The Social Network
4K Ultra HD
Blu Ray
The Social Network: a compelling, yet not fully accurate biopic; memorable characters, visually limited on UHD, part of Columbia Classics set.
The Social Network, shot on Red One MX cameras at 4.5K and finished as a 2K DI, is the only film in the Columbia Classics set with a digital source. While its 4K adaptation offers some improvements and good saturation, the fine details and wide shots lack the impressiveness seen in other films.
Fincher's The Social Network boasts an immersive Dolby Atmos soundtrack, enhancing the film's unique score and atmosphere with impressive spatial volume and constant ambiance for an engrossing 3D soundscape experience in both English and multiple language options.
The UHD contains a few trailers, while the two Blu-ray discs include all older supplements. An 8-min featurette explores the visual prowess, digital shoot, and lighting. Audio Commentaries and the making of features are available, with notable interviews on Visuals, Post, and Score.
The Social Network, a biopic based on Mezrich's book, portrays Mark Zuckerberg's rise at Harvard with artistic flair; Sony's UHD release enhances the experience with 2160p/Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos audio, capturing the film's digital age ambiance that leaves ample room for future chapters.
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Plot: As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Disc Release Date: 11 October 2021
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The Social Network was shot digitally on Red One MX cameras, with a resolution of 4.5K, and finished as a 2K DI from which it appears this UHD is sourced....
Fincher is renowned for his sound design, and The Social Network is no exception, using the full 3D soundscape to envelop and engross the viewer. Right from the off, the couple chatting in the bar, with...
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As with all biopic films, The Social Network must be taken with a pinch of salt. It is based on the book, The Accidental Billionaires, by Ben Mezrich, which itself can be taken with the same. And with...
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Like all biopic flicks, The Social Network must be taken with a grain of salt; whilst it might go through the salient point of the birth of Facebook, the circumstances and subsequent fallout are up for...
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.As far as its place in the larger Columbia Classics boxed set, The Social Network is the only film shot digitally, sourced from a 2K master, and the least likely to inspire dazzle and delight at the quality,...
One of the big upgrades with this disc is the Dolby Atmos soundtrack. The film's unique score is energized here with a sense of spatial volume and engagement that the 5.1 track cannot touch. It's impressively...
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Aside from a few trailers on the UHD disc, all of the supplements are included on a pair of Blu-ray discs, both of which are identical to the decade old release. For carryover content reviews, please click...
Sony has released Director David Fincher's masterpiece 'The Social Network' to the UHD format. New specifications include 2160p/Dolby Vision video and Dolby Atmos audio (note that only the "Unrated" audio...
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This is easily the "least" of the UHD discs in the second volume of the Columbia Classics set; the film is not a visual dynamo as it was constructed and the transition to UHD can only do so much for it....
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From earlier in the digital era, Social Network doesn’t seamlessly blend into 4K. While the softness in close doesn’t impress (and fine detail appears smudgy at best), the wide campus shots look outright...
Atmosphere runs high, filling the soundstage with constant ambiance, whether in crowds or even the small flourishes like AC fans blowing into a room....
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An eight minute look on the visual prowess starts off a round of additional featurettes, diving into the digital shoot and the lighting....
After another decade in the future, almost certainly there’s another chapter waiting for a film adaptation, much as there is now....
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The story of The Social Network is still littered with memorable characters, a decade on the Facebook story has grown to make its origins almost irrelevant, if not diminishing the film itself....
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Shot digitally and finished on a 2K Digital Intermediate - The Social Network arrives with an upscaled 2160p Dolby Vision (and HDR10) transfer that offers some improvements over the 2011 Blu-ray. However,...
The biggest improvement The Social Network has to offer on 4K Ultra HD is with this new Atmos mix. The feeling of space and atmosphere is impressive. From the opening moments in the bar to the thumping...
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Where the road meets the rubber in bonus features - there’s nothing new here. The 4K disc offers up a trio of trailers, but the excellent Audio Commentaries and all of the making of features are found...
On the outside of all of the popular campus clubs, groups, and of little to no social standing - Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) despite his brilliance is a relative nobody at Havard. But with the help...
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The way Sony has gone about assembling these Columbia Classics 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray collections is by gathering three genuine archival classics with three fan-favorites that were voted on. The Social Network...
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Saturation and is quite good and HDR adds a little glow in all the right light and display screen places....
Dolby Digital, Spanish (Latin American) 5.1 Dolby Digital, Thai 5.1 Dolby DigitalSubtitles: English (Unrated), English SDH (Unrated), English (Theatrical), English SDH (Theatrical), Arabic, Chinese Simplified,...
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Cronenweth and David Fincher on the Visuals (HD, 7:48)Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter, and Ren Klyce on Post (HD, 17:24)Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and David Fincher on the Score (HD, 18:55)In the Hall of the...
There’s also a digital, computer age feel to its as well that is both on the nose and sort of ambiguous in the tone at the same time....
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The Social Network is a triumph of getting not only a Facebook movie to work, but just to work as a damn fine thrilling drama in its own right....