And the award season has begun...

The Golden Globes 2011, (read the straw that broke Ricky Gervais' career) was a lot of things. The usual predictions, bad fashion (read Helena Bonham Carter, Tilda Swinton, January Jones) and surprise winners.

But this post is about The Social Network. 

I joined the social networking craze about four years ago. Like everyone, I got addicted to the high of finding old friends, rekindling relationships and mesmerized by Zynga games. Chuckles and I played Scrabble and other games for hours during our courtship. He got to know just how competitive I really am, or as he put it, what a sore loser I can be. I lived through the phase, where you were judged by just how many friends you had on your list. I fell considerably short of the 1000 mark. 

I looked forward to the annual birthday greetings that ran into pages. It didn't matter that Facebook had reminded people I was a year older. I got married and my wedding pictures were all over Facebook for the non-attendees to see and for the attendees to comment on. 

My friends were divided into lists, almost dividing my life into phases. I moved countries and friends kept up. Then, parents became curious and logged in. They quickly learnt the ropes and snooped around. Shock and awe over profanities in status updates and hushed whispers of disapproval at family gatherings over ''photos on that internet Facebook'' were frequently heard. Then came Privacy Settings. 

Now, my time on Facebook is limited to logging on once a day. Spending about 5 minutes and logging off. There was a time, I admit, when I spent close to four hours a day, on Facebook. Another shocker came, when Chuckles deactivated his account. It was of no use to him, he said. Though I hardly use it, I could never do that.  Almost as though, I would lose the 300+ friends on my list, just by clicking deactivate.

When The Social Network released earlier this year, we read the reviews. Decided, to catch it on DVD and basically, forgot about it. Obviously, the awards didn't. At the Golden Globes, Social Network was picked over Inception, The King's Speech. Black Swan and The Fighter. All winners in their own right. The producers thanked the real people this movie is based on. Was the movie really that good?