Steve Jobs was renowned and feared for his reality distortion field.
The original sin of Bill Gates and Microsofts betrayal of the Mac?
Theres hardly even the faintest wink at the iPod.
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Instead,Steve Jobsnarrows its focus to the presentation of of three product launches.
The logic to this is two-fold.
Apples current CEO Tim Cook has expressed caution about the movie and for understandable reason.
Yet, audiences will still come away liking the man.
And credit for such a feat must be first given to Michael Fassbender.
The rest of the cast impresses well enough.
Still, one instantly realizes Sorkin sympathizes with Sculley.
But its also the strongest thread of a movie that constantly flirts with tragedy but only consummates it here.
The movies other real anchor remains the daughter Jobs left behind for most of her childhood.
Its the great failing that many suspect cost Jobs a Man of the Year title inTime Magazinein 1984.
And it might seem curiously harsh to make that the centerpiece of the film.
Ultimately, this is a film of paradoxes.
Steve Jobsnestles into the ethical conundrum of deifying such a man almost to an indulgent degree.
Steve Jobsis both horror and hagiography.
It turns out those things are not binary.
Rating:
4.5 out of 5
