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[SegaShack]

So just checking anyone else like the Fassbender Jobs film?

I wanted to like it, but had way too many issues with it. The acting and cinematography were top notch, but the script and its structure just didn't work at all. Kutcher's is really campy and feel good and bad for that reason, but this one is bad for being like the movie Groundhog's Day.

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You have the same exact people going up to Steve every keynote, asking him the same things, there is absolutely no character development either, unless you count that stupid over the top sitcom ending with his daughter. Furthermore the believability that all these events are occuring the day of the Keynotes is very low.

What saddens me is how much potential this new one had.

 

[majik13]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

the music is the worst part.

 

[MercuryLS]

the music is the worst part.

It is, but the iPod touches the human heart...and that's limitless.

 

[sleepwalkcapsules]

That whole script of this movie is about wikipedia facts of Jobs.

It's a trivia filled attempt at movie.

 

[rekameohs]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

That lens flare. That music. That zoom in. Oh lordy.

 

[Discotheque]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

lmao. good lord. the difference between this and the new movie is night and day.

 

[Dead]

Wow @ that clip

It's shot, acted and written as if it's some Funny or Die or College Humor skit, but it's actually for real

wow wow wow

 

[old manatee]

The Ashton Kutcher movie is more entertaining and the movie that Steve Jobs deserves.

 

[Retromelon]

The third clip in the op, wow. Jony ive worshipping steve while sappy music plays

I dont think i can properly express the disgust im feeling

 

[Orkidea]

His walk is the most god awful thing I've ever seen an actor do.

http://gfycat.com/EnchantedAptArabianwildcat

Oh man that's hilarious

 

[Dennis]

I can't believe this movie is real. America, stahp.

 

[Firebrand]

Noah Wyle will always be Steve Jobs to me. And as a bonus he never died from cancer, instead he fought aliens and saved humanity in his third act while telling us interesting stories about the founding fathers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrA_lm0_ngM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7vrlvu9qk

I kinda like Joey Slotnick's Woz here.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Kutcher really looked like Jobs at certain parts in the movie to an eerie degree.

 

[mattiewheels]

Kutcher really looked like Jobs at certain parts in the movie to an eerie degree.

But then he opens his mouth and he sounds like Tim Calhoun. Very creepy.

 

[lednerg]

Please tell me that was a made for TV movie.

 

[Disgraced]

Not as funny as The Butterfly Effect.

 

[Grinchy]

I'll never quite understand the hate that this movie got. I really didn't find it bad at all. I was pretty entertained through the whole thing and I don't give a shit about Apple or Steve Jobs.

 

[BadAss2961]

The third clip in the op, wow. Jony ive worshipping steve while sappy music plays

I dont think i can properly express the disgust im feeling

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

It was about as good as what you'd expect from Kutcher, so terrible.

The movie was even worse though. lol

 

[bobawesome]

Not as funny as The Butterfly Effect.

Seriously one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I watched it a few years ago because I remembered enjoying it when it first came out but it does not hold up at all.

 

[PsihoPerihelion]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

Oh my fucking god. The way he delivers "the iPod" line, the claps and cheers and the heroic "huh-rah!" music... I can't breath.

Edit: whoa, John Debney scored this film? He's usually quite decent.

 

[Disgraced]

Seriously one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I watched it a few years ago because I remembered enjoying it when it first came out but it does not hold up at all.

Nah, it's like a 4/7. Never have you seen an escalation like this.

Really, my favorite thing Ashton Kutcher's ever done are those Nikon commercials. Look at this fucker mesmerizing women with his digital camera. There's like a story arc as well. I wish I could be like him.

 

[Jimrpg]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

I can't believe its that bad....

 

[Discotheque]

ayyyy hahaha i'm saving this one. so goofy

 

[Anung]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

Holy crap that was bad. The tone, music and the way it's shot reminds of Armageddon. With the same self serious cheese except he's talking about an iPod instead of saving the world.

