Yea I saw it over the weekend as well (well..Friday). I like Eisenberg in anything he does really. I liked the movie too. I understand the Citizen Kane references that people have been giving it now.

I've never seen CItizen Kane nor heard of any comparisons to such a film but you're right about Eisenberg. He's becoming one hell of an actor. Hopefully this won't affect him coming back for another romp in Zombieland 2.

It's definitely received a few Citizen Kane remarks. If I'm not mistaken I even want to say it mentions it in one of the little "critic excerpts" on the box art.

And I actually understand those comparisons. Obviously it doesn't make sense if you've never seen Citizen Kane, but yea. Though that comparison coming from me doesn't mean the same as it does most critics I'm sure. Because, while I did enjoy Citizen Kane and it is a good movie, I think it's also one of the most overrated movies of all-time. In that it's definitely not the greatest movie of all-time like the consensus seems to state.

So by me comparing it to Citizen Kane it just means it's a really good movie that captures the essence of our generation in a sense while giving an inside look to the drama behind one of the industry's biggest players and the emotional depth of their tale. I don't mean it in the sense that both are absolute masterpieces (like others would imply or flat out state).

As for Zombieland 2, I see no reason why this would affect his doing that.

The Social Network. It was a good movie, but it wasn't godly by anymeans. I like the actor, but this role just happened to be perfect for him. To me its just the fact that Hollywood is too caught up making crap, that when these films come around and impress us in other ways it makes them look better than it really is.

I agree. It's definitely no masterpiece like they imply. See my reply above concerning the whole Citizen Kane comparison etc and you'll see I definitely don't think it to be a masterpiece and how my comparison to that movie means something entirely different than critics.

On that note, it definitely was a good movie. And the role does fit Eisenberg well. I don't think he's a great actor by any means (maybe he'll prove me wrong someday), but rather he's a charming "loveable" nerdy guy that needs the role to kinda fit him. But when he does get those roles (which he's done very well at picking so far it seems), I absolutely enjoy seeing him on-screen.

I'd say you're also right in a sense about how the industry is so watered down that you get something good and it stands out more. Not to take away from the movie because it definitely was good and I thoroughly enjoyed it. But I'm not going around claiming it's a modern masterpiece like others seem to be.