In 2010, the Oscars awarded the Best Picture award to a film called The King's Speech directed by Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler. It was a well-written and well-directed film, but there was another film that should have won instead of The King's Speech. That movie was called The Social Network, directed by the revered David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. The film starred Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake. It was adapted from a book called “The Accidental Billionaires” written by Ben Mezrich in 2009. The social network focuses on the founding of the social networking site Facebook. The main story of the film begins when Mark Zuckerberg gets dumped by his girlfriend, which sets off a chain of events leading to a website that rates girls. The popularity of the website causes the Harvard network to crash and gets Mark noticed by the Winkle Voss twins. The twins recruit Mark to create a website called Harvard Connection. Little did they know the twins had planted a seed, but Mark secretly began bringing the Facebook idea to life. Mark secured funding for the website from his best friend Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook. Both began working on the site and expanded it to include other universities. After the website's initial success, Mark and Eduardo decided to look for another investor and met Napster co-founder Sean Parker. Later in the film, a bomb falls on Eduardo; his share in the company drops from 34% to 0.03%. The remainder of the film centers on Mark being sued by Eduardo and the Winkle Voss twins. The problem is resolved by Mark paying both parties. Although The King's Speech won Best Picture for its director and screenplay, The Social ...... middle of paper ...... the network helps bring the emotion of the actor and helps tell the story brilliantly. Thirdly, the music of the social network was original and, thanks to the editing, made this film one of the best of 2010. It is also worth noting that the social network won many awards thanks to these key areas, some of awards being the Academy's Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and Best Film Editing to name a few. Works Cited1. Berardinelli, James. "Reelviews: Berardinelli sees the film." Reelviews Movie Reviews. IMDb.com, October 1, 2010. Web. December 9, 2013.2. Ebert, Roger. “The social network”. All content. IMDb.com, September 29, 2010. Web. December 08, 2013.3. LaSalle, Mick. "Review: 'The Social Network'" SFGate. IMDb.com, October 1, 2010. Web. December 08, 2013.4. Cross, Pierre. "The Social Network | Movie Reviews | Rolling Stone." Rolling stone. IMDb.com, October 14, 2010. Web. Dec 08.. 2013.