Funny or Die's Steve Jobs Movie 'iSteve' Now Available Online

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Sounds like they were going for the "so bad it's good" approach.

And failed miserably at the "good"

 

[Cory Bauer]

The movie itself isn't really laugh-out-loud funny; the humor is in the completely absurd and inaccurate retelling of Steve's life. If someone were to describe a scene-by-scene plot synopsis of the film, it's sound freakin' hilarious.

 

[chrisbru]

Justin made all that money from apple doing those iPod spots and does this to his old boss! Was not funny at all. What were they trying to do.
The bad part is that People are going to thing this is true. I see a lawsuit.

Yeah, because ANY judge would entertain a lawsuit for defamation against a company called funnyordie.

Too many people that know nothing about law throw around predictions of lawsuits.

 

[iLilana]

watched it

gut busting funny in some parts. blatantly inaccurate....because its supposed to be. A good time.

 

[Mr. Dee]

These preview pictures made me cringe. Wozniak was never fat in his younger years, more like a stout guy. Not fat.

 

[RobertMartens]

gut busting funny in some parts. blatantly inaccurate....because its supposed to be. A good time.

EXACTLY my feelings.

And Justin Long did a great job.

It's like they took all the parts of Apple history and put it in a blender and served it.
Just plain fun, just as intended.

 

[rGiskard]

I LOLed when I saw the guy playing Woz. Hilarious.

Some of the comments here...you people all know this is a comedy, right? It's not supposed to be an accurate real life depiction, it's supposed to make people laugh.

 

[RobertMartens]

Judging by the amount of up votes I received in relation to the amount of people that participated in this thread. I know I'm not the only one that thinks this video is pointless, and stupid.

You're right it's not just you.

 

[Solomani]

No, I want to believe that they do. I think that this style of humor simply isn't what the average MacRumors forum member considers funny.

What makes you think that the Funny or Die website is actually targeting tech-savvy MR members for their audience? For the most part, the majority of MR veteran members take technology seriously (some of them work in the technology/IT industries).

This movie is not taking technology seriously at all. In fact, this movie is clearly taking liberties at MAKING FUN of and stereotyping all nerds and computer geeks as an awkward anti-social bunch. Let's hope the average MR member has a thick skin before watching this.

Personally I think it's quite entertaining in some segments, tho 80 minutes is a bit long for something like this.

 

[charlituna]

Its funny, but in a "clever-parody-of-films-like-"the-social-network" type way rather than a "100-laugh-out-louds-per-minute" type way

Which is the point.they aren't trying to make a real biopic here. They are making fun of this whole notion of making biopics etc. especially the rush to launch them before the subject is cold in his grave such as was the case with Steve.

 

[Jetson]

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A likable, boyish-looking actor with thick eyebrows and a friendly smile, Justin Long is a native of Connecticut. He grew up in Fairfield, the second of three sons. His father, R. James Long, is a Professor of Philosophy at Fairfield University and his mother, Wendy Lesniak, is a former Broadway actress... See full bio »
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2013 A Case of You (post-production)


2013 Undiscovered Gyrl (post-production)


2013 The Lookalike (post-production)
Holt Mulligan

2013 iSteve
Steve Jobs

2013 Movie 43
Fake Robin (segment "Super Hero Speed Dating")

2012 Unsupervised (TV series)
Gary – Reggie Dog Bites (2012) … Gary (voice)
– Black Squirrels (2012) … Gary (voice)
– The Great Traveler's Road (2012) … Gary (voice)
– Youngbloods (2012) … Gary (voice)
– Jesse Judge Lawncare Incorporated (2012) … Gary (voice)
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2012 Best Man Down
Scott

2011-2012 New Girl (TV series)
Paul – Backslide (2012) … Paul
– The 23rd (2011) … Paul
– Bad in Bed (2011) … Paul
– Thanksgiving (2011) … Paul


2012 For a Good Time, Call...
Jesse

2012 Mitt's Office (video short)
Mitt Romney

2011 Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Alvin (voice)

2011 Martha Stewart's Haunted House (TV movie)
Teenage Werewolf

2011 10 Years
Marty

2011 Free Hugs (short)
Checkout Boy

2010 Alpha and Omega
Humphrey (voice)

2010 The Conspirator
Nicholas Baker

2010 Going the Distance
Garrett

2009 Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Alvin (voice)

