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First Trailer for Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs' Released
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I hope the movie is more real than what the trailer suggests.... No hollywood drama .. But real characters with real events... Rather than hollywood razel dazel bs!
I don't mind Mackelmore's music but a song produced in the 2000's is not really the song I would have picked for a trailer of a movie depicting events that happened in the late '70s - '80s. That kind of sours things for me. I'm really surprised Dylan or The Beatles didn't show up—that would have been more representative of Jobs. I'll reserve judgement until I see the whole movie but Kutcher is not convincing to me so far as Jobs.
I'm pretty sure Steve would disagree with you here. Go read Isaacson's book; there's a quote in there from Jobs where he talks about companies and how they make money. He said Apple didn't set out to make a lot of money, he just wanted to make really great products. He believed that when you do good work, the money will follow—that's not how a lot of companies operate. He said that's really a subtle difference but it has massive outcome in how your company operates depending on how the bean counters are involved.
There will be fiction..
The problem is Steve Jobs story is probably one of the most well known stories in tech and commerce. People knew him. One person may have perceived him differently than others. Biopics are ALWAYS subjective for the sake of the Box office draw. I will watch it and be entertained. its seems very reminiscent of POSV but without the bill gates aspect.
The problem is Steve Jobs story is probably one of the most well known stories in tech and commerce. People knew him. One person may have perceived him differently than others. Biopics are ALWAYS subjective for the sake of the Box office draw. I will watch it and be entertained. its seems very reminiscent of POSV but without the bill gates aspect.
this looks dreadful.
How can you make a film about something boring like working at an office it doesn't matter that it's an apple office, it just looks retarded when you put a soundtrack with mega drums and super emotional string parts. It's like an onion network parody.
I know it's a film but it makes me hate apple somehow and i don't hate almost anything.
How can you make a film about something boring like working at an office it doesn't matter that it's an apple office, it just looks retarded when you put a soundtrack with mega drums and super emotional string parts. It's like an onion network parody.
I know it's a film but it makes me hate apple somehow and i don't hate almost anything.
Don't hate. Enjoy. By all reports Steve Jobs was a very intense and emotional person to work with and for. He pushed people hard and was often dismissive of their work and instead of leaving they worked harder and longer and sometimes behind his back and came back with a better idea or product. There is drama to be found in walks of life especially where personalities and ambitions clash. Thats why he was removed from his role at Apple and look at how it turned out a few years later. Drums and strings to drum up the excitement on a short which probably is designed to reflect/symbolise the intense ups and downs of SJs world.? Why not?
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Um... If Steve Jobs was only concerned with money ... why would he live in a modest house almost his entire life. For much of his life, his apartment was completely unfurnished. Sure, he had very nice things ... a very nice car, etc. However, saying that Steve Jobs was only or even primarily concerned with making money is so far off the mark that it is actually laughable. His life just doesn't bear that out.
No interest here in either the subject or that wet noodle ashton kutcher. I'm sure it will be great fan service for the faithful though. And that's all that counts in the end.
Can't wait to see it! From watching that trailer I think Ashton could actually pull off Steve...very well. Will be seeing it release day!
Can you read? I just said the founders were concerned with the tech. Everyone who followed suit into their company and all the other execs, however, are concerned with money. A corporation in it of itself only cares about money.
I'm pleasantly surprised by this trailer. Looks much better than that clip released a few months ago implied.
Woz: We need to come up with a name.
Steve: Apple
Woz: Like Apple Music?
Steve: It's such a great a name.
Woz: Sort of unoriginal though don't you think?
Steve: Can you think of anything better?
Woz: Something with wizards or dragons perhaps?
Steve: Apple it is.
Steve: Apple
Woz: Like Apple Music?
Steve: It's such a great a name.
Woz: Sort of unoriginal though don't you think?
Steve: Can you think of anything better?
Woz: Something with wizards or dragons perhaps?
Steve: Apple it is.
Ironically, the Made For TV movie 'Pirates of Silicon Valley' was really good.
Funny...I could have swore these were basically the events that unfolded...not completely fabricated scenarios just invented by Hollywood. Might be some fluff here and there but seems more or less accurate and based on real "events".
Well paced trailer, still looks like a TV flick with bad casting.
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[ Originally Posted by Daze & Confuse
Steve flipping out about a 'blatant rip-off' (Windows?), when of course Apple's OS was stolen from Xerox.]
I wish people would actually look up the actual history before saying this.
In the mid 1980s, Apple licensed the Alto GUI from xerox and adapted it into to a more affordable personal computer, aimed towards the business and education markets. The Apple Macintosh was released in 1984, and was the first personal computer to popularize the GUI and mouse amongst the public.
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[ Originally Posted by Daze & Confuse
Steve flipping out about a 'blatant rip-off' (Windows?), when of course Apple's OS was stolen from Xerox.]
I wish people would actually look up the actual history before saying this.
In the mid 1980s, Apple licensed the Alto GUI from xerox and adapted it into to a more affordable personal computer, aimed towards the business and education markets. The Apple Macintosh was released in 1984, and was the first personal computer to popularize the GUI and mouse amongst the public.
Probably picked for the combination of lyrics, beat, and the fact that Macklemore has the current ability to turn everything into gold (sarcasm, mostly).
In terms of modern songs, "Can't Hold Us" works pretty perfectly. I'm sure there would be a more era appropriate alternative that would work fairly well, minus the modern day appeal.
First, Apple paid Xerox for their OS.
Second, I'm not sure what you mean by rewriting history since Microsoft won the OS battle.
I never saw any Kutcher movies/tv shows. I thought it looked brilliant. (Except for some terrible choice of actors) The Make up artists did a good job on Steve Jobs and the voice is basically spot on. It was powerful like Steve's. The last scene made me cringe. Let's wait for the movie with his acting and how it is accurate.
You realize that this is a trailer and that these will probably not appear in this order in the actual movie?
To me Pirates of the Silicon Valley 2 would be better and I would think others would agree that Noah Wyle and Anthony Michael Hall did a great job with Steve Jobs and Bill Gates!
An uncanny resemblance; enough to have peaked my curiosity. Worth seeing, even if just for historical perspective.
Matthew Modine as John Scully is brilliant casting. Josh Gad as Woz, not so much.
This looks like either a bad SNL sketch. or a Christopher Guest mockumentary.
This looks like either a bad SNL sketch. or a Christopher Guest mockumentary.