Sean Fennessey

And there have been a lot of them over the last 20 years that can be, like, entertaining and pass the time.

But this is coming in the shadow of a movie that we both revere.

And I think you're right that it does feel like it's a movie about...

A system and a way that we have changed our lives rather than the character study of the social network, which was what is so powerful about that film is trying to explore this sphinx-like, bratty young man who changed the world.

And this is about the way that a corporation makes decisions and how it hurts people, which is not fundamentally dramatic.

Especially because there's just a lot of reportage about what's transpired.

Now look, I'm guilty of doing the thing that you just did when we saw the Oppenheimer trailer.

I was like, we know what happens.

If you've read the book, you may remember that.

People were so mad at me when I said that.

And it was very easy for me to change my tune when I saw the movie.

So if the movie is good enough...

It'll wash it away.

It's just not a promising trailer at all.

It looks very, very overwritten.

And that's one thing that you can say about the wonderful collaboration between Sorkin and Fincher is they made each other better.

They elevated what each other is interested in in such unique ways.

And sometimes that friction stylistically can make something special.

And this just feels like a guy holding the ball by himself.

It's a lot to bite off.