When I grow up I want to have the awesome powers of Gareth Edwards, writer and director of Monsters. For now I just like to wear black jeans, like Trent Reznor, who did the score to The Social Network.
The Social Network (2010)
A recount of the dispute between Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) and ex-girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara); between Zuckerberg and fellow Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield); and between Zuckerberg and the trio of opportunistic brats made up of twins Cameron/ Tyler Winklevoss (both played by Armie Hammer) and Divya Narendra (Max Minghella) – all relating to the creation of social networking website Facebook; all victims of Zuckerberg's nerdishness; all made insignificant under his shadow. The only person he seems to get along with is geek Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) who, after having watched this movie, I like to call the Leprechaun of the Internet Highway. Watch at the risk of feeling dwarfed by Zuckerberg.
(Running time: 120 minutes)
Monsters (2010)
The plot is a mixture of Jurassic Park (1993), The Mist (2007), and District 9 (2009) though what sets this movie apart is the degree of realism writer/ director Gareth Edwards brings. Each time he introduces a character or characters you feel like you know them, that you've somehow been in their shoes. Edwards never says stuff, he describes it, and he does so in a way that will have you make this movie a benchmark from which to compare any other movies.
So, he describes Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) as cynical and Samantha Wynden (Whitney Able) as perceptive by how they interact with each other and with the environment, i.e. an extraterrestrial-infected zone somewhere in Mexico, and from their efforts to make it back stateside.
The ETs (the monsters) could well be inspired by the grip drug cartels have over the country – they rarely make an appearance but their presence is unmistakable – and by global terrorism and its impact on policies. I say inspired by because I doubt they're metaphorical.
Will humankind prevail? If the melancholic note on which the movie ends is any indication, I would say: no, we won't.
(Running time: 94 minutes)
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