Finally got to watch The Social Network. A fascinating film that is (according to Wikipedia) 40% true. A clever screenplay, I thought, and good performances, because the subject could have been rather dry - the legal wrestling over profits and credit for what boils down to the writing of a lot of lines of computer code? Amazing that it could turn into a riveting movie.
Just as, I suppose, a king's stammer seems a slight foundation for another gripping film, The King's Speach.
Just goes to show that the success of a piece of art is not really about its subject so much as how that subject is handled.
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