Fassbender perfectly captures the frustrating ego of Steve Jobs

Rating: 7/10 (31 January 2016)

Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) takes us behind the scenes of a digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
After watching the lackluster film "Jobs" with Ashton Kutcher 2 years ago, my earnest hope was that there be a better film for Steve Jobs released sometime in the future. Here it is...
The film consists of something similar to a three-act play where we get to see Steve Jobs backstage during the unveiling of new products at three different times of his life. Through seemingly unending shots and aggressive movements the audience genuinely feels like they're in Job's presence.
In these three parts of the film, we get to witness Jobs in three different times of his life from being a company founder of the flourishing Apple Computers during the release of the Macintosh in 1984; a fired Apple employee who just started a new lackluster NeXT company during the release of the Cube in 1988; and finally a leader of a resurging Apple company during the release of the iMac in 1998.
Each shot looked beautiful with stunning cinematography and lighting. Although Danny Boyle directed this amazing biopic, the true orchestrator of the film was Aaron Sorkin, who once again delivers a powerful and engaging screenplay. This film is one powerful ride.
Fassbender leaps off the screen in the first two minutes and never lets go. He looks nothing like Jobs but he perfectly captures the frustrating ego that everyone loathed and matches it with high spirit and some humor. Seth Rogan gives the single best dramatic performance of his career. Kate Winslet was stunning as always but I don't think this is an Oscar worthy moment for her.
A plus: I thought it was clever teasing the audience with the Alan Turing theory behind apple branding. Alan Turing, the gay inventor of the computer, found dead from cyanide poisoning with a half-eaten apple by the side of his bed. Is it significant that Steve Jobs, the re-inventor of the computer, chose that very object as his company logo, complete with a fateful missing bite 22 years later?