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The Steve Jobs Movie is Going to be a Disaster

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Sorkin also said: “I don’t want my fidelity to be to the truth; I want it to be to storytelling.” Seriously. Sorkin actually said that. He doesn’t care about the truth.

I'm pretty sure this isn't be marketed as a freakin' documentary, so what's the problem? It's entertainment people, not history class.

I'd rather see his response to the actual film, when it comes out. Right now this seems like anti-Sorkin FUD, which while entertaining to read, seems awfully subjective and dubious.

This is a trolling article. Nothing to see here.

I am corncerned that Ashton won't do a good job. But I was concerned about Jesse Eisenberg too, and that turned out fine.

Good point. I've been worried about Kutcher too, but I forgot how much everyone doubted Eisenberg's ability to play Zuckerberg. Sorkin proved himself; Eisenberg proved himself; hopefully Kutcher will too.

Thanks for the reminder.

I thought they already made a Steve Jobs movie called "Pirates of Silicon Valley"?

That was actually quite entertaining.

That movie is more about Apple and Microsoft but yeah, there is a lot of focus on Steve Jobs as the good guy. It's a TV movie and actually quite fun to watch. I highly recommend it to any one who's interested in Silicon Valley lore.

It seems that we need to have a conversation about truth, art, and the space between the two. Just because it happened doesn't mean it is worth telling. Just because it happened doesn't mean that it will sell. Just because it happened doesn't mean that it is art.

Benjamin Franklin probably didn't do anything with a key and a kite and a thunderstorm. Did you know? Do you care? It makes a good story so we tell it. We build the mythology of our heroes (and villains) through the best narratives that we can construct, not necessarily the most true. Aaron Sorkin is not a truth-teller; he is a storyteller. His entire purpose is to entertain and he has a knack for doing just that.[0] Hopefully he manages to do so with this film, because there are parts of Steve Jobs' life that would do incredibly well with the Sorkin treatment. Personally, I can't wait. The author of this piece is not so excited. I have some advice for him: don't watch it, particularly since you don't seem to know the difference between biography and story.

[0]: See: The West Wing, Social Network, A Few Good Men, Moneyball.

"It will likely be a good-looking, entertaining disaster..."

If it's good-looking and entertaining, I don't see how it can also be a disaster. My impression is that the writer is using "disaster" and "not factually accurate" interchangeably.

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