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iPod and iPhone: a theory about the movie's appeal

posted 8 years ago by goingapricot
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I'm wondering why this movie didn't perform better at the box office.

Why didn't more people want to see it?

Especially demo of 18- to 34-year-old males, especially digital-savvy young people.

Was it the exclusion of iPod and iPhone, revolutionary products with brand loyalty that are still in use today?

Does 16 years ago seem like ancient history in the digital age?

I love this movie as what it is.

I wonder if people didn't see it for what it is not.

Thoughts?

[–] jayarenn 8 years ago

I think that the movie was perfectly set in time. In fact, those were the launches I was really interested in. Including the iPhone and Ipad era would have shortened the other parts and made it less powerful. And just focusing in those gadgets would be telling the last part of the story.
I believe the movie didn't perform better because it wasn't long since the Ashton Kutcher movie was released. In fact, I had conversations like this:
-Hey, I want to watch the Steve Jobs movie.
-Oh, another one? I pass, I have seen the other one.

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

i am agree to the point they should go until the iPod at least....I am not sure if the Director did not want to go that far for questions of first stages of his cancer...( I am not sure he already got cancer then or from the iPhone) like wanted to keep the Steve Jobs in good health for the memory of the film.

[–] SteverB 8 years ago

I am not sure he already got cancer then or from the iPhone

Did you mean to say that Jobs got cancer from an iPhone?

[–] Hagaxxx 8 years ago

Of course I didn't mean such think however he should have been punished to create the bloody smartphone thing which is killing the human person to person communication....

[–] X-Hal 8 years ago

Don't be ridiculous.

All cell phones give you cancer.

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Whether they find life there or not, I think Jupiter should be considered an enemy planet.

[–] jimlarose1 8 years ago

The iMac was Jobs returning as the company's savior so extending to the IPod would have just extended an already established point.

[–] regahsof 8 years ago

I am admittedly not a huge tech guy and didn't have an interest in going to the theater to see it. However, I do remember the ads for it - online and on TV. I'm more of an action guy and maybe especially about something biographical, something real, I could just read the book on it or Wikipedia article or whatever. But you can't really do that for Batman or Jason Bourne and enjoy it as much the same way. But I saw this film just recently and really enjoyed it.

[–] Jes' Sayin' (5960) 3 years ago

Probably because those interested had already seen a Jobs movie just two years before.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

I think it's the cast. Fassbender doesn't resemble Jobs, like, at all. People were like is this a movie about a guy who dresses and poses like Steve Jobs? Like an Elvis impersonator or something.

Aston Kutcher looks more similar to Jobs and many that have already seen the movie said it sucked, so why would one want to watch another Jobs movie? This time it doesn't even look like Steve Jobs.

[–] VanHellion (607) 3 years ago

Fassbender is a superb actor though. And, he did capture a lot of mannerisms of Steve Jobs. For me, that was more convincing even though Ashton Kutcher did look convincing as Jobs.

[–] Ed (522) 2 years ago

Yes, great performances all around. It’s really not a biography. It’s really a backstage theater drama. I went in with that mentality and thought it was a good film. Fassbender and Winslet are so incredible!

[–] VanHellion (607) 2 years ago

Agreed - I also don't get the hate for Ashton Kutcher's portrayal of Steve Jobs. I think he did a damn good job for someone who was known as a "goofy" actor - or known for sliding the pork to Demi Moore. Fuck off with that... people think that he can't take a serious role now because he was in "Dude, where's my car?"????? Seriously... Jeff Daniels was in Dumb and Dumber but was EXCELLENT as John Sculley and several other roles. Ashton did A-Okay in my book.

[–] ExTechOp (2749) 16 days ago

The appeal or lack of appeal has everything to do with what it is and little to do with its subject matter

This is essentially a filmed stage play -- that was clear from the trailers