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Christian Bale Top Choice to Play Steve Jobs in Biopic Written by Aaron Sorkin
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I don't think that too many people went to see The Social Network because it was specifically about about Facebook/Zuckerberg. This may be a bit different because Jobs' name will be in the title.
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The left looks like Christain Bale, and the right looks like a younger Steve Jobs... wait... it is Bale and Jobs!
((yea, they look nothing alike... and I used to think all Caucasian with with facial hair looks the same))
Well, Bale HAS pulled off some crazy feats on acting... if anyone can pulled off Jobs, Bale could.
((yea, they look nothing alike... and I used to think all Caucasian with with facial hair looks the same))
Well, Bale HAS pulled off some crazy feats on acting... if anyone can pulled off Jobs, Bale could.
He will be a lot better Jobs than Ashton Kutcher was. It would just be awesome if he plays him. He is one of my favorite actors.
It has widely been reported that the movie will take place in three acts all back stage right before a major product release. Mac, NeXT, iPod IIRC.
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yup, exactly. like Andrew Garfield's Spiderman better than Tobey McGuire's one. (although the previous one made more money).
I thought it was more along the lines of Mac, iPod, and iPhone (not sure who in the general public would really care or even know about something like NeXT).
the same reason different companies make other different products -- like cell phones and laptops.
Certainly various facial features (beyond just facial hair or color of the skin) are far from nothing alike and are actually similar enough that with some makeup Bale can very likely pull of Jobs quite well.
The last movie was an independent, low budget trash starring Ashton Kutcher. This is the real movie, with professional actors and filmmakers.
People who think that Bale is nothing more than Batman are totaly wrong. Bale taking this role would be a gift for the fans. He could make this movie what it should be, epic.
Please, find out what Bale did before Batman and be amazed by this actor. Going deep isn't walking the funny walk. It's a mindset that doesn't fit any actor.
Please, find out what Bale did before Batman and be amazed by this actor. Going deep isn't walking the funny walk. It's a mindset that doesn't fit any actor.
With a combination of involvement (or in some cases potential involvement) of people like Aaron Sorkin, David Fincher, perhaps even Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, with combination of some star-power like Christian Bale and/or some others, that alone can bring quite a few people to the theater. And the story of Steve Jobs and in some sense Apple overall (both of which are fairly well known these days, perhaps even more than Zuckerberg/Facebook) can bring even more.
maybe there just isnt that much interest in steve jobs.
personally i would rather see a well done documentary about him.
I don't see why there would be less interest in him than Zuckerberg, and The Social Network has certainly done well as a movie (both critically and as far as revenue).
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...41b9c84-2f72-11e2-9f50-0308e1e75445_blog.html
It makes sense as one of the Seven Basic Plots. It's a Rags to Riches archetype. Success -> Failure -> Renewed Success.
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So...you must be a Samsung fan
You're right. Whenever someone creates a product that consumers don't like, no one else in the industry should try creating a better product. That is why apple doesn't sell tablets, phones, or computers. It is also why they aren't developing a smartwatch or a television...
On a side note, Sorkin started planning out this film before the Kutcher film started production, so technically the Kutcher movie was just an attempt to get a movie out there first, and Sorkin is trying to do it right. (A more apt apple comparison
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You're right. Whenever someone creates a product that consumers don't like, no one else in the industry should try creating a better product. That is why apple doesn't sell tablets, phones, or computers. It is also why they aren't developing a smartwatch or a television...
On a side note, Sorkin started planning out this film before the Kutcher film started production, so technically the Kutcher movie was just an attempt to get a movie out there first, and Sorkin is trying to do it right. (A more apt apple comparison
)