Brief Screening Report

Nikki Kahler

Professor Schmeling

English 101

12 November 2012

Brief Screening Report

http://briwiz.blogspot.com/2010/12/wizzies-top-10-scenes-of-2010.html

  In this evaluation essay, we are assigned to pick a concept that intrigues a person to dig deeper into the meaning. It is what is most important to a person that gets them to desire to learn more. In The Social Network, Mark Zuckerberg, a man striving to “make it big” in the world, attends one of the most elite schools in the country, Harvard. Two scenes draw my attention for this paper.

     The first scene, occurring at the beginning and ending at 5 minutes and 33 seconds, builds my idea for a      topic on my evaluative essay. The scene starts with Mark Zuckerberg and his girlfriend, Erica Albright, talking and eventually dramatically breaking up. He is obsessed with the idea of being part of an elite final club. He insults his own girlfriend with the idea of BYU being an “easy” school. The break-up causes Zuckerberg to go running to his dorm and start a rant on the internet about his rotten ex-girlfriend. This is what starts up the internet sensation at school, Fashmash. Did this rejection cause his action? The producers could have set this scene in the purpose of showing Zuckerberg’s inability to connect with society, especially women. The use of the internet may be his way of coping.

    Another interesting topic for me was the idea that the actual Mark Zuckerberg does possess the same characteristics depicted in the movie. In real life, Zuckerberg is an athletic, funny computer genius that did not express the “normal” nerd qualities presented in the movie. Perhaps, the producers were trying to connect the idea of the classic idea of a nerd to the movie. This may be more relatable to people other than a billionaire genius.