Mark Zuckerberg, Make Your Own Movie Called My Social Network

Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly not happy with how he's portrayed in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Network. Moreover, some tech observers have said the movie fails to tell the real story of the development of Facebook.

Heck, do a search for "The Social Network accurate" in Google and you'll find a number of articles and blog posts claiming it's not, and some saying it is.

With all this, Mark Zuckerberg should make his own movie and call it My Social Network.

The Social Network Not The First Silicon Valley Movie

Wired's Fred Vogelstein says Mark Zuckerberg should like The Social Network because it brands him officially as the creator of the World's Largest Social Network. Moreover, he says it's the first movie about Silicon Valley. (Where he's wrong. The first movie about Silicon Valley is called Pirates of Silicon Valley and was made in 1999. Yes, it was for television, but Vogelstein didn't qualify his statement, leaving himself open to correction.)

Hunger For Movies About Commercial Tech People

While The Social Network isn't the first movie about Silicon Valley, it is the first major movie about an Internet company that grew out of Silicon Valley. It's success proves that people want to see movies about the people behind the products they use. That's why Mark Zuckerberg should make his own movie: what better way to communicate his thoughts than via movie form?

While Mark's got the money to do it, spending a lot on the idea that the return will be bigger than that for The Social Network, is stupid. An even better play is to do a documentary-style flick that's in-your-face with Mark looking at the camera and setting the record straight. Not for the whole movie - no one would sit for that - but at least for some scenes.

Don't Like The News...

The point is, if you don't like the news, go out and make some of your own. Mark should know that, being in the Internet business of helping people communicate their message. Now, it's time for him to do it for himself.