A Rede Social

Onde outros realizadores testam os seus limites, David Fincher pinta calmamente um quadro que define a perfeição. A Rede Social não o deixa inconsciente com aspetos individuais, mas com a sua capacidade de comunicar tão poderosamente uma história tão banal que poderia estar a acontecer numa versão mais pequena em todas as outras universidades, mesmo agora. É formalmente o mais modesto, mas de conteúdo mais denso filme de Fincher, sendo o seu momento mais forte a tomada de um protagonista que ganhou e perdeu tudo. É um filme de conversação, de relações no campo universitário, que não glorifica o sonho americano do novo milénio, mas aponta para o preço que é pago por ele. Sem um toque de sentimentalismo ou de defesa de valores positivos - em vez de os defender, salienta a sua ausência. Fincher concebeu a cena da corrida aquática desta forma porque nenhum outro cineasta na sua posição teria sonhado que ele poderia dar-se ao luxo de fazer tal coisa. O filme É um estratagema comercial do estúdio (baixo orçamento mais popularidade da FB equivale a um certo lucro), mas a qualidade cinematográfica do filme, representando um «estudo de carateres» exemplar, e o valor revelador de um tempo particular e das pessoas que o compõem, também o torna o maior evento cultural e cinematográfico desde Voo 93. Durante muitos anos o candidato mais adequado para a categoria do Óscar «Melhor Filme Independente do Ano» (Juno, Sideways, etc...). (06/11/2010)

Eleven years have passed, and with it Fincher's visual exhibitionism, and here is a film that assaults the senses in the same way that Fight Club once did. The generational thinking that it's no longer about breaking out of the system, but being part of it is "awfully cool." I’m not a nerd, nor do I understand IT, but Zuckerberg does. Like. (09/11/2010)

A masterpiece that matures with each viewing. Brilliantly directed, inventively scored by Reznor, perfectly edited, with flawless casting. First of all – unknown to me until now – Andrew Garfield impressed me with his masterful performance (great hope for the next Spider-Man), but the slightly autistic talented asocial Jesse Eisenberg is not far behind him, I believe that in both cases Oscar nominations at least are certain. Every era had a significant film that characterised it, went to the heart of its essence and became timeless, and Fincher's work, in these times of the information technology boom and the fearless entrepreneurship of the young generation, is such a film. (14/01/2011)

The Citizen Kane of the Facebook generation. The Social Network is not and doesn’t want to be a chronicle of the origins of Facebook, as it takes into account that you can find at least something about the company’s history on Wikipedia. It definitely isn’t a comedy either, even though Sorkin has again written so many polished one-liners that you have no chance to catch all of them the first time around. All of those little jokes are contained in a dark, sad and disturbingly topical film. The details of Zuckerberg’s life are not important (nevertheless, I would have welcomed more space devoted to his parents), as Fincher only impartially uses him to demonstrate how one’s private life can cease to exist in today’s world. Zuckerberg is given the privilege of subjective narration at the beginning, though only seemingly – thanks to the fact that they are in the public domain, the quoted blog entries could have been read by anyone else. As in Citizen Kane, the narrators constantly alternate, but it is not clearly indicated who is speaking at any given moment. Sharing of a pile of information instead of a conscientious reconstruction. The film isn’t as inattentive as regular internet users. There are no frantic cuts, macrodetails of microwaves or skewed angles. Longer shots, refocusing, emphasis on the acting. Of the director’s previous films, The Social Network has the most in common with the similarly open-ended, strangely (un)satisfying and slightly too long Zodiac. The Social Network is conversely a masterful illustration of how to truly say a lot without wasting time. Fincher has found the perfect balance between effectiveness and ostentation. Appendix: Justin Timberlake is cooler when he acts than when he sings. 90% (02/11/2010)

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