The film began in 2001, when Jobs returned to Apple and launched the iPod. Then I began to look back at how he dropped out of college to start his own business, and then he always narrated linearly. There is nothing wrong with linear narratives, as attractive as mastering the rhythm. The film has a good sense of rhythm. There are tensions and relaxations, moves and fights. It has successfully created the image of a creative, ambitious, and executive entrepreneur. But something is still missing, that is, his emotional life as a complete person.
A biopic always shows different aspects of the characters. No matter how brilliant and great a person is, he always has to face the distress and pain of family, love and friendship. And love life is more difficult to express than professional life, because the former is more complicated and changeable than the latter. The film is too weak in Steve Jobs's emotional life. For example, after seeing it, I didn’t understand why Jobs was so decisive to his girlfriend—just seeing her once with others? I also fail to understand why he is so ruthless to his old friends—because they have no value to the company? Or I can come to the conclusion: Jobs is an innocent person who can clearly separate the present from the past, but I don't know why he is like this. The film seems to attribute these to his biological parents' intention to abandon him, but it is just an understatement. It seems that the director is not sure about this. The film also intends to show that he is not a heartless person. For example, he uses his daughter's name as the name of the new product development. When he is frustrated, he chooses to return to his ex-girlfriend, but these are not connected to the previous unfeeling, which feels very abrupt. As a result, Jobs in the film is complete and coherent in his career, but fragmented and chaotic in his emotional life.
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