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'Steve Jobs' Debuts in Select Theaters as First Full Scene Debuts Online
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LMAO, Seth Rogen.
I'm sorry, he seems way to serious. I'm just used to him and Franco...doing...um...other stuff
I'm sorry, he seems way to serious. I'm just used to him and Franco...doing...um...other stuff
It's good they are leading with that clip...
So that anyone interested in reality will know to stay away.
Apple licensed the great UI work PARC did. Obviously Woz knew that, like everyone else.
But oh well, it's more dramatic to suggest Steve Jobs "stole" it. It's also silly to suggest Woz and others didn't understand or appreciate Jobs' contributions. It's fine to make up scenes and conversations that didn't happen, but they should illuminate what was actually happening.
If you don't think you can make a good movie about Steve Jobs from the actual situation, why even bother? This movie tells a story, but it's not the story of Steve Jobs. It's using his name and related things, but doesn't tell his story. Put another way: if you don't think Steve Jobs' real story would make a good movie... then you don't have to make that movie. Make the movie you want, but don't pretend it has something to do with Steve Jobs.
So that anyone interested in reality will know to stay away.
Apple licensed the great UI work PARC did. Obviously Woz knew that, like everyone else.
But oh well, it's more dramatic to suggest Steve Jobs "stole" it. It's also silly to suggest Woz and others didn't understand or appreciate Jobs' contributions. It's fine to make up scenes and conversations that didn't happen, but they should illuminate what was actually happening.
If you don't think you can make a good movie about Steve Jobs from the actual situation, why even bother? This movie tells a story, but it's not the story of Steve Jobs. It's using his name and related things, but doesn't tell his story. Put another way: if you don't think Steve Jobs' real story would make a good movie... then you don't have to make that movie. Make the movie you want, but don't pretend it has something to do with Steve Jobs.
A movie will keep Steve from resting in peace?
That's sad.
I wonder if William Randolph Hearst is still spinning in his grave because of Citizen Kane?
Let me see if I get this. You are bored, so they should cancel the movie. Is that it?
I much prefer the mini series treatment of books to movies. Of course I prefer books to movies period. Unless there are spaceships or car chases involved.
The much-anticipated Steve Jobs film today launches in select theaters across the United States, following its debut at a few film festivals throughout September and October. To coincide with the film's release, on its YouTube channel Universal Pictures has published a handful of new TV spots, inside looks, and the first full clip from the movie. In the scene, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak confronts Michael Fassbender's Steve Jobs over the impending launch of the NeXT Computer.
Alongside the scene, Universal shared four new TV spots for the movie that have been promoting its release over the past few weeks, most of them centering around Rolling Stone's four-star review of the film. The company also shared "a look inside" the newly released film, including short interview clips with its cast and crew that focus on writer Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle.
The first impressions of the film at festivals in Telluride and New York have been largely positive, centering on Fassbender's performance and the risky, yet rewarding liberties that Sorkin takes with certain aspects of Jobs' life. Currently, the film sits at a 91 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 50 fresh reviews to 5 rotten.
Steve Jobs launches today in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles and will see a slow rollout to more select theaters in places like Toronto and Boston on October 16. The actual, wide release is set for closer to the end of the month on October 23.
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Yea he was pretty good as jobs. I feel like the movies suffered more because of a weak script and weird pacing.
This is obviously made up.
Woz would never say anything like that. If the roles are reversed, Woz is trying to launch the first fully OOP operating system, Steve Jobs would probably show up and tell him there is no market for it, and it will completely fail.
Woz would never say anything like that. If the roles are reversed, Woz is trying to launch the first fully OOP operating system, Steve Jobs would probably show up and tell him there is no market for it, and it will completely fail.
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That one clip was quite a bit of scenery chewing and doesn't really impress me much as a demonstration of sublime acting skills. But it was entertaining to watch so there's that.
If that dialogue accurately represents what Woz had wanted to say to Jobs, then their friendship really wasn't much of one after all. And apparently Woz has more anger and resentment he never worked through except to consult on this movie and enthusiastically endorse this as representing the real Steve Jobs.
Frankly I don't feel like paying money to be Wozniak's therapist. Let him hash that out with a professional who can help him deal with it and move on. We get it, his "friend" was a complete and utter asshat. But he was an asshat who lifted his genius friend out of obscurity and helped make him a rich man and a household name among tech enthusiasts everywhere. Enough already.
