“500 Million Friends” is the tagline of one of the most anticipated movies coming out within the next month or so called “The Social Network.” This movie has created a lot of buzz in Hollywood because it is based on the story of the creation of Facebook, a social networking site that most of us are very familiar with. Unless you live in some remote corner of the world, or lack internet, chances are you’ve heard of Facebook. “The Social Network” has a huge target audience as there are currently over 250 million Facebook users world wide. In terms of the amount of marketing put towards this movie, they didn’t have to do much at all. First of all, the movie is starring Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake, who both have quite a broad fan base as Eisenberg has starred in a few successful movies and Timberlake is a worldwide superstar. They alone would draw big crowds to see the movie. Secondly, the movie is about something that within a few years has come to define our generation. It has become a major part of most our lives and we can easily connect to the topic, so people will be curious to see how something so influential was created. These two factors is all the movie needs to become successful. Also, this movie has received very good reviews from the critics and that will also influence more people to go see this movie.
Here is the trailer.
I watched the trail by my blackberry. LOL. Matches your two lates post. “Social network” is really a good point to talk about. look forward to see more about this topic.