Memento: A Quick Review

Disjointed, confusing, sporadic and incredibly good. Christopher Nolan is such a wonderful man I want to kiss him. Memento is one of those movies everyone tells me about but I never have time to see it or rent it, but I finally did! And I don't regret it one bit.

Memento is the story of Leonard (Guy Pearce) a man who is trying to piece together his wifes murder and kill those responsible. Unfortunately he was injured and his lost his ability to make new memories. Everything he sees or does he will forget at some point. Nolan takes us back through time with small snippets of story to show how it all began.

Guy Pearce is wonderful in this role, he really took it to the next level and I've got to stop taking him for granted. Memento can get incredibly confusing. Sometimes it's memory backflashes can get pretty tedious and annoying to follow. It also has a significant lack of closure but that's what leads to the brilliance of the film. Check it out, even if you don't like it, it is a very fun ride.

-Christopher O'Connell

28 Days Later: A Quick Review

The amount of time between my viewing of 28 Weeks Later and 28 Days Later is probably considered a crime in some circles. I finally saw it, after loving the sequel, and am proud to announce that it is a very good film.

In England, some animal activists decide it's a good idea to break into a labratory and release imprisoned monkeys, despite being warned that they are infected with a very dangerous disease called Rage. After releasing said monkeys, they get attacked by them and quickly turn into humans with a blood lust that forces them to attack and kill everything living. You could say that they are zombies but in reality they are more like infected humans and that takes away a little of the unknown factor that zombie movies are famous for.

Anyways, the film is wonderful. It is shot in a kind of artsy, indie flick lens that makes it more personal. You aren't watching the movie, you are experiencing it with the characters as it unfolds. My friend put it a good way, 28 Days Later is a social commentary with horror elements. It's not really that scary, the gore is at a minimum for a zombie flick (making it more accessible to audiences) and it doesn't suffer one bit. If you like a zombie film that is actually good and entertaining definitely rent 28 Days Later. And then see 28 Weeks Later. A good horror movie with a good sequel, it has been a while since that has happened.

-Christopher O'Connell

Unknown

Unknown was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.  It stars Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aidan Quinn, and Frank Langella.

Dr. Martin Harris (Liam Neeson), and his wife, Elizabeth (January Jones), travel to Berlin for a science conference that he is speaking at.  When they get to the hotel he discovers that he left his incredibly important brief case at the airport, so he gets in a cab to go back for it.  Unfortunately, that wasn't a great idea and the cab smashes into a guardrail and lands in the water.  He wakes up from a coma four days later and has no identification on him.  He tells people that he is Dr. Martin Harris, which becomes a little awkward when he finds out that another man (Aiden Quinn) is married to his wife, and claiming to be him.    The Dr. Martin Harris played by Liam Neeson is of course incredibly confused and enlists the help of the cab driver (Diane Kruger) to help figure out this mess.  Professor Rodney Cole (Frank Langella) is probably the most helpful at explaining the confusion to Martin.  There are twists and turns as far as the eye can see.  Many of them defy logic, but if you want logic you really should not be seeing a Liam Neeson movie made in the last 3 years.

With Taken, Liam Neeson proved that just because you are 56 it doesn't mean that you cannot reinvent yourself as a action star.  After all, this is America and everyone has that option.  It turned out that Liam Neeson is quite the leading man.  He's in great shape and is surprising convincing in action movies and thrillers.  It's a strange phenomenon, but after a while you accept it.  Unfortunately, he does not get to shoot guns in Unknown.  I've got to admit this was a little sad, as I learned to love Liam Neeson with a gun, after watching Taken.  However, he did get to beat a couple people up and yell a little bit.  Anyway I really like Liam Neeson and enjoyed him in this role.  He worked well with the two main actresses, and I guess when he reinvented himself he made it so that his female leads are in their 30s.  Once again this is America...One final acting note...Frank Langella is an incredibly talented actor and I really wish he was in more of this movie.  He doesn't show up until close to the end, just in time to explain the fiasco to Liam Neeson (and audience members like myself who did not see the ending coming).  I got really excited when his name showed up in the opening credits, as I had forgotten he was in the movie.

