Steve Jobs

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. (01/30/2016)

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. (02/06/2018)

A concert of fine acting from Fassbender from start to finish + the wonderful Kate Winslet. Boyle’s dynamic direction makes conversations (a fantastic exchange of opinions in the middle of the movie) and other situations unbelievably powerful. Sorkin’s polished dialogs are a sure bet. Even quite obvious things and add-ons + inspiration do not disturb viewing. Probably the only movie this year that met my expectations. P.S.: I found my Mac I had at Junior High rather restrictive, I don’t own an iPhone and I only knew Jobs from the Simpsons before he died. (11/12/2015)

They simply had to shoot this differently and focus on a family or on dialogues between some interesting characters; thus, in a way that was lacking in Silicon Valley or the movie Jobs. On the other hand, I don’t think that Steve Jobs deserves this many movies. Michael Fassbender and Danny Boyle might have showcased some proper filmmaking art, but completely in vain, in my opinion. (02/28/2016)

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. (02/01/2016)