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A Billion Dollars Scene | The Social Network
A testament to the brilliant directing of David Fincher. He can take a boring mundane topic about starting a business and make it a compelling drama.
starting a business is 'boring mundane'?
@@vt7637 No, but the details are, especially for anyone not personally involved in it.
@@vt7637like, right? Imagine thinking creating one of the most successful businesses is 'boring mundane'...
Thank Aaron Sorkin before Fincher
@@vt7637the day to day grind is boring to the average audience
1:05
Ed: "He's 25 mins late"
Mark: "He founded Napster when he was 19, he can be late"
Ed: "He's not a God"
Mark: "Then what is he?"
Ed: "He's 25 mins late"
Top writing.
Classic Sorkin truism circular argument clause he uses all the time
The way the music cuts off after he says "a BILLION dollars" then carries on after he says "and that shut everybody up" was my favourite part of this scene. So perfect.
The editing of this film should be studied for decades. The music choices, cutting between flashbacks and the depositions, the music, the conversations, its literally flawless. One of the most technically flawless films ever made.
@@DetectiveTrupo203 Trent Reznor did the music... enough said
I'll quote " the most dangerous thing about bullshit, is that it makes sense in the moment."
No shit
I was thinking the meta
That would explain Trump.
was it though?
And then Trump won a second time
As obnoxious as Sean Parker was in this scene, he was absolutely right about beating the record companies, about Facebook's overall catch the biggest fish possible strategy, and about dropping "the" from Facebook.
He didn't beat them, he lost too.
@@caracal9458 Net worth 2.8 bil? In this scene he's 24 years old. He won my dude. He just had to give "them" a bite.
@@caracal9458he definitely changed how music is consumed. He certainly took down the record companies
@@caracal9458 tower records is out of business. Whens the last time you bought a cd? Napster paved the way for the way you listen to music today.
@@ChucklesMcChuckleson he got lucky. MySpace would have won but their management sucked
Sean Parker now: *"Change it to 'Meta'."*
Sean Parker in a few years: *“Change it to ‘Me’.”*
"The Meta"
It's cheaper.
It’s cleaner
its smarter
The way Timberlake said, “..and Mark”. was perfection. It made Mark feel important, while also signaling to us that Sean Parker knew that if he recruited Mark to his ideology of FaceBook, it would be check and mate, as the movie later showed.
I’m intrigued at how you reached that summary just from Parker saying “and Mark” could you explain further?
@@DonFelixGallardocommented 30min ago?😂 can’t believe someone was watching this video almost at the same time as me, literally my favorite scene in this movie!!! Everybody executed every line so well! Just Perfect 👌
@@DonFelixGallardo Listen to the change in his tone when he says “and Mark.” It's like drawing a line under a word or adding an exclamation point at the end to show that it's important.
Here a little observation of a moment in this scene when the director and the screenwriter are just geniuses:
at 4:28 when Sean finally starts to talk about facebook, he beginns with "tell me about your progress" and looks to eduardo, out of respect because he's the business part of the company. We see a behind the shoulder shot to Eduardo who tries to answer but gets interrupted by Sean with a next question directed to mark 4:34 The camera shows Sean up front eyeballing Mark, and then back again at the shot to Eduardo who still looks at Sean desperate and surrendering with a laying back gesture. 4:37
For me this moment really shows that Sean wantes to include him but just out of politeness and not to be completely harsh, but his actual interest was with mark from the start on before they even met and this was really good displayed visually through camera angels, editing and of course the gestures of the actors.
JT was perfect for this role
I can’t think of one big sub 40 year old actor who could have done it worse.
@@ShinzoX90 nah, noone would have done it better
" Drop the Ads... just UA-cam.......... it's cleaner"
everybody: " shit....."
lol....u dont understand the amount of cost it takes to store everyone's uselsss video on platform for lifetime for free....who is gonna pay for servers? have u ever imagined what if a guy wakes up and start uploading useless videos on youtube for no reason at all....and he keeps doing that for 1 year ! and in total he has uploaded a videos which in total have a size of 1000TB ....and 10 years later he come back and see he got the same DATA ! ....say thanks to UA-cam for storing it for free....
