Jobs

Plot synopsis:
The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.
It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974. Jobs had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition, but was still attending classes with the approval of Dean Jack Dudman (James Woods) who took him under his wing. Jobs is particularly interested in a course on calligraphy. He meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke (Lukas Haas) who is excited to see that Jobs is holding a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India.
Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California living at home with his adoptive parents Paul (John Getz) and Clara (Lesley Ann Warren). He is working for Atari and develops a partnership with his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad) after he sees that Wozniak has built a personal computer (the Apple I). They name their new company Apple Computer, though there already is a company called Apple Records that is owned by The Beatles (Wozniak then teases Jobs that this is symbolic of his preference for Bob Dylan). Wozniak gives a demonstration of the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club. Jobs is later approached by Paul Terrell (Brad William Henke) who shows interest in the Apple I. Knowing that he and Wozniak will need a studio in which to build them, Jobs convinces his father Paul to allow them to use the family garage (set up as a carpentry/tool center) for his new company. Realizing that they cannot build these computers alone, Jobs also recruits Kottke, Bill Fernandez (Victor Rasuk), and Chris Espinosa (Eddie Hassell) to the Apple team.
Terrell, however, is disappointed by the Apple I, a reaction which inspires Jobs to start again with a second model. He hires Rod Holt (Ron Eldard) to reconceptualize the power supply for what would be called the Apple II. In addition, after many failed attempts, Jobs finally wins the interest of a venture capitalist, Mike Markkula (Dermot Mulroney), who also joins Apple. They release the Apple II at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire where it is a remarkable success. Suddenly Jobs and the company are very successful.
The success also causes Jobs to distance himself from his friends and his high school girlfriend Chrisann Brennan (Ahna O'Reilly). When Brennan tells him she is pregnant with their child, he promptly ends their relationship. Brennan eventually gives birth to Lisa Brennan whom Jobs continues to deny as his daughter. He also brings in John Sculley (Matthew Modine) to become the CEO of the company. As his behavior becomes more erratic (for example firing an employee for not appreciating his investment in using fonts), Jobs is moved away from The Lisa to the Macintosh Group where he works with Bill Atkinson, Burrell Smith (Lenny Jacobson), Chris Espinosa, and Andy Hertzfeld (Elden Henson). He also forces the original team leader of the Macintosh group, Jef Raskin, out of it. Though the Macintosh is introduced with a great deal of fanfare in 1984, Jobs is forced out of the company by Sculley in 1985.
The film jumps forward to 1996. Jobs is married to Laurene Powell Jobs (Abby Brammell) and has accepted Lisa (Annika Bertea) as his daughter (she now lives with them). He has a son, Reed (Paul Baretto) and is also running the company NeXT which Apple decides to buy. He is asked by then-CEO Gil Amelio to return to Apple as a consultant. Jobs does so and soon he is named the new CEO, ultimately firing Amelio and his ex-friend Markkula (who refused to support him when he was forced out of Apple 11 years prior). Jobs becomes interested in the work of Jonathan Ive (Giles Matthey) and works to reinvent Apple. The film ends with Jobs recording the dialogue for the Think Different commercial in 1997. Before the credits, there are original photos of all the main characters paired with clips from the film of the actor playing the part, plus a dedication to Steve Jobs.

Tags: inspiring, historical

Review:
The storytelling is painfully straightforward, covering only the principal events of his professional trials and tribulations, and providing little else beyond what is already public knowledge.Developing his imagination for computer programming at Atari, Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) brings in his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad) to help with the hardware aspect, forming a partnership that would soon lead to the founding and development of Apple Computers, a force within the industry throughout the 1980s.
Steve is not prepared for the financial demands and the ruthless business mentality, and is eventually forced out of the company he began, only to return in the 1990s with a fresh game plan on how to bring Apple back into the public consciousness, and to dominate the industry once again."Jobs" is a biopic with a very narrow focus, and without any sense of risk or adventure.
The entire production feels rushed and slapped together simply to benefit from being the first one out of the gate.To his credit, Kutcher puts forth a good effort, and he undeniably looks the part of Steve Jobs.
