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Ask HN: Anyone see Jobs movie? If so, what did you think?
- jmduke 13y agoAshton Kutcher and Josh Gad gave surprisingly great performances. I've never been particularly impressed with either of the two before this, but they did their characters as best as they could within the script. The script was scattered and, overall, bad. It seemed as though they were relying on a huge knowledge of the history of the company going in, but the truth is that you can't drop a dozen ancillary players into a script and expect moviegoers to pick up on them immediately. If you want to get insights into Steve Jobs, read the biography (or wait for the Sorkin treatment.) If you want an entertaining rendition of the pre-iPod Silicon Valley era, watch Pirates of the Silicon Valley. If you want a power-nerd bildungsroman, watch The Social Network.