@@chiragparmar1964it’s not cos of data usage and never was. Main reason UA-cam runs ads was to pay for the constant copyright claims that were filed against the company early days
they use your data as a billboard to print free ads
also they own copyrights your data when you upload it, in the terms
also use Ublock Origin ffs, 2024 people still not using adblock?? insane to me
@@DonFelixGallardoand how will they pay the UA-camrs?
Keep dreaming broski.
This movie was a masterpiece
meh
@@hankb7725 casual
Amazing script, amazing acting, INCREDIBLE soundtrack
@@yasseford trent reznor and atticus ross 🔥
This is correct. The script, the performances, the direction, the music, the editing. It's so tight and flawless, with a sense of momentum that keeps building. It was also so fresh and unique at the time it came out.
I can't take my eyes or ears off this scene for even a second, miss such scripts these days
My mother was in Amazon with him researching spiders : ). Sony still maintains the quality .
@@bullymaguire2335 you’re trash Brock
2010: He seems paranoid
2024:
Wanna party with diddy?
Drops fact checking just before Trump takes office…
@@aRealEstateBroker Fact checking is just another way to say state-sponsored disinformation.
Timberlake really was inspired casting.
yet, he was 25 minutes late
@@Nonzinho24that was funny.
I was surprised he could act
@@nachonachomanthat’s stupid (and funny) cos it’s well known that JT used to be an actor for Disney when he was a kid
love his energy....full of life....visionary.....where edward wanted immediate profits.....
He can't act for shit.
I love how he asks the lady of the group what she wants to drink, and then orders that for everyone.
I'd already dislike him for that if it was me. Very little would irk me more than someone else deciding what I'm eating and drinking at a restaurant.
@@JimmySteller I know right. Especially if they were trying to become an investor..they are already giving off the tone that they will control the company if they control what I drink.
He was kind of flirting with Tori and she was liking it already.
@@JimmyStellerno offence but tell me you’re big without telling me you’re big… the drink i get but the food? Maybe he knows what’s good at this restaurant sometimes it’s good to broaden your horizons and try something new
@@DonFelixGallardo Yea and maybe I have an allergy that he doesn't know about lol. Don't order for me. I'm an adult
a billion dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool? A TRILLION DOLLARS... a trillion dollar valuation, and that's where you're headed!
That's where Elon Musk is headed.
A trillion dollars isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A quadrillion dollars!
It’s called inflation and that’s where you’re headed!!
@@87krull It's called a third world country and that's where we're headed!
@@Glitcher2000 A GAZILLION DOLLARS!!
The beauty of this scene is the fundamental law of storytelling; show don't tell.
Before we see Shawn, or even hear his name, we get a feel and a sense of it: his tardiness, Eduardo's response in nervousness and 'jealousy,' Mark's excitement -> all these build-up tells us Shawn is a key figure, and likely a key person in this whole scene + story.
And when 2:13 hits, it's a massive build-up revealing what character he is; showy, confident, charistmatic, talking about his achievements with a mysterious undertone, yet this scene is not about that or Facebook.
This scene was about Eduardo, conflicting with Shawn, and then with the other 2; the evolving relationship because of Shawn -> all done in about 6 mins or less.
Thank you for typing out exactly what we all saw...
We're not stupid 😅
Love this comment - the OP not the reply
Andrew Garfield placing his hand around his gf at that moment was subtle but key. Also adds to everything you’ve written here.
The beauty of this comment is the fundamental law of pretentious commenting: tell don't show.
@@devarmont87 Except all i could read was... Shawn, because it is actual Sean.
“A trillion dollars”
On point
Or in 2024 context: 1 million dollars is not cool, do you know whats cool? You?
7 trillion dollars
You know whats cool now, uh what comes after trillion? Thats how much money you need now. middle class living in million dollar homes and can't afford to move.
Insane
"a bazillion dollars"
Sean was actually very polite, had come to the meeting prepared and already knew their first names, and made up for being late by picking up the tab.
It was all part of his plan, make them wait for him to make his swooping in to “rescue” them more likely to work
@@DonFelixGallardo manipulative coward!
paying the account?......investing like a hustler looking cool but manipulative!
The best part of this movie is that every character is correct from their perspective.
That's funny that Sorkin did a cameo
I think he is hack writer, but this was his best work.
@@jpw5820why do you say that lol
@@jpw5820yeah I don’t know if he’s a hack. His dialogue is very unnatural. Like nobody in real life talk that quickly and with such bravado. Nobody is using big words, at least in the way he writes it on the page.
