Silicon Valley Snubs Fincher’s Social Network
This article talks about how the men and women of Silicon Valley were not big fans of The Social Network. It glamorized the tech business that thrives in this region of California, perhaps the same way that Wall Street glamorized the world of investment banking. The article interviews a lot of people that work in Silicon Valley and we can get a good idea about the overall opinion of the movie from their quotes. I think that the dark undertones of The Social Network are very fitting because of the story: lawsuits, betrayal, broken friendships.
One quote from the article that I think is very notable is that the only reason this film got made is because of the amount of money that was made from Facebook. A 23 year old engineer in Silicon Valley said, “I don’t care if he stole code to make Facebook. That happens all the time. Most of the time, it goes unreported because nobody makes any money, so no big deal.” This time though, it did make money, and when Facebook was born and had incredible success, the lawsuits came and Zuckerberg’s name was dragged through the mud. The big lawsuit controversy is the huge driving factor that lead to this story making it to the big screen in the manner that it did.
What do you think about the opinions expressed in this article? Does Silicon Valley look good or bad to you in The Social Network?