True.
Casting Kutcher in the role of Jobs is a slap in the face of any true Apple fan.
Anyone who feels personally offended by a role choice in a movie needs to get over themselves.
I guess I'm not a "true Apple fan".
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'JOBS' Biography Starring Ashton Kutcher Hits Theaters to Mixed Reviews
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Anyone who feels personally offended by a role choice in a movie needs to get over themselves.
I guess I'm not a "true Apple fan".
Anyone who feels personally offended by a role choice in a movie needs to get over themselves.
I guess I'm not a "true Apple fan".
Not personally offended. It's just that when I see clips, I don't see Jobs, I see a d-bag.
Watched it tonight. Maybe ~50 in the theatre. Teenagers-adults. I feel it's really closed-minded to just blow off a film because you don't like the lead actor.
Honestly, going into it, I was expecting 50/50. It was either going to be good and enjoyable, or boring and documentary-like (just hitting on facts that I already knew). For the most part, I enjoyed seeing the portrayal of the facts and events I already knew. I've always thought of Apple's beginnings as Jobs being the businessman and Woz being the engineer and inventor, which is what the film did perfectly, I think. And once Apple was established, it portrayed the bossy, and sometimes even total *******, that Jobs could be to motivate everyone around him. I believe it summed up Jobs' leaving and NeXT in a whole scene. Just to fill in a time-gap before he returned to Apple. I thought absolutely no mention of Pixar was strange, but oh well.
I can't recommend it as a "date-night" kind of movie, but I'd say its one most can enjoy as long as they know what they're going into. And if you're on the fence, definitely wait for it on Netflix or other sources.
Honestly, going into it, I was expecting 50/50. It was either going to be good and enjoyable, or boring and documentary-like (just hitting on facts that I already knew). For the most part, I enjoyed seeing the portrayal of the facts and events I already knew. I've always thought of Apple's beginnings as Jobs being the businessman and Woz being the engineer and inventor, which is what the film did perfectly, I think. And once Apple was established, it portrayed the bossy, and sometimes even total *******, that Jobs could be to motivate everyone around him. I believe it summed up Jobs' leaving and NeXT in a whole scene. Just to fill in a time-gap before he returned to Apple. I thought absolutely no mention of Pixar was strange, but oh well.
I can't recommend it as a "date-night" kind of movie, but I'd say its one most can enjoy as long as they know what they're going into. And if you're on the fence, definitely wait for it on Netflix or other sources.
I saw the movie today and all in all was not bad I am a BIG STEVE JOBS fan. I have all his book and looked over them cover to cover 25 times. Yes I would like to see the real man but was not that bad I give in a 5 out of 5
Just got back from seeing it! Kutcher did a great job playing Jobs. The movie, itself, was decent. I wish there was more detail into Jobs's life, though. More about Apple. Regardless, I enjoyed it and would recommend it. It's worth a watch to any fan of Apple or Steve Jobs.
I saw the movie last night mainly because I felt I should just go see it. While its not a total bust, its simply a shame it could not have been done better and more accurate. Basically, Ashton Kutcher tries so hard to look like Steve Jobs it doesn't appear natural. I would have taken a no name actor with 'lesser effort' to look like Steve and add it more accuracy to the storyline.
As a tech geek, I also would have appreciated a little more 'technical' accuracy when it came to showing the computers, the circuit boards, the displays and screens, etc.
As a tech geek, I also would have appreciated a little more 'technical' accuracy when it came to showing the computers, the circuit boards, the displays and screens, etc.
Most of you should look up the meaning of biopic. It is a dramatization of the life of someone famous. It does not have to be entirely accurate or cover the lives of people surrounding that figure in any detail. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical_film
What you apparently are looking for is a documentary on Apple itself which is what this is not. It was called "Jobs", not "Apple". Other than the fact that Ashton's voice sounded nothing like Jobs, I think he did a decent job. It was a decent movie for a dramatization of the life of Jobs from his computer club days to the early days of "iCEO".