@@deoduceassassin I agree that "nobody talks like that" in real life, but I feel like you have to suspend your disbelief for the same way you do for an action movie with over the top effects. Yes, it's not an accurate representation of real life, but it's so much more fun and entertaining to watch.
@@deoduceassassin His writing is its own genre, similar to screwball comedy. There's a patter to it that sucks the viewer in and when paired with a score like the one Reznor/Finch did for TSN, it's very compelling - having Fincher to direct it just takes it to another level.
Fun fact: Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg are actually talking to Aaron Sorkin (the screenwriter of the movie) in the beginning of this clip!
'Is that like a tisk?' 'It wasn't a tisk. It was like a glottal stop.' 😂
Thought I recognised him but couldn't figure out who it was
would have been so much better if they were walking and talking
How could you not be suspicious of sleazeball like Sean?
He sounds like a comic book villain...
Zuck was but didnt care. Sean knew alot of ppl
Because of his knowledge.
@@rotyler2177yeah I get the impression that Zuck in the movie at least saw red flags with Sean but knew he was valuable to the company more so than eduardo. But was ready to cut him loose at any time if necessary
You be wrapped around his finger begging to be in his group within seconds.
Because he was a very successful, very well connected sleazeball. If you're not willing to work with sketchy people to take your company to its highest possible level, then it will never reach that level. Before him, they were swimming in the pool, it's safe and easy to control but it's small and unremarkable. He showed them the way to the ocean, where it's much more dangerous and impossible to control by a single guy, but its potential for greatness is unlimited.
Trent Reznor's soundtrack was perfect.
"and Atticus Ross!"
@@BatmanHQYT I know, I know. I just like handing it to Trent for coming out with some banger film soundtracks one after the other, when all I'd known him for was industrial metal.
@@Malumbrus haha, it's a reference to Jonah Hill's Howard Stern interview.
@@BatmanHQYT Oh. I'm unfamiliar with it
Funny how Mark did not want ads and now Facebook is nothing but ads
Bc the party already finished
And now ads dont make any money either
Are you dumb????
@@plaidchucksaid who?
They make way more money selling your personal data than ads lol
This movie was ahead of its time
In what way? For instance the entire movie is based on the past
@@erhhsdhh2099 the Cinematography for me.
@@MartinMaxiepada Its literally nothing but still-shots though. Nothing really remarkable about it. Not saying its bad, but nothing crazy. Definitely not ahead of its time in any way.
@@Xfacta12482 I mean, it allowed Ryan Murphy to become a tens of millionaire but to each his own
@@MartinMaxiepada What? Ryan Murphy wasn't involved in this movie.
Even if he was, how is "hes a millionaire" a case for it being ahead of its time?
you know whats really cool? a quintopofalapoballilion
3:35 “whatever is going to trip you up, you’ve done already” the lady’s face turned really disturbed really fast, like “I’m here for an apple-tini not a redpill about privacy”
Cant believe facebook worth over a trillion dollars by now, such a long way they have come.
too bad it's mostly fluff these days...at least as far as the social network itself. Meta's taking over as their marketplace, I feel, and facebook is slowly being pushed to the wayside.
The social media site / app has become a cesspool of misinformation, spams, scams, fake ads & fake engagement, and it's been outed multiple times that Facebook (behind closed doors of course) pays click/comment/post farms to keep engagement numbers up and climbing to try to stay relevant. It's completely fraudulent and nobody does anything about it, because everyone involved is making so much effin money.
That's why you see so much spam (especially from the middle east and southeast asia), pushing spam "viral" video content (even though it's just trash videos), or scam comments that nobody falls for (such as the "you've won! check my profile." B.S.) and it never seems to dwindle or be shut down. If Facebook actually wanted to shut it down, they could. With all of the AI options available to them, they could've easily developed something to shut down those accounts already, but they ignore it because it boosts engagement numbers. Which they can then turn around and use as data to further investments, because relatively very few people on the investment end are going to actually research deep enough to actually check the quality of engagement.
Another key factor to look at is that their value has gone up so much in the past few years, however they rarely release any new features anymore. They just change minor aspects of the user interface once a year (like the react emojis, or sticker posts...or they rearrange the sidebar) to make it look like they're still improving it. It's just their cash cow while they migrate away from the social network side of it.
it is ? i dont know anyone who uses it anymore
@@christianschulz1443 you can go check for meta market capitalization by now. Of course facebook sucks, but we cant deny the fact that they have growth.
