I certainly agree that Woz seemed too weak, like the fat-kid character from a Judd Apatow film (so maybe they wanted Jonah Hill to play the part?). I don't know what Woz was like as a kid, but he seemed like a lot cooler guy when I saw him speak.
But then maybe that's how the scriptwriters viewed the Steve Jobs character -- they researched him in his polished adult form, and couldn't imagine him as someone younger and rougher around the edges.
I never thought I was looking at anyone but Ashton Kutcher. He wasn't playing Steve Jobs -- he was just emoting over the lines written to evoke Steve Jobs.
Even though Sorkin's rapid-fire walk-n-talk idiom is approaching self-parody, for some reason I still like it – maybe because it exercises the language center of my brain more than most passive-viewing does. Still, I expect to go see this and cringe as these actors struggle to casually drop jargon in a way that sounds natural. Our demographic is probably going to feel that Woz was given the worst rendering in that respect, because Jobs probably has minimal jargon written into his lines. That shows up in this clip, in my opinion.
I bet both characters will work well when viewed by non-techies, though.
That's a relief. I went through a miniature grief process when I heard Kutcher would take the role. Also, the lines in this clip are way below par. (Whew!)
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 17.3 ms ] threadBut then maybe that's how the scriptwriters viewed the Steve Jobs character -- they researched him in his polished adult form, and couldn't imagine him as someone younger and rougher around the edges.
I never thought I was looking at anyone but Ashton Kutcher. He wasn't playing Steve Jobs -- he was just emoting over the lines written to evoke Steve Jobs.
I bet both characters will work well when viewed by non-techies, though.