Framing \"127 Minutes \" and \"The Social Network \".
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Franco recently portrayed real-life mountain climber Aron Ralston in Danny Boyle's "127 Hours", while Jesse Eisenberg portrayed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher's "The Social Network".
At one point in the hour-long discussion, both actors were asked to share their approach on taking on a real-life character.
Director Danny Boyle was very involved in the Aron Ralston throughout the process of creating a \"127 hours \", because he wanted to be sure to describe the situation accurately and faithfully Aaron.
As James Franco stated in the roundtable discussion, he did spend some time with Ralston, but mainly entrusted Danny Boyle to steer him in the right direction with the performance.
In addition, an interesting point that James, the fact that nobody really knows what is Aron Ralston, the same as in real life, the public does not know how he speaks and his mannerisms, this will have the freedom to do the James allowed His own character in any way, but at the same time honoring the basics of the history of Ralston.
On the other hand, it is pretty well known at this point that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg hasn't put his seal of approval on Jesse Eisenberg's portrayal of him in Fincher's "The Social Network", or the film itself for that matter.
In fact, Zuckerberg continued to say that many aspects of Fincher's film is totally misleading or just building.
This surely isn't Eisenberg's fault, as he stated in the roundtable discussion that he really wanted to meet and get to know Zuckerberg before filming the movie, but the producers wanted no part of this.
Needless to say, should not remind representation Eisenberg Zuckerberg many positive feelings about the boy.
Aaron Sorkin, screenwriter, basically reduces him to being a socially inept, greedy, selfish a**hole.
Of course, Sorkin Zuckerberg used to personify capitalism and corporate America, and I think Zuckerberg makes the point that functions more like a computer with all its mechanical nature, and social unrest.
However, this narrow perspective offers little to no sympathy or redeeming characterization for the guy.
Speaking of Aaron Sorkin script is, it is really quite wonderful in many ways.
Fincher is obviously a great filmmaker, but in this case I give the most credit to Sorkin, who really made it easy for Fincher.
The pacing is wonderful, and the dialogue is so sharp that it brings to mind the rythmic, cynical "Mamet Speak" of David Mamet's brilliantly written "Glengarry Glen Ross".
By the way, the film also has some big capitalist / corporate America subtitles.
That said, I do have some small gripes with Sorkin's screenplay, which basically reflect a general problem that I have with the film itself - that being a feeling that the film doesn't know if it wants to glorify or condemn Zuckerberg's behavior.
E a one-dimensional portrait, and I was not very emotionally invested in the character.
However, I can't help but feel that Fincher and Sorkin might want us to side with the hipster-cool wit of Mark Zuckerberg as opposed to the douchebag-demeanored Harvard twins whom Zuckerberg maliciously screwed over.
We certainly an idea Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), but I can not really go over all the other.
A lot has been said of the way Danny Boyle chose to tackle the subject matter in "127 Hours".
Knowing that Boyle, a very special kind of filmmaking, often with a lot of editing and camera work very kinetic, not a total surprise is that he stood firmly with this.
I absolutely admire the fact that he dared to take on a project like this coming off his recent Oscar success.
E a ballsy move, and certainly would have been disastrous for the project were not in the hands of, well,.
It's a testament of his greatness and his daring persona as a filmmaker.
Interestingly enough, Aron also serves as the film's antagonist.
Aron seems to only be interested in his relationship with the great outdoors.
It brings to mind the old metaphorical expression, "if you live by the sword, you will die by the sword"; only in Aron's case, his sword is nature.
You could see that this rock has placed his arm as if to see a rehabilitation unit, as Aron door at the end, the importance of human relationships.
Aron ultimately is overcome by the desire to reconnect with his loved ones and does something pretty drastic to ensure that he has a chance to be with them again.
Predominant theme of the film is to live on the strength of the human spirit and Ralston.
Boyle's camera reinforces this theme by moving all over the place.
The audience is right there in the slot with Aron, but the camera wants to take us elsewhere, that through flashbacks or hallucinations.
Even when Ralston is stuck in the middle of nowhere he's imagining (and at certain times re-imagining) his life as it exists outside of that crevice.
This theme and the way in which Boyle puts it probably is often overlooked or not fully realized, but it really is new, effective and unique way to tell the story.
The emotional value of the film is compromised slightly as a result of Boyle's hyperactivity, and there are a few dull moments within some of the hallucinations and flashbacks.
Clocks video on the economic ninety minutes, but it may be useful five or ten minutes detached from its implementation.
However, the film's triumphs certainly outweigh any shortcomings, and it's a testament to Boyle and screenwriter Simon Beaufoy that such narrative limitations can be overcome to engage an audience for eighty to ninety minutes.
He's foolish and selfish, with boyish charm and a daredevil mentality.
James Franco fully reflect all these things.
Credit him for being able to then add the necessary emotional punch, and also credit Boyle for believing in Franco to carry such a grueling, hit-or-miss task.
While \"127 hours \" is not exactly frame and fidelity to his subject, \"The Social Network \" manages to rivet the public at the expense of its protagonists.
The general public probably isn't concerned whats truth vs.
Fiction, but for me, c is something ethically wrong, unauthorized personnel, ultimately unflattering and distorted representation of a living person.
The film is perhaps a masterpiece when looked at as just a work of fiction; the only problem is that I know it's not just that.
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