The movie was incredibly entertaining.  The quit cuts and musical score all adding to the suspense of the film.  The film wasn't particularly original, but I assume the filmmakers knew that and just didn't really care.  However, it was fast paced and had some nice shots of taxis driving into rivers, buildings exploding, among other superficial things.  Also, the flashbacks had a unique look to them, appearing to be a little blurry and surreal, adding a dream-like tone to those scenes.  The camera work in general I thought was good as well, sometimes having the background be blurry and having Liam Neeson be more in focus, since he was the primary part of many of the scenes.

The dialogue in this film isn't the greatest...then again in recent years Mr. Neeson really doesn't attract quality scripts (The A-Team anyone?) anymore.  Some lines in Unknown were cheesy and in a similar vein to the "skills" line Neeson so beautifully delivered in Taken.  I can't think of any concrete examples right now, but there were indeed a couple dumb lines in Unknown.  It might be fun for people to try and pick them out for themselves.  However, no lines were as horrendous as those that were constantly hurled at me when I watched Burlesque.


If you like Liam Neeson you may find something to like about this movie.  He is a great lead for action/thrillers.  However, this movie obviously isn't some high quality affair...which is why it was released in February.  However, it is fun to watch, and the ending is a bit surprising. 2 out of 4 stars...this may seem bad, but it's really not...2 star movies can still be perfectly entertaining...they are just not examples of solid filmmaking.  Oh, and by the way, the above poster is a complete lie.  I think it was just a cheap ploy to make people think of Taken and encourage them to see this movie.  The two films are not as similar as people think...and Liam Neeson's hand never touched a gun in the entire movie.

-Joseph Sbrilli

The 2011 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Winners are highlighted.

Best Picture Nominees

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech – Joe, ChrisO

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

Joe’s Prediction: “The King’s Speech” by far.  I am predicting it dominates the Academy Awards.  Everything about it is incredible, from the brilliant cast to the beautiful cinematography.  A potentially slow or boring story is given such life and humor through the wonderful script and talented actors.  It’s a great blend of film as art as well as entertainment.  The only real competition this has is “The Social Network.”  If that wins (like it did at the Golden Globes), then I don’t even know what to say.  That’s a movie based off of a fad.  A well made movie, but quality-wise doesn’t compare to “The King’s Speech.” 

ChrisO’s Prediction:  The King’s Speech. Originally I had The Social Network down as winning but I just saw it and The King’s Speech is just a better movie and much more deserving. Right now it is obviously the frontrunner and certainly worthy of Best Picture. In more ways than one it is just a better film than the only other obvious contender. I think the academy will pick a story that follows history pretty accurately; since most people say The Social Network is entirely untrue. But this is the Oscars, anything could happen.

Who Gets Robbed? Toy Story 3. God, that movie is good. This may be the best chance any animated movie would ever have to take this category but sadly it won’t. If any company is going to do it though, Pixar will.

Best Actor Nominees

Javier Bardem: “Biutiful”

Jeff Bridges: “True Grit”

Jesse Eisenberg: “The Social Network”

Colin Firth: “The King’s Speech” – Joe, ChrisO

James Franco: “127 Hours”

Joe’s Prediction: Colin Firth.  The Academy loves when actors play real people and Firth’s performance was incredible.  He was just so convincing as the stuttering king who had to deal with fear and being incredibly self-conscious about himself and his abilities as a king.  Also, he worked incredibly well with Helena-Bonham Carter and Geoffrey Rush.  James Franco is the only one I can see as being competition, but I still think Firth has got this, as great as Franco was.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Colin Firth. There is no way he is not winning this year, especially after being nominated last year. His performance was by far the best, the stuttering king was absolutely perfect, and he deserves this award more than anyone else.

Who Gets Robbed? James Franco. Colin Firth still deserves the best actor award, but if he wasn’t in the running James Franco would hands down be the winner. Sorry James, I know you’re hosting but the academy will recognizing how awesome you are some day. I am sure you will win eventually.

Best Actress Nominees

Annette Bening: “The Kid’s Are All Right”

Nicole Kidman: “The Rabbit Hole”

Jennifer Lawrence: “Winter’s Bone”

Natalie Portman: “Black Swan” – Joe, ChrisO

Michelle Williams: “Blue Valentine”

Joe’s Prediction: I’m almost positive that Natalie Portman is winning this.  Not only did she star in one of 2010’s best and most entertaining films, but her performance was wonderful and showed a huge, gradual change, from an innocent, shy ballet dancer, to just about the complete opposite.  Portman has won the Screen Actor’s Guild Award and The Golden Globe, so I feel like the Academy will follow suit.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Natalie Portman. The buzz off of her performance and the multiple awards she has won for it pretty much guarantee this a win. Don’t doubt on this one, Portman has got it in the bag.

