ProfessorLobo said:
Kind of off topic, but I was wondering why a story about the world's youngest and quickest billionaire sounds so damn boring to GAFers.
exactly. people don't know what they should (yes
should) find interesting these days.
a movie about facebook? lol
it's the double-edged blade of our society since the proliferation of the web: we're willing to accept that there is STUFF and PEOPLE and STORIES behind everything we use and take for granted, but once any of that becomes a topic of serious discussion (or a film, in this case) it's instant lulz.
i witnessed it first-hand, and i'll never forget it. i was at a midnight showing of Inception on opening night.. i went alone because the only person that would have gone with me was working a late shift. as i sat waiting for the movie to begin, an acquaintance of mine that i had not seen in about a year entered the theatre with a group of friends. he ended up sitting a row in front of me. he noticed me as he approached his seat, hellos were exchanged, etc.. we both mention how excited we are for Inception.
commercials end, lights dim, trailers are seemingly about to begin. i'm met with a search bar.
oh jesus fucking christ like i didn't sit through enough of your banal celebrity news and AT&T commercials.. pictures flash by.. it's obviously a social networking after-school special segment. goddamnit if there's one thing i don't need before a movie i'm hyped for, it's a goddamn PSA about not putting pictures of yourself fucking your own ass with a frozen banana on your twitter. i pictured the end, "once it's online, it can't be deleted" or some shit.
but it wasn't. children singing, it's hauntingly beautiful! lives flashing before my eyes.. all leading up to him: Einsenberg. i'm not retarded, i recognize that the kid has talent.
holy shit, this is it! this is that facebook movie that i read about on some website a few weeks ago or something.. wow. i honestly have never been so engrossed in a trailer in my entire life. everything rang true, every piece of dialogue, every conversation seemed to shake me to my core. i was awestruck.
the trailer ends. my friend, firmly seated directly in front of me, turned to his right in the silence following the trailer.. "man," he said to his friend at sufficient smart-ass-comment-after-a-trailer volume, "they really jumped the shark with that one!"
people laughed. tens of people must have laughed. i couldn't understand. what was so unlikable about the presented film that would elicit not only an accusation of selling-out, but outright laughter? at its best, his critique of the trailer could have been "melodramatic", which is the consensus i've noticed among people i talk to about the movie as it nears release: why make a movie about some stupid nerd who made facebook?
