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The Social Network

Most Rewatchable Scene

Eduardo discovering his diluted shares

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  • The opening breakup is nominated, and later becomes one participant’s initial personal choice.
  • Stopwatch timing of the dialogue and 99 takes of the opening are discussed.
  • The Henley Royal Regatta sequence is nominated.
  • Sean Parker meeting the Stanford student is nominated.
  • Eduardo discovering his diluted shares and breaking the computer is nominated; the closing decision defers to that group preference.
  • Larry Summers dismissing the Winklevoss complaint is nominated.
  • The final-club party intercut with coding Facebook is nominated.
  • The confrontation gains emotional force from the score and Garfield’s movement through the glass doors and hallway.
  • The coding montage contrasts access to power with creating power, making work at computers feel like a bank heist.
  • The Parker introduction turns exposition into a star-making scene, with added irony from a major-label pop star playing the Napster figure.