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'Jobs' - - A-Hole 101

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Billy Wonka

It's Jobs life, not Ashton Kutcher, that makes me glad he got cancer. I guess it is hard to tell Jobs' story and make him look less like a narcissist than he really was. There will be a lot of Apple Lovers who will still be in awe of such a "creative genius" despite the galactic size of his ego that crushed and destroyed many loyal around him.

Kutcher was so-so in this silicon soap opera but his supporting cast was excellent in playing out both Jobs' and Apple's history. The screenplay managed to compress a lot of history into a very understandable time line. (I had completely forgotten about NeXT.) This film played like a bigger budget vehicle than it was so that's a good point. This is a good historical overview but not necessarily a vehicle that will make Jobs a warm and fuzzy icon.

Follow Ups:

"makes me glad he got cancer." That's right, Asshole 101, and - oldmkvi 11:32:17 08/18/13 (4)
you're the Teacher.
- You here to talk movies or whine? nt - Billy Wonka 15:30:27 08/18/13 (2)
  nt
  - You here to talk movies.. - mkuller 08:36:32 08/19/13 (1)
    ...or just say ugly things about the people portrayed in them?
    - Context, Bubba. nt - Billy Wonka 15:29:16 08/20/13 (0)
      nt
- agreed oldmkvi, Billy, that was not cool... - PhilJ 11:59:47 08/18/13 (0)
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'Paranoia' - - Imagine Gates and Jobs in the Octagon - Billy Wonka 20:39:35 08/17/13 (0)
With Ford and Oldman playing Gates and Jobs (respectively) this film projects (to me) what these two old lions would be doing in the near future. Trying to finish each other off. Usually a pleasure to see both Oldman and Ford on screen but it's just too bad they weren't on screen enough. This film threw in a Hemsworth and Amber Heard to make it a "young" movie and even had Richard Dreyfus slumming in a cameo.

I presume this film was a dovetail for 'Jobs' but unfortunately doesn't measure up to the "loftiness" of Ashton Kutcher. If you only have time to see one Silicon Valley soap opera don't make it this one.

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