@@christianschulz1443 It's no longer just Facebook anymore. They also bought Instagram and WhatsApp and the whole company is now called Meta.
Facebook is still to this day the most used social media platforms in the world. #3 and #4 are Instagram and WhatsApp. Combined Networth of the 3 companies now all under the leadership of Mark Zuckerberg and Co: a staggering 1.23 trillion dollars.
@@christianschulz1443 know anyone who uses whatsapp or Instagram?
The score just makes it so much more awesome
This is what happens when a great screenwriter collaborate with a great director
and a great music/soundtrack team
"Right now you've got something cool, that's what you've got going for it. But you know what would be better? If you aged up all your users by 40 years and had them spend all day arguing about conspiracy theories".
Sorkin in the flesh shutting em down lol.
I was in doubt at first, but I watched it all the way through and now I absolutely agree.
I have a friend in Lewisville Texas that keeps this movie on repeat.... Like a backround thing....
"You want to buy a Tower Records Eduardo?" I'm dead.
its awesome how this guy they met only once wrote their entire story that got made into this movie
A masterpiece. A+
God even though working dialogue is amazing let’s be honest the soundtrack is the main star of this movie for real. Captures the vibe soo well.
The problem with this movie was it made people think this was what Zuckerberg was. In Truth his lack of humanity and understanding of a moral compass goes way past capitalism. He's a robot who will never understand the damage he's done.
Interesting point. Probably true
If he hadn't done it someone else would have
@@AkshayAradhyaif i wouldnt have robbed a bank someone else would have. If i wouldnt have driven a race car on a busy walkway someone else would have. See where im going with this?
@@Sarvagya4no that’s a stupid analogy. In this world the victor enjoys the spoils, everybody else fights over the scraps. It’s better to be the victor
@@DonFelixGallardo you lose much more than you gain going that way. you'll figure it out one day but it will probably too late
Justin Timberlake plays an a-hole so effortlessly. It’s almost like he is not acting!! 😂
I never noticed Sorkin in the movie before lmao that hilarious
I remember being so into appletinis for a while because of this scene
Power of ads lol
That's super
can you believe Christy is married to Macaulay Culkin
She certainly isn't shallow
she fixed him
@@daustin8888Azn women are notorious for settling for below average YT men.
Christy isn't married to Macaulay Culkin. Brenda Song is.
You know what's cooler than a millions dollars? MySpace
the marlin and the trout is such good writing omfg.
I still think it’s AMAZING and a testament to how GOOD writing and filmmaking can make even the DUMBEST STORY (that you don’t think you would EVER care about) COMPELLING.
Also, it was ALWAYS WEIRD to me that they got freakin’ Justin Timberlake to play Sean Parker. I REMEMBER the Napster days and SEEING Sean Parker frequently appear in news stories regarding legal battles he was having with the RIAA, he doesn’t really look ANYTHING LIKE Justin Timberlake.
Bro really called the development of social media as we know it “the DUMBEST STORY”
@@Luke43219
Technically, social media WASN’T DEVELOPED by Facebook, buddy. It just helped to popularize it.
MySpace was around BEFORE Facebook and EVEN BEFORE THAT, there was Xanga, Livejournal, various other personal blogs, etc, that went back to the 90s.
Aaron Sorkin is one of the greatest writers for TV and Movies.
@@Luke43219 Do you even know what dumb means?
@@marty2090 yes
2 legends one scene... hacker royalty.. legends
I wouldn't say his acting is amazing but Timerlake still was perfect for this role.
thats the director the movie, awesome!
That's the writer, Aaron Sorkin, not the director
Once again just throwing some props to the amazing soundtrack work by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
The first scene when Mark is clicking his tongue is so deeply disrespectful. Lol. the sound, the time he takes to respond to the question, the fact that he doesn’t even pretend to explain it away. Mark gives the sound he is making more attention and respect than the man he’s meeting with. That is brutal.
This scenes is more complex than it seems . Record companies were the key holders , they were gods of the music industry. Napster showed the world that if the could make god bleed, people would stop believing in him . ( Ironman 2 reference) and artists who were smart realized that .