I hope I have better "friends" than that. If they're pissed at me, tell me to my face while I'm still alive to do something about it. Don't endorse a movie after I'm dead where your character gets to say all this crap to mine and let gullible people believe you really had the balls to say it to my face like a real man would. I know Woz admits in an interview he didn't say it. Would have been more accurate in the movie for him kvetch to another character then.
What throws me is that Fassbender looks more like John Sculley than Jobs. They didn't even make an effort on the hair and that could be just anybody. I'll have to see more than one clip to see if he otherwise captures Steve Jobs through his acting.
That one clip was quite a bit of scenery chewing and doesn't really impress me much as a demonstration of sublime acting skills. But it was entertaining to watch so there's that.
If that dialogue accurately represents what Woz had wanted to say to Jobs, then their friendship really wasn't much of one after all. And apparently Woz has more anger and resentment he never worked through except to consult on this movie and enthusiastically endorse this as representing the real Steve Jobs.
Frankly I don't feel like paying money to be Wozniak's therapist. Let him hash that out with a professional who can help him deal with it and move on. We get it, his "friend" was a complete and utter asshat. But he was an asshat who lifted his genius friend out of obscurity and helped make him a rich man and a household name among tech enthusiasts everywhere. Enough already.
I hope I have better "friends" than that. If they're pissed at me, tell me to my face while I'm still alive to do something about it. Don't endorse a movie after I'm dead where your character gets to say all this crap to mine and let gullible people believe you really had the balls to say it to my face like a real man would. I know Woz admits in an interview he didn't say it. Would have been more accurate in the movie for him kvetch to another character then.
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Your statement is every bit as ridiculous as the statements of those who say that he was the second coming of Christ. He was a human. He had flaws. Some were glaring. He was not warm and fuzzy for a lot of his adult life. But he was also a genius. I submit that anyone who would deny that is delusional.
Yes I think this movie should be called Steve Jobs according to Woz.
It's mystifying to me that people still get in a car and drive somewhere to bring home a movie to watch.
I heard Samsung is actively trying to shut down a movie called "Lee Kun-hee". A central scene shows a guy repeatedly screaming " He is not my son !!! "
Woz has always felt slighted by Steve and in his shadow for all these years, so this was his chance to re-write history a bit or at least step into the spotlight (and make $200k). My guess is that Tim Cook won't be inviting the Woz to future Apple Christmas parties anytime soon...
No you can't, not unless you know the thoughts of each member of the entire population of the planet.
The much-anticipated Steve Jobs film today launches in select theaters across the United States, following its debut at a few film festivals throughout September and October. To coincide with the film's release, on its YouTube channel Universal Pictures has published a handful of new TV spots, inside looks, and the first full clip from the movie. In the scene, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak confronts Michael Fassbender's Steve Jobs over the impending launch of the NeXT Computer.
Alongside the scene, Universal shared four new TV spots for the movie that have been promoting its release over the past few weeks, most of them centering around Rolling Stone's four-star review of the film. The company also shared "a look inside" the newly released film, including short interview clips with its cast and crew that focus on writer Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle.
The first impressions of the film at festivals in Telluride and New York have been largely positive, centering on Fassbender's performance and the risky, yet rewarding liberties that Sorkin takes with certain aspects of Jobs' life. Currently, the film sits at a 91 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 50 fresh reviews to 5 rotten.
Steve Jobs launches today in select theaters in New York and Los Angeles and will see a slow rollout to more select theaters in places like Toronto and Boston on October 16. The actual, wide release is set for closer to the end of the month on October 23.
Article Link: 'Steve Jobs' Debuts in Select Theaters as First Full Scene Debuts Online
I agree, what is this the third movie?
I've read several reports in newspapers that Jobs' wife was actively contacting various people involved with the film, trying to convince them to turn down the role. That likely explains why so many high profile actors jumped ship during production. Did MacRumors report any of this, or have I simply missed it?
looking the part is critical but it is only an icing, an embellishment.
the cake is good acting, bringing in the credibility that goes far beyond looking the part.
Let's get all the staff of Apple who are featured in this film, to act the film and make a proper version. Oops, nope - that won't work. I suppose NO ONE knows what is true and what isn't 100%, because the actors are actors, not Apple employees or their families, and none of them were there. Ah yes... it's a drama, not a documentary... so artistic licence is inevitable.
IT'S.
A.
FILM.
We should quit the intense analysys, it's JUST A FILM.
IT'S.
A.
FILM.
We should quit the intense analysys, it's JUST A FILM.