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AlmostFamous91
10:03AM on 07/17/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Looks amazing!!!

Looks like David Fincher has another oscar picture in his hands.

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Housecoat man
4:24AM on 07/16/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Whether you love Facebook or not it is easily the most influential website to emerge in the past decade (I'd say Joblo but I'm only referring to the 2000's;) It has totally revolutionized communication for our generation, is habitually hit by hundreds of millions of people a day and it all started with a lonely geek in college a few short years ago. If you don't think that is an interesting...

Whether you love Facebook or not it is easily the most influential website to emerge in the past decade (I'd say Joblo but I'm only referring to the 2000's;) It has totally revolutionized communication for our generation, is habitually hit by hundreds of millions of people a day and it all started with a lonely geek in college a few short years ago. If you don't think that is an interesting story in the hands of Fincher and Sorkin then I don't know what is. Definitely looking forward to this!

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filmguy450
3:55AM on 07/16/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Damn good use of Radiohead! Looks good, hopefully it can deliver.

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JohnLocke2342
3:20AM on 07/16/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

To anybody looking for that cover from Radiohead here it is:

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hYPE
10:44PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Great...

Another film for Justin Timberpuss to shit on. Why doesn't he just sing for us all and keep doing those Sony commercials.

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prefuse
1:35AM on 07/16/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Because he's actually a very good actor.

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goes_to_ricks
10:16PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I'm pretty much in the same boat as everyone else who was skeptical, but this trailer just worked way better than could have imagined. If they can carry that same tone into the movie, then I should be satisfied.

But honestly, above all else, the cinematography is really what grabbed me the most. It looks freaking beautiful! If for nothing else (even though he's got my 100%...

I'm pretty much in the same boat as everyone else who was skeptical, but this trailer just worked way better than could have imagined. If they can carry that same tone into the movie, then I should be satisfied.

But honestly, above all else, the cinematography is really what grabbed me the most. It looks freaking beautiful! If for nothing else (even though he's got my 100% support), Fincher can make a movie look good.

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Terminal_83
7:51PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I'll see it depending on the length. I don't know if I'll sit for two and a half hours to watch a dramatic version of the Facebook start up.

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BrokenDreamer
4:08AM on 07/16/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Then you won't be seeing it: the script is 161 pages long, which means it will be over two and an half hours long. I find it hard to sit through films of that length, but it was an enjoyable read and I can't think of any part that could be cut from this script. It doesn't have any scenes that I would consider filler; it's a very tight script despite it's length (and, if they do cut it short,...

Then you won't be seeing it: the script is 161 pages long, which means it will be over two and an half hours long. I find it hard to sit through films of that length, but it was an enjoyable read and I can't think of any part that could be cut from this script. It doesn't have any scenes that I would consider filler; it's a very tight script despite it's length (and, if they do cut it short, I would be interested in the director's cut).

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Jig Saw 123
7:20PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I am impressed.

When I first heard of the plot I was very skeptical, but I then realized that great movies have been made based on things that were popular during the time. No one can deny Facebook for being a historical giant. Hopefully this makes up for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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mandingo
6:58PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Double post

That is all... trailer still looks great.

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mandingo
6:56PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Wow

Way back when I first heard of a facebook movie I put it on par with a monopoly or battleship movie. This looks pretty damn great, really hoping Eisenberg steals the show. To anyone bitching, at least it's not a Farmville movie.

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VitamanMan8
6:04PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

God damn this looks fantastic.

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Joe11
5:40PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Sniff Sniff

I smell oscar contension

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annihilist
4:45PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I love Fincher's style, but the subject matter is shit. Facebook is an internet time waster where people hook up, play stupid games, or pretend they have friends. Some of the guys that started it are suing each other for money. That's Farrely Bros. material, at best.

If Fincher wants to make an expose movie for our times, why not pick something important, like the banksters or...

I love Fincher's style, but the subject matter is shit. Facebook is an internet time waster where people hook up, play stupid games, or pretend they have friends. Some of the guys that started it are suing each other for money. That's Farrely Bros. material, at best.

If Fincher wants to make an expose movie for our times, why not pick something important, like the banksters or the oil baron murderers at BP. Geeks making websites for the retarded doesn't measure up.

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cup_of_beef
9:31PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

agreed! facebook is a tremendous waste of time, so needless to say, a movie about facebook is an even bigger waste of time.

Fincher has made lots of great movies, and this one will likely be good as well, but to me the subject matter is not just boring, its offensively boring.

mandingo
6:57PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Sounds like annihilist doesnt have many facebook friends.

