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Michael Fassbender Depicted as Steve Jobs in New Movie Set Poster
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Looks is what matters... for a poster.
For a movie? It's the acting. Looks being super-close are a nice extra, but if a movie is done well you forget about that.
And a dead ringer that doesn't act the part well? That would be worse.
(See: lots of examples of presidents in movies. Good and bad. Some nail the appearance but nothing else... some work despite a different look, because the acting is top notch.)
For a movie? It's the acting. Looks being super-close are a nice extra, but if a movie is done well you forget about that.
And a dead ringer that doesn't act the part well? That would be worse.
(See: lots of examples of presidents in movies. Good and bad. Some nail the appearance but nothing else... some work despite a different look, because the acting is top notch.)
I personally think that, in a biopic, the actor playing the main character should at the very least resemble the real person. This just looks like Magneto in a nice suit.
Kutcher was *far* more believable. As much as that movie was about as lukewarm and compelling as day-old porridge, I had no trouble taking Kutcher for Jobs. That was a good casting choice, if only for the sake of looks.
Love all of these naysayers from Macrumors about a movie that doesn't even have a trailer. Ashton Kutcher actually LOOKS A LOT like Jobs in the movie he did. Guess how that turned out? Benjamin Walker looks more like Lincoln than Daniel Day Lewis, but "Lincoln" is a much better film than "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."
Looks isn't everything, as long as you get the right mannerisms and tone down. I care more about what goes on in the mind of one of greatest businessmen ever and the events that happen behind closed doors. Even if he doesn't perfectly looks like Jobs, things will fall into place if the material is good.
Looks isn't everything, as long as you get the right mannerisms and tone down. I care more about what goes on in the mind of one of greatest businessmen ever and the events that happen behind closed doors. Even if he doesn't perfectly looks like Jobs, things will fall into place if the material is good.
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Fassbender doesn't need to LOOK like Jobs ( this is a movie , not a documentary) , he needs to PROJECT the same attributes Jobs projects, and I think he does : He has got the hypnotic charm/magnetism ( watch Shame or Xmen "First class" where he smoothly seduces both men and women, or Ridley Scott's "The counselor" ) , the cold anger ( see Xmen or Soderbergh's Haywire where he plays a cold-blooded killer ), the smooth authority and confidence ( again, Xmen or Haywire ), the obsessive intensity. He's got them all.
When you think that some of the first choices where DiCaprio ( who looks even less like Jobs than Fassbender ), or that terrible actor named Tom Cruise , I think Fassbender is a safe choice. I'm confident he will nail it.
I would have preferred Fincher rather than Boyle though. But I saw Boyle last movie "Trance" and was absolutely dazzled by the virtuosity of it.
I think Jobs is going to be a very interesting movie.
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Exactly. If I just wanted to look at a Jobs clone, I'll just watch a youtube video of a WWDC event and get the real thing. What I want is watch an INTERESTING movie, with a fine actor like Fassbender.
When you think that some of the first choices where DiCaprio ( who looks even less like Jobs than Fassbender ), or that terrible actor named Tom Cruise , I think Fassbender is a safe choice. I'm confident he will nail it.
I would have preferred Fincher rather than Boyle though. But I saw Boyle last movie "Trance" and was absolutely dazzled by the virtuosity of it.
I think Jobs is going to be a very interesting movie.
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Exactly. If I just wanted to look at a Jobs clone, I'll just watch a youtube video of a WWDC event and get the real thing. What I want is watch an INTERESTING movie, with a fine actor like Fassbender.
Came here to say this. Glad someone else noticed. If the stylists and people behind the scenes trying to get the details right miss something obvious and easy like his hair style—then I really worry about the rest of the movie. I mean, he barely has any resemblance to Jobs at all—so you need to get the details like hair right to make it more believable.
I somewhat agree depending on how good the acting is and the styling—but as I just stated, they missed on the hair. The problem I have with what you say is that Steve Jobs is an iconic figure that many Americans would recognize a photo of. He was always in front of the cameras and was the face of Apple, which is now the biggest company in the world and most Americans have either used or own several of their devices. Pulling off the look is a really key component for this movie and from my initial impression here, it looks like they're missing it.
And you know, I totally agree with you. I think the issue is that most people, and particularly the demographic to whom this movie will be interesting, remember very well exactly what Jobs looked like. Most have seen his image, and the term "Stevenote" is well known because, well, we've seen one.
It might not be as important if this were made in 30 or 40 years, but so soon after Jobs's death, yeah, I think you absolutely need to consider how the actor in the lead role looks by way of resemblance.
I realize that better acting is more important than looking identical, but looking completely different really ruins the fantasy for me.
I mean. a movie should be in legacy, right? "How we should remember so and so"? except I don't want to remember Steve Jobs as looking like someone else.
I feel like there's too many media made projects in regards to the same story, and yet none of them did it right. (except the biography.)
I mean. a movie should be in legacy, right? "How we should remember so and so"? except I don't want to remember Steve Jobs as looking like someone else.
I feel like there's too many media made projects in regards to the same story, and yet none of them did it right. (except the biography.)
Except lots of people never knew what Oskar Schindler looks like and there were no wikipedia in 1993, with Jobs he is "current" and we've seen him in every media so an actor playing him should at least look a like to make it believable.
Looks so wrong, hopefully the acting makes it more believable.
In that poster, he looks like a sales person.
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I never knew who Shindler was till I saw the movie. Had no issues with the actor
With jobs..... gonna be hard...
In that poster, he looks like a sales person.
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I never knew who Shindler was till I saw the movie. Had no issues with the actor
With jobs..... gonna be hard...
Except, the iconic Steve Jobs most Americans would know is late Steve Jobs, with short cropped receding grey hair, glasses and a black turtleneck.
True, but a movie is not supposed to be an exact copy of reality. You have to weigh all your options and best cards (money, actor choices, timing) and the limitations of the human species (we don't all look alike). If the movie is good, who really cares if he looks off. If he acts like Steve Jobs like we know him, it'll be enough.
