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Room with the table fan, Inderpuri
New Delhi, India
Saw 'Jobs' today. A film based on the life of the late great Steve Jobs. The reason for Apple becoming a fruit with capital A. The film starred Ashton Kutcher as the main protagonist (the word is as old as 1671, from Greek - protos (first) + agoniste (competitor) all here. In dictionary we trust). I haven't yet looked at what the reviews said of the film and I haven't even seen the trailer of the film. I went and saw the film though. My review is based on what I saw.
The film felt slow. If it was a biography of Mr. Jobs, then it felt a bit patchy. As a viewer, I wasn't sure what the director was trying to convey to me. His life unfolded in a linear order - first the hippie and the traveller. That part showed him a reckless lover, a self-absorbed soul, someone with a deep desire to connect with the 'universe', someone who wanted to do something meaningful. He took random classes - calligraphy, computers, philosophy. He went travelling to India (no idea why India of all the places). Then he returns to Silicon Valley after his travels, finds a job and starts working. People don't like him because he is an 'asshole'. Good with work but an asshole. He wants to do something 'insanely cool.' Gets a business idea and a genius friend. Together they toil and create Apple. Then the film goes on to show his growth, his love for his work, his decided stance to stand by only those with a potential to be more productive for the company, his no-sympathy towards his friends. Some Bob Dylan numbers were thrown in, to showcase Jobs' attachment to Dylan. The film had a semi-circular script, I thought. It began with him introducing the iPod and towards the end (when he is going to be made CEO of his own firm) he is shown dumping an old walkman into the bin. I felt that the director really, desperately wanted to convey the spirit of the man behind the cult following of his brand to the audience. But he was also tied up with unfolding the events of his life. He could have focused on one thing, perhaps, and allowed the other to come through on it own. Not knowing a lot about Mr. Jobs' life, I felt that he was a bit of a cunt. His greatness came through only in the form of speeches, and his ability to recognize the right people for the job, and his business head. The APPLE man, the man who loved his product and felt that it was an extension of the individual, it just didn't come through to me.
Oh well. Other than that, slept a lot. Tried writing a piece of fiction. #FAIL. Fuck me. Goodnight.
Room with the table fan, Inderpuri
New Delhi, India
Saw 'Jobs' today. A film based on the life of the late great Steve Jobs. The reason for Apple becoming a fruit with capital A. The film starred Ashton Kutcher as the main protagonist (the word is as old as 1671, from Greek - protos (first) + agoniste (competitor) all here. In dictionary we trust). I haven't yet looked at what the reviews said of the film and I haven't even seen the trailer of the film. I went and saw the film though. My review is based on what I saw.
The film felt slow. If it was a biography of Mr. Jobs, then it felt a bit patchy. As a viewer, I wasn't sure what the director was trying to convey to me. His life unfolded in a linear order - first the hippie and the traveller. That part showed him a reckless lover, a self-absorbed soul, someone with a deep desire to connect with the 'universe', someone who wanted to do something meaningful. He took random classes - calligraphy, computers, philosophy. He went travelling to India (no idea why India of all the places). Then he returns to Silicon Valley after his travels, finds a job and starts working. People don't like him because he is an 'asshole'. Good with work but an asshole. He wants to do something 'insanely cool.' Gets a business idea and a genius friend. Together they toil and create Apple. Then the film goes on to show his growth, his love for his work, his decided stance to stand by only those with a potential to be more productive for the company, his no-sympathy towards his friends. Some Bob Dylan numbers were thrown in, to showcase Jobs' attachment to Dylan. The film had a semi-circular script, I thought. It began with him introducing the iPod and towards the end (when he is going to be made CEO of his own firm) he is shown dumping an old walkman into the bin. I felt that the director really, desperately wanted to convey the spirit of the man behind the cult following of his brand to the audience. But he was also tied up with unfolding the events of his life. He could have focused on one thing, perhaps, and allowed the other to come through on it own. Not knowing a lot about Mr. Jobs' life, I felt that he was a bit of a cunt. His greatness came through only in the form of speeches, and his ability to recognize the right people for the job, and his business head. The APPLE man, the man who loved his product and felt that it was an extension of the individual, it just didn't come through to me.
Oh well. Other than that, slept a lot. Tried writing a piece of fiction. #FAIL. Fuck me. Goodnight.
