Monday, November 8, 2010

Every creation myth needs its devil.

The Social Network - 8/10.
In science, the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea first occurred. Comparisons to 'Citizen Kane' are apt, as it is pretty much the story of 'Citizen Kane.' Plays it even keel. Mark Zuckerberg doesn't come off as a good person, but neither does he come off as anything other than someone who wanted to make something great. Ignoring the obvious, I think it ends up being a movie that defines the times more because it kind of builds a definition of who is the rightful owner of an idea – whoever can pull it off. It's not the songwriters that tend to get famous, baby doll, it's the singers.

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