Probably Unanswerable Questions
Did Zuckerberg steal the idea? Was the movie too harsh? Is it the decade’s best film?
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- Did Zuckerberg steal Harvard Connection?
- Some argue execution matters more than ownership of the idea, while another objects on grounds of honor.
- Was the movie too harsh on Zuckerberg?
- The panel answers no and argues it could have been harder on the consequences.
- Is The Social Network the best movie of the 2010s? — Sean Fennessey
- Get Out emerges as the strongest rival.
- The panel also considers Gravity as a different kind of contender.
- Boyhood, Mad Max Fury Road, 12 Years a Slave, Django Unchained and Whiplash are offered and rejected as superior decade choices. — Sean Fennessey
- The Tree of Life, Black Swan, Before Midnight, Arrival and Looper are rejected; Moonlight gets more attention but is also declined. — Sean Fennessey
- Birdman is rejected, and The Master is considered too narrowly appealing for this comparison. — Bill Simmons
- Get Out is treated as a genuine contender; Sicario is dismissed and Miami Vice belongs to the previous decade.
- Spotlight is acknowledged as a possible choice for others, The Martian is uncertain and Skyfall is rejected. — Sean Fennessey