Fincher Countdown Part 7 - The Social Network

Hello everyone and welcome to Some Like It Scott's latest limited series: the Fincher Countdown. Each week in the lead up to David Fincher's latest film, Mank, the two Scotts and countdown special guest, Jay Habib, will be working their way through most* of David Fincher's filmography in chronological order, starting from his non-franchise debut, the neo-noir psychological detective thriller, SEVEN, leading all the way to 2014's GONE GIRL. Join us each week as we talk about a different Fincher film!

 

On Part 7 of the countdown, Scott, Scott, and Jay revisit David Fincher's team-up with acclaimed writer, Aaron Sorkin, in the 2010 biographical drama, THE SOCIAL NETWORK. Starring Jesse Eisenberg as real-life Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, THE SOCIAL NETWORK weaves the tale the social media platform's nascent days, recreating Zuckerberg's times at Harvard in the days leading to Facebook's conception, as well as its days as a developing exclusive platform for elite colleges, all interwoven with modern-day courtroom drama scenes in depositions and board rooms as both Zuckerberg's former best friend, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), and his fellow Harvard students, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Armie Hammer and Armie Hammer), sue him over various allegations of unfair stock dilution and IP theft respectively. THE SOCIAL NETWORK is not simply the tale of the founding of the empire that is now Facebook, it also doubles as an intimate examination of Zuckerberg, and the film does not always paint one of the now-wealthiest men in the world in the kindest of lights, a light that may have been justified after Zuckerberg's near-pariah status over the last few years. Regardless, the countdown trio give their thoughts on whether the sumptuous combo of Fincher and Sorkin plays out effectively on the big screen, which of the performances is their favorites, and what Sorkin and Fincher's portrayal of Zuckerberg is and whether it's fair.