Tag: Ashton Kutcher

Geekscape Movie Reviews: Jobs

by MCDave

Steve Jobs was, without question, one of the greatest innovative minds to bridge the millennium. But before he was creating the iPod and other fun little gadgets that we enjoy using on a daily basis, Jobs helped change the world by helping bring personal computers to homes all across the globe. Now, less than two years after the passing of the late-great technological icon, Hollywood brings his story to life in the new biopic, Jobs.

Ashton Kutcher stars as Apple founder, Steve Jobs, who goes from college dropout to billionaire. But as you’d expect, no billion-dollar journey leaves a clean trail. Jobs finds himself tangled in a morally-corrupted web of lies and betrayal. And with obstacles at every turn, the innovative thinker will stop at nothing to change the mindset of the world.

jobs1

Although there are many to choose from, the biggest issue with Joshua Michael Stern’s recent work, Jobs, is the directors inability to generate a tone. You can have the greatest actors in the world and the most interesting story imaginable, but without purpose and direction, you’ll never have a great movie. Throughout all of the cliche moments and ironically uninspiring motivational-speeches, Jobs to find itself. And that isn’t to say that a historically mediocre-at-best Ashton Kutcher didn’t pour his heart and soul into this role, because it’s obvious that he did. It’s just that this overly-long and abundantly-bland feature is uncertain on all levels. The film never sets a path of course because Stern appears undecided on whether to vilify his subject matter or honor him. Ultimately, the director attempts to do both and the final result is an insincere and uneven ride.

jobs2

Jobs is certainly a missed opportunity, but one that doesn’t necessarily rest on the shoulders of its predominantly B-List cast. Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad are most notable as Jobs and his Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak. Their friendship stands as one of the most interesting relationships examined in the film. As portrayed on screen, Steve Jobs was the vision behind Apple, while Wozniak was the hands-on computer-developer who turned those visions into reality. But outside of those commendable lead performances, Jobs makes the mistake of openly criticizes its subject and showing him as an egotistical and pompous jerk. By taking such an appropriate, it makes humanizing Jobs and rejoicing in his return to glory a difficult sell. One that filmmaker Joshua Michael Stern never quite accomplishes.

Jobs carries a bloated running time north of two hours and only a few interesting plot lines. Many of the film’s intriguing angles and stories are left dangling and never elaborated on, making this biopic a frustrating watch. As the old saying goes, “there are plenty of fish in the sea”. I’d swim somewhere else.

GRADE: 2/5

You can find other MCDAVE work at Movie Reviews By Dave

Watch The First Trailer For ‘Jobs’

by Derek Kraneveldt

There looks to be a lot of iconic moments in this film, and I can’t wait to check it out.

Open Road Films has just released the first trailer for their August 16th release, Jobs. The film tells the incredible story of the inception, rise, and fall of Apple Computers before its eventual climb to be one of the world’s most profitable companies.

The film received mixed reception after its Sundance premiere, but this preview certainly makes is look like a lot of fun. Watch the preview below, and let us know if you’ll be checking it out!

http://youtu.be/yMSsf9szC2o

We follow Steve Jobs (ASHTON KUTCHER) from the enthusiasm and self-discovery of his youth through his darkest days, brightest triumphs, and the ultimate power of his drive, his passions, and his undying will to change everything we thought possible. Dark, honest, and uncompromising, “Jobs” plunges into the depths of Steve Jobs’ character, uncovering his driving motivations, his gifts, his flaws, his failures, and his ultimate successes.

Check Out The First Clip From ‘JOBS’

by Derek Kraneveldt

EW today released the first clip from the upcoming release of JOBS. The film is set to premiere tomorrow at Sundance, long before its wide release on April 19th.

 

Many balked at the picture when it was announced that Aston Kutcher would be playing the late Apple co-founder, but after seeing stills, and now this clip, Kutcher looks to portray him very capably.

 

JOBS is said to chronicle the defining 30 years of Steve Jobs’ life. What do you think?

 

Guilty Pleasures: No Strings Attached

by Saintmort

So this weekend absolutely no one will be rushing out to the theaters to see For a Good Time, Call… or at least that’s my prediction. However I’ve been wrong previously. I decided that this week’s guilty pleasure should be focused on one of my favorite romantic comedies of the last couple years. While the film wasn’t completely hated on it was seen as extremely mediocre and underwhelming however since it was one of two ‘friends having sex but not dating’ movies.

Both of these movies (the other being Friends With Benefits) starred male leads that I have no opinion of. I was a little shocked to discover that I liked Ashton Kutcher better than Justin Timberlake (yeah I know, like I said I was shocked). But Ashton isn’t what made me love this movie, it’s the witty satire on Television, relationships and friendships.

The movie takes the “When Harry Met Sally” method of starting with our leads meeting 15 years earlier when they were kids. They meet again a few years later at a college party and again at a swap meet. These early segments aren’t exactly crucial beyond giving the characters a reason to talk at the swap meet and the party.

Finally we’re in present day Ashton’s character (Adam Franklin) works on a High School Musical like set. He wants to be a writer but so far is just a general PA. Meanwhile Emma (Natalie Portman) is in the middle of her residency and has no time for relationships.

Adam’s rich actor father has recently started dating Adam’s ex girlfriend which puts an obvious strain on their relationship. Adam’s only solution is to text every single woman in his phone until he gets a hook-up while doing this he drinks himself stupid. He wakes up the next morning completely naked surrounded by people he doesn’t know. Eventually Emma shows up explains to him that he texted her, she gave him her address and he showed up drunk and started stripping for her.

While he starts getting dressed the random hook-up. They decided that this is exactly what they need in their lives and start having random sex over the next few weeks. Predictably Adam begins to fall for Emma and things become awkward between the two. Emma decides they both need to sleep with someone else but Adam refuses so they go their separate ways and Adam’s ex leaves his father. Adam realizes how awful of a person she really is. Luckily Emma comes back to him and they begin dating. Credits roll.

Yes this movie is extremely predictable. I won’t pretend it’s not. But is that really a bad thing? No one watches a romantic comedy expecting to see Memento, you want to see a couple meet, fall in love, break up and get back together. It’s a simple again, it’s why we watch them.

Elizabeth Meriwether’s screenplay is full of witty one liners, sexy situations and a story that manages to stay fresh regardless of the whole predictable nature of the film. Meanwhile Ivan Reitman directs some of the hottest softcore sex sequences put in mainstream cinema, the fact that these sex scenes also involve Natalie Portman just makes things even more enjoyable.

I’m not going to call this guilty pleasure a must see but if you want a romantic comedy for a date night which you can enjoy as well. It’s worth checking out.