Movie Review: Jobs
What We Liked
What We Didn't Like
The film Jobs is best described as the rise, fall and rise again of the Apple Corporation. I found the lengthy, biography of Steve Jobs (founder of Apple) played by Ashton Kutcher to be reasonably interesting and undeniably inspirational. As a biography, it falls somewhat short. There was much more I would have liked to have known about Mr. Jobs. It is no secret that Jobs was known to be a bit ruthless. Did this ever change? Did he have any kindness epiphanies upon learning he was terminally ill? In fact there was no mention of his illness at all. Also it is common knowledge, that he and Bill Gates were competitors/enemies, I would have liked to have seen more of that relationship played out as well.
The film starts out with Steve Jobs introducing the first iPod/mp3 player. It really was revolutionary. Imagine a thousand songs in your pocket. It wasn’t that long ago folks. Personally I have never been a big fan of Ashton Kutcher, but as Jobs he was spot on. Right down to the walk, I have no qualms whatsoever regarding Kutcher’s very authentic depiction. The story then moves on to “the beginning.” Where Steve drops out of college, but continues attending courses because he is searching for his destiny. It was imperative to him, that he find the path that he was passionate about. In doing so, we discover that: 1) He does not want to work for anyone but himself, 2) He never really created anything personally but had the ability to recognize something great in the making, and 3) He had an uncanny way of motivating people to invent beyond what they ever thought imaginable.
The actual inventor of the personal computer goes to Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad), just a nerd that plays around with techy stuff to amuse himself. Recognizing that Wozniak has unknowingly created something profound, Jobs jumps at the chance to make this invention come to fruition. Before you know it, Apple is formed and production is underway in the Jobs family garage. Friends are hired to fulfill the company’s first order, and history is in the making. Mike Markkula (Dermot Mulroney) soon becomes the company’s first big investor. The dynamic of this friendship as well as Jobs early relationships is poignant to his life story, it is well known that Jobs had very little problem moving up to his level of power and not compensating the little people that made it possible for him to get there. We are however, somewhat guided near the end to believe that perhaps he had made some amends in this area, but no real confirmations here.
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Jobs is definitely one for entrepreneurs looking to research great success stories. As I’m not a fan of crushing people and forgetting those that help you along the way, Jobs does inspire one to think about the tenacity necessary to obtain greatness. As well as the complete importance in not just doing what we “have” to do, but doing what we are passionate about.
Betsy Cizek
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