Supertramp87
5:00PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Yes facebook is a pretty much just a way to waste away time discounting its relevance in today's society would be foolish. The issues to do with privacy and how people have changed the way the interact are deeply tied with the newer generation. Facebook might be stupid and many of the people using it are too but it has become an incredibly pervasive part of society.

So I (sadly) t...

Yes facebook is a pretty much just a way to waste away time discounting its relevance in today's society would be foolish. The issues to do with privacy and how people have changed the way the interact are deeply tied with the newer generation. Facebook might be stupid and many of the people using it are too but it has become an incredibly pervasive part of society.

So I (sadly) think it is quite fitting because most people are more absorbed in facebook than have a clue as to whats going on with BP, our politicians, or banks. And the easiest way to get the attention of the majority of people is through facebook, hence pretty much every business, musician, politician, issue whatever big or small has a facebook page to promote itself.

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JDFunari
4:20PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

For me, this is the most memorable trailer I've seen in 2010. I'm glad the studio decided to market the movie less conventionally (so far), which I think is essential considering the overfamiliarity of the subject matter.

By the way, I didn't see it mentioned below, but the cover of 'Creep' is by Scala.

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BrokenDreamer
3:00PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Eisenberg's Voice

I absolutely loved the script (I started it with the intention of just reading a few pages before going asleep but couldn't stop). I thought the dialogue Sorkin wrote for Mark Zuckerberg (and the others as well, but particularly him) was engaging and distinctive in how it portrayed his personality. He spoke with such arrogance and in a matter-of-fact tone, while also remaining articulate and...

I absolutely loved the script (I started it with the intention of just reading a few pages before going asleep but couldn't stop). I thought the dialogue Sorkin wrote for Mark Zuckerberg (and the others as well, but particularly him) was engaging and distinctive in how it portrayed his personality. He spoke with such arrogance and in a matter-of-fact tone, while also remaining articulate and intelligent (despite his rudeness). It's hard to describe without quoting the script, but it was part of the reason I found the character so compelling. I knew the actor who portrayed this character would have to pull off this dialogue and I began to question whether Jesse Eisenberg is capable of doing so.

Well, this trailer has yet to prove anything to me. Eisenberg has such an awkward voice that I fear it's going to undermine some of the lines. What jumped out to me on the page in written form doesn't seem to work as well coming out of his mouth. This role should be different from his other work, but I'm afraid he is limiting the character with his timid voice. I hope he proves me wrong, but this might be a miscast.

That stated, I enjoyed the script and look forward to seeing it realized by David Fincher. Hopefully, the actual movie overshadows the one I created in my head while reading the script.

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fat-womanizer
5:35PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

That's exactly what I thought, watching the trailer. The voice/ intonation doesn't match with the character...

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wolverinerpt
2:31PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Is that Justin Timberlake?

If he's in this I'm sold aside from Eisenberg who was hilarous in Zombieland (2nd best comedy behind Hangover last year...any takers?) I can't stand JT's music (I'm a grunge man...long live Soundgarden!!!)...but there's no denying he's a talented actor and is funny as shit (see "Dick in a Box;SNL).

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BrokenDreamer
2:37PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Yes, he is in it, and his character--Sean Parker--certainly fits the type you would expect Timberlake to play. I agree, though. I don't like his music, but he has proven that he can act and this role fits him like a glove.

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dreamfall
2:30PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Looks pretty amazing! I will see it the weekend it comes out!

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IQuitMrWhite
2:08PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I like how the trailer opens. Despite your personal feelings about the book of faces, no one can deny the cultural impact it's had, and in only a few short years. If Citizen Kane was about the rise and fall of a young and powerful man in the newspaper industry, the most popular and significant form of news and entertainment of that era, it makes that someone would make a film about Zuckerberg,...

I like how the trailer opens. Despite your personal feelings about the book of faces, no one can deny the cultural impact it's had, and in only a few short years. If Citizen Kane was about the rise and fall of a young and powerful man in the newspaper industry, the most popular and significant form of news and entertainment of that era, it makes that someone would make a film about Zuckerberg, the most powerful man on the Internet.

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prefuse
2:08PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

One of the best directors of our time taking on one of the most topical discussions and technological breakthroughs of our time featuring two of the best actors of our generation with a score by Trent Reznor with an incredibly written screenplay?

This is going to be fucking good.

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Derrida
2:03PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Fuck yeah

I've heard the screenplay is really dark, really nasty - here's hoping for another Fincher masterpiece

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BrokenDreamer
2:33PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

The script is fantastic! I know that there has been a lot of buzz about the script by Aaron Sorkin and I wasn't sure if I believed it, but I started reading it and I just couldn't stop. It was interesting and had my attention. Mark Zuckerberg was fleshed out as an intelligent, ambitious person who also could be arrogant, rude, and just plain selfish. I don't know if I could picture Jesse Ei...

