When Jobs was still "human"

Allison 2021-12-18 08:01:11

There are too many books and stories about Jobs, especially in the past ten years. The attention has never stopped. The twice a year WWDC Apple conference is directly Jobs's personal show. Global fans are at home day and night like watching the World Cup. Watch the live broadcast. We are already so familiar with this man who only wears black T-shirts, jeans and running shoes, and have been offering him to the altar, so that we are full of expectations for this first biographical film after his death.

For a veteran fruit fan, what I was looking forward to most was Jobs’s product releases and speeches that changed the world time and time again. However, the movie "Jobs" chose to start at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, until it was with Steve Woz. Niak founded Apple, then left Apple during the high-level power struggle of Apple, and finally returned to the period when Apple took over as CEO. This is the stage where ordinary movie fans are least familiar with him. Take a closer look. It is right to think that this choice is also right. The film wants us to see how a genius becomes a genius. It is not about his most glorious achievements, but how he thought about it step by step before he reached his position today.

Ashton Kutcher, the actor of Jobs, had previously stood out from the younger generation of male stars due to the "Butterfly Effect", and later disappeared quickly and was slowly forgotten by Hollywood. This time, in the film "Jobs", one person holds the whole film, and even the walking posture of Jobs has been studied, but it is not natural enough to use force. The other supporting actors are also very careful. The appearance and character are all right. In terms of casting and makeup, "Jobs" is absolutely qualified.

Many people say that this movie has no climax. At the end of the film, I thought that the two-hour foreshadowing finally ushered in a climax, but the movie ended. Regarding this point, it is what I mentioned before. I think this should be done deliberately by the screenwriter and director. Maybe it is also because of the fear of making mistakes. So simply tell the story and try to restore it as much as possible. Restore Jobs during this period to be as true as possible, anyway. His achievements have been reflected in the products that have changed the world and changed people. It may be the first alarm clock you wake up every day, the map for navigating you on the road, the camera you can pick up at any time, and you can swipe it before going to bed. Weibo tablet for playing games. Several Apple’s heavyweight products appeared in the film, and computers with 64k of memory may even become ridiculous nowadays, but the concept of these products is that it is not just a machine, it will be an extension of a part of human beings. It is not something that science and technology will buy. It will be a simple and easy-to-use product that is as practical as an electrical appliance that a 70-year-old lady living on the other side of the earth would buy-this is not the iPod, iPhone, iPad , Macbook?

The film shows all the stages of Jobs as a "human": his trip to India when he was a student, and his meditating under the tree-it may have brought him more disillusionment and what religion and philosophy should be in his life. The role of more realistic thinking; the font design course he took, because some people in the team thought the font design was not important, and he felt that the internal circuit board of the product should also be "good-looking"-this is why we got the design , And even his insistence before choosing a near-perfect product in the font; his unfurnished home, which we once knew in his autobiography "Jobs Biography", is because he did not buy what he really liked. Furniture, so I would rather not, including the portrait of Einstein on his fireplace, these details are also reflected in the movie; at the end of the film, before the upcoming iPod release, he was listening to music using Sony’s Walkman, he thought When I stopped, I clicked the shell with my fingers. The music didn't stop. Then he said "garbage", and then he really threw it away as garbage, so there are products that will truly change the world in the future—— A music player that can put 1,000 songs in your pocket; there are some surprises, that is, the familiar little game "Brick Bricks", which was designed by Steve Jobs. This video does not include many pen and ink details, but it makes me This senior fruit fan was very surprised.

In the film, when Jobs was a "person", he was rebellious. He didn't use any means, but he insisted that he was right. He said: "If you don't show the product to people, how do they know if they want it?", "You don't I'll tell you if you know!" Even at this stage, he himself has always had ambitions, and he already knows that he is "about to change the world."


Strictly speaking, the "Jobs" movie is a prequel to "Jobs". If you only use Apple products or even have not used it, you will see that some people around you have been disdainful of his enthusiasm, so I just want to watch it through this movie. In the final analysis, this movie will not make you feel "WOW", but if you are like me, you already know Jobs' life and Apple's products and feel that it has changed you and your life. , Then you can take a look at how Jobs, like a "god", became a "god".

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Extended Reading

Jobs quotes

  • Steve Jobs: [pointing the chips on the Apple I board] It's got to be straight, and those more symmetric.

  • Paul Terrell: All right, Steve. I'll try to sell. But if I don't, I'm not making another order.

    Steve Jobs: Okay, that's fine... But I think you might be really interested in our second model.

    Paul Terrell: What's the second model?

    Steve Wozniak: What are you talking about?

    Steve Jobs: [in an undertone] All-in-one.