Who Gets Robbed? No one, because Natalie is going to win.

Best Supporting Actor Nominees

Christian Bale: “The Fighter” – Joe, ChrisO

John Hawkes: “Winter’s Bone”

Jeremy Renner: “The Town”

Mark Ruffalo: “The Kid’s Are All Right”

Geoffrey Rush: “The King’s Speech”

Joe’s Prediction:  Christian Bale, literally no contest.  He has won the Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards and he played a crack addict.  Critics, the Academy, normal people, pretty much everyone eats that right up.  His performance is one of the best of the year and solidifies Bale as one of the most talented actors, under the age of 40.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Christian Bale. I personally loved this movie and am pretty sad it’s not going to win much else. But Bale is going to win big. After going all out for so many roles, the academy has finally decided to recognize his acting chops. As an ex-boxer crack addict Dickey Ward, Bale was amazing. This is all his.

Who Gets Robbed? Christian Bale if he loses this award. No one else deserves this.

Best Supporting Actress Nominees

Amy Adams: “The Fighter”

Helena Bonham-Carter: “The King’s Speech”

Melissa Leo: “The Fighter” – Joe, ChrisO

Hailee Steinfeld: “True Grit”

Jacki Weaver: “Animal Kingdom”

Joe’s Prediction: I’m going with Melissa Leo as the matriarch in “The Fighter.”  I had never heard of her before this film but she has won this award in a couple of other ceremonies so it seems like it will happen again at the Academy Awards.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Melissa Leo. All the awards and buzz point to her winning. Even if personally I preferred a couple other actresses on the list. Although admittedly, there is no real strong front runner.

Who Gets Robbed? Hailee Steinfeld surprisingly. Despite being surrounded by fantastic actors in True Grit, Hailee carried the movie. If she wins I think it would be a pleasant surprise because she played her role fantastically.

Best Director Nominees

Darren Aronofsky: “Black Swan”

Joel and Ethan Coen: “True Grit”

David Fincher: “The Social Network” - ChrisO

Tom Hooper: “The King’s Speech” - Joe

David O. Russell: “The Fighter”

Joe’s Prediction: I am assuming and hoping that Tom Hooper wins, for obvious reasons.  He got incredible performances from his cast, among many other wonderful things in that film.

ChrisO’s Prediction: David Fincher. A win for him is long overdue and we all know the Oscars hate to not give awards to previous nominees. Plus, he made a movie about Facebook exciting, which takes a little skill.

Who Gets Robbed? Christopher Nolan! He still hasn’t received even a nomination for best director yet! This is ludicrous.

Best Documentary Nominees

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Gasland

Inside Job

Restrepo – Joe, ChrisO

Waste Land

ChrisO’s Prediction: Restrepo is the only film on this list I have heard about and wanted to see. So I forced Joe to go along with my decision.

Best Original Screenplay Nominees

Another Year

The Fighter

Inception

The Kids Are All Right

The King’s Speech – Joe, ChrisO

Joe’s Prediction: “The King’s Speech” will win this unless the Academy falls for the lesbian propaganda in “The Kids Are All Right” or for the charm of Christopher Nolan.

ChrisO’s Prediction: The King’s Speech. I see very little chance of another film winning this award. Mostly because King’s Speech is going to bring home the most gold.

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

127 Hours

The Social Network - ChrisO

Toy Story 3 - Joe

True Grit

Winter’s Bone

Joe’s Prediction:  Although the four films on this list that I have seen were incredibly well written, I think it’s about time that Pixar gets honored for their consistently brilliant, charming storytelling.  They are some one of the best filmmakers in the business and “Toy Story 3” was the perfect blend of humor, action, and emotion.  Even though the film tread a lot of old ground, it still felt so fresh.

ChrisO’s Prediction: The Social Network. It’s a movie about Facebook. That people enjoyed. It’s about a freaking website that got nominated for best picture. Of course it’s going to win this.

