sees no potential value in either a disciplinary action or in Thefacebook website itself.
Through Christy Lee, now Eduardo's girlfriend, Eduardo and Mark arrange a meeting with NapsterSean Parker (Justin Timberlake). When Christy, Mark and Eduardo meet Sean Parker, Eduardo becomes skeptical of Parker, noting his problematic personal and professional history. Christy also notes that Eduardo seems jealous of Parker, and attempts to calm him in order to avoid causing a scene. Mark, however, is impressed with Parker, who presents a vision for Facebook similar to his own. Although no deals are reached, in a parting comment, Parker suggests that they drop "The" from Thefacebook, to make it simply "Facebook". Eduardo later characterizes this as Parker's biggest contribution to the project. co-founder
At Parker's suggestion, Mark moves the company's base of operation to Palo Alto, while Eduardo remains in New York seeking advertising support. When Eduardo visits from New York, he is angered to find that Parker is living at the house they have rented and is making business decisions for Facebook. After an argument with Mark, Eduardo freezes the company's bank account and returns to New York. Upon returning, Christy argues with Eduardo about his Facebook profile, which still lists him as "single". When Christy questions Eduardo about why he has not changed his Facebook profile, he tells her he does not know how to, further infuriating Christy because she believes he is lying. She cites his profile as evidence he cheated on her with promiscuous women in Silicon Valley and subsequently sets fire to a scarf he has given to her as a gift. While Eduardo extinguishes the fire, Mark reveals on the phone that they have secured money from an angel investor through Parker's contacts. As a result of Christy's arson attempt, Eduardo ends his relationship with her.
Meanwhile in England, while competing in the Henley Royal Regatta for Harvard, the Winklevoss twins discover that Facebook has expanded to a number of universities there. They decide to sue. Eduardo discovers that the deal he signed with Parker's investors has allowed them to dilute his share of the company from thirty-four percent to three hundredths of a percent, while maintaining the ownership percentage of all other parties. He confronts his erstwhile friend Mark and announces his intention to sue him. Later that night, during a party celebrating Facebook's 1 millionth member, Parker and a number of Facebook interns are arrested for possession of cocaine.
The framing device throughout the film shows Mark testifying in depositions in two lawsuits: one filed by the Winklevoss twins, and the other filed by Eduardo. In the final scene, Marilyn Delpy (Rashida Jones), a junior lawyer for the defense informs Mark they will be settling with Eduardo, since the sordid details of Facebook's founding and Mark's personality will make a jury highly unsympathetic. The film ends with Mark sending a friend request to his former girlfriend Erica on Facebook, and refreshing the page every few seconds waiting for a response.

thats pretty much the whole movie, in a nutshell. but the parts i liked best were the scheming to make an idea into something thats now..global..everywhere, and has 500 MILLION users on it. and...the final word on mark? hes now the YOUNGEST..BILLIONAIRE EVER!.


yes, dreams do come, its how we make them bigger than counts.


now, i can remember when i signed onto facebook, years ago..(like 6, maybe?) and i hated it..plain white and blue interface, couldnt customize it with any backgrounds, seemed stupid to get poll reviews from total strangers...left it alone for about 18 months, and something made me go back. maybe a notification in my email said someone was looking for me and wanted to connect through facebook (i really dont remember)..so i went back. at the time i was largley on MYSPACE...but something happened when i went back to go look at facebook again...
i came away telling my family: "THIS (Facebook) will be BIGGER than Myspace!" to which, of course came the laughs and comments.


within another 18 months...news articles and statistics showed..it had met the potential i saw it reaching...


and ive been there every day since.


freinds of mine (including my hubby) have said they would NEVER be a facebooker...and they are...my husband is so much so, its his OTHER social lifestyle...
its the games, i think...that make it so popular...thats why im there...to play games...all for free!


ive had family i never knew i had, contact me on Facebook...and we connected. shared family history, and family lines.


i havnt seen anything else come up into our lives as fast as this entity has, and stay as long as it has...i dont see anyone else coming up with anything better...for a LOOOOONG time!


for something i once hated, im there every day...
theres a line one character says on the movie...
"TheFacebook is addictive." my son and i lauoghed. she went on to say "i dont know why, but im like in 5 times a day." 
i have her beat..im in it ALL day, and its the 1st thing i check in the morning (mastering those farmville crops..lol)
last thing i do before i go to bed (refreshing and replanting those farmville crops..lol)


it IS, the future, right here, right now.
plucked from its brnches at exactly the right time.
i love the site now. even though they make constant changes to the site (and its for a better flow, and dynamic.)
FACEBOOK..YOUR ONE IN A MILLION! keep on, keeping on!


MICHELLE