2009 Taking Chances
Chase Revere

2009/I Old Dogs
Troop Leader Adam (uncredited)

2009 Planet 51
Lem (voice)

2009 Beyond All Boundaries (short)
Corp. James R. Garrett (voice) / Sgt. John H. Morris (voice)

2009 After.Life
Paul Coleman

2009 Saturday Night Live (TV series)
Various – Drew Barrymore/Regina Spektor (2009) … Various


2009 Crappy Holidays Presents... (TV series)
Highlander – Crappy Canadian Thanksgiving (2009)
– Death Cab for Cupid (2009) … Highlander


2009 Youth in Revolt
Paul Saunders

2009 Funny People
Re-Do Guy

2009 Serious Moonlight
Todd

2009 Drag Me to Hell
Clay Dalton

2009 Still Waiting... (video)
Dean (uncredited)

2009 He's Just Not That Into You
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2008 Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Brandon

2008/I Just Add Water
Spoonie

2008 Strange Wilderness
Junior

2008 Fraternity School Shopping (video short)
Herbert

2007 Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
George Harrison (uncredited)

2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks
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2007 Battle for Terra
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2007 Live Free or Die Hard
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2006-2007 King of the Hill (TV series)
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– The Texas Panhandler (2006) … Adam (voice) / Kid #1 (voice)
– 24 Hour Propane People (2006) … Cashier (voice) / Troy (voice)


2006 Idiocracy
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2006 Accepted
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2006 The Break-Up
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2006 That '70s Show (TV series)
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2006 Campus Ladies (TV series)
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2006 The Sasquatch Gang
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2005 Herbie Fully Loaded
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2005 Robin's Big Date (short)
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2004 Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie (video)
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2004 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Justin

2004 Hair High
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2004 Raising Genius
Hal Nestor

2000-2004 Ed (TV series)
Warren Cheswick – Happily Ever After (2004) … Warren Cheswick
– Best Wishes (2004) … Warren Cheswick
– Pressure Points (2004) … Warren Cheswick (credit only)
– Hidden Agendas (2004) … Warren Cheswick (credit only)
– Back in the Saddle (2004) … Warren Cheswick (credit only)
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2003 Jeepers Creepers II
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2002/I Crossroads
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2001 Jeepers Creepers
Darry Jenner

2001 Happy Campers
Donald

1999 Galaxy Quest
Brandon

 

[Doylem]

There were a couple of jokes in there... but I can't even remember what they were. That's 80 minutes I'll never get back...

 

[charlituna]

Does anybody think that Steve Jobs had any role in directing the actual Mac v. PC commercials? Could there be a thread of truth to that scene where he's telling Justin what to do?

Of course he didn't.he likely didn't design them or write them. An ad agency did all the work and all Steve may have done was approve the idea and the final version,which is standard for clients to do.

 

[BornAgainMac]

I like the movie. It is just a simple fun movie for Internet distribution. It isn't suppose to be the Dark Knight Rises.

 

[charlituna]

If I may be so bold...I do not think the point is to critique how factual this is, or even how funny the individual jokes are; I think "the joke" is to imagine if after all of the waiting, you went to see one of the "real" Jobs biopics (Kutcher's or Sorkin's), and it ended up being this. And, frankly, that would be hilarious. Awesome job!

It goes further than that. They are mocking the whole genre of the biopic and how they are more often than not way off the mark. 21 was about a bunch of mostly white kids takingVegas but the real team were all Asians. Social Network has been blasted for several major inaccuracies not to mention playing Mark as some kind of autistic when folks said he wasn't, he was just as ass. Biopics are generally never accurate to the truth. Heck Woz is on record saying Jobs is way off the truth.

THAT is what this movie is mocking. The whole notion of 'based on the truth'

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We've seen actual, belly laughing funny Jobs & Apple parody in the past. This is just a B movie disguised as parody because it's so bad and unfunny. Really, it's just an 80 min link bait.

And do you really think Jobs is anything more than some no names using the popularity of Steve Jobs to make a name for themselves. Get their foot in the door. If their movie hasn't been about Steve it wouldn't have been guaranteed to show at Sundance, wouldn't have gotten the press that it did, wouldn't have gotten the big name actors it did likely 'off quote' (ie under their standard pay demands) and so on. Even if it releases straight to DVD in the end, they got serious press for it which is likely the main thing they were going off.

