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Aaron Sorkin Blasts Tim Cook for Calling Steve Jobs Films 'Opportunistic'
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Sorkin had to 'take a pay cut to get the movie made'? That's a shame. Was that from X million to Y million?
Anyone who turns to ridiculous, unfounded hyperbole in any argument clearly hasn't the capacity to make their point like an adult.
As if Sorkin is making the movie for altruistic reasons. Will he donate the box-office proceeds to starving children in China I wonder? Hypocrite.
If you choose to make a movie about someone who has died recently, you are being opportunistic, and don't expect a pat on the back from family and friends who knew and loved that person.
Sorkin is nothing more than a spoilt opportunistic A Hole. He just proved it.
As if Sorkin is making the movie for altruistic reasons. Will he donate the box-office proceeds to starving children in China I wonder? Hypocrite.
If you choose to make a movie about someone who has died recently, you are being opportunistic, and don't expect a pat on the back from family and friends who knew and loved that person.
Sorkin is nothing more than a spoilt opportunistic A Hole. He just proved it.
Sorkin is an obnoxiously liberal drug addict. He would have every worker making $35/hr no matter their performance and working a maximum of 6 hours per day. iPhones would cost $2,500 a piece. But it's no problem for him because he's a multimillionaire! Dude is disconnected from reality and a disgusting hypocrite.
He has a lot of nerve to criticize anyone in light of his incredible frailty. He's a [talented] junkie. He shouldn't throw stones from inside a glass house.
It's not just money that is opportunistic. It's fame. Being the one who done the film about the great Steve Jobs is landmark for his career. Maybe the money is or isn't there, but the publicity and name dropping of your name is enough on its own.
He was right. But why not turn the argument onto something else? Again, how the hell would you know what Jobs was like?
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If any of those company CEOs had criticized his movie, then he might have said something similar about their factories.
But they didn't. Tim Cook did. That's why Sorkin singled him out.
As for Apple and Foxconn, yes, they increased wages. That's reportedly why Apple has switched to other manufacturing facilities... that are not in the spotlight... to maxmize profit for products like the Apple Watch.
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It's funny, Tim Cook the head of Apple, hasn't seen the film but I'll bet most of the people on here have seen them numerous times.
It was a hyperbolic statement. MR is infamous for some our members relying on hyperbole to make a point defending Apple. Seems some of us can't recognize it when we see it directed towards Apple.
Besides, Steve Jobs is dead. Pretty sure he doesn't care what Sorkin thinks; or Tim Cook for that matter.
I think Sorkin went a bit far, although I agree with his initial point that one shouldn't judge the ( / any) film until one has seen it.
However, I also think he could have been more sensitive with his response, Tim Cook lost a friend and colleague here. Sorkin could have been classier about it while making exactly the same essential points. There are plenty of accusations of opportunism one could level at Apple that don't involve needlessly emotive hyperbole about Chinese factory workers.
However, I also think he could have been more sensitive with his response, Tim Cook lost a friend and colleague here. Sorkin could have been classier about it while making exactly the same essential points. There are plenty of accusations of opportunism one could level at Apple that don't involve needlessly emotive hyperbole about Chinese factory workers.
When i watched Stephen Colbert interview cook, I thought Tim Cook was just talking about all the other Steve Jobs movies being opportunistic. Movies like Jobs (Ashton Kutcher), Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine, Steve Jobs: One Last Thing, Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview, and let's not forget Funny Or Die's iSteve.
The Aaron Sorkin movie is based on the authorized biography that Steve Jobs most definitely approved of being written. I'm sure he knew of the plans to have the book sold to Sony to make a movie.
The Aaron Sorkin movie is based on the authorized biography that Steve Jobs most definitely approved of being written. I'm sure he knew of the plans to have the book sold to Sony to make a movie.
Mr. Sorkin (if you are reading this),
Your Net Worth is $80 million. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Mark
Your Net Worth is $80 million. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Mark
That was my impression too, that Cook was talking about the Steve Jobs movies that had already been released.
Mark
Care to back anything here up with some facts, or is it "Let's make dumb rants" day somewhere? If you care to do some research, Apple have done more than any other company to bring fair wage and treatment of workers to the best standards available in China with its business partners. Something Samsung won't copy from Apple. Now that's a Neo Facist company if ever you wanted to see one.
Sorkin is a hack. He couldn't even get any actors who look like any of their real life counterparts.