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Sorkin is a fantastic writer. Some of the best TV shows of the past 12 years (The West Wing, Studio 60, Sports Night) were written by Sorkin. When I first heard

by lr 16y ago

Sorkin is a fantastic writer. Some of the best TV shows of the past 12 years (The West Wing, Studio 60, Sports Night) were written by Sorkin. When I first heard about Sorkin doing a Facebook movie I was dismayed. However, now, given all the things that are going on with Facebook, I think it shows he has an insight beyond most (this movie has been in the works for quite some time now).

rue 16y ago
(Also, the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" is definitely worth watching if you have not seen it.)
- trafficlight 16y ago
  I did not like that movie. It felt like the movie was building the whole time and then abruptly ended. They were trying to start a war and then all of a sudden the war was over.
  - dejb 16y ago
    Should you add spoiler alert to this your post?
    - trafficlight 16y ago
      I don't think so. I didn't give away anything more than what was in the trailer.
    - seunosewa 16y ago
      If that's a spoiler then the movie must be 'twist movie'. It may be more important to warn people about it!
covercash 16y ago
Yeah, those are some of my favorite shows (I watch Sports Night whenever I stay home sick). Sorkin only wrote the first four seasons of West Wing which is why they're really the only ones worth watching.
- parenthesis 16y ago
  Whilst the fifth season of the West Wing was a little shaky, I certainly enjoyed the sixth and seventh as much as the Sorkin era seasons.
  - boucher 16y ago
    The fifth season is mostly awful. The seventh season picks up a bit, but with the things they did to Toby's character, and with the incredibly lame "live" episode, it's hard to pretend it lives up to the first four seasons (each of which won the Emmy for best drama).
  - kmfrk 16y ago
    The seasons are, however, noticeably different from the Sorkin ones. Some find it to be better, worse or all the same. I have to admit that they felt subpar, but obviously not downright bad.
mattmaroon 16y ago
He's kind of a one-trick pony though. Every single rapid-fire exchange of dialogue in every show (always while walking) can be summed up thusly: Guy A: I don't want to talk about x. Guy B: I wasn't going to mention x. Guy A: Seriously, I'm not in the mood for x today. Guy B: That's fine, that's not what I came here for. Guy A: Good because if you even bring up x I'm going to stab you in the nether-regions. Guy B: Fine no x. Guy A: So what did you want to talk about? Guy B: I had a question for you about x. There you go, just repeat that 15 times per show between different combinations of 2 characters who are walking and you too can be Aaron Sorkin.
- gaius 16y ago
  That is some laughably bad dialogue in the excerpt. Girls have no problems whatsoever with dating assholes...

by lr 16y ago

rue 16y ago

(Also, the movie "Charlie Wilson's War" is definitely worth watching if you have not seen it.)

trafficlight 16y ago
I did not like that movie. It felt like the movie was building the whole time and then abruptly ended. They were trying to start a war and then all of a sudden the war was over.
- dejb 16y ago
  Should you add spoiler alert to this your post?
  - trafficlight 16y ago
    I don't think so. I didn't give away anything more than what was in the trailer.
  - seunosewa 16y ago
    If that's a spoiler then the movie must be 'twist movie'. It may be more important to warn people about it!

covercash 16y ago

Yeah, those are some of my favorite shows (I watch Sports Night whenever I stay home sick). Sorkin only wrote the first four seasons of West Wing which is why they're really the only ones worth watching.

parenthesis 16y ago
Whilst the fifth season of the West Wing was a little shaky, I certainly enjoyed the sixth and seventh as much as the Sorkin era seasons.
- boucher 16y ago
  The fifth season is mostly awful. The seventh season picks up a bit, but with the things they did to Toby's character, and with the incredibly lame "live" episode, it's hard to pretend it lives up to the first four seasons (each of which won the Emmy for best drama).
- kmfrk 16y ago
  The seasons are, however, noticeably different from the Sorkin ones. Some find it to be better, worse or all the same. I have to admit that they felt subpar, but obviously not downright bad.

mattmaroon 16y ago

He's kind of a one-trick pony though. Every single rapid-fire exchange of dialogue in every show (always while walking) can be summed up thusly: Guy A: I don't want to talk about x. Guy B: I wasn't going to mention x. Guy A: Seriously, I'm not in the mood for x today. Guy B: That's fine, that's not what I came here for. Guy A: Good because if you even bring up x I'm going to stab you in the nether-regions. Guy B: Fine no x. Guy A: So what did you want to talk about? Guy B: I had a question for you about x. There you go, just repeat that 15 times per show between different combinations of 2 characters who are walking and you too can be Aaron Sorkin.

gaius 16y ago
That is some laughably bad dialogue in the excerpt. Girls have no problems whatsoever with dating assholes...