The Social Reckoning — Did Aaron Sorkin Lose the Social Network Magic?

Sixteen years after The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin returns to the world of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg with The Social Reckoning — and The Movie Group Chat could not be more divided.

Jeremy liked it. Chet hated it. Brick thought it failed to make him care. Justin thinks the movie occasionally finds Sorkin’s magic but never consistently captures the rhythm and urgency audiences expect from his best work.

The guys debate whether The Social Reckoning should even be considered a true sequel, what’s missing without David Fincher’s direction, and whether Aaron Sorkin’s famous dialogue still has the musicality of The West Wing, The Newsroom, Moneyball and The Social Network. Pasted text

They also get into Jeremy Strong’s very different interpretation of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeremy Allen White’s ability to handle Sorkin dialogue, the casting of Mikey Madison, and why Bill Burr and Betty Gilpin may be two of the actors who best understand Sorkin’s rhythm. Pasted text Pasted text

But the biggest debate is about the movie’s message: what is the actual reckoning? Is the movie showing us consequences, or simply reminding us of things we already know about social media?

And after more than an hour debating Facebook’s effect on society, the episode ends with the most ironic Movie Group Chat advice possible:

Delete social media — but follow and subscribe to us first. Pasted text

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This week, The Movie Group Chat takes on Curry Barker’s Obsession — and the group definitely does not agree on everything.

Is Obsession genuinely a great horror movie, or is it an iconic cultural moment that became bigger than the movie itself? Jeremy, Justin, and Chet debate the difference between great and iconic, why Curry Barker’s success matters for independent filmmakers, and what it means to see a younger generation getting excited about going to the movies.

They also break down the performances of Inde Navarrette, Michael Johnston and Cooper Tomlinson, the filmmaking details Chet caught on a second viewing, and Justin’s biggest problems with the screenplay.

Then things get philosophical: Is the movie about wishful love, control, possession, obsession, or people who simply don’t understand what love actually is? And after debating Bear, Nikki and the mysterious one-wish willow, the guys arrive at an unexpected candidate for the movie’s real villain: Ian.

Love it or hate it, Obsession gave us plenty to argue about.

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Chet picks Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Matt Johnson’s wildly inventive time-travel comedy about two lifelong friends still chasing the same dream 17 years later.

Jeremy, Justin, and Chet break down the movie’s chaotic filmmaking style, its incredible 2008 references, low-budget creativity, seamless visual tricks, and the moments that made them wonder, “How did they actually do that?”

But the conversation goes deeper than the comedy. Is the movie really about fame? Friendship? Growing up? Or realizing that success means very little if you lose the people you wanted to share it with?

Plus, the guys debate the ending, talk Back to the Future, The Hangover, BlackBerry, and introduce Chet’s newest recurring obsession: Font Score.

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