Reel 7: Sorkinfest Part 2

SorkinFest continues with the two films that Aaron Sorkin wrote after his series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was cancelled after only one season. (Interestingly, the same people who seemed kind of disappointed in Studio 60 as it aired are viewing it a little more generously in retrospect.)

First we take a look at 2007's Charlie Wilson's War, the more-or-less true story of Congressman Charlie Wilson of Texas, who manages to almost single-handedly drum up political and financial support for the Afghan people in their battle against the Soviet Union in the 1980s. This was Mike Nichols' last theatrical film, and it was a great film to go out on.

We then move on to 2010's The Social Network, directed by David Fincher. This film doesn't hew quite as closely to the way it all went down in real life, but you do get the broader outlines of the story without casting a specific good guy or bad guy, and in that respect it's a strong movie that's easy to follow despite its non-linear structure.

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