4 posts and columns on Ben Mezrich

The Facebook Movie: Sorry, Mark–But Critics Like It, They Really Like It! (Plus the Taiwanesed Version!)

in News on October 1, 2010 at 7:15 am PT

The Facebook movie is finally here, the reviews are in and–no surprise–the critics are raving. After all, it was done by Hollywood pros with director David Fincher and writer Aaron Sorkin, who have apparently transformed the appalling badly penned and very fictional book “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal” by Ben Mezrich into some bit of cinematic art. But that’s not BoomTown talking, so here is a rundown of five reviews by top critics.

"The Social Network" Is Just as Brutal as Mark Zuckerberg Feared

in Media on September 13, 2010 at 10:41 am PT

It’s hard to feel sorry for a billionaire. But here I am, feeling bad for Mark Zuckerberg. If you see the “The Social Network” you’re probably going to feel bad for him, too. I’ve seen the film, and can report back that it’s just as rough on the Facebook CEO as his people feared it would be.

The Facebook Movie's First Review Is Boffo: Here's How Mark Zuckerberg Can Take Back the Mojo

in News on August 23, 2010 at 2:44 pm PT

Apparently, the review is in–only one review, so far–but it’s a corker. Although “The Social Network,” the movie about the origins of Facebook, is not coming out until its premiere at the New York Fim Festival in October, Scott Foundas, a reviewer for its magazine, Film Comment, is loving it in a piece in the September issue. Now, I am beginning to feel bad for CEO and Co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, because it looks like this Columbia Pictures film might even be Oscar-worthy. So, here’s what he should do.

BoomTown's Top 10 List of Fact-Challenged Revelations That Should Be in the Facebook Tell-All Book

in News on June 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm PT

How much is BoomTown and everyone else in Silicon Valley trying to nab a copy of Ben Mezrich’s likely-to-be-entirely-made-up-but-who-cares tale of dirty doings at Facebook? Muchety-much! But, so far I have come up peanuts in grabbing an early copy of the work of “fact”-ion–titled “The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, A Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal”–which is set to come out July 14, along with a movie later. Facebook is not pleased, of course, and will likely be challenging Mezrich’s work as specious dreck, but here’s my own list of 10 completely made-up, utterly fabricated, just-call-me-Jayson-Blair facts that should be in the book.
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