Extra Credit: "The Social Network"

Before I watched the movie "The Social Network", I thought it must be so boring based on its title. I did some research online and came out with a surprising result. The rating of the movie by the critics on Yahoo is an A, which is an interesting movie to watch. Therefore, I decided to go to watch this movie and it did not disappointed me at all.

Mark Zuckerberg is the main character in the movie and he is a genius computer programing student in Harvard University. At the beginning of the movie, Mark broke up with his girlfriend and he was so upset about it. So he released his anger by creating a website (www.facemash.com) and putting all girls' image there for others to compare who is the better looking one between the two. Students started rating on that website and it became famous in just a very short period of time. However, this website seemed like violating others' privacy and intellectual property.  Later on, Mark came up with an idea of making a website for people to connect each other inside of their social network by voluntarily providing self information and inviting friends to join, which is known as facebook. The website was first for Harvard students only then expanded to other college students as well. Mark's intention to the website was not for profit. Instead, he motivation is to make facebook the most famous social networking site.

"The Social Network" is a movie involving love, friendship, and money. Even though Mark became the youngest billionaire in history, but he lost his lover and friends. In my opinion, I think the ending of the movie is kind of sad. Mark has money, but he is lonely. He does not have anyone to share his happiness with. Maybe Mark is a genius about computer programming, but he is not good at relationship and friendship. Money is not everything in our life; it can not buy real friends and true love.