Controversial Steve Jobs film set for release
What this could all mean is very exciting indeed, so please offer up any and all conjecture you might have in the comment box below. Former employees of the company that are portrayed in the movie think it’s fantastic.
The critics are loving it.
Boyle convinced Sorkin and producer Scott Rudin to cast Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs, an unlikely choice Sorkin originally resisted because, “I don’t know who Michael Fassbender is and the rest of the world isn’t going to care“.
In short, the movie is less a dramatized record of events and much more of a character study. “I don’t want to have to say Titanicwas the film that had the biggest impact on the direction of my career, but I suppose I do”, she admitted.
Co-star Kate Winslet hasn’t stopped gushing about Fassbender either.
One of the actors also reported, “Since the very beginning, Laurene Jobs has been trying to kill this movie, OK?”
That was kind of the point, according to writer Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle. I have nothing to do with its greatness, I fixed a few typos …
The role of Jobs was ultimately accepted by Michael Fassbender, who recently admitted he “was very nervous” about playing the American businessman. Sorkin’s style lends itself well to temperamental tech titans (see his Academy Award-winning depiction of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network). In the film, Jobs’ familial hang-ups extend past his fractured bond with Lisa to his bitter enmity toward onetime Apple CEO John Sculley (Jeff Daniels), the father of the disastrous Newton device and a paternalistic thorn in Jobs’ my-way-or-the-highway side. Early reviews state that the movie gives Jobs credit for his many innovations but does not paint a flattering picture of his personal life. “I think that’s a bit of a struggle, personally”. “But when it finally clicks into place, it’s ideal, and it’s as though you’re just two people having a conversation”. In the end, it feels like he redeems himself with Lisa, whether he deserves to have a better relationship with her or not. Jobs is like our patron saint. The Jobs shown in the movie treats his folks horribly often shouting at them and has little positive qualities. It’s a statement that gets to the heart of who Jobs was and his legacy.
“Film Clip: “Steve Jobs” is categorized as “life and leisure”. Whether you believe it did or not, it’s hard to ignore the question. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs may just serve as the latest example of all press is good press as criticism only seems to be adding to the biopic’s hype, which is set for an October 23 release.