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ATP Movie Club: Steve Jobs
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In this special episode, we watch and discuss Aaron Sorkin's 2015 film, "Steve Jobs”.
Alex Rosenberg@atpfm Will listen, but I was not a fan of that movie. Sorkin wrote what he wanted based on Walter's "idealized reality" book. The Ashton Kutcher movie actually felt more real.
John Siracusa@alexr I think that’s the other one I was trying to think of on the episode.
@siracusa I also was weirdly distracted by the incorrect layout of the off-camera areas of Town Hall and that the NeXT launch was shot in the entirely wrong building.
Jeff C. 🇺🇦🇬🇱@alexr @siracusa I never got around to watching it because — while I like Fassbender as an actor — he neither looks or sounds anything like Jobs.
Doesn’t help that this was based on Isaacson’s book, either.
Noah Wylie played a fairly convincing young Steve Jobs, IMHO, and — while he’s not the first actor I’d pick for any role — Kutcher certainly at least looked the part.
Christian Kent 𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥@siracusa @alexr The Ashton Kutcher movie ("Jobs") had production overlapping the Sorkin movie ("Steve Jobs") and both rode the wave of natural publicity following Steve's death.
So the movies are natural candidates for direct comparison. I'd love an episode that reviews "Jobs" and it would be easy to refer to "Steve Jobs" throughout.
But a useful episode would review "Pirates of Silicon Valley" as an unofficial prequel to "Jobs" and review them at the same time. The Sorkin movie stands apart and wouldn't fit into a two-for-one movie review like that.