Yeah, there are two Steve Jobs movies. One was a god awful Ashton Kutcher film from 2013. A much better one came out two years later, and didn’t do so well. This is one of my favorite underrated movies. Featuring a stacked cast. An Oscar winning director and writer. Why did it not do well? There are many reasons. All of them may be right and all of them may be wrong.
Some blame the over-saturation market of Steve Jobs. There were countless books, movies, and documentaries in the years following his death in 2011. Unlike Mark Zuckerberg, he had a rabid fan base that didn’t want to see a human depiction of the icon they adored. Tech moguls kept claiming that the depiction was that of the man they knew.
Some blame the inferior Kutcher film, Jobs, that caused the confusion among the movie going audience. I think many of those played an issue, but I think many people just weren’t hyped about seeing a Jobs biopic.
Unfortunately, the world missed out in a very artistic film that in many cases Jobs himself would’ve admired the aesthetic. A case of many talented actors and a sharp script that made the movie flow. However, critics gripping about how accurate it was is nonsensical. Biopics are still cinema. To think anything more about them is thinking too hard about it.
Shownotes for “Steve Jobs (2015)”
Articles:
Being DIT on the “Steve Jobs” movie: How to Manage Huge Quantity of Data (Pomfort)
‘Steve Jobs’ Flops at Box Office, and Silicon Valley Cheers (The New York Times)
Steve Jobs 2015 – (IMDB)
Videos:
“Steve Jobs” Official Trailer (YouTube)
The film itself would be considered an indie style with the budget of a major film. You could mistake the film as based on a play as it uses many interior shots. However, the film manages to investigate the mind of the Apple co-founder. Approaching the film as the man behind the advancement. Enjoy Steve Jobs (2015) on this week’s The Disgruntled Cinephile.