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Colorful New Movie Poster Released for Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs'

I don't understand all the hate on this movie.

If it's in regards to Ashton Kuetcher - who would have been better?

If it's in regards to content - what do you think will be omitted/changed that's so grievous?

I think this will be much like Social Network - not many people had high hopes about "a movie about the guy who invented Facebook" (that we all loathe so much) but it ended up being a really interesting movie.

We all know how this ultimately ends - are you afraid of "seeing" Steve Jobs on his deathbed? Are we so far gone as a society that we can't handle endings that aren't rainbows and sunshine?
 
LimeiBook86 said:
As appleisking pointed out, Pirates of Silicon valley did a pretty good job of telling the story of Apple up until 1997. If this can span his entire life (which I believe it will) hopefully we'll get a nice view of Apple post-1997 and up until a few years ago. Of course this film is centered around Steve Jobs, Apple will be a huge part of it, although I am curious if they will touch on NeXT and Pixar too. I hope they do.
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Wasn't the basic structure of the movie already made public? That the three acts were each anchored by one of Jobs' historic press conferences (the Mac, the iPod, and the iPhone?) and during each one we're flashed back to the events that brought it all about? If so then I'm excited to see it because the entire second two acts postdate PoSV's timeline.

I did enjoy PoSV, and Wyle and Hall set the standard for portraying Jobs and Gates, accordingly. Anyone who follows has a tough par to reach but it's achievable even with them giving their own interpretation of the character.
 
HenryDJP said:
Nice how you can make that conclusion without even seeing the movie. :rolleyes:
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Because people don't understand the meaning of acting and think how they act in a set of movies is how they are period.

Who would had thought actors ACT? Crazy huh?
 
Poster designed by Jony Ive... ;)

BTW remember this ?

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TWSS37 said:
I don't understand all the hate on this movie.

If it's in regards to Ashton Kuetcher - who would have been better?

If it's in regards to content - what do you think will be omitted/changed that's so grievous?

I think this will be much like Social Network - not many people had high hopes about "a movie about the guy who invented Facebook" (that we all loathe so much) but it ended up being a really interesting movie.

We all know how this ultimately ends - are you afraid of "seeing" Steve Jobs on his deathbed? Are we so far gone as a society that we can't handle endings that aren't rainbows and sunshine?
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I couldn't agree more with this post.

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Does anyone know if this will be released in the UK?
 
Mike Valmike said:
Wasn't the basic structure of the movie already made public? That the three acts were each anchored by one of Jobs' historic press conferences (the Mac, the iPod, and the iPhone?) and during each one we're flashed back to the events that brought it all about? If so then I'm excited to see it because the entire second two acts postdate PoSV's timeline.

I did enjoy PoSV, and Wyle and Hall set the standard for portraying Jobs and Gates, accordingly. Anyone who follows has a tough par to reach but it's achievable even with them giving their own interpretation of the character.
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Wait, wasn't that movie premise for the Walter Isaacson movie and not this one?
 
Poster looks great. Reminds me a lot of The Doors movie poster from 1991. Great composition and very iconic.

Concentrates on the sheer charisma and weight of his presence. I doubt the film will deliver though.
 
KylePowers said:
I honestly feel like this movie is going to flop so hard =\
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I can promise you it will. The actors are not well known for being good actors and by the look at the cinematography it will be a very "decent" film.

If I'm wrong I'll honestly state that I'm wrong. You can't argue taste, but you sure can argue content.
 
TWSS37 said:
I don't understand all the hate on this movie.

If it's in regards to Ashton Kuetcher - who would have been better?

If it's in regards to content - what do you think will be omitted/changed that's so grievous?

I think this will be much like Social Network - not many people had high hopes about "a movie about the guy who invented Facebook" (that we all loathe so much) but it ended up being a really interesting movie.

We all know how this ultimately ends - are you afraid of "seeing" Steve Jobs on his deathbed? Are we so far gone as a society that we can't handle endings that aren't rainbows and sunshine?
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This movie will not be like the Social Network. Watch the trailer for that film again. It was such an amazing and visionary project (I wasn't one of the guys that bashed it prior to seeing it-- I anticipated it greatly from the get go). This film does not look to be like that. I've posted about this before so I won't go into lengthy detail, but the point is that this film seems to be too reliant on the tropes of Steve Jobs (hitting goal posts about moments in his life), and not a deeper look into who the man is and his deeper experience as a person.

Everyone knows the "whats" about Jobs. We want to know the Whys and Hows. I guarantee that if you look at this trailer again and think about it as a sum of its parts-- ignore the music and the fancy editing, you'll see something rather generic-- not a piece that attempts to see into the person. It's the difference between Oscar material (The Social Network), and a movie that is seen and quickly forgotten.

When all is said and done, the Jobs film Aaron Sorkin is painstakingly crafting will likely be a far more valuable film all in all.
 
keysofanxiety said:
As much as I respect your opinion, I find that to be an incredibly pessimistic remark. I simply hold cautious optimism for this film, and if it was all about money then they wouldn't have taken so much time on post-production.

Also, the whole "cashing in on Steve Jobs' death" really is a terrible thing to say. You should be ashamed.
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No, not ashamed of my opinion one bit when looking at the circumstances surrounding the making of this film. It was a rushed job in an attempt to be beat the authorized film to press and it shows.

I'd rather be viewed as pessimistic than be naive of how Hollywood works.
 
ProVideo said:
No, not ashamed of my opinion one bit when looking at the circumstances surrounding the making of this film. It was a rushed job in an attempt to be beat the authorized film to press and it shows.

I'd rather be viewed as pessimistic than be naive of how Hollywood works.
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I suppose when it comes to films, who am I to argue with 'ProVideo'? ;)
 
There's just no way I can take Ashton Kutcher seriously. Whenever I see him on these shots from the film, for a moment I think I'm reading about a new episode of SNL or something.
 
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