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There are lots of people in the world who we consider to be famous. For some reason a mass grouping of people think that famous individuals live their whole life infront of a camera. This movie is proof they do not.This movie has some really amazing star power behind it from Danny Boyle leading the helm as director to Michael Fassbender in the title role and actors like Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen in between. However, the star power in this movie is lost in the absolute magnitude of story this film provides for you. Not once in this movie did I find myself watching as Steve argued his way through life and thought to myself "Man, Micheal just doesn't look right." Or "This is an awesome movie." Instead I found myself saying things to myself like "I hope Steve and Woz don't end up ripping each other apart" and "Don't let go of Lisa, Steve".There is absolutely no denying the huge shadow that Steve Jobs left on the world. If you approached 200 people just randomly on the streets and asked if they knew Steve Jobs, they would say yes 99% of the time. Everyone knows Apple. Everyone knows the MacBook. Everyone knows the name "Steve Jobs". However, they don't know the true story. This is that story.On the technical side this movie knocks it out of the park. The sets are fantastic, The music is spot on, The lighting is perfect, The props are great, etc, etc, etc. Definitely check this film out if you haven't. Even if you aren't an Apple fan. This isn't the story of Apple. This is the story of Steve.
HarlekwinBlog
The problem with biographical pieces about the recently departed is that everyone has a perspective.
Especially if that person is famous.
Even more so if that person is deemed to have changed or inspired a whole generation.This is an okay drama of a moment in time but does not feel entirely balanced. Perhaps it is and this is my filter, my perspective if you will, on the subject matter.Jobs was and continues to be a giant in the computer industry. This movie won't diminish that, nor will it enhance it.
Michael Ledo
This is an odd way to do a biography and was more of a character study with flashbacks. The film is divided into three basic scenes and if you are concerned about PLOT SPOILERS don't read on, but I will be gentle. The first 35 minutes of the film is a behind the scenes look at the roll out of the MAC computer. We meet Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet) his "work wife" and right arm. We also meet his daughter Lisa and her mother (Katherine Waterston) along with the major characters at Apple. The next 40 minutes is a behind the scenes look at the roll out of the Cube, and again we get more character study of Steve (Michael Fassbender) and more flashbacks...and some more of Lisa. The rest of the film jumps to 1998 and behind the scenes look at roll out of I-MAC and more of Lisa.If you want a biography and a film most people can easily digest the Ashton Kutcher film is superior. This film has some aspects for the technology based audience as well as those who are curious about the unusual father-daughter relationship that Jobs maintained. Steve Jobs is portrayed as an intense individual who is a perfectionist, condescending and difficult to work with. I think I said that politely.This film won't have universal appeal but had great performances.Guide: F-bomb. No sex or nudity.
Lee Eisenberg
Every techie knows who Steve Jobs was. That is, they know that he founded Apple Inc., revolutionizing computers. But most people probably don't know Steve Jobs the man. Danny Boyle's Academy Award-nominated 2015 movie "Steve Jobs" is based on Walter Isaacson's biography of the Apple founder. Jobs had authorized the bio, but Isaacson's condition was to get the final say (in that he didn't give the most flattering image of Jobs). It got published right after Jobs's death on 2011.The movie focuses on three major events in Jobs's life: the release of the Macintosh in 1984, the launch of NeXT in 1988, and the unveiling of the iMac in 1998. Accompanying each of these is the issue of Jobs's refusal to provide for an old flame who claims that he's the father of her daughter. In these scenes, he comes across as kind of a nasty person. It was ironic that I watched all this on a MacBook Air.The movie emphasizes these events and relationships; there's no depiction of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak coming up with the idea for the computer in their garage. I guess that the point is that every icon is bound to have a less-than-venerable side. But seriously, are you gonna get people in this day and age to give up their iPhones just because Steve Jobs wasn't the nicest guy?It was through watching this movie that I learned about most of the other people who were involved in launching the products. I'd heard of Jobs and Wozniak. Joanna Hoffman, Andy Hertzfeld, John Sculley and Andrea Cunningham were new to me. Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Michael Stuhlbarg and Jeff Daniels turned in outstanding performances, as expected. It was surprising to see Seth Rogen in a serious role for a change, since we're used to seeing him play stoners who talk about bodily functions. But he gives it his all here.In the end, I recommend the movie.
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