As longtime fans of Apple Computer products, Jack and I looked forward to this biopic of its founder and enjoyed ourselves with its history when it arrived. Ashton Kutcher clearly puts his all into being the mercurial Steve. What we don't know is whether Jobs the man was really that moody and calculating, or is it debut writer Matt Whiteley's vision, director Joshua Michael Stern's (I can't remember seeing Swing Vote (2008) and definitely didn't see his first feature), or Kutcher's (profiled in No Strings Attached) portrayal. We do know that Kutcher sounded a little paranoid when accusing the real Steve Wozniak of panning Kutcher's movie for financial gain. More on the reviews in a moment.
Even Woz had no quibble with the fine acting, including Josh Gad (after Love and Other Drugs he helped create the now-canceled sitcom 1600 Penn) as Wozniak, Dermot Mulroney (some of my favorites of his work are Longtime Companion (1989), The Thing Called Love (1993), Living in Oblivion (one of my all-time faves and a favorite of his, too), Kansas City (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Trixie (2000), The Safety of Objects (2001), Lovely & Amazing (2001), About Schmidt (2002), Flash of Genius, and his TV roles in Enlightened and New Girl) as Mike Markkula (one of the "suits"), Lukas Haas (last blogged in Inception) as Jobs' old friend Daniel Kottke, Matthew Modine (notable in Birdy (1984), Mrs. Soffel (1984), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), and 12 episodes of Weeds in 2007) as John Sculley, and many more.
John Debney (covered in Iron Man 2) provides the original score, which someone has conveniently posted on youtube. Imdb has also provided a list of the songs, many of which are from the 70s, 80s, and covers of same.
Critics are hating on this movie, with rottentomatoes averages at 26% to audiences' 49. Even Macworld magazine is lukewarm on it (click "cancel" when you're asked to log in and you'll be able to read the link). We didn't hate it when we saw it two weeks ago. The DVD is estimated to be out this December. Once it comes out and/or starts streaming, if you don't have to pay for it (or buy it on iTunes to help my Apple stock dividends!), you might take a look and let me know what you think.
Even Woz had no quibble with the fine acting, including Josh Gad (after Love and Other Drugs he helped create the now-canceled sitcom 1600 Penn) as Wozniak, Dermot Mulroney (some of my favorites of his work are Longtime Companion (1989), The Thing Called Love (1993), Living in Oblivion (one of my all-time faves and a favorite of his, too), Kansas City (1996), My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), Trixie (2000), The Safety of Objects (2001), Lovely & Amazing (2001), About Schmidt (2002), Flash of Genius, and his TV roles in Enlightened and New Girl) as Mike Markkula (one of the "suits"), Lukas Haas (last blogged in Inception) as Jobs' old friend Daniel Kottke, Matthew Modine (notable in Birdy (1984), Mrs. Soffel (1984), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Pacific Heights (1990), Short Cuts (1993), and 12 episodes of Weeds in 2007) as John Sculley, and many more.
John Debney (covered in Iron Man 2) provides the original score, which someone has conveniently posted on youtube. Imdb has also provided a list of the songs, many of which are from the 70s, 80s, and covers of same.
Critics are hating on this movie, with rottentomatoes averages at 26% to audiences' 49. Even Macworld magazine is lukewarm on it (click "cancel" when you're asked to log in and you'll be able to read the link). We didn't hate it when we saw it two weeks ago. The DVD is estimated to be out this December. Once it comes out and/or starts streaming, if you don't have to pay for it (or buy it on iTunes to help my Apple stock dividends!), you might take a look and let me know what you think.
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