Less like a movie, more like a maddening play that tries to cram too much information

Rating: 5/10 (24 October 2015)

I think a big part of not caring for this movie was that my whole life I was always under the impression that Steve Jobs was a nice, charismatic, humble, warm hearted individual... This movie flipped everything I thought I knew about this man on its head. Literally within the first 10 minutes of the film you find out that Jobs behind the scenes was actually extremely arrogant, rude, self- centered, inconsiderate, and hurtful. It completely blew my mind to find out that this whole time he was this horrible person. However, this was not the only reason I thought this movie wasn't good...
Plot: The plot of this movie primarily revolves around three different points in Jobs life. 1984 with the Macintosh computer launch, 1988 with the NEXT computer launch, and in 1998 when the i Mac was launched. Each of the three scenes felt rushed... I remember after watching the 1988 NEXT launch scene my head was literally spinning trying to digest all of the information. I am an avid movie goer, I am able to keep up with complex stories.... but during this scene they tried to cram WAY to much information into it. For those of you who have watched this movie it is the scene where Jeff Daniels and Fassbender are talking in the hallway that was mind numbing for me to watch. You almost have to go into this movie with some background knowledge on Jobs or you will be lost. It pretty much tried to explain how/why Jobs was fired from Apple in about a 4 minute summary. Although the movie felt rushed and too much was going on, I did enjoy the dialog. Steve Jobs was a witty man and had many sharp, humorous verbal jabs at many of his "friends".
Characters: Michael Fassbender will, and should be nominated for an Oscar for his performance. I don't think he will take it, but the fact that he did such a good job in his role is commendable. I mean by the end of this film I literally hated Steve Jobs... didn't feel bad for him, didn't sympathize with him, I hated him.
Seth Rogen played a very strong supporting role in this film. Many people were surprised that he could take on a serious part for a movie, but I wasn't too surprised. The people whom Rogen associates with in Hollywood all have the capability to play serious and comedic roles... Rogen, Jonah Hill, and James Franco all have that chameleon style acting where they will do well in any role they are given.
Kate Winslet will absolutely be a front runner for Best Supporting Actress.... I think she will win it as well. Her character development throughout the film was impressive to watch. Throughout the film it is really just Fassbender and Winslet that take on the majority of the scenes.
Overall: This film was just OK for me... it wasn't the best thing I've seen in years by any means. The movie did the best it could showing Jobs changing over the years with each of his failures. By the time the i Mac roles around in 1998 Jobs seemed to have calmed down a little bit, but underneath it all he was still a horrible person. He wasn't 100% all hate and evil.... he still did love and want to be loved. He was a complex man, a genius, but when it comes down to what really counts like being there for your family and friends, he wasn't. He was more interested in making sure he became famous as a world changing inventor.