Lame.

Oh great, another movie about Steve Jobs. We really don’t have enough of those.

That being said, I watched it. Not because I wanted to, but because I was super tired and didn’t feel like moving an inch and it was available.

So what can I say? The movie was alright. I mean, when you got a top tier actor like Michael Fassbender the movie can’t be BAD. But do we really need to idolize Steve Jobs again and again? There’s been a bunch of books and movies released about the guy.

The movie doesn’t make him out to be a good guy (because let’s be very clear, he was not), however it also doesn’t really delve into anything all that interesting about the guy. You just get a peak at what he was like before some of his major product launches in the eighties and nighties. The dialogue is decent, but the acting is the only thing holding it all together. Without the A list actors I think this movie would be a colossal flop.

Perhaps the most interesting part was watching the scene where years after being kicked out of Apple he talks with a former Apple board member and things get heated fast. They do a good job showing that most people just didn’t think about the world as a piece of marketing like Steve Jobs did.

The guy gets credit where it’s due — he thought of brilliant marketing campaigns. He however, did NOT invent anything that revolutionary that someone else didn’t already invent. What he did was market his products well and make people want them.

I’ll give this movie 1 star because I feel like it.