Prediction: Sony will also hire Trent Reznor to do the music for the film. He will use sound generated by holding a magnet too close to a speaker accompanied by a piano. It will win an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
The soundtrack for The Social Network was great and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack is also shaping up nicely. They could certainly do worse than choose Reznor & Atticus Ross.
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Originally Posted by myapplelove
Speak for yourself, please.
Just basing that on several recent threads and reactions to his posts. Seemed accurate.
I disagree. I think the movie starts with the aftermath of his death, with a speech with somebody like President Clinton or Al Gore. This lets the folks who don't really know much about Jobs understand the significance of the death. Then the movie goes back to when Jobs first comes back to Apple.
There are many ways to do a movie, but most people already know the early story.
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Originally Posted by paxman
I agree about Sorkin. I could see the movie focussing on one product only, such as the Bondi iMac, or as you suggest, the iPod.
Nope, not accurate at all. The few people who object to what I write is Fandroids and other infiltrators on this site. That's a positive thing, not a negative thing.
They could certainly do worse than choose Reznor & Atticus Ross.
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
So basically the Steve Jobs movie would be written by the guy who wrote the social network, it would be directed by the same guy who directed the social network and the music can be done by the same team that did the social network! How original and daring!
Can't they just photoshop Steve Job's face into that movie which has already been made? That would be cheaper and quicker, and it could be ready for X-mas 2011.
Hopefully Sorkin will turn this movie down. He did turn down a Pixar movie when Steve asked him, so there is hope!
This is way too fast. The only way this movie is going to be any good at all is if they wait ten years before they make it.
Anything else will be a TV movie of the week kind of thing with about as much depth as the story of Octomom, or a "making of" movie of a Britney Spears concert. In all fairness, "the Social Network" was exactly this kind of movie itself.
Prepare to be disappointed.
The Social Network came out relatively fast after Facebook was started. A couple of years, sure, but certainly not ten.
How about Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War ...?
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The script for Moneyball is itself a subject worthy of a movie. It was originally written by Steve Zaillian (a brilliant script writer in his own right). Depending on which account you read, the final version was still very much his work with minor modifications by Sorkin. Regardless, I would not be so sure as to add Moneyball to the list of Sorkin creations.
Thanks for the info about Zaillian. I was lazy and assumed that since the article mentioned Moneyball that Sorkin played a bigger role in it's creation. I haven't seen those other movies, but I'll take your word for it that they weren't "great."
I disagree. I think the movie starts with the aftermath of his death, with a speech with somebody like President Clinton or Al Gore. This lets the folks who don't really know much about Jobs understand the significance of the death. Then the movie goes back to when Jobs first comes back to Apple.
There are many ways to do a movie, but most people already know the early story.
They could let Trey Parker & Matt Stone do a musical biopic. They'd probably end up with a parody of The Human Centipede, mixed with the worst Michael Bay action set pieces ever filmed. There would be car chases and an asteroid hurling towards silicon valley, for no reason other than Hollywood movies are absurd when they try to be serious. In 3D. Any way you slice it, Sony Pictures will f*ck this movie up.
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
Let Tarantino have at it. There would be characters smoking and doing drugs (Steve in his hippie days), followed by witty dialog, a revenge plot (Steve vs. Google) and a Mexican standoff in Act III.
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
Actually, David Fincher really is a great director, so they could really do a lot worse than hiring him, but he's doing the trilogy of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, so he'll be tied up w/those for awhile
I'd rather be seeing it written as an opera by Philip Glass and staged by Robert Wilson, the duo that appropriately gave us "Einstein on the Beach". Perhaps they could call it "Jobs in the Garage".
Yes, and while it was fine film in many respects, I actually found it frustrating because so many details were left out and when Nixon resigns at the end of the film (which isn't actually shown, except with a title card), it almost seems anti-climactic.
"All The President's Men" is about two years in the lives of Woodward & Bernstein, not the story of their lives, so while the story is more complex in some ways and it has some aspects of a thriller, it's a much smaller story (but not less important) than the Steve Jobs life story.
In addition, while people were very aware of Woodware & Bernstein, they weren't very aware of their personas. This made it easier for Redford and Hoffman to play them. Because we've come to know Steve's persona (at least his public persona) so well, I wonder whether any actor can be believable in the role. (Maybe they should take the approach of that Dylan movie from a few years back and have many different actors portray Jobs.)
Also, while we all "know" how much Apple has changed our lives, I think that's hard to present in a film. Steve returning and cutting the Apple product line and coming out with the first iMacs in various colors is not something that's going to impress the movie audience. I think some would maintain that Steve's greatest accomplishment was not any one product release, but the development of the eco-system. And I think that's pretty hard to present in an interesting, non-tacky way as well. All films need a villain. Once Steve returns to Apple, who's the villain? Maybe the villain is mediocrity.
Charlie Sheen cannnot play Jobs. Have you seen Sheen with balding hair in Being John Makovich? He looked horrible! No way that bald pate can play Steve!
Prediction: Sony will also hire Trent Reznor to do the music for the film. He will use sound generated by holding a magnet too close to a speaker accompanied by a piano. It will win an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
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Clearly Sony values your opinion about as much as most of the folks on this board do. Good to know *grin*
Speak for yourself, please.
Prediction: Sony will also hire Trent Reznor to do the music for the film. He will use sound generated by holding a magnet too close to a speaker accompanied by a piano. It will win an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
The soundtrack for The Social Network was great and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo soundtrack is also shaping up nicely. They could certainly do worse than choose Reznor & Atticus Ross.
