The Season for Dreaming

CHRIS HUGHES AND SEAN ELDRIDGE GOT MARRIED?

I really want Andrew to meet Eduardo.

love-like-burning:

So, Eduardo keeps posting on his Facebook page about Andrew and Spiderman.

I bet Andrew would totally fanboy Eduardo if they ever met.

naddiesays:

The social network is a true story twins say.

I would take this with a grain of salt. OP’s tag says that everyone but Mark seems to think so, but if you seriously look at the comments made by the founders and co. that’s not really true. Let’s break it down:

• The Winklevoss twins think it’s accurate (see linked link.)
• Mark Zuckerberg vaguely says that they got some things right and some things wrong but generally seems to have had a negative, though increasingly mellow, attitude towards it.
• Sean Parker called it “a work of fiction.” He seems offended by his portrayal.
• Not sure if Dustin Moskovitz has said anything about the movie itself, but he said about the trailer: “It is interesting to see my past rewritten in a way that emphasizes things that didn’t matter … and leaves out things that really did.” He seems to have a sense of humor about it.
• I don’t think I’ve seen Chris Hughes say anything besides when Colbert asked him about it (though it’s worth noting, lest it get taken too out of context, that it seemed to me that his comment about it being accurate was jokingly in reference to the uselessness of his character and not a serious evaluation of the movie.)
• Lastly, it seems like Eduardo would have particularly strong opinions on the movie considering he is considered by most people to be the person most wronged in the story, but his position seems to be that it was not always truthful but that ultimately the movie’s value does not lie in its accuracy. He says that, “the true takeaway for me was that entrepreneurship and creativity, however complicated, difficult or tortured to execute, are perhaps the most important drivers of business today and the growth of our economy” and that he hopes the story inspires people.

I’m not surprised the Winklevoss twins continue to support the movie — the movie is getting their side of the story out there in a big way (and as I see it, the Winklevosses and Mark don’t seem to entirely be accusing each other of lying, they mostly just have very different opinions on the significance of those events). However, the Winklevosses’ story is only one chunk of the movie and they can only speak for those parts that involve them regardless, right?

I think that begins to touch on the dilemma of the whole truthfulness debate — not only can no one speak for the truthfulness of the entire movie (except maybe Mark), but even if they could agree that the facts were correct, they all have conflicting opinions on what those facts mean and so they didn’t all experience them the same way. Fans can’t even agree on the meaning of details in the movie’s version of things, and we can go watch the scenes over and over, unlike the founders who lived it once and only have their own biased memories. I think that no matter what you did with the movie, at least a few people would be angry. I can believe that the movie could’ve tried harder — that they twisted details that were important to those involved (like Mark’s offense at his portrayal of being dateless and obsessed with final clubs, neither of which he says are true), and that when it comes to real, living people that it’s important to be careful. However, I think the movie would still be excellent if the story hadn’t been based on true events at all and that they did put forth an honest effort to present all sides, and maybe that can be good enough.

I’M SORRY FOR THAT UNSOLICITED RAMBLE THAT I THINK I MOSTLY ALREADY SAID IN A PREVIOUS POST. I wasn’t arguing with the OP, I mostly wanted to comment on the article.