I watched this movie after watching the Hollywood Reporter's Director's round table with David O Russell, Quintin Tarantino, Ridley Scott, etc (highly recommend) and was incredibly surprised that I hadn't seen this film before. It has the humour of George Clooney's, The Monuments Men, yet the historical context of a very real issue that faced Iraq in the late 1990's. I love Mark Wahlberg now and in his early years and his performance stood up to my expectations. The outlandish series of events that happens to the protagonists leaves you laughing in your seat without being overbearing. Ice Cube plays his usual comedic relief character and rounds out the cast wonderfully.
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Jobs
(2013)
Inspirational if you like Steve
12 September 2014
I am a big fan of Steve Jobs. I loved his book and enjoyed the movie. Was I blown away, no. Was it inspirational, yes. Read his book and you will be even more impressed. Kutcher does a great job at impersonating Jobs and you can tell that he studied him very closely. I wish that Jony Ive's character would of played a bigger role. A sequel would be great to get into the story of the iPhone seeing that the movie stops after the introduction of the first iPod. Jobs' life is so complex that this could of been a trilogy of movies and there still wouldn't be enough on screen. Steve wanted everything to be so perfect down to the unboxing of his products, I wish there was more uplifting stories about the little things. He wasn't always neurotic.
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