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127 Hours Review

            An experienced rock climber going out for a climb in the canyons.  What could possibly go wrong? Everything.  This is the film 127 Hours.             Colston, goes climbing, meeting some girls, lost in the park and helps them get back on track.  He gets them on the right path where they need to go, and returns to his own excursions.  He begins to descend a small canyon wall down into the crevice and grabs a boulder, slipping and crushing his hand up against the rock wall.  He is totally alone.  Colston attempts many ways to free his arm by digging at it with a knife, building a pulley system with his equipment to try and move the boulder, eventually leading to the amputation of his own arm             The film not only delves into the aspect of  Colston trying to free himself  and stay alive, but we as the audience see who he is a person.  Colston thinks about his life and past, how he has let the woman he loved go, how he has not given his parents the love and attention th

The Social Network Review

The Social Network, the latest film from director David Fincher captures the essence, the drama, the betrayal, and the raw genius behind the creation of the website known as Facebook.             The film concentrates on Mark Zuckerberg, a computer genius and student at Harvard who would eventually become the “founder” of Facebook and how he threw away the only friend he had way in Eduardo Sanchez.             The movie begins with Mark and his girlfriend on a date at a bar with Mark ignoring her ever remark.   He talks whatever he pleases giving no recognition to her.   She gets angry, gets up, and the relationship is over.   Mark takes his anger to the internet, blogging about his putrid ex, and then decides to create a website comparing girls from Harvard while intoxicated.   The website crashes Harvard’s mainframe making Mark the most hated male by females on campus.   He gains notoriety from fellow students, the Winklevoss twins, who want to have him help create a new social netwo