Movie: The Social Network

[beaucoup]

I like to work or do something productive while watching videos at home. Last week, I tried to watch Blindsight (not Blindside) while working but that didn't work because the movie has subtitles.

Some movies require lots of attention to the plot due to twists.

Is the Social Network a movie I can do some work through and still watch?

Nothing like doing my taxes. Like clipping coupons, filing, cleaning out emails, light desktop or laptop work.

 

[FINFAN]

I would say yes for the most part. You may need to rewind from time to time, mostly because of the dialogue...the Zuckerburg character does have some lengthy lines, and some zingers in there too!

 

[Imzadi]

I would say not. The plot is very fast moving and they talk fast! Like an auctioneer fast, or a 45 rmp record set to 78 rpms. I thought _I_ talk quickly. The movie also is rather intricate revolving the relationships as it details 3 points of view in the various lawsuits and jumps back and forth through time. It also has some Internet/webpage techo-jargon and Facebook jargon that if you don't know about, it gets a little hard to follow at times. I found it to be a movie I have to watch again. And I was paying full attention.

 

[beaucoup]

I would say not. The plot is very fast moving and they talk fast! Like an auctioneer fast, or a 45 rmp record set to 78 rpms. I thought _I_ talk quickly. The movie also is rather intricate revolving the relationships as it details 3 points of view in the various lawsuits and jumps back and forth through time. It also has some Internet/webpage techo-jargon and Facebook jargon that if you don't know about, it gets a little hard to follow at times. I found it to be a movie I have to watch again. And I was paying full attention.

OK, since I know your brain & mine sort of work alike, I'll go with your opinion.

Pirates of the Carribbean I know I have to be paying attention or I get lost in the story.

 

[ashley0139]

I don't think so. Some of the plot and the way they use time is pretty confusing. Also, the dialogue is very fast (thank you, Aaron Sorkin). It's a great movie though!

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

Noooooooooooo! The dialogue IS the movie!!!

 

[Tink888]

Noooooooooooo! The dialogue IS the movie!!!

My thoughts exactly!

 

[merryweather20]

You should be absolutely fine, working on other projects during the movie. I understand they did spend some money on the sets and flew to the UK for some of the rowing, but none of that is integral to the movie. Someone else mentioned them flipping back and forth, this shouldn't be much of a problem since when they flash forward its to legal proceedings, so the dialogue is different and you are always returning to the same type of setting in a legal boardroom, albeit with different characters, so it doesn't get confusing.

 

[shortbun]

NO! The music is so loud through a lot of it that you have to concentrate to catch the lines. And, the script is what was so good about the film-crisp, realistic and interesting. I think you have to be watching and listening to this one or you'll miss a lot. I was just discussing with my nephew who is in film school at Florida State. He says his whole department is gaga over this film-says the film has great camera touches and is done in an unusual way which makes it 'cool.' I liked it. Watch a disney movie.

 

[beaucoup]

I watched it. Without doing any work.

 

[Imzadi]

I watched it. Without doing any work.

Question: Do you think you would have been able to watch it while doing all the work you had intended to do?

 

[beaucoup]

Question: Do you think you would have been able to watch it while doing all the work you had intended to do?

Probably not. I had the work on the table next to me but never touched it.

 

[Jennasis]

DH and I tried to watch it yeterday, both of us sick as a friggin' dog. Our ears are clogged and things were hard to hear so we had to shut it off within the first 5 minutes. Already too hard to follow. We'll try again when we are better.

 

[Imzadi]

DH and I tried to watch it yeterday, both of us sick as a friggin' dog. Our ears are clogged and things were hard to hear so we had to shut it off within the first 5 minutes. Already too hard to follow. We'll try again when we are better.

Aww, that's horrible. And if you said to each other, "What did he say?" by the time you got a recap, you would have missed another 10 lines, the way the dialogue went so quickly.





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[Mermaid02]

I had a hard time hearing some of the dialogue in this movie and I'm not even sick Jennasis!

I do love to say "WinkleVoss" though....

 

[lovephotography]

Personally I like this movie.

 

[Pembo]

I watched twice in as many days while doing crossword puzzles. It is quite interesting and then I went and googles ole Zuckerberg to learn how much was true.

 

[NotUrsula]

I had a hard time hearing some of the dialogue in this movie and I'm not even sick Jennasis!

I do love to say "WinkleVoss" though....

Nah, "Winklevi" (plural) is much funnier.

Seriously, this is rapid-fire dialogue at its best; you won't want to miss it.

If you have some hearing issues, then do what I do -- watch it with the closed captions turned on so that you don't miss anything.

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

I also like to do other stuff while watching movies, but with this one I found if I did that, I was only able to follow the basic plot, and with this one, that's not good enough. It's not like Inception where you have to pay attention to understand, but there is almost a frantic pace to the movie and...I can't totally put my finger on it, but you'll miss a big part of the movie if you're not paying attention.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I watched this over the weekend and have to say that I walked away wondering who paid for the hatchet job. WOW, either the Zukerberg is seriously the biggest loser on 2 feet OR somebody went through a great deal of trouble to make him look bad. Once it was over all I could think about was the movie called "Pirates of Silicon Valley" which was eerily similar. Both films were absolutely scathing and made all the big guys out to be megalomaniacs, Sean Parker was made to look like a particularly enormous a-hem... I wonder if its true or did someone have an axe to grind

A great movie but something that will require some attention.