tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post4034131440962737190..comments2024-03-10T08:57:07.915-07:00Comments on Kid In The Front Row Film Blog: AARON SORKIN & THE FACEBOOK MOVIEKid In The Front Rowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17498466805415882523noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-26412741982234944392010-10-21T14:11:23.646-07:002010-10-21T14:11:23.646-07:00I have such a crush on Sorkin after reading Social...I have such a crush on Sorkin after reading Social Network, what a talent. I went to a school with similar culture, it all read true. Different portrayal of women would have required different people in a different story, or a much longer story. To get some of the many kick-ass women at Harvard and Facebook and in programming (shout out original code chick Ada Lovelace) included, would have been Atlantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163810378914602543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-60084789737455436962010-10-15T03:56:10.042-07:002010-10-15T03:56:10.042-07:00Wellywood - I am open to all ideas, genuinely, and...Wellywood - I am open to all ideas, genuinely, and I think the film and it's portrayal of women is an important thing, that should be discussed; as it has been here, and more widely, across other websites; but that article is quite erratic, and brings in issues that have absolutely nothing to do with 'The Social Network.' <br /><br />I think the way ahead, when talking about gender The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-4959342387101950902010-10-14T15:35:49.046-07:002010-10-14T15:35:49.046-07:00Hmmm. Thanks to all of you for these comments. Hav...Hmmm. Thanks to all of you for these comments. Have just been sent this link which I found interesting: http://www.thescavenger.net/media-a-technology/facebook-whose-face-is-it-anyway-99423.html.<br /><br />Only another couple of weeks til The Social network opens here in NZ. Then I'll be in touch again!wellywoodwomanhttp://wellywoodwoman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-73184393638009927802010-10-14T15:12:37.836-07:002010-10-14T15:12:37.836-07:00It is an incredible movie - and I think that it co...It is an incredible movie - and I think that it could have been awful but with the irght people behind it, it was incredible. Like others, we covered it on our latest podcast ourselves - and Sorking was clearly a driving force behind it.<br /><br />Simon<br />www.screeninsight.comsimoncolumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027922399726786918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-9986794223962210102010-10-14T14:33:16.022-07:002010-10-14T14:33:16.022-07:00I think it's tempting in a movie where no one ...I think it's tempting in a movie where no one is really likable to focus on why women didn't come across as likable - I don't think this movie is about people we like but rather about people we are fascinated with, people who are absolutely fallible and human.<br /><br />Sorkin and Fincher at their best.Phoenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477498671080132176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-52172586487571487562010-10-14T05:08:08.608-07:002010-10-14T05:08:08.608-07:00I done a review of this film:
http://theintermitt...I done a review of this film:<br /><br />http://theintermittentsprocket.blogspot.com/2010/10/social-network-insert-facebook-related.html<br /><br />And I had no issue whatsoever with the representation of women in the film. Sure there's a lot of vapid groupies and crazy girlfriends, but they are bookended with Erica and Rashida Jones' characters who are both smart, compassionate and TheUnwashedMasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029004262655647715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-23384575284479996492010-10-14T03:02:28.030-07:002010-10-14T03:02:28.030-07:00Wellywood Woman - you raise an interesting questio...Wellywood Woman - you raise an interesting question. And the link from Jess certainly is fascinating -- in part for Aaron's response, but even more so for the crazy debate it started. <br /><br />I have various thoughts popping into my head right now, but I'm going to hold back-- I'm going to go see the movie a few more times, and I think maybe this is something we should discuss in The Kid In The Front Rowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284758898483746863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-17113043129566236672010-10-13T23:05:42.084-07:002010-10-13T23:05:42.084-07:00Here's Sorkin himself, responding to a comment...Here's Sorkin himself, responding to a comment on the women on Ken Levine's blog.<br /><br />http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2010/10/aaron-sorkin-responds-to-commenter-in.html<br /><br />It really didn't bother me. There are some female characters who don't come across well, but the film is based on true events... There are some excellent female characters. Particularly Erica Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06523004537124471839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5309932466795335827.post-49280344562840276822010-10-13T20:07:27.481-07:002010-10-13T20:07:27.481-07:00& what about the portrayal of women? Social ne...& what about the portrayal of women? Social network hasn't reached NZ yet, but some of the criticism has-- wd be v interested to hear your thoughts.wellywood womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13224383638978594862noreply@blogger.com