The Cinema For 10/1/10: Maybe Apart Of Your Next Status Update
Hopefully this will lead to all the jokes of a Twitter and MySpace movie ending, as "The Social Network" is finally hear for everyone to see.
The top two keys that make this "movie of the year" material are its directing and the dialogue.
All of it is highlighted in its glorified opening scene, as the Silicon Valley Mercury News' Charlie McCollum notes:
From having the same suffix in his last name to exuding the arrogance that his character is based on, Jesse Eisenburg certainly gets out of that "he's the other Michael Cera" comparison in this film. But everyone else, from Justin Timberlake to Andrew Gaverin, really was top class in this film.
People, including yours truly, laughed when the idea of a movie based on Facebook was going to happen. But when David Flincher and Aaron Sorkin were said to be behind it, a lot of serious movie people started to treat this as a legitimate cinema.
It really is blossoming into an Oscar contender in the perspective of Reel Views' James Berardinelli:
Lost in the attention of "Social Network" is "Let Me In", which is really good in its own merits from what the critics say. From the superb Liam Lacey of Friday's Globe and Mail:
Finally, "Case 39" is that unfortunate other thing directed by Christian Alvart premiering today. Only a few even care for it.
Variety's Jordan Mintzer explains this movie's weird history:
Until next week as the year is in its final quarter, this is the Cinema.
FIN.
Jesse Eisenburg acts out his fellow "Burg" to a tee in 2010's latest class movieAnd it is certainly is among the quintessence of 2010 films, an eye brow raising reality considering how derided the original thought of it was.
The top two keys that make this "movie of the year" material are its directing and the dialogue.
All of it is highlighted in its glorified opening scene, as the Silicon Valley Mercury News' Charlie McCollum notes:
You are plopped down in a Boston restaurant in the fall of 2003. On one side of the table, there's Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg), then a Harvard student but soon to be the co-founder of Facebook. On the other side, there's Erica Albright (Rooney Mara), a Boston University coed he's been dating.Definitely one of the great starts to a movie you will ever see.
What follows is a verbal knife fight between two smart people (one, Zuckerberg, arguably smarter than the other or anyone else in the room) throwing out rapid-fire lines that cut and slice. It's a dazzling piece of writing that ends with Erica setting the tone for the movie's view of Zuckerberg.
From having the same suffix in his last name to exuding the arrogance that his character is based on, Jesse Eisenburg certainly gets out of that "he's the other Michael Cera" comparison in this film. But everyone else, from Justin Timberlake to Andrew Gaverin, really was top class in this film.
People, including yours truly, laughed when the idea of a movie based on Facebook was going to happen. But when David Flincher and Aaron Sorkin were said to be behind it, a lot of serious movie people started to treat this as a legitimate cinema.
It really is blossoming into an Oscar contender in the perspective of Reel Views' James Berardinelli:
Much will be written about whether The Social Network is unfair to the real Mark Zuckerberg, but that seems to me to be a red herring. This is a narrative feature based on a true story, not a documentary, so expectations of real-world veracity should be taken with a grain of salt. The character of Mark Zuckerberg as represented by Sorkin and Fincher is fascinating and his journey is compelling, involving as it does so many aspects of the electronic era human experience: friendship, obsession, big ideas, betrayal, and lots of money. This is the 2010 Oscar season's first drama to live up to the hype and expectations associated with it.
Lost in the attention of "Social Network" is "Let Me In", which is really good in its own merits from what the critics say. From the superb Liam Lacey of Friday's Globe and Mail:
Matt Reeves’s Let Me In is a smart horror film that exploits a deep-seated fear in America: subtitle-phobia. The movie is a remake of the acclaimed 2008 Swedish film Let the Right One In, a delicately creepy tale of adolescent blood-sucking and bonding that earned critical raves but only a modest $2-million in U.S. box-office revenue. Let Me In should earn at least 20 times that, just by being in English.
Finally, "Case 39" is that unfortunate other thing directed by Christian Alvart premiering today. Only a few even care for it.
Variety's Jordan Mintzer explains this movie's weird history:
Shot in 2006 and withheld from domestic release for more than two years, pic hit various overseas markets in 2009 and recently went straight to DVD in France, Italy and Japan. (Pic grossed more than $3 million in Mexico and Spain, and Paramount will likely target Hispanic auds Stateside, where it will be released under the Paramount Vantage label.) While such delays aren't entirely uncommon for certain studio-backed B-titles, such an extended waiting period doesn't augur well, and it takes only a few reels to see what the problem is.Otherwise, another really good week at the box office, where the options for your money are more than worth it.
Until next week as the year is in its final quarter, this is the Cinema.
FIN.
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