 

[aliengmr]

I'm totally sensing something else motivating the hate for that movie. It doesn't look great but its pretty standard biopic stuff.

Reactions had me ready for something really bad, and it was so-so. I'm slightly disappointed.

 

[A Serious Man]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

This was a Lifetime movie right?

 

[darkwing-buck]

LMAO

 

[Davey Cakes]

All this thread does is remind me how great Pirates of Silicon Valley is.

Noah Wyle is a really natural Jobs in that movie. Not particularly overacted. Anthony Michael Hall is a bit "character-y" as Bill Gates but is still tremendous in that role.

Who would've thought a made-for-TV movie would still be the definitive version of this story?

 

[Currygan]

rofl, terrible movie and terrible acting

 

[lednerg]

http://jobsthefilm.com/

 

[msdstc]

I'm totally sensing something else motivating the hate for that movie. It doesn't look great but its pretty standard biopic stuff.

Reactions had me ready for something really bad, and it was so-so. I'm slightly disappointed.

Completely agree, mediocre across the board, but far from the worst thing as its been painted.

 

[Always-honest]

His walk is the most god awful thing I've ever seen an actor do.

http://gfycat.com/EnchantedAptArabianwildcat

Jesus... that is horrible. i haven't seen the movie but after this i never will.

 

[starchild excalibur]

Man, I'd never watched the film but those clips are... pretty funny.

It's like watching a ham sandwich try to act. Every time he bursts into fits of rage it's not intimidating, just... kinda funny.

Fassbender didn't look at all like Jobs, but he (and admittedly, the script) nailed down a more credible-sounding Jobs.

 

[Messypandas]

Different studios wanting slices of the same pie.

Dat Apple pie?

 

[Blablurn]

Dat Apple pie?

lol

 

[Forkball]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b63mXn7vv7A

probably one of the worst scenes I've ever seen in a movie.

that and the intro music to it is so fucking bad, like wtf

I seriously burst out laughing when watching this.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

Maybe I just listened to too many tech podcasts back in the day and became numb to it, but the hero worship of the film didn't really annoy me. Personally I enjoyed the movie. Probably helped that I knew next to nothing about Jobs

 

[Brerlappin]

I swear, I was expecting everyone in the room to get up and start clapping after that Ive speech. It was that level of ham-fisted.

The fucking cringe levels in that scene. When kutchup chews on his lip while the other doofus is telling him how they all believe in him. And i almsot expected some tears when he did the "just go...create something, something you believe in" part. Youd swear they were working on a cure for a strain of cancer that only infects adorable toddlers.

They missed a trick by not having him say "go create something that just works" tho, then apple fans couldve nudged each other with a knowing wink and been like "hey thats where our slogan comes from"

 

[Grenchel]

the music is the worst part.

It's like when Grant sees real dinosaurs for the first time in Jurassic park.

 

[wmlk]

I can see why people hate the movie now. My goodness was that terrible.

 

[Zaptruder]

This is the worst scene in the movie:

http://youtu.be/FM5f511ISnI

Ugh. This is like medieval puppet theatre level parody.

None of the energy or the salesmanship of the real Jobs.

Just really empty meaningless lines resulting in robotic clapping. So so bad.

 

[hamchan]

I have to watch this movie. It seems so terrible.

 

[jokkir]

:lol

 

[Anton Sugar]

So just checking anyone else like the Fassbender Jobs film?

Yeah, I really liked it. It's great.

 

[strafer]

is this the real steve or Ashton?

 

[Super_Cobra]

My girlfriend and I really enjoyed the movie. I thought it was great.

 

[yogloo]

is this the real steve or Ashton?

iSteve.

 

[FairyD]

Everyone always forgets about Tomorrow Never Dies.

That was the best characterization of Jobs in film. He was a fucking Bond villain.

 

[Spinluck]

Ashton trying to walk like Jobs killed me.