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Friday at last! This has been a very busy week here at Mild Concern which is why the posts have been shorter than usual. This will all change next week when we hit the Film Festival hard and do so many reviews that Rotten Tomatoes will have to let us in. Regardless “The Film of the Year” is out today so get down to the cinema ASAP.

Despicable Me
An animated film about a criminal mastermind featuring the voices of everyone you’ve ever seen in an American sitcom and then some. The little yellow things look adorable, I’m tempted.

The Social Network
It really is worth the hype, Aaron Sorkin hasn’t written a film in far too long and he has really raised the bar. If you don’t see it prepare to feel left out around the water cooler. We’ve even gone and reviewed it!

Vampires Suck
The weak Twilight parody you’ve all been waiting for. At least this seems to stick with one film to spoof unlike recent ______ Movie releases so might be the best of a bad bunch. One thing’s for sure, the trailer has brought us three months of high visitors.

Aakrosh (limited release)
A Bollywood film tackling the issue of honour killings. I think it may still have singing and dancing… and gore.

Knock Out (limited release)
All I can gather from IMDb is that this is an Indian action film. Way to go Eros distribution for failing to even have a synopsis on the internet.

Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (limited release)
I don’t think i can put it better than this, “The film bears witness to German artist Anselm Kiefer’s alchemical creative processes and renders as a film journey the personal universe he has built at his hill studio estate in the South of France.” Mostly because I don’t really understand it.

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When I first heard that the guy who wrote The West Wing was writing a film about Facebook I thought it sounded ridiculous but after the first trailer I knew I was wrong.

With Aaron Sorkin you are guaranteed a certain level of quality and speed of dialogue, and with 8 pages of dialogue being delivered within the few minutes that make up the opening scene, you are prepared the the rest of the film. Witty conversations fly back and forth as the film thunders forward at an amazing pace.

This pace is maintained by David Fincher, a directer with plenty to be proud of on his IMDb page, who manages to keep people either talking or typing on computers engaging for a full two hours. Not to mention pulling off a brilliant bit of actor duplication with the twins.

Jesse Eisenberg plays a brilliantly mannered version of Zuckerberg, different to his previous roles, a social awkward figure who has no real ambition to make money, just to make a successful website. That social awkwardness makes Zuckerberg for the most part hard to sympathise with, and yet you don’t really side with those that attack him either.

Andrew Garfield as Zuckerberg’s former best friend probably garners the most sympathy as the betrayed former business partner, and he certainly proves his worth as a big up and coming actor. In what is an amazing film there is surprisingly little heart. Almost every character is looking out for their own personal gain, either for money, acclaim or sex, leaving no one to really root for.

That niggle is easily put aside though when you are presented with such a great bit of cinema, recommended for anyone who has ever updated their status. Especially if they’ve ever done it when drunk.

The Social Network is out this Friday.

Most scathing comment in the film: “Good luck with your game”

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It’s one of those days where there is no big news, no new releases and i failed to see the film I planned to see the night before. Therefore we have lots of little bits of news.

1. Steve Martin has joined Twitter with hilarious consequences.

2. John Oliver is set to star in a film written by Terry Jones that might just reunite Monty Python.

3. The Social Network has a new interactive trailer. While I want to see the film the interactive trailer thing doesn’t add much.

4. Everyone’s favourite series of children’s horror Goosebumps is going to be a film. And will likely bear no resemblance to the books.

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After two false starts, dramatic and engaging false starts, The Social Network, has got itself a real trailer. A trailer with footage from the film edited in an exciting way.

You can watch the film here, or more exciting read on for 7 screenshots I’ve plucked out for no good reason. Read more »

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At the start of this new week I had the intention of a semi-detailed post about the Emmy nominations. But that will have to wait until it’s much less relevant and topical. Instead lets all enjoy the latest trailer for The Social Network.

If you remember the first it was all dialogue, well now we have a bit more moving video. I hope none of this is in the actual film as two hours of facebook updates would be painful, not that it will be because this film will be good.

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