And no one wants to see a movie about a man who nobody liked half of the movie...but it is how he was and you have to accept that.Ashton Kutcher's portrayal was also quite good and it seems that all the comedy movies and series that he has done have earned him a title of a bad actor, so you will hear a lot people saying this was a miss cast.
If you want a good movie about Steve jobs watch Pirates of Silicon Valley.
It just makes me so mad to think that they could get away with making something like this Spend your 14 dollars and get something to eat while you watch Pirates of Silicon Valley, a much better and much more accurate story of Steve Jobs and Apple's beginnings.
maybe a better name would have been "Apple & jobs - Some of the Years"!Wait for the movie to hit your TV and know you will still be missing more than half the story!.
Admittedly, to expect more would probably be a tall order, since the  man has passed away and the others who would be familiar with these  past events did not participate in the making of this film - including  the real-life Woz, who in fact has been a vocal critic of the movie.
Most of all, Stern's film rarely possesses the qualities that  characterised Jobs - it isn't bold enough to offer a balanced, or  critical even, perspective of the man (including his more unsavoury  personal aspects), nor unique enough to provide a distinctive look at  the early years of his storied career.
Isn't a biopic supposed to teach us about a persons emotions, feelings about life, and his relationships with others?If you want to learn about who Steve Jobs is, read his biography.
If you want something that makes you FEEL smart like you know about the genius of a man and Apple Corporation, watch this film..
The movie is flat, no emotions whatsoever, no chemistry between the actors, most of the carachters are just "one dimension"..I am not an apple fanatic (I have some of their products but I do not change them to follow the flow every year) and I am not blind before the flaws of Jobs' personality, but I'd like to see in the movie all the aspects of the man who, like it or not, left a mark in the IT field.
What I saw it is a series of often disconnected episodes, and the few of them which were nice were a re-do of the (much better) the pirates of the Silicon Valley.Do not waste your time with this movie: if you want to learn more about apple/jobs, read a book, if you are already aware of the story, it simply won't add anything..
Moreover, important events which made Jobs what he is like the creation of NeXT, the buying of Pixar and his fight with cancer are completely missing.Ashton Kutcher has come a long way from portraying the stupid kid in That 70's show to portraying one of the geniuses of our generation.
The dialog accurately reflects whats already out there in print (re:Isaacson and Moritz books on Jobs and the history of Apple computer).Like many docudramas I've seen, the film had trouble creating the kind of underlying drama that a fictional account could do and the movie suffered a little bit from not having much of a back story.
But here we have a much more visionary person like Steve Jobs whose story we all want to see told on film and the result from Matt Whiteley's script is completely uninspiring.
You simply don't care for the Steve Jobs that's presented here.The film begins by introducing us to Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) as he is presenting his latest creation, the ipod which will change the way people listen to music everywhere (as we already know).
Since I mentioned David Fincher's movie Social Network, I will start my review with the major problem in jOBS: Considering Social Network was an aptly marketed everyone's hero style of an average business-drama movie, in order to market a Steve Jobs life story appropriately, this wasn't the right choice.
Now people would come to you and ask "What did Steve Jobs do for the last 14 years of his life as a CEO in Apple?".
People not acquainted to Job's life will have the feeling they're missing something, and people who have read the book or simply know a little of Job's life will conclude the movie missed a lot.We'll see Steve bullying on everyone as a dictator running Apple, right after picturing him as some clear minded wise man with a strong meditation and spiritual background.The story would have been so strong if only the characters took their time to develop, and not just showing them to the camera, say their names and on to the next clip of Jobs and his illuminated doing.
(In addition, there was the pressure of knowing that another version of the film was being written by the highly-esteemed Aaron Sorkin.) When it comes to portraying the legend who co-founded Apple computers, Ashton Kutcher does an excellent Jobs.
The actor uses his natural resemblance to the computer genius and adds just enough of Steve Jobs' voice, mannerisms and walk to help us (mostly) forget that we're watching Ashton Kutcher, but he doesn't overdo it by trying to do a perfect impression which could have crossed over into caricature.
This film represents some of Kutcher's best work to date, but not quite award worthy.Unfortunately, the script isn't strong enough to give us the whole picture of Steve Jobs' remarkable life.
and I'm always up to date about the company's movements but the critics here I think were a little rough.I considered it a good movie and Ashton's interpretation of the character was better than I expected, if you never have seen Pirates of Silicon Valley and never read something related to the company you may not be able to complete the missing gaps I encounter during the story telling but if you did it, you will see all these replicated in the movie.
