Watched it, and it was entertaining and funny. Of course, it helps that I'm a comedy fan (and have actually hard of Funny or Die. Really? What rock do you live under if you haven't heard of FoD?) and that I actually watched the whole movie.
All these new Steve Jobs movies are going to spawn another generation of anti-Apple trolls spewing the lies and misconceptions therein as "historical fact".
We seem to have forgotten that.
Most of the population could give a shit less about Steve Jobs. If they have their iPhone and iPad you could be running Apple and no one would care. I still wonder how Apple became so powerful with all the anti-Apple trolls in the world. Oh wait that's a figment of your imagination.
I do wish you were a figment of our imagination......
Unfortunately, there's a lot more like you out there, who say they don't "give a shit less" [sic] but stewing in their anti-Apple hatred, they just do.
Alan: "Apple, what kind of name is that?" Steve: "what's your name?" Alan: "Alan" Steve: "what kind of name is that?"
The VR sex scene was a bit weird. You wouldn't miss much by not watching it but it's better than some of the shows you get on TV so watch it for the same reasons you watch TV.
I've watched only the first 18 minutes so far, but from my perspective, this isn't a satire of Steve. It's a satire of the movies that are coming out about Steve, even though they haven't been released yet. It plays with Hollywood story conventions and IMO, purposely gets stuff wrong or trivializes it because that's what Hollywood movies do.
At first I thought they were playing it completely straight, but poorly, because Justin Long seems to be playing himself, not Steve Jobs. But then there were little moments that made me laugh because they were so ridiculous: meeting Woz, Woz holding his hand out to Gates, but Gates ignoring him, Gates and Jobs using hacksaws to "program" computers (aside from the fact that Jobs & Gates never built computers together), etc.
Meh.. honestly the first half was strangely classy, emotional, and even touching. From there, it just kept going downhill, dwelving into random shit that had nothing to do with actual history, and quickly became obnoxious, trashy, and just plain stupid. It's a shame, because the initial tone actually showed promise. Not sure why it drastically changed after that, it's like they had no idea what they wanted this movie to be.
I hate to say this but do Americans actually know what funny is?
This movie made me want to die. The only person who was funny was the fat guy from Lost (which I never watched but I know he's from that program) and even then his humour was the EXTREMELY subtle kind - like when he's standing there with his arm outstretched waiting for a handshake that never comes.
All in all I'm going with GTR's thoughts on the film:
"Please note that when I mentioned it was funny, I was not referring to going-to-the-circus fun or fly-fishing-in-Montana fun. It was more shoving shards of broken glass up your ass and then sitting in a tub of Tabasco sauce fun."
0% funny. 100% inaccurate. There's no point watching this movie aside from loosing your time. I didn't make it further than the 15 minute mark. What happens at the end?
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To me OK is less than good. Perhaps bearable to watch, with a few good parts. I would not recommend an OK movie lasting 80 minutes.
It's seems like they wanted to make a suedo funny/serious take on Steve.
Almost like they were trying to flex a dramatic side in there.
Could be funnier.
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Originally Posted by extremeskater
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
All these new Steve Jobs movies are going to spawn another generation of anti-Apple trolls spewing the lies and misconceptions therein as "historical fact".
We seem to have forgotten that.
Most of the population could give a shit less about Steve Jobs. If they have their iPhone and iPad you could be running Apple and no one would care. I still wonder how Apple became so powerful with all the anti-Apple trolls in the world. Oh wait that's a figment of your imagination.
I do wish you were a figment of our imagination......
Unfortunately, there's a lot more like you out there, who say they don't "give a shit less" [sic] but stewing in their anti-Apple hatred, they just do.
Alan: "Apple, what kind of name is that?"
Steve: "what's your name?"
Alan: "Alan"
Steve: "what kind of name is that?"
The VR sex scene was a bit weird. You wouldn't miss much by not watching it but it's better than some of the shows you get on TV so watch it for the same reasons you watch TV.
I've watched only the first 18 minutes so far, but from my perspective, this isn't a satire of Steve. It's a satire of the movies that are coming out about Steve, even though they haven't been released yet. It plays with Hollywood story conventions and IMO, purposely gets stuff wrong or trivializes it because that's what Hollywood movies do.
At first I thought they were playing it completely straight, but poorly, because Justin Long seems to be playing himself, not Steve Jobs. But then there were little moments that made me laugh because they were so ridiculous: meeting Woz, Woz holding his hand out to Gates, but Gates ignoring him, Gates and Jobs using hacksaws to "program" computers (aside from the fact that Jobs & Gates never built computers together), etc.
I'll watch the rest later.
Meh.. honestly the first half was strangely classy, emotional, and even touching. From there, it just kept going downhill, dwelving into random shit that had nothing to do with actual history, and quickly became obnoxious, trashy, and just plain stupid. It's a shame, because the initial tone actually showed promise. Not sure why it drastically changed after that, it's like they had no idea what they wanted this movie to be.
I think the 1/2 pound bean and cheese burrito at Del Taco is OK, but recommend it? Naaah. One usually recommends something that is more than just OK.
This movie made me want to die. The only person who was funny was the fat guy from Lost (which I never watched but I know he's from that program) and even then his humour was the EXTREMELY subtle kind - like when he's standing there with his arm outstretched waiting for a handshake that never comes.
All in all I'm going with GTR's thoughts on the film:
"Please note that when I mentioned it was funny, I was not referring to going-to-the-circus fun or fly-fishing-in-Montana fun. It was more shoving shards of broken glass up your ass and then sitting in a tub of Tabasco sauce fun."
Crap. Don't waste your time!