Friday, November 27, 2015

Steve Jobs (2015)

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Year of first release: 2015
Director: Danny Boyle
Actors: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen
Country: USA
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Conditions of visioning: 09.11.2015, Schauburg, OV Sneak Preview, English version
Synopsis: Steve Jobs (Fassbender) is the boss of Apple and his story is typical of the digital revolution. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, starting from the Macintosh ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
Review: This biopic (therefore it is classified also as Documentary) is expected because of the hype on Apple and his cool design foor iMac, iPod, iPad, iPhone and other i's. I do nnot have any Apple product therefore I see it only with the eyes of a guy recognising the good commercial idea and marketing as well as the expoitation of workers and consumers for personal profit. 
In the movie, to be honest, I expecte only the first aspect. The story repeats the same scheme three times. Three preparations of product launch. Meeting the same people every time and having tense disputes with all of them every time. Sad life. But the life of a good marketing guy, a shark for his colleagues. And finally a lonely man. 
As the situations are repeated the acting is quite unchanging and therefore not so great to me. For the same reason the directing is not amazing. 
I am not sure of the goal of this movie. The result on me is that the positive aspect of the person that I expected is not presented and thus I will ignore even more the Apple hype and the Steve Jobs hype.
Rating: 3 /10

2 comments:

  1. Besides the Apple story, does this movie mention at all the critical role Steve Jobs played in the development of the pioneering animation film company Pixar as I learned by watching the interesting documentary The Pixar Story?

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    1. Not at all. The story is quite limited to the early times of Apple.

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