The Social Network [Blu-ray]

DVD ~ Jesse Eisenberg 5.0 out of 5 stars Better than Facebook. Invaluable on legal and business issues., October 2, 2010 Watching the movies: Informant, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, the Middle Man, and My Sister's Keeper, this one gathered wider spectrum of knowledge on business and legal matters. The movie placed the legal deposition of the contesting parties as a placeholder in a structured plan to present their controversy from the point of view of jurors. The movie risked the chance of creating another legal action against its makers by plunging into the mindsets of the real actors of the controversy. The slightest doubt about intent of the actors could tip the balance in favor of one side or another. Inch by inch, email by email, the narration constructed the real motives of each party, in claiming intellectual rights to a flourishing business model. It started with a desperate, helpless, and isolated young man whose isolation and anger were transformed by his intuitive sense of potential glory. Casual encounters after encounters led to casual cascade of thoughts, all occurring in an institute whose members pride themselves in shaping the future of the world. The defendant proved his original ownership of the idea of making local Internet social clubs where people could immerse into gossip and immediate gratification while spending their money in building a global database of allurement and entertainment. Another plaintiff claimed the right to offering the means and refining the process of building such database. Yet, another plaintiff claimed his right to immediate assistance and advertisement to making the idea of Facebook mature. Amidst the liberal social decay of Harvard, where drugs, sex, and uninhibited behavior flourish, many innovative thinkers could transform such mess into golden treasures. The good and well meaning participants intermingled with the distressed ones, crushed by the social decay who sought other means to transform their social suffering into business success. Failed love and rejection obstructed the vision of the main player and led him to ignore the feelings of others. Despite his original ownership to his own idea, his hesitation to draw lines in his social interactions dragged him into endless litigation. The movie exposes the underlying theme of Internet transmission of intimate personal information on global scale in a manner that parallels international trafficking in drugs and sex. The high demand for sexual and addictive gratifications presented invaluable opportunities for Internet programmers motivated by the enormous potential to enrichment and equal high demands by consumers for exploring the myth of the social universe. The best of the movie lies in presenting all parties to the dispute in light most favorable to each party. The original owner of intellectual property was such that: original, talented, and meant no harm to anyone. The betrayed and violated plaintiffs were injured by transforming their Harvard's connection idea into global business model that deprived them from their ownership to their initial thought. They were there first but lacked the programming skill to move fast and excel in making their idea grow. Another Plaintiff was deprived from his immediate friendship and assistance that led to connecting the links to greater exposure. At the end, the three parties settled, with the original owner succeeding in his safe and secure Internet love and social and immediate personal loneliness. Review by: Mohamed F. El-Hewie