'Steve Jobs' Movie Chosen as Centerpiece for 53rd New York Film Festival

He looks NOTHING like Steve Jobs.

And..... Is there a point to that obvious observation? I ask becuase I think it has been universally agreed that this is an actor and not a clone. Frankly I very much doubt that Steve could have played himself on screen.

He looks NOTHING like Steve Jobs.

Neither did George C Scott look like General Patton...but he still won an Academy Award for the role....its called "acting".

Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace, in Lovelace
Angelina Jolie as Mariance Pearl, in A Mighty Heart
Channing Tatum as Mark Shultz, in Foxcatcher
Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, in Kill Your Darlings
James Franco as Aron Ralston, in 127 Hours
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr, in Catch Me If You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, in The Wolf of Wall Street
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash, in Walk The Line

What links all those castings in biopics?
..The actor looks nothing like the real-life person they are playing.

But acting is not impersonating. If it was, movies would be very different indeed. And a lot less enjoyable.

I guess there is a subjective difference when the real-life character is so much more well known, as is the case here, with Steve Jobs. And I would predict that that will create a barrier of some kind with all of us when watching this film, even those of us defending the casting of a quality actor like Fassbender.

But take a look at those movies listed above again.. and if you've seen a few of them, how do you feel about them?
Did you enjoy them? Did you not enjoy them?
And was your enjoyment based upon how much the character looked like their real-life counterpart... or was it based upon the quality of the acting, the script, the plot, the cinematography, the style, the story, the tension, the supporting cast, the locations, the visual effects, etc etc etc.

Finally, it is foolish to judge a movie that you have not yet seen.

Ya, there is a point. It’s tough to watch a story and believe that is the character the actor is portraying – Steve Jobs.

But many have done it just fine with many other movies where actors don't really physically match up the person they are portraying.

Queue the same old, tired cliché that he doesn't look like Steve Jobs.

Jobs was such an icon, making him look like even a little like Jobs would have helped. It is like casting Tom Cruise to play Dr. Dre.

Pretty clearly it's not like that. And the majority of the typical public more than likely won't even realize that much of it at all, and many of thew few who even might most likely won't care enough anyway.

Neither did George C Scott look like General Patton...but he still won an Academy Award for the role....its called "acting".

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He looks NOTHING like Steve Jobs.

Or it won't and everyone will forget about this movie.

I'd really like if we could get over Steve Jobs at some point. It's getting ridiculous. Soon, Steve Jobs statues ?

You mean we don't have a single statue of the man? Not even on the Apple Campus? How is this possible. We need to start a campaign or a petition or something. This injustice must be righted and now.

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Amanda Seyfried as Linda Lovelace, in Lovelace
Angelina Jolie as Mariance Pearl, in A Mighty Heart
Channing Tatum as Mark Shultz, in Foxcatcher
Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, in Kill Your Darlings
James Franco as Aron Ralston, in 127 Hours
Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr, in Catch Me If You Can
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, in The Wolf of Wall Street
Reese Witherspoon as June Carter Cash, in Walk The Line

What links all those castings in biopics?
..The actor looks nothing like the real-life person they are playing.

But acting is not impersonating. If it was, movies would be very different indeed. And a lot less enjoyable.

I guess there is a subjective difference when the real-life character is so much more well known, as is the case here, with Steve Jobs. And I would predict that that will create a barrier of some kind with all of us when watching this film, even those of us defending the casting of a quality actor like Fassbender.

But take a look at those movies listed above again.. and if you've seen a few of them, how do you feel about them?
Did you enjoy them? Did you not enjoy them?
And was your enjoyment based upon how much the character looked like their real-life counterpart... or was it based upon the quality of the acting, the script, the plot, the cinematography, the style, the story, the tension, the supporting cast, the locations, the visual effects, etc etc etc.

Finally, it is foolish to judge a movie that you have not yet seen.

People are about manners, way's of speech, peculiarities. We misunderstand ourselves in huge ways. In 5 minutes you'll forget about the dissimilarity and immerse in the miovie (if they did it right).

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