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The Social Network (Fincher, 2010)

It seems that once every year a film comes out during 'Oscar season' that is labeled as immensely topical, a true testament to our time that perfectly captures a specific mentality that defines our world now, perhaps even defines a generation as a whole. Most of the time these films are mislabeled. Last year we had Up in the Air, the year before was Milk, and now it seems that David Fincher's The Social Network has taken the mantle of my generation's voice. However, just like all of these other films that are incorrectly labeled as purely topical ploys for attention, Fincher makes an attempt to transcend the times and deliver a cinematic experience from what appears to admittedly be a very topical concept: the invention of Facebook. So does Fincher deliver a film accessible by all, or something better left just for friends?

Taking on 2010 - Film Rankings

And with the end of the Oscars I can probably close the book on 2010 in film. Did not hit 100, as I had hoped, but below are all the films I've seen ranked and in order from best to worst. Here's hoping that 2011 is even better! Also, sorry for the formatting inconsistencies, I could not figure out what was going wrong, so it looks sort of sloppy and uneven, but the rankings are there and they all correspond numerically.

Great (1-12)

Summer Wars

Black Swan

The Social Network

True Grit

Somewhere

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Runaway

Mother

Cyrus

Plastic Bag

The Life of the World to Come

The Illusionist

Good (13-45)

Winter’s Bone

Blue Valentine

Dogtooth

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?

I’m Still Here

It’s Kind of A Funny Story

4.3.2.1

A Town Called Panic

The Secret of Kells

Rabbit Hole

Machete

The White Ribbon

Greenberg

Remember Me

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Ramona and Beezus

MacGruber

Mystery Team

Another Year

Afterschool

I Am Love

Despicable Me

I’m Here

My Dog Tulip

Mary and Max

Splice

Charlie St. Cloud

Shutter Island

A Prophet

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl

The Secret in their Eyes

TRON: Legacy

127 Hours

Mediocre (46-84)

Four Lions

Easy A

Let Me In

Animal Kingdom

Exit Through the Gift Shop

The Winning Season

Catfish

The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

Get Him to the Greek

Youth in Revolt

Twelve

FISH TANK

Never Let Me Go

Micmacs

The White Stripes: Under the Great Northern Lights

Alice in Wonderland

Batman: Under the Red Hood

Valentine’s Day

Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

I Love You, Phillip Morris

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

FRED: The Movie

The Kids Are All Right

Avalon High

Kick-Ass

The Last Song

I Am Comic

The Fighter

The Town

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

Solitary Man

Holy Rollers

Victorious: Freak the Freak Out

Starstruck

iPsycho

Iron Man 2

16 Wishes

Restrepo

The King’s Speech

Bad (85-92)

Tooth Fairy

The Book of Eli

Inception

Den Brother

City Island

She’s Out of My League

Toy Story 3

The Cartel

Terrible (93-94)

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars

How to Train Your Dragon