Speak for yourself, please.
Just basing that on several recent threads and reactions to his posts. Seemed accurate.
There are many ways to do a movie, but most people already know the early story.
I agree about Sorkin. I could see the movie focussing on one product only, such as the Bondi iMac, or as you suggest, the iPod.
Seemed accurate.
Nope, not accurate at all. The few people who object to what I write is Fandroids and other infiltrators on this site. That's a positive thing, not a negative thing.
They could certainly do worse than choose Reznor & Atticus Ross.
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
So basically the Steve Jobs movie would be written by the guy who wrote the social network, it would be directed by the same guy who directed the social network and the music can be done by the same team that did the social network! How original and daring!
Can't they just photoshop Steve Job's face into that movie which has already been made? That would be cheaper and quicker, and it could be ready for X-mas 2011.
Hopefully Sorkin will turn this movie down. He did turn down a Pixar movie when Steve asked him, so there is hope!
This is way too fast. The only way this movie is going to be any good at all is if they wait ten years before they make it.
Anything else will be a TV movie of the week kind of thing with about as much depth as the story of Octomom, or a "making of" movie of a Britney Spears concert. In all fairness, "the Social Network" was exactly this kind of movie itself.
Prepare to be disappointed.
The Social Network came out relatively fast after Facebook was started. A couple of years, sure, but certainly not ten.
How about Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip, Charlie Wilson's War ...?
...
The script for Moneyball is itself a subject worthy of a movie. It was originally written by Steve Zaillian (a brilliant script writer in his own right). Depending on which account you read, the final version was still very much his work with minor modifications by Sorkin. Regardless, I would not be so sure as to add Moneyball to the list of Sorkin creations.
Thanks for the info about Zaillian. I was lazy and assumed that since the article mentioned Moneyball that Sorkin played a bigger role in it's creation. I haven't seen those other movies, but I'll take your word for it that they weren't "great."
Maybe they should call it "The Social Network 2".
I disagree. I think the movie starts with the aftermath of his death, with a speech with somebody like President Clinton or Al Gore. This lets the folks who don't really know much about Jobs understand the significance of the death. Then the movie goes back to when Jobs first comes back to Apple.
There are many ways to do a movie, but most people already know the early story.
They could let Trey Parker & Matt Stone do a musical biopic. They'd probably end up with a parody of The Human Centipede, mixed with the worst Michael Bay action set pieces ever filmed. There would be car chases and an asteroid hurling towards silicon valley, for no reason other than Hollywood movies are absurd when they try to be serious. In 3D. Any way you slice it, Sony Pictures will f*ck this movie up.
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
Let Tarantino have at it. There would be characters smoking and doing drugs (Steve in his hippie days), followed by witty dialog, a revenge plot (Steve vs. Google) and a Mexican standoff in Act III.
Wasted on a Sorkin/Hollywood 'movie'.
Maybe Charlie Sheen will be available play Jobs
Please let Noah Wyle play Steve.
Sounds like the perfect one to write this script. I'm thinking either George Clooney or, dare I say it, Tom Cruise.
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All suboptimal choices. This is the guy: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001804/
Great actor. He even has the smile! Creepy.....
They should also choose the same director that did the social network! That would be so great!
Actually, David Fincher really is a great director, so they could really do a lot worse than hiring him, but he's doing the trilogy of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, so he'll be tied up w/those for awhile
That's what my girlfriend said. I convinced her otherwise
I would not brag about that... but you surely have your reasons to want the world to know you are ahemf... way too quick.
I think his life is the stuff of opera.
Wasted on a Sorkin/Hollywood 'movie'.
Then he should be played by Freddie Mercury, or Michael Jackson, or maybe Pavarotti... oh, wait. Looks like this century's headed into disaster.
I can't see a film about any of it. Too much story that would have be compressed to be honest.
Well, Steve just would have told you to cut the non essentials, I imagine
Did you ever see All the President's Men?
Yes, and while it was fine film in many respects, I actually found it frustrating because so many details were left out and when Nixon resigns at the end of the film (which isn't actually shown, except with a title card), it almost seems anti-climactic.
"All The President's Men" is about two years in the lives of Woodward & Bernstein, not the story of their lives, so while the story is more complex in some ways and it has some aspects of a thriller, it's a much smaller story (but not less important) than the Steve Jobs life story.
In addition, while people were very aware of Woodware & Bernstein, they weren't very aware of their personas. This made it easier for Redford and Hoffman to play them. Because we've come to know Steve's persona (at least his public persona) so well, I wonder whether any actor can be believable in the role. (Maybe they should take the approach of that Dylan movie from a few years back and have many different actors portray Jobs.)
Also, while we all "know" how much Apple has changed our lives, I think that's hard to present in a film. Steve returning and cutting the Apple product line and coming out with the first iMacs in various colors is not something that's going to impress the movie audience. I think some would maintain that Steve's greatest accomplishment was not any one product release, but the development of the eco-system. And I think that's pretty hard to present in an interesting, non-tacky way as well. All films need a villain. Once Steve returns to Apple, who's the villain? Maybe the villain is mediocrity.
Maybe Charlie Sheen will be available play Jobs
Charlie Sheen cannnot play Jobs. Have you seen Sheen with balding hair in Being John Makovich? He looked horrible! No way that bald pate can play Steve!
Prediction: Sony will also hire Trent Reznor to do the music for the film. He will use sound generated by holding a magnet too close to a speaker accompanied by a piano. It will win an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Now, if they could only get Fincher to direct....