The film's best scenes are written masterpieces - two fights between Jobs and Wozniak in particular take your breath away, a harsh comment where Jobs cuts down his 5 year old girl's beliefs are harsh, the recurring references to Jobs' adoption are clever and the two Andys joke is a nice funny recurring gag. The screenplay is Steve Jobs' greatest aider and abetter. I also loved the playful score and the cinematography that emulates the walk and talk of the West Wing. There's even a very cleverly used Simpsons gag that helps inform the audience. The transition between the three events are also clever, montages of real media reports and pictures. Its been reported on a million times and all I'll say is I loved it. Probably the most talked about feature of Steve Jobs is the three-act narrative filmed in different styles. Jeff Daniels rounds out the four-person highlight as Apple's CEO, and truly stands out as a great supporting player. We all know that one friend who feels like they're doing us a favour by being friends with us, and watching Fassbender and Rogen banter back and forth we can see it in real time. Watching Rogen perform we can see his anger but also the slight plea for their friendship to endure. Seth Rogen crushes the role of Steve Wozniak, a casting choice I've been thrilled about since 2014, nailing the low self-esteem and nervous ticks of the nerdy genius. Her chemistry with Fassbender is palpable. Winslett also makes her mark very early on, nailing an accent and vanishing into the part of Johanna. His condescension is so real that we snarl at it. He looks nothing like Jobs himself did but he perfectly captures the frustrating ego that everyone loathed and matches it with high spirit and a bit of humour. On the film's highlights - Fassbender leaps off the screen in the first two minutes and never lets go. There's all the things to love about Aaron Sorkin's writing and the acting is terrific, but Sorkin's screenplay lacks the enjoyable bite of his previous efforts and the whole thing comes off rather lacklustre. Steve Jobs fails to explode off the screen like The Social Network or Charlie Wilson's War did.
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