Which is something us folks in the industry realize, just as we realized they were pushing to get it done first so it wouldn't be buried by the 'official' movie etc. THAT is part of the jokes with this FoD movie. They rushed to finish it and be first. Even the delay in the release may have been planned all along as another joke but then because more real with the Boston incident which has been listed as a cause for the bump

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He's likely very hungry for work. It's common for actors to be turned away from new work because they're to recognizable as the spokesperson for another company. Unfortunately, he'll forever be known as that 'Apple Guy'.

If Longs whole career was commercials you might be correct. But it's not. He's had several movie and tv gigs including a standing job as the voice of Alvin. He's doing just fine

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The movie itself isn't really laugh-out-loud funny; the humor is in the completely absurd and inaccurate retelling of Steve's life. If someone were to describe a scene-by-scene plot synopsis of the film, it's sound freakin' hilarious.

A part of me wants to take the movie and compare it to all the outrageous stories that have gone around about Steve and Apple over the years that proved to be basically BS to see how they match up. Sometime tells me they sourced a long of their stuff from that sort of thing. Not unlike how the 'I'm a PC' ads came from common complaints found around the Internet

 

[Gravity]

blah

I was looking forward to this movie. I thought it could be irreverant, funny, yet pay homage. It's just... dumb. It's not funny. It's about as funny as Will Ferrell, and he just makes me roll my eyes.

Half way through I said, okay, I get it, that's enough.

If I wanted to watch something really, really, really, really, really DUMB with an occasional moment where I almost chuckle... I'd watch SNL.

 

[I WAS the one]

The Wozniak character it's obviously created by a Will Ferrell humor syrup magic crap potion. It was insulting, unfair and out of the line. The way Will Ferrell make successful movies. This time however the Woz character was ridicule at max and it is sad that the only living person who founded Apple will be watching this crap and think "What a bunch of *******s those Funny or Die guys are"

 

[valdikor]

Well, this is 79 minutes of my life I'm not getting back.
Terrible, truly terrible, and I'm not even bothering to say my arguments why, because this movie doesn't deserve any more of my time.
But then, I did sit through all of it and it will surely spark some discussion (well, it already has), and it's an indie movie made just for the heck of it and for fun, so it's not like we weren't warned. I thank the creators for the effort and the will to present the story in a totally new light.
But still, it's baaaaad. And not even funny at all.

 

[jake1776]

Of course he didn't.he likely didn't design them or write them. An ad agency did all the work and all Steve may have done was approve the idea and the final version,which is standard for clients to do.

I'm not so sure that you are right. I remember plenty of parts of the Steve Jobs biography where he had a direct hand in the marketing. Example: 1984 commercial ... he was there for the filming and wanted it while others did not. Other example: his obsession with the logo and marketing scheme of nEXT computers.

 

[JAT]

The Wozniak character it's obviously created by a Will Ferrell humor syrup magic crap potion. It was insulting, unfair and out of the line. The way Will Ferrell make successful movies. This time however the Woz character was ridicule at max and it is sad that the only living person who founded Apple will be watching this crap and think "What a bunch of *******s those Funny or Die guys are"

I would bet a large amount that he'll find it funnier than many here. By all reports Woz DOES have a sense of humor.

 

[falconman515]

WOW ... that's 78 minutes if my life I will never get back.

Simply stupid!

 

[Thunderbird]

It's a low budget SNL / Mad TV type of sketch biography filmed in studio-like settings. The facts of Steve Jobs life are deliberately inaccurate or twisted around (e.g. I got a kick out of Steve Jobs and Melinda Gates having an affair). It's a spoof / parody which contain both hit and miss moments. Within its uneveness, I found some bits quite hilarious.

Overall, it's a little tedious. Might have been better at a 1 hour run time.

 

[daxwindu]

Sad...

Sad to say, I forced myself to watched to whole thing. I felt iCheated.

I agree with the general feeling is not worth a 5min accel short reel.

Good luck if you intent to go for it.

 

[argybargy]

Funny or die?

True

 

[I WAS the one]

I would bet a large amount that he'll find it funnier than many here. By all reports Woz DOES have a sense of humor.

I know...but again, that doesn't means IT IS.