I hated the ad campaign for this movie so much -- the one with the creepy singing children's choir, ugh, ugh, ugh -- that it's taken me this long to getting around to watching it, despite Jesse Eisenberg being my favorite human in Hollywood. But it's actually not particularly dark or creepy or about How Our Generation Will Change The World; it's just kind of about a bunch of rich douches getting richer and douchier. I know Mark is supposed to be the protagonist and the villain of the piece -- Andrew Garfield, you put those big tragic eyes away, sir -- but frankly I thought Mark was pretty logical and Eduardo should have paid more attention to what Mark was telling him all the way through.
The acting*, the soundtrack, and the cinematography were all As Good As Advertised, though. Seriously very enjoyable.
*Except for how Justin Timberlake was always Justin Timberlake, and although he definitely gave it a really good try there were lots of scenes that just featured Justin Timberlake As Himself. Poor kid. Being in an Oscar-nominated movie might be as close as he gets to the big prize.
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