While the depth of the movie is important too the lead character NEEDS to highly resemble Jobs or most people won't be able to relate to him or easily identify him. I've seen a few actors doing a story of a high profile person's life and they either didn't sound like that person or look like that person and it really brought down the value of the movie.
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Universal Releases New Trailer for Upcoming 'Steve Jobs' Movie
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While the depth of the movie is important too the lead character NEEDS to highly resemble Jobs or most people won't be able to relate to him or easily identify him. I've seen a few actors doing a story of a high profile person's life and they either didn't sound like that person or look like that person and it really brought down the value of the movie.
I'm sure many share your opinion but just look around. Everyone is always on their phones (mostly iPhones where I live) and mostly because of this man. You can't make such a direct connection to present day culture and technology about too many other historical figures.
For some reason I see the one with Haston Cutcher more appealing. This one looks like Tron and focussed in his family drama. At least that is the impression the trailer gave me.
It's sad when writers feel one of the most interesting people in the past century isn't good enough as is. Reality is what made Jobs so interesting, why would I watch something that over-dramatizes it?
Sorry, but this is a download-out-of-boredom-a-year-from-now film for me.
This movie is straddling the line between a popcorn movie and an art film. The popcorn crowd is curious because they all have iPhones but they judge mostly superficial things like the actor's hairstyle. The art crowd cares about the message but that might be lost in the race to cash in on anything Jobs these days.
See, I thought about that when Heath Ledger was cast as Joker in The Dark Knight. Boy were most of us proven wrong.
on corbert, tim cook was speaking of steve jobs movies in general terms. he also said he hasn't watched any of them.
I can't wait until they do the Steve Balmer movie... a tragic comedy for sure!
The husband of the woman on the 1 dollar bill.
As to the movie...................wait for it on cable
not sure I get the first comment, but the second I can agree with.
Fassbender in the photo. Conducting the Philharmonic, or about to take a towel off of the clothes line?
Never understood this logic in watching a biopic. Have you seen Gandhi? Looks nothing like Gandhi. How about Selma? Looks nothing like MLK. To me, it's about the PERFORMANCE and nothing else.
You can have a look alike do a biopic, but it won't matter if his/her performance isn't there at all.
Performance > Looks any day of the week.
I want to see a movie of what happened after the iMac launch. The Android spin-off on what happened to made Steve pissed, the decision to release Mac on Intel, the behind closed doors about the progress of the G5, the backstory of the iPad/iPhone.
He said in the same interview that he had not seen the film. His comment above wasn't specifically in reference to this film, but rather various projects that take a "critical" view of SJ's life.
Besides, what is he supposed to say? Cook was a close friend of Jobs and Jobs is an icon of the company now headed by Cook. Even if he finds a portrayal completely accurate, he is unlikely to admit that if the portrayal is anything less than glowlingly positive.
One of Aaron Sorkin's greatest strengths, in my opinion, is his ability to show a subject with significant faults -- and not gloss over those faults -- but still capture his subject's greatness. You'll see the human side and the genius here -- give it a chance!
I trust Woz's judgement over Cook's in re: to Jobs.
Woz thought it was brilliant. That's enough for me.
So what? I love my collection of Nike Sneakers (in which this company has been around long before Apple with a much larger presence) and I wouldn't feel the necessity to watch the story of the CEO's life on film. That's boring.
And as much as I get called an "Apple Apologist" around here, with no intention of saying something rude to you, I have to say that it's very ridiculous to feel love for Steve Jobs (enough to go to the theater to see a movie about him) just because he turned out some amazing products for those of us who have benefitted from owning Apple products. That's way past being a fanatic of a CEO.
Apple is successful because of it's customers. Don't make this out to be a favor Jobs has done for all of us by creating amazing phones for us to use. Call me when the top of the line iPhone is suddenly free and no service charges for cellular air time. Maybe then, WE ALL should feel grateful to Apple and Jobs. Until then....
Welcome to movies. Rarely does a movie want to tell story of success or golden years; that's boring, there isn't enough conflict to sell tickets. People don't admit it but they love drama.
Tim Cook specifically said he hasn't seen any of these movies, because he felt the characterization was unfair. No doubt this will be the movie that is actually good regarding Steve Jobs, as early reviews and even personal reviews from Wozniak are are claiming that as well.
My guess is that you'll be able to figure out which character is Steve Jobs. And we all know Fassbender is an outstanding actor. Why impose a requirement that he have a close physical resmblence to Steve Jobs? What's important here is whether the actor possess the attributes critical to the story being told. None of those rely strongly on his appearance.
That's the thing... I think fassbender is "good enough" in the looks department of Jobs. It's just like Gandhi (imho, Kingsley didn't really look like Gandhi, but was "good enough.") Same with David Oyelowo in Selma, "good enough" in the looks departments as compared to MLK.
It's ALL about performance. You can have someone who looks, acts, etc. nearly exactly like the original, but if the performance isn't there: none of that matters.
Performance > Looks. Period in my book.