The lack of David Fincher in the director’s chair makes me concerned. The first one works so well because of his mechanical filmmaking style paired with Sorkin’s dialogue.
The lack of David Fincher in the director’s chair makes me concerned. The first one works so well because of his mechanical filmmaking style paired with Sorkin’s dialogue.
I'm very interested as to how this is going to tackle balancing the ethical responsibilities of individuals with the momentum of a large organization. For obvious reasons, most media representing...
I'm very interested as to how this is going to tackle balancing the ethical responsibilities of individuals with the momentum of a large organization.
For obvious reasons, most media representing large organizations tends to narrow the focus to a few individuals and simplify all the decision-making processes involved. Narratively, this is almost a necessity: as a viewer, I can't understand the emotions and perspectives of 40 different people in a 2 hour movie. Because of this, a lot of media representations will do things like have a single invented character represent a whole collection of people, or treat a person in a leadership position as fully representing the entirety of their group.
I think that's going to be a particular challenge for a film like this, as I suspect the fact that decisions involved so many individuals and connected systems was a major reason why ethical considerations were put by the wayside. I don't mean to come off as an apologist; those at the top still bear full responsibility in my eyes, but I hope this movie is able to show how impactful scale and complexity can be in letting these decisions get made.
Jeremy Strong is set to play Zuckerberg. This is also Madison’s first role post Oscar win after turning down roles in Star Wats: Starfighter and whatever Marvel project they wanted her for. I...
Jeremy Strong is set to play Zuckerberg.
This is also Madison’s first role post Oscar win after turning down roles in Star Wats: Starfighter and whatever Marvel project they wanted her for. I think Mia Goth ended up taking the role she turned down for Starfighter. Honestly good for her for taking the prestige route, if I were in her shoes I absolutely would have taken the Star Wars film. I think someone on her team has taste.
The only thing I don’t like about this is Sorkin directing. I like Trial of the Chicago 7 but Sorkin is just not a cinematic director. I would rather even a middling director take over this that at least knew how to make something look pretty.
The lack of David Fincher in the director’s chair makes me concerned. The first one works so well because of his mechanical filmmaking style paired with Sorkin’s dialogue.
I'm very interested as to how this is going to tackle balancing the ethical responsibilities of individuals with the momentum of a large organization.
For obvious reasons, most media representing large organizations tends to narrow the focus to a few individuals and simplify all the decision-making processes involved. Narratively, this is almost a necessity: as a viewer, I can't understand the emotions and perspectives of 40 different people in a 2 hour movie. Because of this, a lot of media representations will do things like have a single invented character represent a whole collection of people, or treat a person in a leadership position as fully representing the entirety of their group.
I think that's going to be a particular challenge for a film like this, as I suspect the fact that decisions involved so many individuals and connected systems was a major reason why ethical considerations were put by the wayside. I don't mean to come off as an apologist; those at the top still bear full responsibility in my eyes, but I hope this movie is able to show how impactful scale and complexity can be in letting these decisions get made.
Jeremy Strong is set to play Zuckerberg.
This is also Madison’s first role post Oscar win after turning down roles in Star Wats: Starfighter and whatever Marvel project they wanted her for. I think Mia Goth ended up taking the role she turned down for Starfighter. Honestly good for her for taking the prestige route, if I were in her shoes I absolutely would have taken the Star Wars film. I think someone on her team has taste.
The only thing I don’t like about this is Sorkin directing. I like Trial of the Chicago 7 but Sorkin is just not a cinematic director. I would rather even a middling director take over this that at least knew how to make something look pretty.
Will be interesting to see how this shapes up compared to the rumored Careless People movie supposedly in development.