The Social Network

So, I just got back from watching The Social Network and I really dig it. It felt a little long at moments, but I think everyone must watch this movie! At least anyone from our generation. Honestly, regardless of age, it has value. I was pretty blown away by how they chose to tell the story. It was brilliantly done. The method of story telling is the reason I'm choosing to blog about it.
I don't think the following post really requires a spoiler alert...but if you're one of those who feels like any detail from the movie would ruin the experience, skip this post. The story of the development of Facebook jumps back and forth between the depositions of founder Mark Zuckerberg and his opponents. It gave excellent context for each of the lives of the parties involved. They depicted seemingly inconsequential events as catalysts for life changing decisions. For example, the beginning of the movie shows Zuckerberg and his girlfriend break up. He then goes home, drinks, blogs and develops a network that starts a bit of a snowball effect in his life that ultimately leads to Facebook. It also shows how the context and emotional state of each players life affects their involvement with Facebook and how Zuckerberg chooses to react to each of them.
The story itself has so much to learn from-the energy and vision of Zuckerberg and those involved, etc. But it really resonated with me because each character was so human, so relatable. Event, lead to action. Feelings lead to action. Life just happened and this thing we all know as Facebook is the result. It's crazy-but that's the way life is. It just happens, one choice at a time. So choose your own adventure right? You never know where it's going to take you. You just might end up becoming the next youngest billionaire.