Reviewers take on Jobs makes it clear that the film is not the apple of their eyes
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Ashton Kutcher was praised by the critics for his portrayal of Steve Jobs |
If there was one constant about the reviews, it was the priase heaped on Ashton Kutcher for a role he was born to play. Many reviewers, even those who thought the movie was not special, came away calling it the performance of his career. The movie opens April 19th and while there is no mention of the Apple iPhone or Apple iPad, it seems that the film does show Jobs' introducing the first Apple iPod.
So will you see the movie? Even if you are not a fan of the man or the products he designed, you might find yourself taken with the story, even if it has been enhanced and twisted for the giant screen. In other words, it is entertainment, nothing more and nothing less.
"The film is not a documentary, nor is it meant to be a blow by blow, word for word account of all conversations and events. The filmmakers have tremendous admiration and respect for Wozniak and all those that are portrayed in the film, and did extensive research in an effort to make an entertaining accurate film that captures the essence and story of Steve Jobs and those that built Apple with him. The filmmakers acknowledge that not every single thing in the film is a precise representation of what took place, but is feature film entertainment about one of the most important, creative and impactful people [in] our culture’s history taking place over three decades [that are] compressed into a two hour film."-Amanda Lundberg, Jobs publicist
source: Forbes
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46 Comments
1. Phullofphil posted on 26 Jan 2013, 15:47 0 0
I am sure its probably alright but never will there be a movie good enough for alot of yhe hardcore apple and jobs fanatic. Unless it is a mini series I doubt uou can cram enough into a movie about a mans life that had so much happen.
9. metalpoet (unregistered) posted on 26 Jan 2013, 16:43 4 0
Ill watch it, im sure itll be a great comedy about a man every thinks is god. although Ashton Kutcher is a decent actor
46. Imbatman posted on 27 Jan 2013, 22:29 0 0
Ill see it once netflix gets it in a few months. I do have to say that Ashton Kutcher does look alot like jobs and is probably one of his best movies. But nothing can beat That 70's Show for him.
4. KFear posted on 26 Jan 2013, 15:57 7 7
You can't say that they have bad products. They have great productions. I just don't agree with their software decisions. This goes with most of us that post to phone arena. We have issues with the restricted software.
8. nak1017 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 16:40 9 0
Very well point
I like my Macbook, but I like it even more running windows
20. KFear posted on 26 Jan 2013, 20:24 2 2
You can. I just don't see how anyone can say that Apple has "bad" products. I work in wireless. IPhones are great phones for some people. Mac Books are great for some people. Android and Windows are best for me, but not for anyone. Companies that have bad products?...ZTE. I have never seen ZTE come out with a good product.
35. -SEUL8TR- posted on 27 Jan 2013, 05:20 0 1
Shaarap go away.
14. someones4 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 17:56 4 4
His comment can mean that they have good products and that he's a fan. But since you decided that he speaks ill of the products by default, deep down you know that the products are bad.
get what i mean?
5. Droid_X_Doug posted on 26 Jan 2013, 16:34 6 0
That is an interesting analogy. Dated UI. Shameless copying of others ideas. Complaining when the truth isn't as flattering as Steve wanted it to be. Suing competitors who out-competed him. Hmmm. Maybe I will pass on the film. Once was enough.
15. Cerberusa2a posted on 26 Jan 2013, 18:15 11 0
Why do I get the feeling that people will be charged twice as much to see this film for the same quality as other films... oh apple and ripping people off
3. KFear posted on 26 Jan 2013, 15:55 0 0
I don't doubt Ashton as a good actor. He just has annoying rolls and he's been the idiot from that 70's show for far too long and in for too many TV comedies as well as some films. I'm glad he did a great job with this, so it seems. At some point a huge production will be made that will completely nail Job's achievements and lifetime events. Not an easy task, but for many it would be a roll that could make their career. That is, if another film is ever made. I'd see it. But i'll probably skip this one. Just have Spielberg do it.
7. nak1017 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 16:39 2 0
If this is the performance of his career and the movie is receiving luke warm reviews at best, then its time for the Kutch to hang it up and start doing commercials in Japan.
23. -box- posted on 26 Jan 2013, 20:54 0 4
But otherwise, yes, more or less.
I don't think there will ever be a grand biopic of his life. "jobs" + "Pirates of Silicon Valley" seem sufficient.
6. Whateverman posted on 26 Jan 2013, 16:37 5 0
"I don’t know if there’s ever been an entrepreneur who’s had more compassion and care for his consumer than Steve Jobs."
I can't I've ever heard ANYONE... EVER... use the word 'compassion' when describing Steve Jobs. I certain exclamation during that whole antennagate email comes to mind. You know what I'm talking about.
10. vicorama posted on 26 Jan 2013, 17:21 5 0
In 6 months they will release the movie with new footage, 6 months after it will be in 3D. And it will be heralded as a innovation to movies! /endsarcasm
12. deadstroke posted on 26 Jan 2013, 17:41 4 0
L will give 3 week this movie.. reason is that the apple fan can watch their idol.an then direct to the dvd stores
13. someones4 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 17:54 13 5
His life isn't superb to begin with... the movie shouldn't be any better
19. Lift_Off posted on 26 Jan 2013, 20:22 4 5
ya starting one of the biggest companies in the world isnt superb. what are you doing again??
