When I heard they were making a movie about Facebook, I rolled my eyes.How could that be worth watching?
But this is one of the best written movies I’ve seen in years.The dialogue alone is brilliant, but the story pacing and character delvelopment are also perfect.
I was blown away.Great movie.
Trailer:
Quotes:
People wanna go online and check out their friends, so why not build a website that offers that. I'm talking about taking the entire social experience of college and putting it online.
As if every thought that tumbles through your head was so clever it would be a crime for it not to be shared.
We lived in farms, then we lived in cities, and now we're gonna live on the internet!
If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you'd have invented Facebook.
The internet's not written in pencil, Mark. It's written in ink.
I like standing next to you, Sean... it makes me look so tough.
You're not an asshole, Mark. You're just trying so hard to be.
As for the charges: I believe I deserve some recognition from this board.
Key Elements: Concept - Visuals - Music - Story - Message
My Review:
The moment I saw the trailer, I knew I would like this movie, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. And I did like it. But I also mulled over it for a while afterword.
First, the bad - This movie was deeply thought provoking in regard to all areas of life except one: Sex. The writers of this story seemed to think that sex is somehow an unavoidably important part of life – but apparently not one important enough to merit any kind of critical thought or disciplined decision-making.
BUT, there’s also a lot of cool things about this movie.
The visual effects are stunning – not only the cinematography and scene setting, but also the incredible make-up job done to make Brad Pitt look old AND young.
Also, the music is gorgeous and effectively sets up the tone of the story.
One of my favorite things was the short story told at the very beginning of a clockmaker who builds a clock that runs backward. An artistically Steinbeckian parallel parable.
The short comedic flashbacks to how a man gets struck by lightening are funny reminders of how we should always value our lives and be thankful for what we have.
Another good message is that life is too short to hold onto bitterness. It’s better to just let things go.
But the best part of the movie is how is makes you consider both life and death. Benjamin’s condition is a constant reminder that we are all moving through life toward a final destination. The reality of our mortality is a hard drink to swallow, but it is important to consider just where we invest this short gift of life.
Trailer:
Quotes:
My name is Benjamin Button, and I was born under unusual circumstances. While, everyone else was agin', I was gettin' younger... all alone
I was thinking how nothing last, and what a shame that is.
- Some things last.
You're so young.
- Only on the outside.
For what it’s worth, it’s never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit… start whenever you want… you can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that stop you. I hope you feel things that you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life that you’re proud of and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, fight club represents the angst of a generation of men who have been trained in domesticity and not masculinity. Longing for something hard and meaningful and wild, they let go of all the trivial things they have been told to value and retreat into secret places to toughen themselves against each other.
At least that’s what the first half of the movie is about. I tend to stop watching about halfway through because in the second half of the movie the characters become terrorists. I didn’t see the purpose for this.
This movie makes an important statement about the state of modern masculinity.
Trailer:
Quotes:
This is your life and it's ending one minute at a time… If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep... and you're never really awake. You have to know the answer to this question! If you died right now, how would you feel about your life?
I am Jack's wasted life.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your fucking khakis.
I want you to hit me as hard as you can.
The first rule of Fight Club is - you do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is - you DO NOT talk about Fight Club. Third rule of Fight Club, someone yells Stop!, goes limp, taps out, the fight is over. Fourth rule, only two guys to a fight. Fifth rule, one fight at a time, fellas. Sixth rule, no shirt, no shoes. Seventh rule, fights will go on as long as they have to. And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at Fight Club, you have to fight.
You can swallow a pint of blood before you get sick.
Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic.
Tell him the liberator who destroyed my property has realigned my perception.
We are a generation of men raised by women.
Did you know if you mixed equal parts of gasoline and frozen orange juice concentrate you can make napalm?
First you have to give up, first you have to *know*... not fear... *know*... that someday you're gonna die.
People do it everyday, they talk to themselves... they see themselves as they'd like to be, they don't have the courage you have, to just run with it.
