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I was too anxious and shy to ever be on facebook when it was cool to do so, but seeing this movie in theaters actively changed my taste in media and made me more interested in the craft of filmmaking. It made me realize great dialogue could be as exciting as any action scene and expanded my idea of what a good soundtrack was outside of like, Star Wars. Zuck turning out to be even worse than anyone realized aged this movie *weirdly*, but I still feel a lot of joy whenever I rewatch it.
Jesse Eisenberg really had shit on lock at that time. Zombieland and Adventureland were/are also really big movies for me
Jesse Eisenberg really had shit on lock at that time. Zombieland and Adventureland were/are also really big movies for me
Mar 12, 2025
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š„it's crazy to say that this is my "comfort movie" (a concept I frankly despise), but it is! everything works, an early 21st century work which understands the moment.
"sorry! my pradaās at the cleaners! along with my hoodie and my fuck-you flip flops, you pretentious douchebag!"
"sorry! my pradaās at the cleaners! along with my hoodie and my fuck-you flip flops, you pretentious douchebag!"
Mar 17, 2025
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This movie perfectly scratched the useless niche-information quadrant of my brain. Right above where the lobotomy scraped the feeling out of my frontal lobe.
This was really good dude! Like, not my favourite rise-and-fall business biopic, but a really solid entry into that world of movies. Best way I can describe this movie is āThe Social Network: An Amazon Prime Original Movieā. Like itās good, it aināt winning any Oscars, but if I saw this on TV Iād be like āaw hell yeah dude this movieās great!ā
Itās so interesting how this monolithic company which once controlled 45% of the smartphone market essentially shat the bed so hard the bed snapped in half, folded in on itself, and flattened the shitter like a pancake. Part of it was corporate greed, for sure, but a fair whack was just bad luck. Imagine having the biggest status symbol in the world, only for some turtle-neck wearing dickhead to turn around and say ānah Iād winā and completely body you in the span of an hour. If that sounds like your cup of tea, watch this movie.
The plot moves at a good clip, and it kinda reminded me of Steve Jobs, using three distinct periods in the companies history as the backdrop for each act. I will say that the start and end were easily the more interesting parts. At the start weāre watching a bunch of sweaty nerds crack the code of innovation, montages and needle drops galore. In the end weāre watching a multi-national corporation in a desperate attempt to sink its teeth into anything thatāll bleed, even if that means feasting on their own flesh. The middle is more about the slow corruption, the way that lofty ideals start to fall apart in the face of adversity and the desire to be the best. Itās interesting, thematically and narratively speaking, but the real meat and potatoes are those opening and closing acts.
*puts on beret* This movie is a sound critique of capitalism, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK DEAR READER! Yes, this is about a company that started in humble origins and means only to blow up and become perverted by sweet sweet money, but itās more than that. When a late-stage capitalist structure defines business success as āprofit line goes upā, anything less than resounding profit is concerning if not fatal. What starts as a homegrown effort ends up outsourced, quality abandoned for quantity, SUPPLY AND DEMAND BUY BUY SELL. And hey, we all know this. You been to McDonalds recently? Big Mac my ass, that shits a Medium Mac AT BEST. I digress. While that factor is certainly touched on here, I also think it shines a light on the sort of person that world attracts. It takes a special kinda of bastard to run a BlackBerry, and those bastards all share a vice in pride (not the sucking-and-fucking fun kind either). You combine this personality type that needs to control, to dominate, to be the big swinging dick, with an unforgiving system that reduces accomplishment to ādoes the line go up?ā, and you end up with a company that changes the world and implodes within a decade. Hmmm maybe the system is flawedā¦ nah, me want Big Mac.
Stand out performance from Glenn Howerton, he is after all a Five Star Man. There was a feeling here that heād just play Dennis from Sunny, only now in a suit, but his performance had subtle differences. Explosive, abusive, untethered, but doing a much better job of keeping the lid on. Jay Baruchel also did a very commendable job, taking a character from a weak-chinned autistic-coded savant who canāt hold eye contact for the duration of a swift fart, all the way up to a frazzled, desperate businessman grasping at straws to keep his kingdom from sinking into the sea.
Final Rating - 3.5/5 Stars
Watch this if you like - The Social Network, Steve Jobs, The Founder, The Big Short
have you seen this movie? what did you think? letās talk about it
This was really good dude! Like, not my favourite rise-and-fall business biopic, but a really solid entry into that world of movies. Best way I can describe this movie is āThe Social Network: An Amazon Prime Original Movieā. Like itās good, it aināt winning any Oscars, but if I saw this on TV Iād be like āaw hell yeah dude this movieās great!ā
Itās so interesting how this monolithic company which once controlled 45% of the smartphone market essentially shat the bed so hard the bed snapped in half, folded in on itself, and flattened the shitter like a pancake. Part of it was corporate greed, for sure, but a fair whack was just bad luck. Imagine having the biggest status symbol in the world, only for some turtle-neck wearing dickhead to turn around and say ānah Iād winā and completely body you in the span of an hour. If that sounds like your cup of tea, watch this movie.
The plot moves at a good clip, and it kinda reminded me of Steve Jobs, using three distinct periods in the companies history as the backdrop for each act. I will say that the start and end were easily the more interesting parts. At the start weāre watching a bunch of sweaty nerds crack the code of innovation, montages and needle drops galore. In the end weāre watching a multi-national corporation in a desperate attempt to sink its teeth into anything thatāll bleed, even if that means feasting on their own flesh. The middle is more about the slow corruption, the way that lofty ideals start to fall apart in the face of adversity and the desire to be the best. Itās interesting, thematically and narratively speaking, but the real meat and potatoes are those opening and closing acts.
*puts on beret* This movie is a sound critique of capitalism, BUT NOT FOR THE REASON YOU THINK DEAR READER! Yes, this is about a company that started in humble origins and means only to blow up and become perverted by sweet sweet money, but itās more than that. When a late-stage capitalist structure defines business success as āprofit line goes upā, anything less than resounding profit is concerning if not fatal. What starts as a homegrown effort ends up outsourced, quality abandoned for quantity, SUPPLY AND DEMAND BUY BUY SELL. And hey, we all know this. You been to McDonalds recently? Big Mac my ass, that shits a Medium Mac AT BEST. I digress. While that factor is certainly touched on here, I also think it shines a light on the sort of person that world attracts. It takes a special kinda of bastard to run a BlackBerry, and those bastards all share a vice in pride (not the sucking-and-fucking fun kind either). You combine this personality type that needs to control, to dominate, to be the big swinging dick, with an unforgiving system that reduces accomplishment to ādoes the line go up?ā, and you end up with a company that changes the world and implodes within a decade. Hmmm maybe the system is flawedā¦ nah, me want Big Mac.
Stand out performance from Glenn Howerton, he is after all a Five Star Man. There was a feeling here that heād just play Dennis from Sunny, only now in a suit, but his performance had subtle differences. Explosive, abusive, untethered, but doing a much better job of keeping the lid on. Jay Baruchel also did a very commendable job, taking a character from a weak-chinned autistic-coded savant who canāt hold eye contact for the duration of a swift fart, all the way up to a frazzled, desperate businessman grasping at straws to keep his kingdom from sinking into the sea.
Final Rating - 3.5/5 Stars
Watch this if you like - The Social Network, Steve Jobs, The Founder, The Big Short
have you seen this movie? what did you think? letās talk about it
Jan 17, 2025
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