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Some disclaimers first - prior to watching the movie, I didn't read any movie reviews. And I have already read the autobiography on Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
Now on the movie. For one thing, I do think that Ashton Kutcher did a pretty good impersonation of Steve Jobs, especially his hunched posture and bouncy walk. And behaviours aside, his appearance does look like Steve Jobs, perhaps around 80%? The hairstyle, facial hair, clothes - all of them helped to make Kutcher look very much like the real Jobs.
If you have read the book, you would probably agree that we can sum Steve Jobs up in three aspects - the entrepreneur, the boss, and the human. The movie glossed over the first one, focused on the second one, and almost entirely skipped the third one. It thus shows a very incomplete side of the man, whom to understand better, you would need to look at the whole package.
The first part of the movie consists of fleeting scenes with little connections to each other; the average viewer would probably be a bit lost, especially if he hasn't read the autobiography. As the movie progressed, it also started to come apart - there were so many important events and conversations that were crucial to the movie, and yet were missing. Just to name a few omissions - Wozniak gave some employees his own stock before Apple's IPO to reward them for their early help (Jobs refused to acknowledge them), Jobs getting married to Laurene Powell and having three kids, how he came to terms with his illegitimate daughter Lisa, how he led Pixar to success, and so on.
If you have read the book, you would probably agree that we can sum Steve Jobs up in three aspects - the entrepreneur, the boss, and the human. The movie glossed over the first one, focused on the second one, and almost entirely skipped the third one. It thus shows a very incomplete side of the man, whom to understand better, you would need to look at the whole package.
The first part of the movie consists of fleeting scenes with little connections to each other; the average viewer would probably be a bit lost, especially if he hasn't read the autobiography. As the movie progressed, it also started to come apart - there were so many important events and conversations that were crucial to the movie, and yet were missing. Just to name a few omissions - Wozniak gave some employees his own stock before Apple's IPO to reward them for their early help (Jobs refused to acknowledge them), Jobs getting married to Laurene Powell and having three kids, how he came to terms with his illegitimate daughter Lisa, how he led Pixar to success, and so on.
Let's sum this up. To understand the movie, you would probably need to read the book first. But after reading it, you don't have to watch the movie anymore. It's a good thing the movie was only released after Steve Jobs' death. I think he would have gotten into a fit if he saw this shit and sent it back to the producer again.
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