This year, the Mix staff voted on their best films of the year, compiling multiple opinions into one list. Read the full article on The Daily Gamecock's brand new website, here.
1. “The Social Network”And yet, thanks in large part to the depth of Aaron Sorkin’s script, Trent Reznor’s dark score and David Fincher’s vision, it’s truly profound.
Taken at surface value, “The Social Network” is really quite a mundane film. A boat race is the closest thing it has to an action scene, and a room full of lawyers is the closest thing it has to a dramatic set piece.
Mark Zuckerberg — no matter how accurate his portrayal in the film is — is one of the most complex and fascinating characters ever put to screen. He is a tragic figure, a genius struggling to prove himself to the world. It’s a story of tragedy and betrayal, and yet it is also a story of emerging trends in business, wealth and power.
As Sean Parker says in the film, things have changed “for better and for always.” The Internet, its effect on society and social media are here to stay. It is the “better” aspect of that statement that the film takes an uncomfortably close look at. There is an ominous sense of inevitability to “The Social Network,” and because of that, the end may seem anticlimactic. But it is the lack of any definitive answers — or even any real redemption for Zuckerberg — that provide so much impact.
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