Movie Class – 10 The Social Network (1:24:23 – 1:33:35) ________________________________________________________________________ Main Characters Mark Zuckerberg the film’s main character, played by Jesse Eisenberg Eduardo Saverin Mark’s best friend, played by Andrew Garfield Cameron & Tyler twins, Porcellian members that asked Mark to write a website for them, played Winklevoss by Armie Hammer Divya Narendra Porcellian member, Winklevoss’ business partner, played by Max Minghella Sean Parker a young genius entrepreneur who founded Napster, played by Justin Timberlake ________________________________________________________________________ Scene 1: In The UK Vocabulary premier the foremost, the best of its kind, the top-ranking Lines & Phrases - Mile-and-a-half races are more commonly won by a boat length or two. Ø rowing competitions are usually not that close; the second team often finishes 40 to 80 meters behind the winning team - How was the royalty? // Oh, I just wanted him to tell me a couple more times how close the race was. Just brutal, brutally close. Brutally excruciating. // Yeah. The guy is the prince of a country the size of Nantucket. Ø Cameron found Prince Albert very annoying, as he kept repeating the same thing Ø Prince Albert is the monarch—the leader—of the Principality of Monaco, a sovereign—independent—city-state located on the the French Riviera Ø Nantucket is a small island in Massachusetts; Divya is saying that Monaco is very small - Majoring in French literature. Though I wasn’t aware there was such a thing. Ø Mr. Kenwright doesn’t seem to hold French literature in high regards - Good race, boys. Take the bitter with the better. Ø accept the bad things as well as the good things that happen; both are important - What I mind, and what you should mind is showing up on Monday for a race that was run on Sunday. Ø Divya is implying that Cameron should have sued Mark many months ago; he’s late - Let’s take the considerable resources at our disposal and sue him in federal court. Ø we should use our families’ money and lawyers to sue Mark in a national court—above the state level - Screw it. Let’s gut the frigging nerd. Ø I do not care about the consequences anymore; let’s sue this guy and inflict as much pain as possible on him ©2016 - 2017 English Buffet Scene 2: In California Vocabulary angel early equity investments—buying shares of a company in exchange for providing investment funds—made in start-up companies by wealthy individuals or investment firms Lines & Phrases - I saw him today. Manningham, Mitchell Manningham, my Case Equity guy. Ø Sean is talking about the person responsible for kicking him out of his second company - It’s not a dish best served cold. It’s best served immediately and relentlessly. Ø Sean is referring to the expression “revenge is a dish best served cold” which means that revenge is more satisfying when it is taken at an unexpected time or when long feared Ø He believes that revenge should be taken as soon as possible and for as long as possible - He was on a 36-hour coding tear, so he took a nap for a couple of hours. Ø Mark had been programming for 36 hours straight without sleeping - You know Peter Thiel? // Nope. // No reason you should. He just runs a $2-billion hedge fund called Clarium Capital. Ø Peter Thiel is famous for having provided capital to many Silicon Valley start-ups Ø Sean is making fun of Eduardo for not knowing him despite the size of his company - he is a houseguest living here rent-free on a very generous grant from the Eduardo Saverin Foundation. Ø I am paying for this house and he is living here for free; Sean is not in a position to express his opinions and tell Eduardo what to do with Facebook - I heard about your big-ticket ad buys. Gary’s Tuxedos. [Hey, man…] Harvard Bartending Course. You’re just a small step away from bagging Snookies Cookies, I can feel it. Ø Sean is making fun of Eduardo for wearing nice suits and joining an internship to impress managers and try to get a job there instead of creating his own opportunities—Facebook Ø He is implying that Eduardo will end up in a low, boring position if he keeps this up - she’s actually psychotic. She’s insanely jealous, she’s irrational, and I’m frightened of her. Ø she is scary, unreasonable and scary; she always thinks that I am cheating on her - I’m afraid if you don’t come out here, you’re gonna get left behind. Ø if you don’t keep up with us and come to California, you will stop being a part of Facebook - I’m in New York riding subways 14 hours a day, trying to find advertisers! // And how’s it going so far? Ø Eduardo is still trying to raise money through advertisement, but has not been successful Scene 3: At The Bank Lines & Phrases - I’d like to freeze this bank account and cancel all existing checks and lines of credit. Ø I want to close this account along with all check books and credit cards linked to it ©2016 - 2017 English Buffet .