The Facebook is an instant success, causing the Terrible Three much angst, believing as they do that Zuckerberg has stolen their idea and eventually end up suing Zuckerberg.
Meanwhile, Saverin and Zuckerberg’s relationship deteriorates. And after his shares in Facebook are mysteriously reduced to nearly nil, thanks to the intrusion of Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster (who earlier advised them to lose the word ‘The’ in ‘The Facebook’) Saverin sues Zuckerberg. Ironically, it is Facebook, a social network created to bring people together, that succeeds in tearing apart two best friends. The Social Network is filmed via a series of flashbacks that stem from the two lawsuits that Zuckerberg faces. It is this mode of direction, perhaps, that ensures that the film remains gripping.
However, while the film is well acted and directed, it does have a major flaw, which is its misogynist bent. Most of the women (with the exception of a few lawyers and Albright) are portrayed as dippy and easy; they either want to party all the time and have men snort coke off their navels, or are borderline sociopaths prone to starting fires when angry. It is ironic that a movie about how technology has changed and perhaps even helped human beings evolve, depicts women in a way that sets them back centuries.
Perhaps the fact that this argument is not resolved in the movie is what Pakistani advertising professionals will like most about the film, given how many of them have ripped off ideas from overseas, only to save face by saying that “two people living at two ends of the world can think of the same idea at the same time!”
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