The script is fantastic! I know that there has been a lot of buzz about the script by Aaron Sorkin and I wasn't sure if I believed it, but I started reading it and I just couldn't stop. It was interesting and had my attention. Mark Zuckerberg was fleshed out as an intelligent, ambitious person who also could be arrogant, rude, and just plain selfish. I don't know if I could picture Jesse Eisenberg in this role, but I liked the script so much that I might have a problem getting over what I pictured in my head.

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Thumbs
1:48PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

the Topher/Cera school for stammering awkward skinny guys

Eisenberg needs a new schtick (some range please) but i want to see this.

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BrokenDreamer
3:18PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Good idea, thumbs. I rarely read a script before seeing a film, but this one was too intriguing and once I started, I couldn't stop.

Thumbs
3:04PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

hey, i just read your post up top and it reminded me of how i felt when they cast Eli Roth as Bear Jew after reading IB's fantastic script. I'll read the script to this after I see the movie instead of before. Thanks.

BrokenDreamer
2:47PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Furthermore, if he does stammer too much in this film, it won't do justice to the script and the Zuckerberg Sorkin describes. The script suggests he is very articulate and straightforward in his demeanor. This is a part of his arrogance. Jesse needs to pull this off. If he does a stammering awkward character, his performance is beneath the potential demonstrated in the script.

BrokenDreamer
2:43PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

He has a chance to show range in this film. Eisenberg typically plays nerdy, shy types. This character is definitely nerdy, but he is not shy. He is arrogant, rude, and not entirely likeable (as his past roles tend to be). Aaron Sorkin's script even included some great exchanges between him and the other characters, giving him a distinctive voice. Of course, that is what Sorkin does best.

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Obmulap
1:39PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Here's hoping Brenda Song is more than just window dressing.

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DezrtEagle
1:37PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

im definitely going to see it, and I must have that version of Creep NOW

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The_Soloist
1:25PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Looks great. Leave it to Fincher to make anything look interesting and cool. Can't wait.

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JoBlo
1:22PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Kinda reminds me of the early days of JoBlo.com, save for the billions of dollars involved, the hot Asian chick and David Fincher giving a shit about us... ;) STILL not sure if I will care to watch an entire movie about how FACEBOOK started, but then again...Fincher baby, Fincher! PS: Trailer reminds me a little bit of Roger Avary's RULES OF ATTRACTION.

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fat-womanizer
2:07PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

So when is the joblo.com grindhouse movie coming? I'll watch it!

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ginopags
1:15PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Great trailer...

This and SOMEWHERE are easily the 2 best trailers of the year thus far.

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optimusprime24
1:04PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

I might see it.

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maic
1:04PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

i�ve said it before...

...on the teaser, but i�ll say it again, this movies is really looking up to be a very good film...

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ChosBeforeHos
1:01PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

YAWN

This film doesn't look bad. Just uninteresting. Why would I want to see a movie where the action climaxes with some guy slamming a stack of papers on a desk and the titular moment of the trailer is an asinine "back and forth" in a dreary boardroom?

What this film needs are some 3D piranhas!!!

/sarcasm

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Z_oasis
1:01PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

It's tough to say...

TO have a movie about facebook (wasn't it myspace that became huge first? Regardless) A movie about facebook is quite trite in my opinion. It's just us whining and moping to get a like or a comment and shit. The social network has made people, ages 15 to 30, quite unsocial.

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VitamanMan8
6:07PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

So because you dislike Facebook (as do I), you dislike the idea of a film documenting its creation?

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Bicycle_Thief
12:59PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Great Trailer!

So far this is probably my most anticipated movie of the fall. For the first time there is a movie that is Topical. A movie that speaks about the times that we live in and what our social society is becoming. I'm excited. Let the conversation begin.

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Can Ispeak To Ken
12:57PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

They should seriously lose the first 50 seconds of the trailer.

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ColdFlame19
12:56PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

only Fincher could make a facebook movie this good looking

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ColdFlame19
12:56PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

only Fincher could make a facebook movie this good looking

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Derek237
12:55PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

TO: The Social Network

RE: My interest

MESSAGE: You have it.

p.s. Radiohead FTW!

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Derek237
12:59PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

duh

ColdFlame19
12:56PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

while yes its a radiohead song, its a cover

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kickass
12:50PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Like I said before.

Not. Interesting. At. All.

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Beauski
12:47PM on 07/15/2010 Add as a friend | MFC profile

Wow, this does look really good. I haven't seen Andrew Garfield in anything so it's nice to get a sense of what the new Spider-Man looks like.

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