And the movie doesn't have an ending it looks like writers pen was running out of ink "yes this script was written with the pen"All in all if you want some movie to relax after a hard work day or just an easy movie to watch with your girlfriend or a boyfriend this is a good choice just don't expect great acting or some thrilling parts of his life you can't find on wiki.
Unjustly judged by the Critics for making Ashton Kuther play the role of Steve Jobs in the movie..
This is the life story of iconic founder of Apple Steve Jobs, how he founded his company, lost it and got it back.
This was a far cry from the Steve Jobs that was so lovingly adulated after his death.I do not know if it was because Steve Jobs the man is not exactly a good movie biopic subject, or was it Ashton Kutcher's fault for not being able to bring the man out?
The sudden ending came out of nowhere such that it completely had no impact, which was a pity.In contrast, the character of Steve Wozniak, Jobs' technical genius partner, was very vividly portrayed by Josh Gad. Woz was a well- developed character even if he was not the central character.It was good to see former lead stars Dermot Mulroney and Matthew Modine on the big screen again, though the characters they played were dry corporate types, no real emotion nor action.
From the very start of the film it just felt wrong, If I didn't know anything about this man I would have no clue who these characters really are, but as a computer junkie I definitely know who these people are, but for some people without knowledge of who Steve Jobs or Steve Wozniack are or even the rest of the characters that help start Apple this film could be considered boring.Most of the film is jumbled up, like a person pressing the fast forward button, I actually read Steve Jobs' biography and it was actually very well written, but this film was terribly written with no humour and just a rushed storyline, with a runtime of 2 hours 7 mins, I was expecting more from this feature film.Without going into too much detail, I'd say stick with the biography and stay far away from this film.
I always new that Ashton Kutcher was a good actor ever since his performance in the film the "Butterfly effect" (and a few more), but must credit this film for choosing him as representing Steve Jobs.
This film could have been an epic biography, but it's all shallow and rotten - starting from the actor who not only simply touched the surface not going into any depth about the character he was playing, but also took a job right after the movie that was so contradictory that it should be prohibited - he became now product engineer for Lenovo - it's like an actress would play Mother Theresa and then went to become a $5 whore in Vegas...
It was some good material for a movie and could have been a great picture to be watched over and over again, instead it became a piece of crap with an amateur in it (liked Kutcher for Butterfly Effect and others, hated him after this one).
Movie also failed to show the successful years of Apple.The characters are resembling well to the original people but Ashton Kutcher did a terrible job trying to imitate Steve.
What I failed to glean was what drew people to him and why they would stick by him long after he had shafted them.In the inexplicably over-looked film, Me and Orson Welles, Christian McKay in his Bafta- nominated role shows the charisma and wonderful genius of Welles who could command the loyalty of his friends and associates despite having the same major character flaws displayed by Jobs.Unfortunately, Ashton Kutcher's limitations as a dramatic actor were laid bare in this film.
From the stories i read about Steve Jobs, he had a tense life and really achieves lots of things like other guy as himself.
I even imagined how could it be done and it seems perfect to me.Well after i watched this puny movie Jobs, disappointed, i realized that somebody already managed to craft a decent flick, showing both rivalries.you see, some people around the world got this lame thing; if you transmit good vibes or ask what you need from universe, it will give it to you / you'll live a "nice" life, i say this is b***t and they got it wrong.
Dialogues are filled with awkward behavior, characters talk like they seem to be inspired, in particular Steve Jobs (I know it's a dramatization, but it's a bad one at that), sometimes they talk with the volume too low, among many others.Also, if they wished to show incorrect or downright manipulated scenes (A.K.A. events or details that didn't actually happen in real-life), they could at least do it for the sake of dramatizing it, like The Social Network did really well: all of the changes in this movie from real-life events aren't of any decent value and just feel like they don't belong in either a Biographic film, where the main objective is to tell exactly what happened (or at least "mostly"), or a Biopic, which is what this is supposed to be.Overall, not a good depiction of Steve Jobs's life, and not a good movie in and of itself..
