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Aaron Sorkin 'Strongly Considering' Writing Screenplay for Steve Jobs Movie
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Steve may have done a lot of creative things and succeeded in business, but watching someone portraying him hacking phones in the early days, soldering crap with Woz in the garage, later going to business meetings and yelling at his staff for not moving fast enough sounds REALLY thrilling, kind of like watching paint dry.
Movie? Not based on Isaacson book!
Give Isaacson credit for writing an authorized biography of Steve Jobs, but he was rushed, and the book seems only an outline of a biography which should come later. Only then should there be a movie.
Unless the writer, perhaps with Isaacson, substantially fills out the stories, and many are hinted at, a movie about Jobs will be god-awful, incomplete and quite inaccurate.
Give Isaacson credit for writing an authorized biography of Steve Jobs, but he was rushed, and the book seems only an outline of a biography which should come later. Only then should there be a movie.
Unless the writer, perhaps with Isaacson, substantially fills out the stories, and many are hinted at, a movie about Jobs will be god-awful, incomplete and quite inaccurate.
I'm not entirely sure a biographical movie on Steve Jobs would be that interesting. I've never seen a apple keynote and i think the only i've heard steve's voice once and it seemed somewhat monotonish.
I saw a bit of Pirates of Silicon Valley and didn't think much of it. I got to bit bit where Steve? tries to impress a date with some telecommunication trick before I trashed it.
Let face it. geeks are boring and I'd better get ready for some flaming directed my way.
By the way Steve, this is revenge for inflicting 10.7 spelling check on me. It is total crap.
I saw a bit of Pirates of Silicon Valley and didn't think much of it. I got to bit bit where Steve? tries to impress a date with some telecommunication trick before I trashed it.
Let face it. geeks are boring and I'd better get ready for some flaming directed my way.
By the way Steve, this is revenge for inflicting 10.7 spelling check on me. It is total crap.
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Oh boo hoo hoo, sniff sniff. We can dig up even more important contributors to computer science, machinery, and languages. We can sit here and smugly do it all day. (Who will cry when Chuck Peddle dies? Were you at Konrad Zuse's funeral? Did you visit the Alan Turing memorial?).
Steve Jobs lead brilliant people to turn bus signals, conditional statements, data structures, and daemons into touching human experiences and powerful tools for "mere mortals", while commanding one of the greatest turn-around stories in modern capitalism. And for that he deserves all the praise and reverence.
I find it revealing whenever someone doesn't like another's opinion and resorts to assumptions or weak attempts to discredit the other in some totally irrelevant way.
It simply doesn't matter. Most people here aren't interested in anything other that being right.
I would watch one of his keynotes then. Maybe Macworld 2007 as it's seen by many as his best. He's far from "monotonish".
I can't understand this hype about Jobs, why do everyone think he designed invented and did everything.
He didn't design the iPhone Jonathan Ive did, and Apple has a design TEAM. He didn't invent the iPhone since Apple has almost no own inventions they just use other companies inventions. And probably has a team for choosing what to use as well..
Why all this hype? Can someone please explain this...
He didn't design the iPhone Jonathan Ive did, and Apple has a design TEAM. He didn't invent the iPhone since Apple has almost no own inventions they just use other companies inventions. And probably has a team for choosing what to use as well..
Why all this hype? Can someone please explain this...
I have nothing against Sorkin, the West Wing is one of my 3 favorite series ever. However, his style as a director does not match what I expect from a Steve Jobs biopic.
In my view, the ideal director would be Clint Eastwood.
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If you still don't understand by now why Steve Jobs' contribution to modern technology is crucial and acknowledged as such by his peers, including his staunchest rivals, then I'm afraid you never will.
In my view, the ideal director would be Clint Eastwood.
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If you still don't understand by now why Steve Jobs' contribution to modern technology is crucial and acknowledged as such by his peers, including his staunchest rivals, then I'm afraid you never will.
Wasn't Sorkin the guy that was mentioned in Steve's book that he asked to write his stanford speech, but kept replying "I'm thinking about it".... If so, i wouldn't hold your breath as Steve had to write his own speech in the end because Sorkin thought about it for a bit too long (which in retrospect was a great move as it was a fantastic speech!).
LMAO, sorry for quoting myself, but I didn't realize Sorkin is NOT a director... shame on me.
Absolutely. They did a fantastic job with Social Network and I can't see why they couldn't replicate it here.
you are correct that he has the "look"
unfortunately Kutcher does not have the acting skills to pull off playing Steve Jobs, or anyone else for that matter.
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1. stand in front of a mirror and close your eyes...
2. Imagine you painted a picture and it became famous around the world, and in turn making you famous as well
3. Imagine after a while some ignorant people started saying things like.. "he used a paintbrush! and he used store bought paints and canvas that are made by someone else, so he shouldn't get credit for the picture!"
4. Now open your eyes and explain to one of those ignorant people why you deserve the recognition.
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Isaacson would almost certainly be a consultant for the movie and screenplay as it is the normal practice when a books movie rights are sold. (if the writer is alive) There is plenty of room for adding more depth and detail to the events in the book.
not that i care anything about sorkin... but whats wrong with being a little bit of a druggie? i dont see how anyone could write it without being one.
steve did maintain control of the rights. within a week of his passing, his family sold the rights to sony. i wouldnt think they care about a few million to sell off the rights to the book. so i can only imagine steve was ok with it.
You are forgetting the context of the statement, and therefore stating the obvious. The man who said this is "a very talented and thoughtful writer ", you don't need to correct him.
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I second the motion, PIXAR PIXAR!
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You say 'tree hugging earth muffin' as if it were a bad thing
Reverence, eh?
I don't personally revere greed or megalomaniacs in general, but to each their own I suppose.
Really, I can't think of many world religions that revere materialism/money very much. Maya (The veil of illusion or the so-called material Universe) is more of a trap if you become obsessed with material things, not a path to enlightenment as it should be. More to the point, the billions he made aren't doing him any good right now wherever he is as he had to leave them here.
who wants to watch a movie about Mark Zuckerberg?
oh. wait...
neither are about Mark, or Steve, but the incredible story in which they played leading roles.
and there's no denying that the story of Jobs, and Apple is an incredible one.
and Sorkin is, on past credits, absolutely the man for the job.