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First Impressions of 'Steve Jobs' Film: 'Thrilling... an Action Movie Driven Almost Exclusively by Words'
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Actually that might be a clever way to get racist white people to empathize with the history of slavery. I suspect it's already been done.
All the others have been terrible as predicted. This is the one we've been waiting for since the Isaacson biography. Aaron Sorkin is one of the best screenwriters alive today.
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What you want is a typical biopic, cliched "life story" tale that most bios become. This is a huge change of pace. That's exciting.
Birdman was genius. And the one-shot editing was a masterstroke.
Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, numerous tech nods, and won Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.
Wonder if it will portray him as the a_hole he truly was in real life. ?.. Not the God folk seem to think he was.. It you buy a car and like it, do you praise bmw etc, or the sleazy schmuck who sold it to you ,. No difference..
Lol lol, that opening sentence.. On an Apple site. Lol.. Priceless..
Sounds like the "witty" characters in Game of Thrones, like Tyrion Lannister, who are supposed to look like the coolest and most clever people in the world. I hope that some day, things like that go away, and people look back on it like we look back on the horrible acting in 70s TV shows.
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Hey Steve Cook, give Woz some stock in recognition for a lifetime of making Apple successful to survive to this era./. said:
Who cares about another movie about Jobs?
The sad thing is that while Jobs has never been so popular among normal people, his spirit in Apple is already lost. Apple has NO TASTE for software anymore: its software is no FUN to use anymore. Its software is not BEAUTIFUL to look anymore. Its software is not ERGONOMIC and EASY to use anymore. Is software every day is more DUMBED DOWN (see iWork, Photo, iMovie, ecc).
The Apple of today is just a luxury fashion brand for dumb rich people. RIP Apple. My iMac 27" with DVD and Mountain Lion + Snow Leopard will be the last. As my iPhone 5s (UNfortunately with iOS 7) and iPad 2 (FORTUNATELY with iOS 6). Maybe I'll upgrade my old MacBook Pro 13", but with a used one that still support Mountain Lion.
The sad thing is that while Jobs has never been so popular among normal people, his spirit in Apple is already lost. Apple has NO TASTE for software anymore: its software is no FUN to use anymore. Its software is not BEAUTIFUL to look anymore. Its software is not ERGONOMIC and EASY to use anymore. Is software every day is more DUMBED DOWN (see iWork, Photo, iMovie, ecc).
The Apple of today is just a luxury fashion brand for dumb rich people. RIP Apple. My iMac 27" with DVD and Mountain Lion + Snow Leopard will be the last. As my iPhone 5s (UNfortunately with iOS 7) and iPad 2 (FORTUNATELY with iOS 6). Maybe I'll upgrade my old MacBook Pro 13", but with a used one that still support Mountain Lion.
Or, you know, someone in-between, where reality mostly ends up in.
Hey everyone!
I actually just saw STEVE JOBS yesterday. I'm a regular at the Telluride Film Festival and Danny Boyle loves premiering his films here.
First and foremost, I agree with the excellent reviews. Everything from the acting to the cinematography was fantastic. The pace and structuring of the film is a stroke of genius. Sorkin's dialogue, while fast paced, is well matched with the film's overall hectic pace (which makes sense considering that every scene takes place just minutes before Steve has to go out on stage).
Without going into a complete review of the film, I do think it important to note that the film is a painting, not a textbook. Almost from the first moment, the movie does not expect you to believe that this is how these events played out. There is a fantastical element at play here that really, really works. Every moment and word spoken is based on fact, but acceptably moved around in order to create a completely unique experience that is more of a collage of Steve Jobs (and Woz and Scully for that matter). This makes Fassbender's casting infinitely more accessible. By accepting the level of suspension of disbelief that the film earns right away, it never once bothered me that Fassbender's doesn't look much like Jobs.
I should note that I've read both STEVE JOBS and INSIDE APPLE, and am an avid reader of Macrumors. I have been quite skeptical from Day 1 that this movie would be any good at all. What Boyle and Sorkin have made here is really something unique and masterfully crafted. But to enjoy it, is to understand that this is not a literal adaptation of Jobs's life. It is a rendition of the man. The film is more like the Bob Dylan "biopic" I'M NOT THERE than it is the Johnny Cash biopic WALK THE LINE. The movie is a dizzying, frenetic telling of Steve's creation of the Mac, ousting, and glorious return. In fact, it's reasonable to say it's closer to a memoir, than it is a biography. But even then, that definition is too constrained for what this film attempts. In the end, it's an interpretation of why Steve Jobs came to be the man he was.
