jOBS (2013)

Review of the movie about Steve Jobs with Ashton Kutcher

Whether or not you have Apple products in your home, you can not deny that the company has had a huge impact on the world of computers, music, telephony and apps. In each of these markets it has managed to change the landscape or even create new ones, with others trying to get the same success. A driving force behind this has been Steve Jobs. With his death in 2011 many felt that an inspiring man had left us. Not knowing much about him I decided to read the biography written by Walter Isaacson. It turns out that he was a difficult person to deal with, someone who did things differently and would ignore specific things if they did not help him in some way. He also inspired and had ways to convince people to do things they might not think possible. He was a perfectionist and even cared about the look of circuitry (it needed to look clean) even if nobody ever got to see it. jOBS tries to do what The Social Network did for Mark Zuckerberg. Does it succeed in its goal? Continue reading

The Pixar Story (2007)

At the moment Pixar is the leading company when it comes to succesful computer animated movies. With the combination of stunning graphics en extremely well written stories they have managed to build an impressive movie portfolio. This documentary shows how the company was founded and evolved. Steve Jobs, John Lasseter, Brad Bird and George Lucas are all interviewed and tell about its history and growth. Before Toy Story was made the company didn’t make any money and lost millions each year. Continue reading