The Social Network

Okay.

So remember my post on the 2011 Oscar awards, and how glad I was that The King's Speech won? I also said that I would watch The Social Network to really say who should have won.

My oppinion has changed.

The Social Network is brilliant, above all. Its other characteristics are haunting, amazing, thrilling, edge-of-your-seat, musical, and dramatic. Everything about it is just pure genius. But does it surpass The King's Speech? We shall decide...

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications. In other words, Mark gets sued for millions of dollars.

So, lets start off on the acting. Everyone did a good job, in my oppinion. The acting wasn't superb, it was good (the role of Best Actor going rightfully to Colin Firth for The King's Speech). Good part on everyone.

Now something totally different: the music. There seemed to be a lot of music involved in this film. It was surreal, above all. Every composition or ethereal piece had a different emotion, almost feeling like it had come from something...extra-terrestrial. Gladly, the award went to The Social Network for best music. However, before seeing the film, I was sceptical about The Social Network winnning that award, as the example that was given at the Oscars wasn't a good one. But whatever, it won that, and it rightfully should have.

The cinematography...whew. The camera works and positions, the feel of the film and the image was all so (and I repeat) ethereal. It gave off a surreal feeling that I have rarely ever seen in films (2001: A Space Odyssey, thats about it). So, not only does the brilliant director David Fincher (Panic Room, Alien3, Se7en, Fight Club) get recognition, but every single person that worked on the film must get recognition, because the things that we usually see small in a film are big here (music, cinematography, photography, etc.) and shinejust as much as the most noticed do.

So, as a conclusion, The Social Network and The King's Speech were equal runners for Best Picture, they both deserved it. And though the Oscars made a fantastic choice, they might need to consider giving out 2 Best Picture awards, just in case something like this ever happens again.