Haven't seen Hunger or Shame, but they're on my to-watch list now. Thanks.
Fassbender was very good in The Counselor, and also in Prometheus.
(Neither of which I liked very much. At all.)
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Michael Fassbender in Talks to Play Steve Jobs in Upcoming Sony Biopic
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Haven't seen Hunger or Shame, but they're on my to-watch list now. Thanks.
Fassbender was very good in The Counselor, and also in Prometheus.
(Neither of which I liked very much. At all.)
Exactly. Nothing that hasn't been done before. Looked and sounded like a bad made-for-TV movie.
Shame, since Kutcher does have sort of a Jobsian energy.
Maybe the Sorkin team can hire him for their film too.
Give him a 2nd chance.
It might not have lasted, but it's just as obviously pointless (even if serious), just as the "snappier" comments are.
I know.. movie might have been great with Bale. We'll still like it but it will just be okay.
While those other films may run the gamut from amazing to disappointing (I'm looking at you, Prometheus), I'm glad the article points out that the main reason most people know Fassbender is because of his role as Magneto. It'd be a little silly to claim otherwise.
That having been said, I'd rather watch Fassbender perform than either Bale or DeCaprio... So I'm down with this.
I don't think this movie will ever be done. There's something fishy about it that a few great actors already passed.
If "great actors have passed on the role" were a criterion for movies not being made, then a lot of the greatest movies would not exist now.
Whilst true, it's obvious that if you have a movie specifically about one given person, about his life, you should make an effort to get someone who passes not only on the depiction of personality, but also the looks, especially so when it's a contemporary person whose appearance is engraved into most of the people's minds watching this movie.
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SUperb choice! He's a great, late blooming actor. Steve jobs was essentially a suitless Magneto anyway.
I was stunned by the number of mostly wooden performances in Prometheus, from actors and actresses I would have expected a lot more from. Fassbender, however, was nearly flawless.
I can appreciate the irony behind the concept that the most human performance from the movie was for the robot, though. And if that was intentional... kudos, I guess.
Um...he did play God in Bruce Almighty pretty well, and his voice is extremely different than God's.
I don't think this movie will ever be done. There's something fishy about it that a few great actors already passed.
It could have something to do with the salary budget.
It should be this guy, Mr. Wyle:
Pirates of Silicon Valley
Best cast, best portrayal!
If only we had the technology to do something about simple things like that when it comes to movies...if only.
Steve Jobs also would have shut down the production of iPhone, iPad and Mac by now and would have turned Apple into a producer of hairnets and left socks.
Sometimes it's good that people don't follow the plans and wishes that our imagination implants into the minds of dead people.
Sidenote: The work on the Kutcher movie began while Jobs was still alive and was supported by his family after his death. The Sorkin movie is based on a biography that was created in very close cooperation with Jobs, and no "Don't turn this into a movie" Jobs quote has been reported. But hey, a Macrumors forum member of course knows best what Jobs would have wanted.
