30 Day Film Challenge -- Day 30

Favorite Film This Time Last Year -- The Social Network

This film written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher tells the story of the creation of one of the most powerful internet companies in history. I'm posting in that site right now in fact. Taking information from public statements, and court hearing transcripts they create a story about friendship, betrayal, greed, and genius.

 I've heard this film called a modern Citizen Kane, and I really think that's pretty much right. As we're told at the end of the film, 85% of testimony is exaggeration and 15% is perjury. Meaning, the movie we just watched was mostly exaggeration of real events, or simply a lie. The power of this film will only grow as the power of Facebook grows. This was my pick for last years' Academy Awards and while it's hard to say it got "robbed", I do this it deserved to win more than any other picture.

30 Day Film Challenge -- Day 20

Favorite Romantic Film -- The American President

Directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, this Romantic-Comedy tells the story of a President who falls in love a lobbyist.  If that sounds like a controversial idea, then you are thinking along the same lines as all the characters in this movie.  But love does conquer all, and the movie shows us why President Andrew Shephard would be better than any President we've ever had.

The movie has an all-star cast including Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Richard Dreyfuss, Michael J. Fox and Martin Sheen. A couple cool things about this movie is that is actually has two spinoff TV shows.  Michael J. Fox's character is basically the same one he would play in Spin City for years, and while Martin Sheen's character is different from his future President Bartlett from The West Wing, that show clearly is a spin-off of this movie due to Sorkin's writing