[trickjarrett]

Lawrence Lessig's thoughts on the movie, posted as a separate story on HN, but I felt I should add it here as well: http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/78081/sorkin-zucke...

I left the movie quite satisfied. It was such marvelous dialog paired with excellent directing. I love Fincher's style, though at times it felt like he was being held back, such as during the regatta segment, I felt like he couldn't go as crazy as he would like given the soundtrack.

Sorkin is a master of dialogue, and though the story is wildly inaccurate, I suspended disbelief and enjoyed the ride.

[marknutter]

To be fair there'd be no way it could ever be 100% accurate - this is how it goes in real life too. Ask 100 participants in the Facebook history how it all went down you'll get 100 different versions of the story.

[linhir]

That's true, but I think it is a little worse than just accounting for multiple perspectives. The movies is based on "The Accidental Billionaires," whose author didn't interview most (any?) of the main participants other than Eduardo Saverin. When you combine that with Sorkin's loudly proclaimed internet ignorance, I think you can end up with a great movie, but not one that is particularly related to a careful analysis of the 100 different versions of the founding story of Facebook. In The Accidental Billionaires, "Mezrich allows that he invents dialogue, synthesizes details, and puts imagined thoughts into his characters’ heads." If you want a less sensational book, but one where the author interviewed many of the principals I'd suggest Kirkpatrick's The Facebook Effect

[chopsueyar]

How about the Karate Kid reference?