I'm Afflicted By The Not Knowing

The social network is such an insane movie. Like. It’s extremely dated. It’s the most prophetic and well aged movie of the century. it's an artifact of a world that doesn't exist anymore. it's a snapshot of the world we live in now. It’s a character assassination. It’s a eulogy. It holds such fierce contempt towards its subject. It’s the most human he’s ever been. It’s the most melodramatic thing I’ve ever seen. It’s unironically a modern day Shakespearean fable. It’s about connecting the entire world. It’s about losing human connection and the people who matter to get there . The termination of Marks only friend in favour of profit symbolises the loneliness and loss of connection felt in the wake of social media and the instability of capitalism. it's about creating the largest social network in history while slowly dissolving the idea of the social itself. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’s score is cold and inhuman. It’s the most emotional part of the film. All of the women are reduced to background characters as a representation of misogyny in tech culture. They are the most important people in the film. It’s a film about the creation of Facebook. It’s not about Facebook at all. None of it happened. it’s all true.