“‘Steve Jobs,’ the dramatic, fictionalized depiction of Apple’s cofounder written by Aaron Sorkin and starring Michael Fassbender, has flopped on its national release, bringing in just $7.3 million for a film that cost $30 million to make,” Daniel Eran Dilger reports for AppleInsider.
“The movie previously opened to the highest per-theater average of the year in a limited release involving just three theaters in New York City and Los Angeles, resulting in some predictions that the movie might bring in as much as $19 million over its opening weekend,” Dilger reports. “However, outside of key urban audiences, the film failed to attract interest across the 2,000 theaters showing it this weekend.”
Dilger reports, “The controversial bio pic has drawn significant criticism from Apple executives—and other tech industry luminaries who were close to Jobs, including Walt Mossberg—as being inaccurate and failing to capture the real identity of the man who had such a profound impact on consumer technology across many decades.”
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“Opportunistic” was kind. They knew they had brought forth a flop. The late night talk show charm offensive looked desperate from the start.
The movie STEVE JOBS is the cinematic experience of Steve Jobs life as MOMMY DEAREST was for Joan Crawford.
When liberals talk lies are produced. Sorkin is a liberal.
You really had to go there? Asshat.
You are the disgusting liberal ass hat. Sorkin is pure liberal scumbaggery – just like you. Now Phoff, ass hat and ass coat and ass ass.
Platinum — the pinnacle of evolution.
Or if you prefer:
Platinum — made in the image of god.
So was Steve Jobs. Liberal to the core.
In a fascist kind of way…
Jobs was not liberal in speaking out against the existence of teachers unions. He said they were antithetical to real quality education.
Jobs was not liberal in building the most successful capitalistic enterprise in America today. Liberals detest capitalism and wealth and free enterprise. Jobs used the freedom he had as an American to the max.
Jobs was not liberal in refusing to give free WIFI to the citizens of Cupertino in return for approval of his amazing new HQ plan. Jobs said Apple paid plenty in taxes and could go elsewhere if the super liberal city council made ridiculous demands.
Jobs had liberal positions on many things. He lived his life as a conservative in many respects.
You may keep telling yourself that, but none of the examples you mention define a liberal (in political, or social context).
Yes, Kent. He actually thought about issues and had a range of opinions from very progressive to conservative. This is similar to anyone who actually uses their brains and THINKS.
This is in very marked contrast to frothing, knee-jerk political fundamentalists such as yourself – who simply hold the doctrinaire opinion in a religious manner – who can ALWAYS be counted on for spittle-flecked, right-wing ravings, no matter what the topic.
You are wrong of course . President Obama is 100% liberal. Even 100% radical left. So is Michael Moore. So is Nancy Pelosi. And Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton and Aaron Sorkin. Today’s liberals are not allowed to be anything but liberal leftists. Ask Joe Lieberman.
Nobody (and I mean NOBODY) is 100% liberal or conservative.
Perhaps only nutcases.
SOME conservative ideas make sense. Others are complete BS.
SOME liberal ideas make sense. Others are complete BS.
Your view of liberals is extremily radical. I consider myself a liberal (not 100%, as I said), and I like capitalism (though, I have some criticism), like wealth (as long as I don’t step over my fellow humans to obtain it), and as an entrepreneur, I love free enterprise.
“Liberal” does not mean “communist”. In other countries, people against government intervention are called “liberals”.
Sorry to put it this way, but your position appears dogmatic and radical to me. I hope I’m mistaken. Things are not black and white. There are several shades of grey between your position and a hardcore “liberal”.
I’m a privileged citizen of a poor country. That means, I have the luck of, without being a millionaire, still be in the 10% top of living standards here. There’s a saying conservatives love: “Give a poor man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and feed him forever”.
While there’s a lot of wisdom in that saying (let me highlight it again, it contains a lot of wisdom), what good does it makes to teach how to fish, when the poor man has no fishing pole, no net, no boat or no food to make it to the sea?
So, there’s got to be a middle ground, where we can just ignore our fellow men’s dire situation, but at the same time, not to raise a generation of freeloaders.
