Walked out of the movie theater, inspired, dejected, with "what the fuck's happening question". Rarely can a movie do that. If you are young and you are not watching this @ the theater, you are kidding me. "The Social Network" is an exciting fun filled ride, which everyone of us will be able to relate to. The direction is flawless, the cast is immaculate, the script is amazing and it's a joy ride.
You get a feel of Harvard, on how kids at a young age think about building a business,how the society around supports it etc. The answer behind the success of the movie is for sure, the 500 million user base of the web page, but then watching the movie is much more that reading the book " Accidental billionaires". The sheer Idea behind facebook is linked to the basic need of a human being " To get laid". Like it's said virginity is lack of opportunity, facebook is a world of opportunities, circling around a human beings basic needs of staying connected, building relations, feeling secure etc. Any business built around mans basic needs, survives and facebook just immortalizes it.
From a retrospective angle, why is that we do not have anything close to a facebook or Google, in our country. Why is that success is accompanied with a big belly and Viagra in India. Do we dream big, or do we dream at all, what's the last time you saw a company built by the so called IIM's or IIT's making it big on the map. Why is that our Ideas are not fun, why is that we fail to entertain ourselves, could we ever smile and make others smile while doing business, god will I ever get to be a change agent, at least will I see a change agent before I get wiped out, like the drops of whiskey on the table !!!!
Cheers Mark !!! and Hey watch The Social Network, worth every penny!!!!.
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