where: CENTURY 14 VALLEJO in Vallejo, CA
when: Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
show: 12:00 p.m. ( Dollar-Off First Show Matinee )
costs: $6.25 + $7.82 lunch before the movie @ Selecta Filipino Buffet on Springs Road + $3.70 snack ( medium Orange Freeze & one Apple Turnover ) after the movie @ KFC/A & W on Redwood Street = $17.77
auditorium: 2
seat: 5th row, 4th seat
synopsis: What A Zucker---.
A Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius, Mark Zuckerberg ( Jesse Eisenberg ), starts a revolutionary way of social networking via the Internet to pick-up freshman co-eds after he breaks-up with his girlfriend. And with the guidance of Napster founder, Sean Parker ( Justin Timberlake ), his website, Facebook, becomes a multicultural and multinational phenomenon. But his success comes at a great price as it alienates his best friend and co-founder, Eduardo Saverin ( Andrew Garfield ), and as it brings up lawsuits against him for the partnership and ownership rights of Facebook.
noteworthy scenes: 1.) The break-up; 2.) Master algorithm; 3.) My roommate; 4.) "He blogged about you"; 5.) Investigation; 6.) The seniors; 7.) Harvard.edu; 8.) Caribbean night; 9.) Ping-pong room; 10.) Double investigation; 11.) "The site's live"; 12.) Spam; 13.) "I'm 6'5", 220 lbs. and there's two of me"; 14.) "It was Bill Gates"; 15.) The letter; 16.) "We have to expand"; 17.) Bosnia; 18.) In bed with Napster founder; 19.) Meeting with the Harvard president; 20.) "Sean-athon"; 21.) "A billion dollars"; 22.) "Drop the 'The'"; 23.) Forced cannibalism; 24.) "Welcome to Facebook"; 25.) The neighbors; 26.) Victoria's Secret; 27.) Boat race; 28.) "Let's gut the freakin' nerd"; 29.) "What do you mean, 'Got left behind'"; 30.) "This is where they filmed THE TOWERING INFERNO"; 31.) Relationship status; 32.) Urgent call; 33.) Angel investment; 34.) "I thought they were my lawyers"; 35.) Ambush; 36.) 0.03%; 37.) One millionth mark; 38.) Cops; 39.) "It's a speeding ticket"; 40.) Send request; 41.) Settlement; and 42.) Some trivia during the Ending Credits.
favorite scene: I liked the scene when Eduardo decided to break-up with his bitchy girlfriend. It made me want to exclaim, Yes!
audience reaction: The audience was entertained by this movie.
recommendation: I liked this movie, too. Go see it.
spoiler alert! As with any other "Based On A True Story" movie, we can readily assume that this movie is not true-to-facts but is embellished upon, replete with composite characters. Certainly, the contrasting central characters of Mark, Eduardo, Sean and the Winklevoss twins ( Armie Hammer Jr. and Josh Pence ), is the dynamic force which drove a social network from its nascency, and which fueled the legal conflicts that threatened its structure until some compromisorial resolutions were agreed upon by said parties. I cannot help but wonder, though, what each one actually has to say about his historic part in the Facebook phenomenon.
According to what I read on the Internet, Mark Zuckerberg was never interested in getting into a "Finals" club.
fyi: There was a time when I thought that one has to have a college education to have a Facebook page. But, one day, my friend Hector's son, Ismael, who never went to college, showed me his Facebook page. And his page has pictures of the girls he had sex with in high school. But they are all matronly-looking now, and with kids of their own! ( Did he father anyone of them? ) And some of the pictures are in no way "demure": These women have no reservations at all about posting nude pictures of themselves for all the Facebook world to see--Yuck! Oh, my .... Facebook is worse than MySpace, posted picture-wise. Facebook is the new Internet porn right after Craigslist!
I will never have a Facebook page. I don't even look at my MySpace page anymore!
I always wondered what happened to the "Napster guy." Now, I know.
word of advice: Don't sign an important contract without legal representation.
There are two sides to a story; and there's the truth.
tidbits: Before seeing this movie, I went to Harbor Freight at the old shopping center on Solano Avenue to buy a 100-pack of medium size Nitrile gloves for use at work. They are renovating that whole shopping center. And I can't wait to check it out once everything is all done.
And because I hadn't had breakfast yet, I went to Selecta Filipino Buffet for a quick lunch. I didn't plan on having a heavy meal. But they kept bringing more food out and I felt obligated to eat of every Dish! And when I went to the Salad Bar, a section collapsed as I dug into the fruit salad. Boy! I must have been really hungry.
After the movie, I felt that the weather was too hot for me to drive home straightaway. So, I swung by the KFC/A & W for a quick snack and a cold drink.
One of my co-workers here in Benicia, L., has the hots for Justin Timberlake. She told me not to say anything bad about Justin, that he's a jerk, or she'll never read my movie blogs anymore. And I promised her that I won't say that Justin is a jerk. And when she reads this blog, she'll know that I didn't call Justin a jerk. I don't even know why she told me not to say that Justin is a jerk in my blog. After all, how would I know if Justin is a jerk. I have never met him in real life and will never know for sure whether or not Justin is a jerk. Maybe she read a tabloid article which claims that Justin is a jerk. But, to the best of my knowledge, I have not yet read any gossip article that says Justin is a jerk. Why is she worried that I'll say that Justin is a jerk? Does she know something that I don't yet know which will make me eventually arrive at the conclusion that Justin is a jerk?