So, Please re-make or re-produce the movie with new way and more interesting,innovation,motivation, inspiration ,etc and show the all things from birth of Steve jobs,college life, foundation of the apple company to current position of the company.......and all apple products...
Nothing is learned that isn't Common Knowledge, and the Movie is without Inspiration or Heart.A Tacked On Voice Over Ending about the Limitations and Boundaries of Life's Constraints is as Hokey as the rest of this Total Misfire.Note...The Poster and Disc Art looks more like Jerry Garcia than Steve Jobs and is an indication that no one behind this Failure had a Clue..
But Ashton Kutcher was not a very good Steve Jobs when it comes to Steve Jobs as a person.The cinematography in this film was also okay.
They made Ashton Kutcher look like Steve Jobs.
i also thought the movie itself was a very good movie - going back to the beginning and then at the end in 2001 when Steve jobs brought Apple back.
anyway - i think if you want to know the real Steve Jobs - then Jobs is a great movie.
Also I thought Ashton Kutcher is doing a good acting job on this movie as well as the other actors; especially Dermot Mulroney stands out as Mike Markkula.All with all; it is a movie and not the official biography of Steve Jobs..
I've read a lot of really crappy, ill-informed reviews of this film by people who clearly don't know the subject - you should ignore them.Yes there are holes in the film; its a massive subject - a mans entire life and persona, and the history of the world's most valuable and innovative company, so that's to be expected, but in my opinion Ashton Kutchner absolutely nailed it - he was amazing and I found the film - despite my expectations to the contrary, absolutely riveting.My advice to anyone who wants to watch this film and doesn't know much about the driven, tortured, flawed visionary that was Steve Jobs, is to first read Walter Isaacson's biography - its a fantastic book that tells Jobs' story without pulling any punches and will add immensely to your enjoyment of this film..
Whether intentional or not, the makers of this film succeeded in making this a pleasant experience to watch and any Apple fan among the viewers, I'm sure, will agree it encapsulates the attitude and feel of Apple itself in the movie.The film isn't coated with gimmicks and cinematic effects to make it any more than it is, instead it is a clean, interesting and relatable biographical of Steve Jobs and his life from college up until the revealing of iPod.The actors were perfect choices in my opinion, every single character is played to perfection, most notably Ashton Kutcher who quite literally IS Steve Jobs in this film - from the accent and speech down to his very posture and slight figure - (forgive me for the unnecessary dig, but it's the very perfection Jesse Eisenberg failed to accomplish playing Mark Zuckerberg in 'the social network')The film is also honest, and from the outset we see that Jobs was by no means perfect - he had flaws, didn't always get on well with others, yet was a natural leader and knew how he would drive Apple forward as innovative world-leader in electronics.
The result is a finely-capped movie that leaves you free to base your own judgements on Steve Jobs as a person in whichever way you feel by showing you his highs, his lows, and how the choices he made in life got him to where they did.Overall a great film that I fail to find any faults in (rarity, I assure you!) and I would recommend to all interested.
Kutcher plays an extremely convincing Steve Jobs; the highlight for me was simply watching him walk about the workplace, hunched over shoulders and all.After viewing 'true story' films like this, I am immediately forced to the internet to read the real life account of the situation.
The life of Steve Jobs is massively colourful and electrifying and yet this film manages to portray him as an egotistical jerk with no redeeming qualities.At times you are not sure when or where you are and the rest of the time you will find yourself wondering when something will actually happen.So much of the best of Apples and Jobs history have been left out of this Movie that I felt like I had been cheated.It promised so much and yet failed to deliver..
Though Ashton Kutcher looks very much like Steve Jobs, this movie falls very flat.
A good telling of the Steve Jobs & Apple story.
A good telling of the Steve Jobs & Apple story.
The difference between the two is this - This film shows a great deal of Steve's' life, with a real accent on the mid to late 70s as Apple was being created.
If the movie was an attempt to bring out/reveal the life and times of Steve Jobs, this was a bad attempt.
The movie shows none of his achievements and just portrays him as a mean guy.If you really want to know Steve Jobs, better read his biography rather than watching it..
I actually enjoyed this movie a lot, Ashton Kutcher acted very well as Steve Jobs.
I think Ashton Kutcher saw that film before embarking on his portrayal of Steve Jobs.