Why 'The Social Network' deserves to win

Property The Daily Gamecock

"The Social Network” is, to use a phrase only the boldest of film critics should use, perfect. It’s like watching a no-hitter; it’s like watching a Triple Crown winner; it is nirvana, and it makes you high off its dazzling quality.

From the first image through the end credits, the film’s craft blows all of its surrounding peers out of the water. It stands effortlessly as both a deep reflection of our times and as something altogether timeless.
Enough has been written about Aaron Sorkin’s relentlessly fast dialogue and the stunning performances of the whole ensemble; you’d be hard-pressed to find a more flawless group of actors cohering on exactly the level each performance requires. So let’s not talk about that.
Let’s instead focus on how David Fincher poured his obsessive tendencies as a director in every frame and every inch of this film. (In case you didn’t know, he did a total of 99 takes for that ricochet opening scene.)

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