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Presented in the original 2.35:1 theatrical ratio and in 1080p high definition, the picture is sharp and detailed, with no issues whatsoever. For the record, I’m watching on a Panasonic 37″ Plasma screen via a Samsung BD-P1500 Blu-ray player.
The sound is in 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, for which I got the 5.1 DTS version and is mostly driven by dialogue and ambience but also occasionally the thumping beat of a nightclub or pub and when it thumps, it THUMPS! Sometimes the dialogue isn’t as clear as it should be. This isn’t the fault of the disc, but, for example, when Zuckerberg’s talking to the Vinklevoss twins about their Facebook-type site idea based at Harvard.edu, it’s in an echoey room where everyone’s talking fast, so it’s a problem with the film itself.
The extras, all of which are on disc 2 except for the commentaries and all of which are also in high definition, and contain subtitles in a variety of languages, are as follows:
- How did they ever make a movie out of Facebook? (1:32:43): A feature-length making-of in four parts, the first taking in some of the basics during the preparation of the movie before, in the others, they move on to shoot it in Boston and Los Angeles for the location scenes and, finally, the studio lot for all the indoor scenes. These are broken up with chat from key cast and crew members all talking directly to the camera against a white background, which just looks very clinical and odd, as well as a bit pretentious. Frustratingly, there’s only one chapter for each of the four segments.
- Featurettes: There are three of these, which all go into a bit of detail about different aspects of the filmmaking process and which are self-explanatory – Jeff Cronenweth & David Fincher on the visuals (7:48), featuring the director of photography and the film’s director; Angus Wall, Kick Baxter & Ren Klyce on post (17:24) where two film editors and a sound designer talk about the post-production, not the problems affecting the Royal Mail these days; and Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & David Fincher on the score (18:55).
- In the Hall of the Mountain King: Music Exploration (2:30… times four): Four drafts of the music used while the Winklevosses indulge in rowing.
- Swarmatron (4:28): Composer Trent Reznor talks about part of his bizarre musical box of tricks to get the sounds he desired.
- Ruby Skye VIP room: Multi-angle scene breakdown (3:42… times five): Five versions dealing with the nightclub scene where Zuckerberg and Parker discuss the business without Eduardo’s presence.
- Audio commentaries: One with director David Fincher and one with writer Aaron Sorkin and the cast.
The BBFC website confirms that while the film is presented uncut, the extras had 8 seconds of cuts to remove f-words, and you can tell that they’re effectively all bleeped out. Generally, you can only use one or two f-words in a 12-certificate film and that’s already used its quote in the movie itself, while the extras are littered with them. Had the film been a 15-cert, it would’ve been a different matter, as the BBFC site explains: “Company chose to remove a number of uses of strong language in order to acheive a ’12’ classification. Cuts made in accordance with BBFC Guidelines and policy. An uncut ’15’ classificaiton was available.”
Interestingly a trailer running 2:14 was rated 15 by the BBFC, but that is obviously not included here.
The menu features some rather odd ambient scenes of Zuckerberg’s college and people milling about. It’s difficult to describe, but it almost feels like the film has already started, even though it hasn’t. There are subtitles in English, French, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian and Swedish. However, the number of chapters is very thin on the ground with 16 over the 121-minute running time. I go by the rule of thumb of one every five minutes, taking into account one each for the opening and closing credits.
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FILM CONTENT PICTURE QUALITY SOUND QUALITY EXTRAS |
7 10 8 5 |
| OVERALL | 7 |
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 121 minutes
Year: 2010
Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Cat no: SBR63141
Released: February 2011
Chapters: 16
Picture: 1080p High Definition
Sound: 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, DTS 5.1, Dolby Digital 5.1
Languages: English, French
Subtitles: English and 8 other languages.
Widescreen: 2.35:1 (anamorphic D-Cinema)
Disc Format: BD50
Director: David Fincher
Producers: Dana Brunetti, Ceán Chaffin, Michael De Luca and Scott Rudin
Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin (based on the book “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich)
Music: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Cast :
Mark Zuckerberg: Jesse Eisenberg
Eduardo Saverin: Andrew Garfield
Sean Parker: Justin Timberlake
Cameron Winklevoss/Tyler Winklevoss: Armie Hammer
Christy Song: Brenda Song
Dustin Moskovitz: Joseph Mazzello
Billy Olsen: Bryan Barter
Divya Narendra: Max Minghella
Erica Albright: Rooney Mara
Amelia Ritter: Dakota Johnson
Bill Gates: Steve Sires
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