Are you there guys?
It's me Quintin. Perhaps you remember me as the kid whose website you check religiously? No? Well, perhaps just check spiritually? My feigned narcissism aside let's get to why you're here. This one'll be quick and dirty. Leave the money on the night stand dirty...
The Social Network. It's good stuff. I hate to just pile on yet more praise on a film that's enjoying Oscar buzz already, but the film genuinely deserves some recognition. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, a movie I didn't see, nor gave a shit about, was a movie that elicited a lot of attention for being generational. A movie comes a long everyone once in awhile that just gets it y'know. I gotta say The Social Network is right there. Now far be it from me to hail it as "generational" simply because they had a good enough idea to base it off a fad (maybe, maybe not) encompassing 500 million people. Hollywood can always make a film about the last big thing. This movie here understands the issues at bay in a world where "friendship" is a just a click away. A world so attached to technology, connection can fall at its expense.
What makes it so interesting to me is how reminiscent of the times it is. The first scene is really so representative of the tone and the very generational ideas that form the meat of the film. Post-modernism. Capriciousness. Disconnection. Awkwardness. (talk about the first scene)
This is just a strong movie about friends, betrayal, and ambition. it's almost unfun to write this review because watching it only confirmed my excitement. Oh well that was awesome. Could it be Best of the year? We'll have to see