22. -box- posted on 26 Jan 2013, 20:50 4 6
They're not all that big. They have a widespread distribution network for their overpriced junk manufactured cheaply in China by borderline-slave labor (which, granted, is gradually improving)
28. Lift_Off posted on 26 Jan 2013, 22:04 4 5
what do you mean its not all that big?! have you looked it up before? 22nd biggest company in the world.... and almost everyone in front of them is a gas and oil company. Look I'm not some crazed apple fanboy but I feel like you guys are just discounting apple and jobs because you just love to hate apple.
31. -box- posted on 27 Jan 2013, 00:24 2 6
What are your qualifications for "big"? Financial assets? Number of workers? Worldwide availability of products? Socio-economic impacts? Excepting cash reserves, apple isn't that large worldwide in any of those. Yes, I am openly against apple and all it stands for and has stood for since its reincarnation, but not to such a degree that ignore facts and figures.
33. Lift_Off posted on 27 Jan 2013, 03:55 4 4
Big, like, Big. Just go to google and type it in (Go ahead and start with forbes if you really are interested). Really, it doesn't matter in what ways, all I was trying to make a point of in the first place is that Jobs is a significant figure, and has created a huge and successful company, whether you and I are a fan of the man or not.
36. -SEUL8TR- posted on 27 Jan 2013, 05:23 2 4
Says the cult, hippy.
24. someones4 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 21:17 5 4
If they want to make a movie based on people who actually bring advancement in science, i will recommend Tesla, Bill Gates, or even CERN. THEY made a difference. Steve just successfully marketed a product. He must be Edison incarnate, the other troll in the scientific community.
16. cripton805 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 18:36 6 0
If I were Steve Jobs, I would have donated a ton of money to the poor, partied, rode my motorcycle in the twisties, spent time with family, and given the rest of the money to my family.
Till my dying day once I found out the cancer was terminal.
18. Edmund posted on 26 Jan 2013, 19:43 0 4
and i'm sure phone arena hand picked the negative reviews. I recall similar criticism toward The Social Network, which is a very good film.
25. someones4 posted on 26 Jan 2013, 21:18 3 0
The movie part is ok but they criticize it for being untruthful. Too much dramatization
27. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 26 Jan 2013, 21:22 2 1
i dont sit well with "fake" and although kutcher said its not meant to be "precise" but rather entertaining, people are STILL going to walk away from this movie thinking steve jobs was and IS god! im no hater but like i said i dont sit well knowing people are being deceived...
I say do it right or dont do it at all! and like i also said before, apple has lied to the world LONG enough.........its time to show them who and what their "god" really was all about, not give them another fantasy and fairy tale to enforce what it already far from the truth
Show the good and the bad side NOT just the good,,
32. -box- posted on 27 Jan 2013, 00:26 2 1
They should do a double feature, "Pirates of Silicon Valley" and then this film. Perspective.
29. soshi posted on 26 Jan 2013, 22:47 1 0
Still, movie will remain longer in people mind as a knowledge not any book as people this days too lazy to read and more into graphical input
34. tedkord posted on 27 Jan 2013, 03:59 2 0
The guy is dead recently, so no one wants to make a movie about the real Steve Jobs, the bully and tyrant who shamelessly stole other's ideas while crucifying anyone who did anything even remotely similar to his ideas.
I'll check it out on bluray. Pirates of Silicon Valley was a good watch.
37. -SEUL8TR- posted on 27 Jan 2013, 05:25 1 0
Such a really bad guy he was, he's not going to heaven!
38. Edmund posted on 27 Jan 2013, 07:19 0 0
and yet they praise fictitious garbage like "Lincoln". I wonder if the average American is aware that Abraham Lincoln didn't give a $hit about ëquality or freeing the slaves in the South ? or that he was actually a great believer of segregation between whites and negroes.
41. roscuthiii posted on 27 Jan 2013, 09:09 0 0
It's true... most people don't realize Lincoln only freed the slaves to weaken the Confederacy economically while at the same time bolstering his own troop strength through forced conscription. And, he was indeed a segregationist.
However, truthful as your statement may be it is basically the juvenile exclamation, "... but they're doing it too!"
The fact that someone else did something in no way whatsoever validates one's own actions when they know them to be either dishonest, immoral, and/or behind ulterior motives, etc.
39. pookiewood posted on 27 Jan 2013, 08:24 1 0
"I don’t know if there’s ever been an entrepreneur who’s had more compassion and care for his consumer than Steve Jobs. He wanted to put something in your hand that you could use and you could use it easily… and he really cared about that."-Ashton Kutcher
"You're holding it wrong." -Steve Jobs.
40. ronjr123 posted on 27 Jan 2013, 09:05 0 0
Not a Jobs or Apple fan. Yet, you cannot deny both of their significance in the PC and mobile world. The length of time that it would take to tell this story in its entirety would require a mini series. I would like to see PBS and Ken Barnes tell this. Not just about Jobs and Apple, but the industry as a whole. It is one compelling story. The end of US manafacturing age to the software and computing age. Good stuff.
43. networkdood posted on 27 Jan 2013, 11:10 0 0
I will see the film out of curiosity, but I suspect it is chocked full of b.s. and many inaccuracies.
45. networkdood posted on 27 Jan 2013, 15:03 0 0
but, not in theaters..will watch it on my computer - bootleg copy...lol, or at the 3-dollar theater later on...
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