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'Steve Jobs' Movie Pulled From Over 2,000 Theaters After Flopping at Box Office
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A movie being a "flop" in box office revenue does not mean it is a "flop" in terms of it's creative and artistic value. Lots of great films "flop" in terms of box office revenue, only to become known as artistic successes later. Why is it that in America success is ALWAYS equated with money? It's really unhealthy.
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That's sad. But then again, with this digital crap; DCP etc., going to the movies is just like watching a giant projection television anyway. I hate digital "cinema." If it's shot on digital, you may have made a "movie" or a "motion picture", but you haven't made a film. #film #realfilm #8mm #16mm #35mm #70mm
A couple of people have said this, but I honestly believe a number of the nerds like us who love Steve Jobs and post on message boards could have supported this film, but when they take so many liberties when making the film, it doesn't help.
I think you're right. It was interesting. I was seeing commercials on television for over two weeks before I could see the movie in my city. Haven't seen one commercial since it was released here.
I haven't seen it, and I have a mild interest in seeing it. Yes, I know that Apple didn't steal the Xerox PARC GUI. But I will still gain some entertainment benefit about this fascinating man. However, given its flop at the box office I think I'll wait a few weeks and rent it on iTunes.
Regardless of all of the chirping on these forums I believe that it will probably make a ton of money on iTunes...
You mean the overpriced tickets, overpriced concessions, uncomfortable seats, and rude people who show up "fashionably" late and talk and text during the movie?
You mean the overpriced tickets, overpriced concessions, uncomfortable seats, and rude people who show up "fashionably" late and talk and text during the movie?
No, that's not what I meant, and you knew that.
What difference does it make to you that box office revenue hasn't been spectacular?
I'm looking forward to the Steve Jobs Musical with Michael Stipe from REM as Steve J, and Kenny Rogers as Steve W.
I think Marilyn Manson should play Bill Gates.
Then, they can make a cartoon... err... animated serial of it on Cartoon Network! It'll be interesting how they animate the Pixar part of his life.
I think Marilyn Manson should play Bill Gates.
Then, they can make a cartoon... err... animated serial of it on Cartoon Network! It'll be interesting how they animate the Pixar part of his life.
I think you're overly romanticizing film and the theater experience. How do you feel about vinyl?
Problem #1 - They should have purchased the rights for the flim before the book was published
Problem #2 - They should have started filming MUCH earlier
Problem #3 - They wasted way too long casting
Problem #4 - When Jobs died, they had the attention of the media/country, and they blew the perfect opportunity to release the movie soon after his passing
Problem #5 - From what I hear, the movie didn't really need the book at all, so they could have had a lot of this filmed, and could have shot any additional scenes had they needed to from tidbits in the book
Problem #6 - After all those problems, only Apple fans, and some, would find it necessary to see this film. I'll get it when it streams. Was a big Apple/Jobs fan, but the trailers make me laugh. Simple conversations lead to Jobs' monumental and brain-twisting answers. I don't know if the movie is like that, but I'd just like a yes/no answer from the guy, or a simple statement. Instead, I saw all this poetic nonsense that probably takes up most of the movie. It's like the script was written for Jobs' the myth, vs the man.
Having said all that, I haven't seen it, but am interested to see it.
Problem #2 - They should have started filming MUCH earlier
Problem #3 - They wasted way too long casting
Problem #4 - When Jobs died, they had the attention of the media/country, and they blew the perfect opportunity to release the movie soon after his passing
Problem #5 - From what I hear, the movie didn't really need the book at all, so they could have had a lot of this filmed, and could have shot any additional scenes had they needed to from tidbits in the book
Problem #6 - After all those problems, only Apple fans, and some, would find it necessary to see this film. I'll get it when it streams. Was a big Apple/Jobs fan, but the trailers make me laugh. Simple conversations lead to Jobs' monumental and brain-twisting answers. I don't know if the movie is like that, but I'd just like a yes/no answer from the guy, or a simple statement. Instead, I saw all this poetic nonsense that probably takes up most of the movie. It's like the script was written for Jobs' the myth, vs the man.
Having said all that, I haven't seen it, but am interested to see it.
OMG it's easy. The target market for that movie is the Apple aficionados who go to these Apple websites to soak up every last, tiny little bit of Apple "news". Even Apple's commercials are announced as if they are "news". It is a great audience but unfortunately for the film it is a very, very tiny audience. I myself am pretty much over it and am writing this on a PC.
I think you're overly romanticizing film and the theater experience. How do you feel about vinyl?
Oh no, I'm not. Not at all.
Totally agree with you. While I would not consider owning a film camera at all over my Canon 5D3 I think movies shot digitally look like television. Even well shot film movies, like John Wayne westerns look great on TV without looking like "TV".
"It's the religion, stupid!" You're referring to the cult of Steve Jobs and the movie intended to make money from it right?
Quoting the director: "Our movie has the highest consumer satisfaction number in the industry and ticket sales exceeded our expectations. We are working on a sequel, without additional content because we don't want to put the movie through the MPAA process because it would hold us back from innovating too much, the cycles are too long"
Opinions are subjective, but I'll also add most people are simply fed up with Steve Jobs all the hype behind him.
We're all Apple enthusiasts so there is an interest amongst most of us (I had zero interest in this movie), but 99.9% of the rest of the world simply couldn't care less.
I think you're overly romanticizing film and the theater experience. How do you feel about vinyl?
A film shot with the big screen in mind should be seen on a big screen ( ideally )
Also, the theater experience can vary wildly from one country to another. I can't stand going to film theaters in North America anymore. In contrast, most film theaters here in Paris ( and other european cities I've been to ) are just fantastic. The seats are clean and comfortable, the sound/image is top notch, people are mostly very disciplined and quiet, and more importantly :
ALMOST NO ONE EATS POPCORN IN THE THEATER ( or even worse, hot dogs
, wich don't even exists in theaters here), and thank God, cause I just feel like strangling them right there. Most of the time, almost no one eats or even drinks anything at all. It's very much frown upon here to eat during a movie. If you wanna drink or eat, go to a freaking restaurant or café.So the the film theater experience here is very much enjoyable.
If only he looked more like jobs...
Does this mean it'll be in the cutout bins for the holidays?
Does this mean it'll be in the cutout bins for the holidays?
I still own a Minolta XL-401 Super8mm film camera, and an Elmo 912 editor/viewer, a Kodak splicer, and a Kodak M65A projector, and enjoy shooting film and physically editing it, making short experimental and documentary films as a creative outlet. I used the camera when I was earning my degree in Cinema history, theory and criticism at USC's cinema school in L.A. I do own a Canon GL-1 which collects dust in the closet. It's SD (who cares) but can shoot 16x9. I might take it out and shoot something with it again someday, but I really enjoy the physicality and artisinal quality of shooting and editing real film.
He made a fairly convincing looking older Jobs, although their 1998 Jobs looked more like post-2000 Jobs.
I was able to accept Fassbender as Jobs, though, which says a lot for the acting. Can't help but wonder what might have been with Christian Bale, however.