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'JOBS' Biography Starring Ashton Kutcher Hits Theaters to Mixed Reviews

belltree said:
My interest level in seeing this is 0. Pirates of Silicon Valley told the story just fine. We do not need a rehash for cash. Also the Woz casting, WTF were they thinking?
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Exactly what I was thinking. Heck I still see Noah Wyle as the early Steve.
 
JackieInCo said:
I'll pass on this. I think it's amazing how many people who have owned iPhones/iPads in the past have no idea who Steve even is. Still, I would never watch a movie about him or even read a book about him.
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Steve Jobs is a historical figure, like Albert Einstein, Alexander Graham Bell, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, etc.

I'm always curious to learn about people's lives. Most people have contradictions in their lives. Newton was nasty to people, just like Jobs was nasty to people. But they also had a highly intelligent side. Jobs wasn't nice to his daughter's mother, neither was Ben Franklin - he cheated on his wife. Einstein cheated on both his wives.

People are multi-faceted - you will learn a lot by reading about Steve Jobs. Admire the good parts, and don't emulate the bad parts. But don't be brain-washed to think Jobs is all bad or all good - nobody is.
 
Knew this would be a stinker, I do not think anything can approach iSteve in terms of historical accuracy and acting caliber.
 
It's still much too early to make a movie about Steve Jobs. The whole thing kind of comes off as a "quick! before anyone else gets the idea!"
 
Michael O'Sullivan didn't like it? Hardly a surprise. Someone must be gunning for an invite to the next big party at Sorkin's Manhattan pad.
 
Dear MacRumors: Now that this terrible film is out can you please not ever mention it again? Seriously - it looks worse than "Hackers" - but at least that movie has Angelina Jolie's boobs.

kthnxbai.
 
I wonder if they really saw the movie or just hated the actor. I think there was just too much material to do it in a single movie. I was glad they put a scene with Jobs at Atari since "Pirates" didn't have that. I think the Steve Jobs walk was over done but overall it was fine.
 
thekingofnerds said:
Dear MacRumors: Now that this terrible film is out can you please not ever mention it again? Seriously - it looks worse than "Hackers" - but at least that movie has Angelina Jolie's boobs.
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Yeah, and Angelina wants them back.

BornAgainMac said:
I wonder if they really saw the movie or just hated the actor. I think there was just too much material to do it in a single movie. I was glad they put a scene with Jobs at Atari since "Pirates" didn't have that. I think the Steve Jobs walk was over done but overall it was fine.
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I think they really saw the movie and hated the actor. In searching around I found only one modestly positive review of this movie and it was from one of those newspapers that likes everything.
 
We brilliant Macrumors forum readers know the real Steve Jobs. We are so enlightened. This movie can't possibly be good. I can't believe they didn't consult with us when writing the script!
 
I simply cannot take Kutcher seriously. He plays morons very well, and sounds like a total tool. He reminds me of a guy I work with, ugh...

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griefrev said:
Now maybe if Jack Black had played Woz...
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...it would have been even worse than it was?
 
IJ Reilly said:
I think they really saw the movie and hated the actor. In searching around I found only one modestly positive review of this movie and it was from one of those newspapers that likes everything.
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I walked away from the film very frustrated at how the Apple board and Scully were at Apple back in the 1980's. They really hurt the investors even though they thought they were doing the right thing at the time.
 
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JayCee842 said:
I new it would be bad. My brother saw it last night and recommended I not see it. What a disappointment. :(
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Not really shocked. They didn't really have anything amazing to work with in terms of info about Steve. And it was a first time writer etc.

But even the likely goal was to get them press to kick start their careers, the movie worked

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benpatient said:
Not until 1999.

He was a lot more than just "Apple" before then.

Ironic that this movie doesn't even include his most Apple-centric decade.

Where is the NeXT and Pixar stuff that dominated his attention during much of the 1980s and 1990s?
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Exactly. This is supposed to be about Steve, not Apple. NeXT and Pixar were a big part of his life
 
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