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bought the dvd yesterday and wasn't able to watch it the day it came out because some idiot told me not to. sidebar: DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY ELSE IF YOU WANT TO WATCH A MOVIE. lesson learned for me.

anyway, going in to it, i had already been forewarned by interviews from the cast members i'd seen on youtube that the movie is fast-paced. based on the dialogue at the beginning of the film, i think they were referring to jesse eisenberg's speech mannerism - which i find very adorable indeed! =) he's the best part of the movie and it was great casting all around. andrew garfield was amazing. i totally felt for him. i even gasped when the lawyer was going down the list of people whose shares were not touched apart from andrew's character's. poor boy.

biggest surprise was justin timberlake's performance. i have to say, even though i'm a huge fan of his, i never thought he'd be able to pull off a performance like that! he was AWESOME! but back to eisenberg...

BTW, adrienne palicki just got cast as wonder woman today ;)

OK, going back to the topic at hand, i dunno why but jesse just snuck up on me. i didn't know who he was - aside from the fact that he reminded me so much of michael cera (who i love too!), but other than that, i had no idea who this guy was! then i heard him talk and actually listened to what he was saying and BAM! right there. on conan o'brien's and dave letterman's shows, he nailed me. FIGURATIVELY.

eisenberg has a way of charming the panties off you because he's NOT TRYING TOO HARD TO BE CHARMING AT ALL. it's natural. it's simple. it's adorable. and i think that that was what captivated audiences while watching him in this movie. he wasn't TRYING to be mark zuckerberg, he WAS his OWN zuckerberg. yes, they kinda looked alike; yes, he exuded that smaart-ass, condescending attitude which is not the right appropo for whatever kind of environment, but whatever. he was fabulous and that's what made the movie.

if you think about it, the movie itself wasn't highly advertised - zuckerberg himself said he wouldn't watch it but then a few weeks later gave in and had a private viewing for his employees at no less than the facebook offices in california. the point is, something so small and simple but vibrant of a movie as this deserved and deserves all the accolades and awards it's getting: from best picture to best screenplay to sexiest geeks ;)

last thing i'll say about the movie was the captain of the ship: david fincher. i didn't realize that i'd already seen 5 of his films (yes, i looked at imdb - sue me!): curious case of benjamin button, zodiac, se7en, panic room and this - the social network. if you are like me and you've also seen these movies, you'd know what i mean when i say that fincher doesn't mess around. he's gritty. he's straight-forward and he's unbiased. i love the color, texture and overall look of his movies. it's dark and mellow-looking. i can't quite put my finger on it. but if you've seen 1 or 2 of his movies, you'd know what i'm talking about. so kudos to fincher and the cast for their brilliant film and i hope i see more films like these in the future =) cheers!