The Social Network (2010)

The Social Network (2010)
 Director: David Fincher
Rated: PG-13
Stars: 7
120 min
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Andrew Garfield,

   Synopsis:

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

    Review:

The Facebook movie. Sounds weird, right? How in the world could someone make a facebook movie?   David Fincher did and it turned out pretty good. (Note: the movie is about the people that made facebook)  The greediness, money, friends, the geek who doesn't have any friends except for one and he hurts his only friend.
    The actors were amazing in their roles, I don't know if it was them or if it was the director pushing them or what but whatever it was, they were......wow.   They were perfect for their roles and I mean perfect.
 Jesse Eisenberg did a really good job as Mark but I don't think we're supposed to love and cheer for him in the movie. I agree with Mark (Jesse)'s ex-girlfriend, that he is a number one a%%hole and I did not like him. I did feel  sorry for him because he couldn't relate to people, he could  only relate to computers.

  Justin Timberlake, who I have always doubted as an actor (he's in Yogi Bear! *yuck*) but there is no need to doubt him here, he played  his role  very good.  And may I point out our next Spider-man, Andrew Garfield. I'm still not sure about the idea of him being spider-man but he was oh-my-gosh awesome. Not as awesome as Jesse but Jesse made me hated him and Andrew made me feel bad for him. 
  I could definitely tell that this was David Fincher's movie, the actors, the tight plot, the color, etc. While I don't think that this is his best top movie, he didn't disappoint me.

Everything is dark and colorful in a dark way and the photography was fantastic. The great script with sharp dialogue.
    I really liked how they kept the plot tight, if there is one thing that I hate, it's the movie going all over the place and I have been watching too many movies like that so this was really nice for a change.
  Of all of the movies that came out in 2010, only a few I would say were good enough for the Oscar and this was one of the movies.  
   The Social Network is a movie that you hate or love but ether way, you can tell that this movie is very good in it's own way. It's the movie that the critics loves. 

                  I give it 7 stars out of 10.

  

M (1931)

M
Director: Fritz Lang
Germany 1931
105 min
Starring: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke,
Ellen Widman, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos.


  Synopsis:

Someone is murdering children in a German city. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.

   or ( pick your favorite synopsis)

When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

      Review:
Lately, my eyes have been begging for a beautiful, well-made movie with beautiful, eye-popping color so I got a movie like that from the library (Everlasting Moment) and my mom gave me a night off from watching the children so that way, I could watch any movies that I have been wanting to watch.

  But for some reason, instead of watching that eye-candy movie that I have been wanting to watch, I turn on M.   an old b&w foreign film about a child-murderer. Sounds cheerful, doesn't it?
   Did I regret watching this instead of Everlasting Moment? No! M was so.....wow. The camera work, the lighting effect, the mood, the sound, the cinematography, all of it was just perfect.   The murders are not shown directly, it's implied and that made it all the more suspenseful. One other thing that made it more suspenseful was "the whistling" that tells us that the murderer is near by. brrrr.

 This movie is a suspenseful thriller but it's in a subtle way. I don't want to lead you into thinking that this is just like any other R-rated thriller.  One other really interesting thing about this is the way that everyone is shown, the perception of the whistling child-murderer, the perception of the police, and the perception of the "good criminals" and the whole town and it shows compassion for the murderer too!
 That's one of the hardest things to pull-off in movies but Fritz Lang (and Peter Lorre) pulled it off and did one of the best jobs of showing that in the whole movie industry. There is so much to say about this movie, I just want to go buy it and re-watch it again and again. (too bad the DVD is about 25$) This movie may be old but it has not lost any of its power. I think this movie is a must watch for any movie lover. I give it 10 stars.

Wait, just wait

a little while,

soon the boogeyman will come to you

with his chopping knife

He'll cut small pieces out of YOU!

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
Release Date: 1962
Rated: PG(?)
Age Rating: 8+ 
My Rating: 8 stars



Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.

      Review:

Did you hear that Joan! Sam hates me!

When it comes to old movies, Samantha (my younger sister) and I can agree on alot of things (like Gidget, and etc) but when it comes to Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, that's where the line stops.  Bette is the best of the two women, the neat one and Joan, not the neat one. But Samantha *gasp* hates Bette and thinks that Joan is way better! and watching "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"didn't help improve Bette in Samantha's eyes.
  There is only one thing that Samantha and I can agree on about this movie and that is, this movie is awesome! It's the kind of movie with black humor, the kind of movie that I LOVE to watch and it makes my mom wonder for the millionth time again if she is raising a daughter or a psycho girl.
And the two main actresses (Bette & Joan) makes it 75% more awesome (of course they do). So here we have, Bette, the vinegar, the one with the talent and brains. then there is Joan, the tight-lip martyr.  And they are both in the "same' movie! and somehow, they made the movie without killing each other!

I'm not crazy, am I?

  Now onto the movie, the pace can be alittle slow for those who aren't use to older movies but it's worth watching. I know that this isn't Forrest Gump or Inception or some really good movie but it's.......fun to watch for sure. This movie does take some time to sink in but after it has sank in, you'll be up here with me singing how awesome this is. :D Now I am not going to go over the story or the plot because I know that if you are reading this then you can read what the movie is about for yourself.
            I give it 8 stars

btw, I know that this review sucks but I'm just starting to get into all of this writing reviews thing.

Sorry, there's not a very good trailer for this neat movie.

http://youtu.be/zAcf9QqXprc