Would love to add more, but I'm typing on my phone, awaiting one last film
I actually just saw STEVE JOBS yesterday. I'm a regular at the Telluride Film Festival and Danny Boyle loves premiering his films here.
First and foremost, I agree with the excellent reviews. Everything from the acting to the cinematography was fantastic. The pace and structuring of the film is a stroke of genius. Sorkin's dialogue, while fast paced, is well matched with the film's overall hectic pace (which makes sense considering that every scene takes place just minutes before Steve has to go out on stage).
Without going into a complete review of the film, I do think it important to note that the film is a painting, not a textbook. Almost from the first moment, the movie does not expect you to believe that this is how these events played out. There is a fantastical element at play here that really, really works. Every moment and word spoken is based on fact, but acceptably moved around in order to create a completely unique experience that is more of a collage of Steve Jobs (and Woz and Scully for that matter). This makes Fassbender's casting infinitely more accessible. By accepting the level of suspension of disbelief that the film earns right away, it never once bothered me that Fassbender's doesn't look much like Jobs.
I should note that I've read both STEVE JOBS and INSIDE APPLE, and am an avid reader of Macrumors. I have been quite skeptical from Day 1 that this movie would be any good at all. What Boyle and Sorkin have made here is really something unique and masterfully crafted. But to enjoy it, is to understand that this is not a literal adaptation of Jobs's life. It is a rendition of the man. The film is more like the Bob Dylan "biopic" I'M NOT THERE than it is the Johnny Cash biopic WALK THE LINE. The movie is a dizzying, frenetic telling of Steve's creation of the Mac, ousting, and glorious return. In fact, it's reasonable to say it's closer to a memoir, than it is a biography. But even then, that definition is too constrained for what this film attempts. In the end, it's an interpretation of why Steve Jobs came to be the man he was.
Would love to add more, but I'm typing on my phone, awaiting one last film
Indeed. I saw the Kutcher Jobs film on Netflix, well, 10 minutes of it. That might be an even bigger piece of crap.
Hahahaha Wow. If thats the best way to describe the movie than it's probably going to suck. If you want an accurate version of the story try watching the movie titled: Pirates of Silicon Valley.
Clearly the first impressions are that it doesn't suck. Sure some won't like it, just like some don't like all kinds of good movies. Nothing new there.
Hey everyone!
I actually just saw STEVE JOBS yesterday. I'm a regular at the Telluride Film Festival and Danny Boyle loves premiering his films here.
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I should note that I've read both STEVE JOBS and INSIDE APPLE, and am an avid reader of Macrumors. I have been quite skeptical from Day 1 that this movie would be any good at all. What Boyle and Sorkin have made here is really something unique and masterfully crafted. But to enjoy it, is to understand that this is not a literal adaptation of Jobs's life. It is a rendition of the man. The film is more like the Bob Dylan "biopic" I'M NOT THERE than it is the Johnny Cash biopic WALK THE LINE. The movie is a dizzying, frenetic telling of Steve's creation of the Mac, ousting, and glorious return. In fact, it's reasonable to say it's closer to a memoir, than it is a biography. But even then, that definition is too constrained for what this film attempts. In the end, it's an interpretation of why Steve Jobs came to be the man he was.
Would love to add more, but I'm typing on my phone, awaiting one last film
Maybe calling it an impressionist painting of the events, expressing emotions, movement, events doesn't need a slavish reproduction of them. In fact, most biopic that fail are those that focus to much on facts.
^^ meant to reply to this... Can't find how to delete my previous reply.
I've read the script (have industry insider friends) and be rest assured, the only reason this is drawing similarities to Birdman is because of the "backstage" nature of the settings (98% of the movie takes place backstage at the auditoriums before major announcements). So it's a lot of Jobs moving around backstage intercepting and talking to various characters, similar to the "playhouse" setting of Birdman. That's where the similarities end.
So if you didn't have a problem with that, then you'll be fine.
Action Movie Driven Almost Exclusively by Words
'Action Movie...' You keep using those words. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Boyle's pulled off this "non-action movie action movie" feel before. Check out the kinetic style of 127 Hours despite the fact that it's a guy stuck to a boulder for 90 minutes.