‘Social Network’ Tops DVD Charts While Still On Big Screen

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• They actually sent the DVD to WGA members this week as well! (Too bad they sent it in a soft cover – mine was damaged and won’t play.)

  Comment by alcon — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 2:39pm PST  Reply to this post

• David Fincher never fails. The Social Network is a fantastic piece of filmmaking but I have to wonder if people are hopping on the “Best Picture” bandwagon with clouded judgement. With ads for The Social Network virtually everywhere as well as the fact that the this film is casually based on one of the biggest cultural phenomena of our age, I wonder if audiences would be as thrilled with this film if none of the storyline was also currently a part of the daily lives of millions of people. Strip away the fact that Facebook exists in real life and that most everyone you know is using it, would The Social Network still be a nominee for the Best Film category? (Best Director, sure. But Best Film?) If the critics are smart, I think that is how a film should be judged: not by the hoopla surrounding it, but by its stand-alone merits.

  Comment by Clarity — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 3:17pm PST  Reply to this post

  • Why is it important if the story would be interesting without being based on Facebook and the fact that it IS part of the lives of hundreds of millions of people? That is the whole idea of the movie.

    Comment by JM — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 3:55pm PST  Reply to this post

  • It is that good, that’s why it’s winning all the awards and deservedly so. I think you have a point that because it’s Facebook, it’s made it more popular to the general public, but it’s about our times.

    A comparable film would be THE INSIDER, which was a great film and garnered many nominations, but didn’t do so well at the box office because people asked – what is this film going to tell us about the tobacco industry that we don’t already know. But what they didn’t know was that Eric Roth and Michael Mann created a very compelling character drama.

    And that’s what Sorkin and Fincher did here and that’s why it’s really grabbing people.

    Comment by Mark Z — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 4:00pm PST  Reply to this post

• I thought Fincher did fail with Benjamin Button and Panic Room. But, Social Network, like Seven and Fight Club, is one for the ages.

  Comment by Craig — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 3:43pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I wouldn’t put BENJAMIN BUTTON in the same category as PANIC ROOM. BB was dry but visually stunning. Also, I would put ZODIAC as one of his best too – a great film on obsession.

    Comment by Ben Butt — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 4:29pm PST  Reply to this post

    • I loved Zodiac. Just watched it again about a month ago.

      Comment by Lee Harvey — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 5:46pm PST  Reply to this post

• Big screen, DVD, either way the movie is only “good.” I simply don’t get this Best Picture nonsense.

  Comment by Whatchoo' Talkin' 'bout? — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 4:58pm PST  Reply to this post

• For my money, ‘Inception’ was the best movie of 2010.

  Comment by 2cents — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 6:33pm PST  Reply to this post

• I don’t quite get the butthurt over The Social Network’s success. It is incredibly well-written, acted, scored, and filmed. Even if there are other films this year that can claim the same things, that doesn’t take away from what TSN accomplished. And the fact that it is topical, thought-provoking, and (IMO) important make it all the more worthy.

  Comment by scoutlet — Wednesday January 19, 2011 @ 7:57pm PST  Reply to this post