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People had similar things to say about The Social Network. It was wrong about history, but it was also a good movie on its own. We will see if "Jobs", as a movi
by jared314 13y ago
People had similar things to say about The Social Network. It was wrong about history, but it was also a good movie on its own. We will see if "Jobs", as a movie, can stand on its own.
- FaceKicker 13y agoFor what it's worth, The Social Network as a movie was very well-received by critics [1]. Jobs, not so much [2]. [1] http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-social-network/ [2] http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jobs/ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jobs/
- baby 13y agoThe trailer for the social network was amazing and people were anticipating the movie. I don't think anyone wanted to watch Jobs after seeing the trailer.
- dsuth 13y agoOften, anticipation is what ruins a movie. All of the best movies I've seen (The Matrix, Fifth Element spring to mind) had such obtuse trailers that I had no idea what was going on before I got in there.
- baby 13y agoyup. But I'm more talking about judging a movie from its Trailer. I can often have a good intuition about the movie just from the Trailer.
- kazagistar 13y agoHoly shit, "not so much" is putting it really lightly.
- shubb 13y agoBut a movie isn't just a movie. Every movie has a narrative that makes a point, and that makes it valuable. If what we are hoping to learn from 'Jobs' or The Social Network is "How did this guy do it? What personal qualities can I emulate, what situations can I apply the same approach in", then it is only valuable if it is accurate. After all, if the narrative is something the writer more or less made up (i.e. he's missed out the bit where Jobs goes into the wilderness and comes back another person), then what the movie teaches us is coming from the writers head. The writer didn't build a leading company, so I am not really interested in what he thinks about how to do it.
- bennyg 13y agoThat's not the writer's intention though - that's what you want the intention to be. And that's not really fair. The point is probably an entertaining biopic aimed at mass-market success, not a how-to on building a successful company.
- omaranto 13y agoWhat makes a movie valuable is the "point" it's trying to make? You sound like my brother, who used to see me reading novels and say "What's the point of reading that? You do know the stuff in that book didn't actually happen, right?". :)
- n09n 13y agoNot everyone wants that out of movies. Some of us are happy to leave the theater thinking "well, that was an entertaining way to spend two hours".