From then on , Spotify and artists releasing their music on their own was just a matter of time .
"I wont my bord" -- also an Iron Man 2 reference
This movies has INSANE dialogue scenes!
Love the score for this scene from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
General George Custer's strategy at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was to charge the village from multiple angles with smaller battalions of his small regiment.
That partner cashed out and left America… now America has a cash out tax.
I was amazed it took them that long to add that tax
@@DonFelixGallardo it’s named after him.
The corporate life .
Lol hes on mars with a french guy
Dropping "The" from the name was common sense, not genius. Nobody has "The" in a business name.
Appletini, dude should've known they were under age right then.
I would've asked for old fashioned.
I’m 28 and I enjoy sweet drinks. It’s stupid to think everyone should order certain things based on age or gender
@@starcrysis23same! I’d take a frozen margarita any day.
@@MikeNapoli1989 teenagers don't drink margs
This movie was pacing perfection!
"let's walk and talk people"
JT was perfect for that role; it felt like he wasn't even acting!
I don't know if I hate him more because he's Sean Parker or Justin Timberlake.
I don’t know WHY, but your post gave me a LEGITIMATE LAUGH.
Well done, sir. 👏
That's a typical scene where I just want to work afterwards to get rich and achieve something big. It's a real dopamine kick every time.
And now, facebook and instagram are flooded with ads...🤣🤣🤣
Even a simpleton would see that Sean Parker has fed written all over himself
He worked for the CIA as an intern....
Aaron Sorkin making the coolest cameo lol
You know what is cooler?...another drink
A fookin gag reflex 😂😂
And now, 1.43 trillion dollar market cap. 😮
That's almost Bitcoin mc
Whatever Sean was talking about ad eventually Facebook became the exact same thing. A platform full of ads and people not feel that the party is over and don't want to come.
I need to rewatch this movie
Fun fact, a long, long time ago, when me and my friend were really young, we ran into Sean Parker at none other than Tower Records, and he bragged about hacking NBC.
And can we stop for a moment and comment on Justin Timberlake's acting chops? I'm not saying Oscar winner, but still a great role and a great portrayal. (You helped, Aaron Sorkin, lol)
Sean is great, he knows how to play, he lost the direction sometimes, gut Eduardo should use him but limiting his stupidity, instead of that, his pride betray him, well more or less, at the end he got a tons of money though....
Huh?
I don't even have or use facebook but this was a good movie
5:16 There you go, see you on another edit.
eduardo was right, he didn’t beat the record companies, just took them a while to shift from physical media to streaming
I think whats spectacular about this scene is that justin doesn't have too many acting scenes and this is exactly how it went down
I want another Fincher + Sorkin collab
McCaulay Culkin is one lucky man
Yes he is. She went from dating Miley Cyrus' brother to Home Alone.
The editing in this movie was a class apart.
goated movie
Brenda song is so beautiful
Brenda Song is really cute
David Fincher is a legend!
The VC guy is Aaron Sorkin.
This actually happened in real less than 20 years ago is wild.
Now it’s trillion.
My boy JT is soooo smoooooove. Sean Fanning was a pudgy nerd coder in a tight polo shirt so they kind of embellished here
Damn Fincher, you good.
This is a fantastic scene
The little bitcoin 👀
2024: You know what's cool? A trillion dollars.
I remembering seeing this at a high time in life and it seriously brought me down. I still wonder what Eduardo got out of it...
The music industry defo won
It was a draw. Records you can hold died, but buying all music a la cart also died.
Spotify won. Flat rate, all you can listen. It's the middle ground of Napster and buying records.
Record companies won! Again. They paid you $0.30 on the dollar before...now you get $0.003 per stream.
@@illsuspect but that 0.003 is not on the dollar. It is much higher on the dollar. I get your point, but need to adjust it a bit
@@illsuspect
I mean, SURE, if you’re a music artist.
Most of us AREN’T, though.
@@sdalt001vinyl records are huge still
I feel like the dude playing mark zuckerburg comes across as too human.
And by saying biggest contribution, he means he didn't actually do shit for the company. Right?
That’s what Eduardo was implying yeah. But as much as Eduardo was a good guy and Sean Parker was an a hole, Sean Parker contributed way more than Eduardo did. He’s the one that secured their first investors. Eduardo didn’t contribute anything past the startup money and actually acted against the companies best interests at some points.