If someone see money as an objective and not as a mean for happiness (yes, money helps! Money doesn’t buy happiness, but it helps!), and see “wealth” as the simple and vain accumulation of money for the sake of accumulation of money, well…
In the other hand, if we use money to DO things to help our fellow men AND at the same time, generate more money to cover our own needs, ensure our future and our kids, that’s great. I don’t mean to just give it away. I mean, creating jobs instead of outsourcing them, giving others the chance to grow, treating our employees well… I believe that counts.
Anyway, it’s my point of view. One can aspire to a lot, and at the same time, do something right in the way. It doesn’t need to be incompatible.
Does the desire of making money make me a conservative? So be it. Does the desire of helping others less fortunate than me makes me a liberal? Suits me well. I really don’t care much about the adjectives. To me, it’s al about the improvement of the human race a a whole. It takes BOTH to make it happen. The human race moves on with cooperation, understanding and team work. Radical positions and dogmatic points of view never, EVER achieved anything potsitive during humankind’s history.
Nuff Said.
So was Steve Jobs.
Steve Jobs was a liberal. He allowed Bill and Hillary to stay at the Jackling House when their daughter was going to Stanford.
How’s that for not being a Republican?
Save your money and watch iSteve instead. When it came out people misunderstood the movie thinking it was about Steve Jobs when in fact it was satirising subsequent books and films trying to portray Jobs.
They had to know this wasn’t going to be a hit ahead of time. Yes Fassbinder will probably get an Oscar nomination . Its just not interesting to most people
I don’t know about them knowing ahead of time but you are right. For the most part, the subject is just not that interesting to most people. It would have been even less interesting without the made up drama.
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I think the negative publicity has hurt the movie. Focusing on Lisa especially in the trailers does not make sense.
I thought the film was horribly inaccurate but I saw enough of Steve’s vision to clap and cheer at all the wrong times.
This film was super enjoyable as a portrait of a tech visionary with family issues that reminded me of The real Steve without being anything like the real Steve. And that just speaks to Fassnender’s talent and Sorkin’s writing that I was reminded of awesome things I had forgotten about Steve.
Besides I really like Seth Rogen when he isn’t making fart jokes.
Similar here, Watched the movie and liked it, inspite of it being a “Steve Jobs is a terrible kinda guy” movie.
Fassbender did a good job of showing a conflicted person trying to save a sinking Apple. He had the vision and pushed as hard as he could to keep it afloat. He was a very focused kinda guy while Woz was just likable and trying to be nice.
Nice does not float a business. Professional and caring, yes. Nice, not so much.
My take:
1 it is too soon. Maybe in a decade.
2 The script was shit and apparently highly fictional.
3 A Brit to play Steve Jobs? In a nation of over 300 million, could we not have an American play an American icon?
4 Since it was made by Comcast’s NBC/Universal, the fact that it flopped is even better.
Remember how Laurene Jobs called around to all the A-listers telling them not to do this movie? Well, this is what happens. You get a Fassbender/Noah Wylie coin flip.
Oh well, there’s always 2.0…
“..bringing in just $7.3 million for a film that cost $30 million to make..”
Libtard Economics 101.
Comcast – owners of Universal- is controlled by the Roberts family and they are hardcore REPUBLICANS.
Maybe you meant ConservaTard Economics.
The last Republican to balance a Federal Budget was Eisenhower and by today’s standards he would be considered a raging liberal.
oh no! REPUBLICAN! oh no!
Ya’ mean like when Ike initiated Operation Wetback to end illegal immigration in the fifties?
MOVIE WAS TOTAL CRAP – JUST ONE GIANT ARGUMENT THROUGHOUT THE FILM – DON’T WASTE YOU MONEY REALLY… IT WAS REALLY ABOUT STEVE AND HIS DAUGHTER AND HAD WAY WAY WAY TOO MUCH TURMOIL ABOUT THAT – BLAAAA – HATED IT! BAD WEST WING SHOW!
I said it a week ago and I will say it again: I will not see this hit piece or not even support it by watching it for free. Steve Jobs was a hero to me and I can’t stand seeing people try to pull him down to their level to make themselves feel less like the losers they are.
I’m with you 100%.
It’s impossible to unsee something once seen.
I hated the movie. I felt bad for the people that I convinced to accompany me. Watching it for five minutes I felt like leaving !
Apple fans looking for a more fun take on Steve Jobs might enjoy Eve’s Hungry, where Jobs is a sci-fi ninja action hero: