# So I finally saw The Social Network **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 10, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-social-network/570952 "2011-02-10T21:20:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-social-network/570952/1 "2011-02-10T21:20:24Z")
Great writing. Excellent acting. But Best Picture… eh. ---
**Author:** ![MostlyClueless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MostlyClueless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MostlyClueless)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-social-network/570952/2 "2011-02-10T21:34:07Z")
That’s certainly a substantial argument you’re making. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-finally-saw-the-social-network/570952/3 "2011-02-10T21:49:13Z")
Think about it this way: it’s a movie about Ivy school millionaires suing an Ivy school billionare. It’s about stock ownership shares, and people writing millions of lines of code. It’s a movie where no one is particularly good or heroic or noble and the protagonist is sumpremely self-absorbed. Yet, it’s thoroughly fascinating and engrossing. When I heard Aaron Sorkin was writing a movie about Facebook, I laughed, thinking it was a joke. That they could turn it into such a fantastic film I thought was pretty amazing. ETA: I’m not arguing that it should win Best Picture, but I think it deserves the nomination.