The Social Network: a mess of awesome and sad

I saw The Social Network last night after much waiting and anticipation. It was fabulous (and not only because my beloved Jesse Eisenberg was in it-I'd watch anything he's in). It was funny, a little dark, and above all sad. I decided to give you my review on here.
**I pretty much go over the whole plot, including the ending so if you are still excited to see it, DON'T read on.**

First off, when I write I like a little music to set the tone. I will be listening to Creep covered by The Scala and Kolacny Brothers. I suggest you listen to it as well-click here. (This was also the song in the teaser trailer for the movie.)

I missed the first ten minutes of the movie so I'm hoping nothing super important happened in that time. Basically, the movie showed a kid (genius kid, I might say) who got in way over his head. Jesse plays Mark Zuckerburg, the founder of Facebook, or as it was known then The Facebook. He started it after claiming he would help start another, quite similar website (I believe it was called Connect U). He led them on, telling them he would get it done for them while creating his own website in that time. The trick was, he only used their idea, not their actual codes.

So he got the site up and running with his best friend (his only friend, Eduardo).

It took off faster than they had ever imagined, leaving them with a big job for two young people (albeit smart people, but still). Mark starting getting advice from Napster founder, Sean Parker. Sean had a tendency to be a little paranoid, a fact Mark seemed to be able to look past.

While Eduardo tried to keep him focused, Mark was swayed by Sean's predictions of grandeur. In the end, Mark goes with Sean, leaves a stunned Eduardo in the dust (after swindling him out of everything) and Sean having to leave the company after a cocaine bust.

This leaves Mark utterly alone. Yes, he had a hugely successful and ever-growing company but he had not one friend. He was sued by Eduardo and the would-be creators of ConnectU, all getting major settlements. Eduardo made off with over a billion dollars.

Mark is worth about $6.9 Billion dollars (and he only owns 24% of Facebook still). He can buy whatever he wants in this world...except friends. Now, the movie may not have been completely accurate, but I tend to believe it was pretty close to the dot.

What I saw was not Mark, the asshole who sold out his friends to make money. I saw Mark, a fairly anti-social kid who wasn't ever interested in making money off of this. He never planned to turn on his best friend, he never planned on it being what it is today. He just had a good idea for a website, and was decent with coding.

It made me wonder if, given the chance, he would do it again. Would he repeat everything that happened, hurt everyone he hurt just to get the net worth he has today? I don't think so. I honestly don't.

Mark has come off as a major douche a few times in the media, but it seems like he was just a regular guy that got thrown into an irregular situation. If everything I said ended up on the internet without me knowing I wouldn't look so great either.

In the end, I thought it was a great movie, brilliantly done. I feel bad for Mark, and I feel really bad for Eduardo (even with the billion dollars, he got the serious short end of the stick). It just goes to show the age old wisdom: money isn't everything.

There you have it. Let me know what you thought of the movie if you've seen it. I might just have to go see it again.