Best Animated Film Nominees

How to Train Your Dragon

The Illusionist

Toy Story 3 – Joe, ChrisO

Joe’s Prediction: They should not have even bothered nominating the other two, “Toy Story 3” is winning it.  Pixar has won this award the majority of the years that it has existed, including the past three years in a row.  I don’t see them breaking that track record anytime soon. 

ChrisO’s Prediction: This IS Pixar’s category. Why do other movies even bother? Although, I am wondering why Tangled wasn’t nominated.

Who Gets Robbed? Toy Story 3 if it loses. Pixar may always win, but that’s because they deserve it.

Best Foreign Language Film Nominees

Biutiful – Joe, ChrisO

Dogtooth

In a Better World

Incendies

Outside the Law

Joe’s Prediction: I’ve only heard of “Biutiful,” so I will go with that one.  It does look extremely good though, and I would like to rent it sometime.

ChrisO’s Prediction: “Biutiful” is the only movie on this list that had an actor nominated for an Oscar as well.

Best Cinematography Nominees

Black Swan

Inception - ChrisO

The King’s Speech – Joe

The Social Network

True Grit

Joe’s Prediction: “The King’s Speech may be the most visually stunning film that I have ever seen in theaters, at least in my top 5. 

ChrisO’s Prediction: Inception. If any movie brought home the most excitement this year, it was Inception. I enjoyed every minute of its incredible shots. Even if the plot falls through with every subsequent viewing.

Best Editing Nominees

127 Hours

Black Swan

The Fighter

The King’s Speech – Joe, ChrisO

The Social Network

Joe’s Prediction: I cannot think of a bad thing to say about “The King’s Speech” right now.

ChrisO’s Prediction: This is another hard one to determine who will win, but The King’s Speech is getting almost everything else so they might as well grab this one too.

Best Art Direction

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Inception – ChrisO

The King’s Speech - Joe

True Grit

Joe’s Prediction: The sets and anything else you see in “The King’s Speech” I would describe as stunning.  However, Inception and True Grit also had beautiful art direction as well, so who knows.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Inception. Most visually stunning movie of the decade. As long as Alice in Wondercrap doesn’t win I’ll be happy.

Best Costume Nominees

Alice in Wonderland

I Am Love

The King’s Speech – Joe, ChrisO

The Tempest

True Grit

Joe’s Prediction: Well, the Academy usually loves costumes involving England in some way, shape, or form, if the past couple years are any indication.  So big surprise, I’m going with “The King’s Speech” for this as well.

ChrisO’s Prediction: The academy loves period dramas. And they love the costumes more. Alice in Wonderland better not win.

Best Make-up Nominees

Barney’s Version - Joe

The Way Back

The Wolfman - ChrisO

Joe’s Prediction: “Barney’s Version” is the only one I saw on this list.  The make-up was great though, since the film took place over a few decades, requiring the characters to age realistically.

ChrisO’s Prediction: I honestly haven’t seen any of these movies but Wolfman was praised for its makeup work right from the get go, even if it was a so-so movie.

Best Original Score Nominees

127 Hours - Joe

How to Train Your Dragon

Inception - ChrisO

The King’s Speech

The Social Network

Joe’s Prediction: While all of these scores were extraordinarily well done, I am going with “127 Hours” for this one.  It added so much to the drama of the film, and without it something would have seriously been lacking and hindered the enjoyment of it.  Plus, it’s the same composer that did the “Slumdog Millionaire” score.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Inception. Hans Zimmer is a veteran of composing and Inception had the most iconic music of 2011. Its distinctive BWAAA, while quickly annoying, is easily distinguishable. I barely noticed the other ones.

Best Original Song Nominees

127 Hours: “If I Rise”

Country Strong: “Coming Home”

Tangled: “I See the Light” – Joe, ChrisO

Toy Story 3: We Belong Together”

Joe’s Prediction: Well I honestly don’t care at all for this award this year, ever since the Academy didn’t nominate “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me,” from “Burlesque.  Basically the only quality part of the entire movie and it won the Golden Globe, which we know doesn’t mean that much, but it still should have been nominated so James Franco could have dressed as Cher and Cher would join him on stage and sing this powerful, wonderful song, oozing with emotion…it would have been great.  And in all honesty it’s one of the best original songs, in a musical in years.  I guess I will go with “I See the Light” from “Tangled.  The rest I cannot remember off the top of my head.  And maybe it’s about time Disney starts winning this award again. 

