Social Network

I first saw the trailer a few months ago and actually thought it was fake.
“A movie about Facebook?! I thought you only do a documentary when the person is dead? Why do we need a film about facebook right now?”
Well, after it came out, surprisingly, it got some pretty good reviews, so I decided to check it out as well.

好幾個月前看到預告片時還以為是假的。
「Facebook（臉書）才流行那麼幾年，竟然就要拍影片？！不是人死後才拍這種紀錄片嗎？為啥現在就出現關於臉書的電影？」
直到出來後，影評絕佳，才決定也去看。


And, I would also recommend it if you asked me. It is a film that will make you think. There are no great messages/themes in the movie nor an amazing story line, but because this is a current event, it just happened not long ago, it makes this movie ever more interesting. After watching this movie, the viewer would understand what the founder of Facebook went through a few years ago.

Social Network也是我會推薦朋友的一部好片。看完後是會讓人深思的一部戲。雖然電影裡沒有什麼大道理，也沒有什麼勁爆的情結，但因為這是時事，就在前沒多久發生的事情，讓觀眾了解到這位Facebook的創辦人，前幾年經歷的風波。


( Warning! Spoilers ahead 警告！以下部分包含劇情內容）



“I was right for quitting facebook!” That was my immediate thought after watching the movie. There was no message to this movie, it felt like it wanted the viewers to decide for themselves what they wanted to take out of it. And I think this probably was one of the first current event movies from Hollywood? (besides documentary, this is the only one I know) I actually thought this was a very relevant and important topic. Bringing the problem to the screens and by story telling, it invites the viewer to rethink and question their actions. This can be very transforming. I think for the people who have seen this film, when they go on Facebook now, it would make them question the social media once again.

看完後第一個反應就是，「我離開臉書是正確的選擇」。這部片沒有忠告，感覺就是讓觀眾自己去決定要如何看待臉書這個社交網站。我想這也是好萊塢近代第一部以時事為題材的電影吧？（ 非紀錄片的話我只知道這一部）其實我認為這是非常重要的題材。把時事問題帶到大螢幕前，以說故事的方式邀請觀眾重新檢討自己的行為，這可以有效的改變思想甚至行為。相信看過這部片的觀眾，今後上臉書網站時必定會重新思考此社交網站。



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