Steve Jobs

It's not about Jobs's many successes (failures) in Atari, Apple, NeXT or Pixar, so it's not a movie an about a visionary who without doubt influenced the Western world in many ways by them. It is a little more about Jobs, however it is not mainly focused on him, as an extremely interesting person, who combines a capable (willing to do what it takes) and in many respects genius and very intelligent "leader" who was able to sell his innovative vision like no other, with undeniable business skills and charming personality, as well as an arrogant and often unreasonably cruel and emotionally unstable manipulator suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder who does not hesitate to go over dead bodies even of those who are close to him. And that's the nicer side of his dark side. But by far the most it is about the simple relationship of a complicated personality to the world, colleagues, friends and above all about finding a way in life and about an unwanted daughter. It's typically "Sorkinian-style" movie. No doubt about that. However, this time he managed to avoid a frequent weak point of his movies in a very smart way; namely, that his characters theatrically recite and do not speak like real people. And so he immediately captured it as a kind of stylized theatrical performance based on fiction inspired by the reality showed in three acts and returning visits à la Dickens's Christmas Carol. What Honor did well is that, apart from the period format of the individual acts, he stays away from his habits and he completely relies on the frantic pace of Sorkin's energetic dialogs and excellent actors, which is far from just a hymn to the Fassbender-Winslet-Rogen trio. (12/11/2015)

I am not an Apple fanatic and their products don't really interest me much. I don't know what features, applications, and gadgets they have, but I know a lot about Steve. And who doesn't? There are too many movies about him. But if you want to watch one, watch this one. Except for the ending, which didn't sit well with me, it's probably the best film about Jobs that I've seen. Danny Boyle is simply amazing. (29/01/2016)

A couple of years ago we had Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher, so Danny Boyle had to bet on other certainties besides the theme, and in my opinion that was mainly the well-chosen cast. Michael Fassbender gives a truly above-average convincing performance in the lead role, while his second Kate Winslet only confirms her strong acting qualities, of which we have been aware for two decades. The first half is rather slower and less intense, but in the second half everything starts to build up and the highlights are the heated dialogues between Fassbender, Winslet and Jeff Daniels. In short, it's more of a conversational drama revealing more facts around the myth of Steve Jobs. (01/02/2016)

Excellent conversation film with a frenetic pace. I had to really exert a lot of energy and attention to fully catch everything. Otherwise, I generally love these biographical works from the pen of Aaron Sorkin. Who knows, maybe after Zuckerberg and Jobs, Gates will be next. It's also worth noting the uncovering of Steve Jobs' legacy, which shows that far more than an innovator, he was a design and marketing genius. It's also worth mentioning Jobs’ destructive egomania, where he often had no problem overlooking the key colleagues without whom the whole Apple rocket ship would never have gone as far. On the other hand, this is probably not terribly surprising, because every extremely intelligent person is strange in his or her own way. But it's undeniable that Steve Jobs’ legacy is substantial, and his gradual journey to becoming one of the most successful IT businessmen of the late 20th and early 21st centuries is quite interesting, to say the least. (06/02/2018)

An excellent Boyle, and even better Fassbender and the best Aaron Sorkin. A gripping barrage of dialogue from the life of a mega-successful, unscrupulous bastard that, despite its rather violently closed-minded frame of mind, stylishly represents Hollywood's ability to tell stories of great people and their personal destinies. The plot is clear even for a complete layperson, well edited and covering fifteen years of Jobs's life and career with great clarity. However, its cold academic verbosity made me tired at times, and if it weren't for all the excellent actors, it would have been hard to buy into the one-sided emotional ending. That said, still a delectable, smart and believable conversational drama, fulfilling at the same time the function of a great narrative film. (30/01/2016)