Overly dramatic Oscar bait movie
As said before on this board, this film is literally 2 hours of Steve Jobs having loooooong twisted conversations with people in almost the same environment (until Joanna or someone else interrupts). Scenes are repetitive, dialogues contain repetitions, the flashbacks are kinda forced and are displayed before the watchers realize that the present conversation even hints at past events, and the score music is clicheic 80% of the film. Having seen the other Steve Jobs biopic focusing on Job's early life starring Ashton Kutcher years ago, I'd say both films are almost equally unjust, but this one is of higher caliber because of Kate Winslet and Jeff Daniels's performances (Fassbender wasn't bad, but he wasn't great as Steve). Apart from these, this film kinda reminded me of Birdman in terms of photography and plot development and the way the director chases the actors walking up and down the stairs with the camera while they're still engaged in active conversations. Did anyone feel that as well?
Anyways, why is it that most Oscar-nominated films are mostly based on endless, pseudo-intelligent conversations between characters and little action, or, on the contrary, on such little dialogue that they have to make it up for with extreme action (e.g. The Revenant) Why has this become a trend in recent years? Why can't there be great films that have both good dialogue AND good action?