ChrisO’s Prediction: I See the Light from Tangled seems to be the frontrunner. Disney could win both ways with either this and We Belong Together. Doesn’t really matter to me but Tangled should win something.

Who Gets Robbed? Apparently Cher does. Of course Joe would follow her to the ends of the Earth but I assume the song couldn’t have been that bad. And James Franco dueting with Cher would be amazing.

Best Sound Mixing Nominees

Inception – Joe, ChrisO

The King’s Speech

Salt

The Social Network

True Grit

Joe’s Prediction: “Inception” had a lot going for it in generally, but more specifically regarding sound.  It added greatly to the thrilling nature of this blockbuster spectacle.

ChrisO’s Prediction: Inception. Is Salt really on here?

Best Sound Editing Nominees

Inception - Joe

Toy Story 3

TRON: Legacy - ChrisO

True Grit

Unstoppable

Joe’s Prediction: I guess “Inception.”  I really have trouble differentiating between this award and the previous one, even though there is a difference.

ChrisO’s Prediction: TRON. So many things detract from TRON, but the one place it scores so many points is the sound department

Best Visual Effects Nominees

Alice in Wonderland

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Hereafter

Inception – Joe, ChrisO

Iron Man 2

Joe’s Prediction: As much as I loved the tsunami scene at the beginning of “Hereafter,” “Inception” had incredible visual effects all throughout the film.  Nothing looked fake, which is nice because “Alice in Wonderland” looked ridiculous and I don’t know why this was even nominated

ChrisO’s Prediction: Inception had some of the greatest effects I have ever seen. The lack of CGI crap clogging my brain makes it even more enjoyable. And the scene with the rotating hallway blew my mind. Inception wins.

And there you have it, Joe has The King's Speech winning 8 awards this year while ChrisO has it winning only 5. Make your own predictions and watch the show on the 27th!

The Tillman Story: A Quick Review

If you haven't at least heard the name Pat Tillman you are, in my history teacher's words, a bad American. So let's get educated.

Pat Tillman was an all-american boy, played safety for the Arizona Cardinals, and was pretty good at it too. Not to mention he was extremely handsome, loved his wife and his brothers, and most importantly loved his country. He was the jock that was nice to the nerds. You wanted to hate him but he was too nice not to love. After 9/11 he and his younger brother decided that they needed to fight for their country and signed up for the Army Rangers. This was a big deal. Tillman had everything going for him: millions of dollars per year, a health plan that doesn't have to cover getting shot and the ability to go home every night. America respected him that much more for giving up all that to fight terrorism. Sadly, on April 22, 2004, Pat Tillman was killed in the line of duty while serving in Afghanistan.

The army awarded his family the silver star for Tillman's heroic actions on the day of his death, including maneuvering his men up a hill under enemy fire and directly saving the lives of his men. Unfortunately, it was all lies. After crying out, "Why are they shooting at me? I'm Pat fucking Tillman!" Pat Tillman was killed by friendly fire, in an area where the presence of enemy combatants is still debated. I find it incredibly heart wrenching that not only was Pat Tillman's head blown completely off by what I assume was a .50 Caliber machine gun, but his younger brother arrived on the scene just ten minutes after and was lied to even then.

The army wanted to cover up the friendly fire story. They convinced almost everyone, but the family did some digging and uncovered the truth. The documentary spends a good amount of time on this aspect, showing how the cover up went all the way to Donald Rumsfeld, maybe even President Bush. What the family really was peeved about was that the government used Tillman's death as a propaganda tool for the war, I admit, I'd be pretty mad too.

The Tillman Story is a very good documentary, but it tries to do too many things at once. They show so many aspects of Tillman's life that and cover up that its hard to stay grounded. If you see it you'll know what I mean. It gets very disjointed and can even become a propaganda tool in itself, but I am sure that's not what they intended.

I just know that war is a horrible thing and his death was as unnecessary as it is sad. He paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country and this documentary helps us take a moment to remember and respect that.


-Christopher O'Connell

The Green Hornet

Honestly, I don't really like Seth Rogen as a main character. He's fine as a supporting character, but when he's a main character I usually just want to punch him in the face. Despite that, I didn't hate him in The Green Hornet and the movie isn't as crap as everyone else has led you to believe.

