They name their new company Apple Computer, though there already is a company called Apple Records that is owned by The Beatles (Wozniak then teases Jobs that this is symbolic of his preference for Bob Dylan). He is working for Atari and develops a partnership with his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad) after he sees that Wozniak has built a personal computer (the Apple I). Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California living at home with his adoptive parents Paul (John Getz) and Clara (Lesley Ann Warren). Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India. He meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke (Lukas Haas) who is excited to see that Jobs is holding a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Jobs is particularly interested in a course on calligraphy. Jobs had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition, but was still attending classes with the approval of Dean Jack Dudman (James Woods) who took him under his wing. It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974.
Definitely check it out if you haven't already.The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting. To conclude, this picture was a vast improvement over "Jobs" and I'm glad that a movie exists that pays proper homage to one of the greatest innovators of the 20th century. They're both angry characters, and it is completely justifiable in their case, but it would have been nice if they pulled back just a tad and allowed us to see the more calm and collected sides of their personalities. In addition, certain characters, mainly Chrisann and the adult version of Lisa, do start to toe the line between understandable and unlikeable. He does the absolute best job he can to compensate for this in his performance, but it still comes off as a bit strange and jarring in certain scenes. First, Fassbender really looks nothing like Steve Jobs, despite the hair and makeup teams' efforts. Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels, among others, show us the entire history of their personal relationship with Jobs even in the limited time the film takes place in.Īlthough the film was great, there were a couple minor flaws. Here, he's still brash and often rude, but Fassbender's complex and layered performance gives the audience a peak behind the curtain and elicits a great deal of sympathy, even at his worst. Ashton Kutcher did a good job in the role, but his overt and generic anger combined with the film's determination to show Jobs' "ugly side" really tore down a lot of the likeability that version would have built up. Michael Fassbender doesn't particularly resemble Steve Jobs, but he truly embodies the man in his personality, words, and mannerisms. While the direction here isn't overly flashy, it really adds a unique element overall. The ticking clock element of taking place only minutes before these major presentations adds a great sense of urgency, which is then hightened by quick-moving tracking shots and intense close-ups. He wisely chooses not to get in the way of Sorkin's dialogue, but he also makes sure he isn't forgotten. The movie was directed by Danny Boyle, whose films I've enjoyed in the past. Luckily, Sorkin has it covered, like always. Had the script been neglected, the picture would have faded into boredom and pretentiousness. It was vital that this element of the film be as flawless as possible, because it is made up almost entirely of intense conversations. Within the first five minutes I noticed an instant difference in how the characters portrayed both here and in "Jobs" spoke. While I don't think it's quite as good as his script for "The Social Network," it is rather close and still far better than many other screenplays. Almost every line is either hilarious, insightful, or sometimes both. This guy can write dialogue like no one I have ever seen. I watched it this past Saturday night, so here are my thoughts.įirst off, not surprisingly, the script here is indeed incredible. Ever since watching that film, I had been looking forward to watching the movie "Steve Jobs." As a fan of Aaron Sorkin in particular, I was confident that the dialogue would be infinitely superior and that the film would be an all around better look at the man. I watched the movie "Jobs" a month or two ago and, while it was okay, it failed to truly capture the person that Steve Jobs was, in my opinion.
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