JOBS (2013)

Directed by Joshua Michael Stern

Starring Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, Matthew Modine, J.K. Simmons

A biographical film based on the life of Steve Jobs, from college dropout to one of the most successful innovators of the 20th century.

How I ended up watching this movie is actually a funny story. My friend and I were supposed to watch This Is Us, and yes, I do mean the movie of One Direction. My friend, even though I love her very much, unfortunately happens to be a directioner so I had no choice but to accompany her. But when we arrived at the theater, it was only available in 3D Imax and there was no way in hell that we were going to pay 300 pesos just to see a bunch of pretty English dudes sing on stage with weird 3D effects. Obviously, I was really happy about that and so we decided to watch Jobs instead. Now that I think about it, I feel like I would've enjoyed This Is Us more.

I entered the theater not knowing much about Steve Jobs and I left the theater somewhat the exact same way. The plot said the movie is based on his life, but it looked more like it was based on Apple and only on Apple. What happened after he was no longer CEO of Apple? What happened to that part of his life where he joined Pixar? What about his health issues? Oh, and wow I would've never pegged the late Steve Jobs as a, forgive me for saying this, massive douchebag. Basically, the whole movie glorified the fact that he made money from stealing ideas and using people and he actually refused to pay for child support for his daughter. Wow, he's a great visionary and all for coming up with Apple but he's kind of a terrible person if you think about it.

Also, I get that Ashton Kutcher amazingly looks like Steve Jobs in a way but his acting was not fun to watch. I have to give props to him though since he put a lot of effort into his character but he was trying too hard to play the part, instead of becoming the character he was supposed to portray. The writing was bad. There weren't any memorable lines. The whole movie was just confusing and disappointing and I just don't understand what they were trying to show. There are probably a lot of documentaries out there that are way better. Makes it hard to believe they wasted $18 million for this.

Rating: ★★☆☆☆