Seth Rogen plays Brit Reid, son to newspaper mogul James Reid. Brit has grown up into a mooching-off-his-dad's-exorbitant-wealth party boy while his dad spends his time being the only truthful newspaper in town. And it's not his fault because James was a pretty mean dad. But eventually James dies of a bee sting. Brit is left with all this wealth, a sweet mansion, 50 cars worth more than my house and an extreme hatred for all the people who didn't know his dad was kind of a douche. Enter Kato (Jay Chou), James' old handyman who admits to Brit that yeah, his dad was kind of a dick. They hatch a genius plan to cut off the head of the newly erected statue of James Reid. But daring their nefarious heist, Brit witnesses a young couple being assaulted. He tries to intervene and gets his buttkicked. Kato runs in with his awesomee martial arts skills and drops everyone like flies. They almost get caught by the cops and seeing as their still criminals, Brit suggests that he and Kato become superheroes with a twist. They pretend to be bad guys so they can get in bed with criminals easier. Brit also uses his new newspaper company to print as many stories about his new altar ego, The Green Hornet, to get his name out there.

The biggest flaw in this movie is that their plan is pretty stupid in the end. Instead of just fighting bad guys, they are fighting bad guys and cops. Which obviously leads to some hilarious misunderstandings. The other big flaw is the length of The Green Hornet. Christopher Nolan can make Batman three hours long because hes awesome. This is an untested superhero movie almost clocking two hours, yikes.

Otherwise The Green Hornet is a very interesting film. The dynamic between hero and sidekick is blurred. Kato is obviously the sidekick, but he is the only one with fighting skills or technological prowess. Brit is there because he's rich. Unlike Iron Man or Batman, Brit has no superhero qualities. He isn't even charming or attractive and that makes him very self conscious. Kato is the actual superhero but is repeatedly referred to as the sidekick, this kind of makes him mad. Their intial successes for to the wayside because they can't reconcile their places on the superhero spectrum.

On the other side, Chudnofsky (played awesomely by Christoph Waltz) is an aging villian who is constantly grasping with getting older. He's no longer scary and no one finds him threatening even though he kills them in increasingly violent ways and carries a two barreled desert eagle.

The point is The Green Hornet breaks most superhero norms and it derserves credit for that. It also has a lot of pretty decent action. I saw a lot of reviews ripping on the action. The action was great, be quiet, there were tons of guns, fighting, explosions and table legs through eyeballs so don't be mad at it for not enough action.

It's not a great superhero film, but it was a good effort and I mostly enjoyed watching it. And there is a great cameo by James Franco in the beginning. I love that man.

2 and a half out of 4 stars


-Christopher O'Connell

The Social Network: A Quick Review

Well I finally saw "The Social Network," directed by David Fincher and starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, and others.  If you don't know the plot to this movie then I have nothing to say to you.  Facebook! Billions of dollars! Mark Zuckerberg makes a bunch of enemies on the way because as it turns out he's kind of a jerk.  Rumor has it that a lot of this movie was made up. I can't actually prove this one way or another, until I look it up on Wikipedia.  If that's the case, than that is ridiculous and someone should have paid closer attention to the true details.  Jesse Eisenberg is actually quite a good actor, judging him solely on this and "Zombieland."  He got an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, but he will lose to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech."  Just like the other nominees basically don't have a chance against him.  "The Social Network" was well made.  I liked how the film consisted of a lot of flashbacks to when Facebook was first starting and cutting back to closer to the present where Zuckerberg and other Facebook people are being interrogated regarding some legal trouble.  Also, the cinematography, lighting, and everything looked great.  I assume it would have been even better on a bigger television set.  However, near the end of the film it started to drag on and I was beginning to get antsy.  Overall, I still am not a huge fan of a movie about Facebook.  I just think it's a fad that is not worthy of being made into a film.  And if this wins Best Picture over "The King's Speech," then I will be really upset because that is the better movie.  The previous statement is not even up for negotiation.  Also, David Fincher's three movies with Brad Pitt were also much better than this.  I am aware that I am in the minority with "The Social Network", but I am fine with that.  Who knows, it may grow on me...eventually.

-Joseph Sbrilli