I hate to break it to you nerds and fanboys but Woz is a boring nerd/geek. He was singularly brilliant as an engineer but not a good businessman and not a visionary. He was just scratching an itch like many open source developers of today but without a partner able to see past the needs of one person, the Apple I and Apple II would never have existed.
Maybe someone will make a documentary about Apple but I guarantee you that it will not be a theatrical release and would most likely be done as a mini series on the History Channel.
Other that a lack of voice coaching for Ashton, I think he did a tremendous job portraying Steve Jobs in this movie.
As for you personal attacks against the actors, I think you people need to grow up. They are regular people like you and me who happen to have a very public job and are under constant scrutiny.
I would rather hang out with a mature person like Ashton Kutcher than the majority of the commentators on here. He has learned that hard work brings fulfilment as does love for others through works of compassion and charity.
Love is not just an emotion, it is an action verb. You can show love through giving water to the thirsty, food to the hungry and compassionate comforting for the hurting. Weep with those who weep and laugh with those who laugh out of joy.
What you apparently are looking for is a documentary on Apple itself which is what this is not. It was called "Jobs", not "Apple". Other than the fact that Ashton's voice sounded nothing like Jobs, I think he did a decent job. It was a decent movie for a dramatization of the life of Jobs from his computer club days to the early days of "iCEO".
I hate to break it to you nerds and fanboys but Woz is a boring nerd/geek. He was singularly brilliant as an engineer but not a good businessman and not a visionary. He was just scratching an itch like many open source developers of today but without a partner able to see past the needs of one person, the Apple I and Apple II would never have existed.
Maybe someone will make a documentary about Apple but I guarantee you that it will not be a theatrical release and would most likely be done as a mini series on the History Channel.
Other that a lack of voice coaching for Ashton, I think he did a tremendous job portraying Steve Jobs in this movie.
As for you personal attacks against the actors, I think you people need to grow up. They are regular people like you and me who happen to have a very public job and are under constant scrutiny.
I would rather hang out with a mature person like Ashton Kutcher than the majority of the commentators on here. He has learned that hard work brings fulfilment as does love for others through works of compassion and charity.
Love is not just an emotion, it is an action verb. You can show love through giving water to the thirsty, food to the hungry and compassionate comforting for the hurting. Weep with those who weep and laugh with those who laugh out of joy.
I'd say worst. It is a half story with not much of their real inspirations. Like any big company, the real genesis story is confined to a small few who were there or has no vested interest in exposing or valuing the truth. I'll take the stories I heard in the Valley over the past twenty years over what this movie says. There are other Jobs movies coming out. One has Woz as a consultant. Looking forward to that.
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Or the producers would be slapped with slander lawsuits with cease and desists before it hit distribution. You want some really colorful icons that deserve a movie look at Malcom Forbes, Bill Lear and Steve Wynn.
Based on the previews I've seen it's just more "KELSO" pretending to trying out to play Steve Jobs and he gets the part!
Frankly, Ashton makes Keanu Reeves look like Marlan Brando by comparison. Whoa!
Frankly, Ashton makes Keanu Reeves look like Marlan Brando by comparison. Whoa!
Seriously, you guys need to get over yourselves. Wozniak was definitely a big part of the original Apple but Gil Amelio basically all but killed that Apple which Jobs and Wozniak started. The Apple that we all now know and love was basically Jobs's baby and is basically NEXT Inc 2.0. Sure, it retained the name of Apple and the logo but Jobs cleaned out the board of the old Apple the first chance he got.
Are we hear to talk about the Apple II Apple or the iMac/iPod/iPhone/iPad/MacBook/Macbook Pro Apple? I thought we were we were all here because of the latter?
Don't get me wrong, I learned how to program in school on the Apple IIe and later on the Mac Plus but the first Mac that I bought was the eMac running OS X Jaguar which we all know is the decedent of NEXT STEP.
Are we hear to talk about the Apple II Apple or the iMac/iPod/iPhone/iPad/MacBook/Macbook Pro Apple? I thought we were we were all here because of the latter?
Don't get me wrong, I learned how to program in school on the Apple IIe and later on the Mac Plus but the first Mac that I bought was the eMac running OS X Jaguar which we all know is the decedent of NEXT STEP.