A Rede Social

Onde outros realizadores testam os seus limites, David Fincher pinta calmamente um quadro que define a perfeição. A Rede Social não o deixa inconsciente com aspetos individuais, mas com a sua capacidade de comunicar tão poderosamente uma história tão banal que poderia estar a acontecer numa versão mais pequena em todas as outras universidades, mesmo agora. É formalmente o mais modesto, mas de conteúdo mais denso filme de Fincher, sendo o seu momento mais forte a tomada de um protagonista que ganhou e perdeu tudo. É um filme de conversação, de relações no campo universitário, que não glorifica o sonho americano do novo milénio, mas aponta para o preço que é pago por ele. Sem um toque de sentimentalismo ou de defesa de valores positivos - em vez de os defender, salienta a sua ausência. Fincher concebeu a cena da corrida aquática desta forma porque nenhum outro cineasta na sua posição teria sonhado que ele poderia dar-se ao luxo de fazer tal coisa. O filme É um estratagema comercial do estúdio (baixo orçamento mais popularidade da FB equivale a um certo lucro), mas a qualidade cinematográfica do filme, representando um «estudo de carateres» exemplar, e o valor revelador de um tempo particular e das pessoas que o compõem, também o torna o maior evento cultural e cinematográfico desde Voo 93. Durante muitos anos o candidato mais adequado para a categoria do Óscar «Melhor Filme Independente do Ano» (Juno, Sideways, etc...). (06/11/2010)

A masterpiece that matures with each viewing. Brilliantly directed, inventively scored by Reznor, perfectly edited, with flawless casting. First of all – unknown to me until now – Andrew Garfield impressed me with his masterful performance (great hope for the next Spider-Man), but the slightly autistic talented asocial Jesse Eisenberg is not far behind him, I believe that in both cases Oscar nominations at least are certain. Every era had a significant film that characterised it, went to the heart of its essence and became timeless, and Fincher's work, in these times of the information technology boom and the fearless entrepreneurship of the young generation, is such a film. (14/01/2011)

Eleven years have passed, and with it Fincher's visual exhibitionism, and here is a film that assaults the senses in the same way that Fight Club once did. The generational thinking that it's no longer about breaking out of the system, but being part of it is "awfully cool." I’m not a nerd, nor do I understand IT, but Zuckerberg does. Like. (09/11/2010)

I'm not enticed, but there's one thing I liked about the film - its conception is totally "anti-Facebook", when it emphasizes the "weight" of the film language, the precise construction of dialogues and the rapid combination of space-time planes. As a result, it feels like a biased but distanced testimony about one social phenomenon, a group of people who today shape society as strongly as state apparatuses. I get the frequent comparisons to There Will Be Blood, even though Fincher is losing here all across the board. Zuckerberg and Plainview are characters who share their passion for fleeting essence, but in this respect, PTA managed to descend much deeper than David, who seems at times enchanted by superficial magic (e.g., rowing races, which are aesthetically riveting, but kind of out of concept) and, above all, limited by the fact that Sorkin, for obvious reasons, cannot be as controversial in Mark's psychology. The motivation for the whole social experiment sounds quite constructed after all. But all respect for the fact that for two hours I watched people I do not understand and despise in a way, and I had an excellent time and understood a lot. And without scruples, I say: Zuckerberg may be a weird son of a bitch, but he's definitely a big hot-shot. By being anti-social, he captured something that has been present in the human psyche and society since ancient times. (30/10/2010)

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