ARTHUR'S MOVIE RATINGS

I don't presume to tell you whether or not you're going to like a movie or not--people have different tastes and like different things. The main purpose with the ratings given for movies here is to give you an idea of whether or not you should see it in the theater, wait for it to hit DVD, or skip it altogether. So if you want to break it down...

*****: AMAZING! Everyone should see this as soon as they possibly can!
****: GREAT! Worth every cent to go see it in the theater.
***: GOOD! May or may not be worth seeing in the theater, but definitely a solid choice for a rental.
**: DECENT. Not a horrible movie, but it's not a bad choice for a rental.
*: BAD. Do not watch this movie. Well, you could, but I wouldn't advise it.

02 October 2010

The Social Network (2010)

RATING:*** (3 stars)

A story about the founders of Facebook.

Perhaps the most talked about film of the 2010 movie season has not been The Twilight Saga: Eclipse or Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Part 1, but the not-entirely-factual film about a website that has changed the way we interact dramatically over the last decade: FACEBOOK.

In what seems almost a natural role for him, Mark Zuckerberg is played by Jesse Eisenberg and does a great job portraying the CEO of Facebook as a genius, a nerd, and perhaps a little socially inept. Aaron Sorkin's screeplay is also particularly good at bluring the lines between "reality" and what the character of Zuckerberg "believes" to be the reality.

However, outside of the scripting and the acting of the young actors and actresses, we do not have anything particularly great. Everything pretty well plays out as one would expect and there certainly isn't anything memorable about the film. A great film to grab for a night with popcorn at home, but maybe not one worth theater money.

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