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Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by dsuth »

baby wrote: post #14
FaceKicker wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it's worth, The Social Network as a movie was very well-received by critics [1]. Jobs , not so much [2]. [1] http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/ [2] http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jobs/

The trailer for the social network was amazing and people were anticipating the movie. I don't think anyone wanted to watch Jobs after seeing the trailer.

Often, anticipation is what ruins a movie. All of the best movies I've seen (The Matrix, Fifth Element spring to mind) had such obtuse trailers that I had no idea what was going on before I got in there.

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by dubcanada »

CamperBob2 wrote: post #37

Please don't link directly to auto-playing video pages. At least not until browser vendors get their acts together and indicate which tabs are generating sound. (No, I'm not interested in a long list of excuses as to why that's hard to do.)

Upgrade to chrome canary. It has that feature.

And what does that have to do with linking to a auto playing video? Do you automatically switch tabs after loading it and then get confused which tab has your video?

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by dsuth »

hrktb wrote: post #35
k-mcgrady wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want the facts read Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs. >> "It would have been true to their intent (entertainment)" OF COURSE their intent is entertainment! It's a movie!

Or not as it seems. Walter Isaacson was heavily criticized as being way too light and inaccurate (disclaimer: didn't read). 'Infinite loop' seems a better entry point.

Yeah, the Isaacson book is almost unreadable. Obviously rushed to coincide as closely as possible with his death, and just not a good book by any standard. The lack of even cursory editing is telling.

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by narrator »

hayksaakian wrote: post #7

For a better film concerning the same topic, try pirates of silicon valley. Its a bit old, but quite good.

I went out and saw Pirates of Silicon Valley after Bill Gates said in his Reddit IAMA that his portrayal was more or less accurate.

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by phaus »

MBCook wrote: post #12

The woman doing the interview really seems to do a poor job. She seems to let Wozniak get about 80-90% into statements and then speedily talk over him to move onto the next point. It doesn't sound like she's actually listening to his answers, just going down her checklist. At one point he explains why he liked Sorkin's approach better than Kutcher's, then she asked a later question as if he had never said that. It's…

I haven't seen the movie, but wasn't Jobs' personality pretty much the same throughout his life?

I've read a few different articles where they claimed that when he worked at Atari, they created a shift just for him because no one could stand to work around him. Supposedly it was because he was an unwashed hippie, but I'm inclined to think that Atari's entire staff was made up of unwashed hippies during this time period, so it must have been his personality.

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by KC8ZKF »

saraid216 wrote: post #34
dirkgently wrote: post #26

If we wait long enough, we will also find out that Steve Jobs invented practically everything around us - the bits, the bytes, the electricity, atoms and molecules. Hack, he was the first fish out of the water that gave raise to the man kind millions of years later. All Hail the King Jobs.

> Hack 1) I like this typo. 2) I can't imagine how you made it. Dvorak keyboard?

Two bucks says #2 was auto-correct. Hack is a proper English word, heck is not.

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Post by shubb »

jared314 wrote: post #6

People had similar things to say about The Social Network. It was wrong about history, but it was also a good movie on its own. We will see if "Jobs", as a movie, can stand on its own.

But a movie isn't just a movie. Every movie has a narrative that makes a point, and that makes it valuable.

If what we are hoping to learn from 'Jobs' or The Social Network is "How did this guy do it? What personal qualities can I emulate, what situations can I apply the same approach in", then it is only valuable if it is accurate.

After all, if the narrative is something the writer more or less made up (i.e. he's missed out the bit where Jobs goes into the wilderness and comes back another person), then what the movie teaches us is coming from the writers head. The writer didn't build a leading company, so I am not really interested in what he thinks about how to do it.

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by jacquesm »

hkmurakami wrote: post #29
dirkgently wrote: post #26

If we wait long enough, we will also find out that Steve Jobs invented practically everything around us - the bits, the bytes, the electricity, atoms and molecules. Hack, he was the first fish out of the water that gave raise to the man kind millions of years later. All Hail the King Jobs.

he did invent the personal computer right? ... right? ;)

sorry.

http://www.murple.net/gallery/v/what/informationage/img_0030...

Re: Wozniak Says `Lot of Things Wrong’ With Jobs Movie [video]

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Post by capkutay »

hayksaakian wrote: post #7

For a better film concerning the same topic, try pirates of silicon valley. Its a bit old, but quite good.

I saw pirates of silicon valley a few years ago. I'd say that was the only movie to really get me excited about being in tech/silicon valley. The Social Network didn't even have close to the same effect for me.
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