I FIND THE JOBS WORSHIP DISTURBING...

Sadder yet that actors and athletes are elevated to even higher levels of worship.

At least Jobs is celebrated as an iconoclast. I think that by itself is an important example to follow.

Also, while his contributions didn't save lives, they accelerated the adoption of computing technology by the masses, which has huge positive social impact in ways that aren't as obvious as a cure for cancer.

That said, the movie was a overly simplistic, trite and clumsy pandering to the cult of Jobs idolatry. It didn't have anything new or interesting to offer.

I got a chuckle out of that scene too...especially the second standing ovation he got when he revealed the iPod. Just for kicks, I found the actual iPod press conference on Youtube, and it was very lowkey. A little surprise from the audience as Steve described the details*, but none of the adulation shown in the movie.

And yes, I get creative license and all, and the fact that the writers had to spice it up to make it more of an underdog story. It was still pretty cheesy to me.

*Granted, at the time, that was unheard of...and I won't argue that it changed a lot of the ways people listen to music. Above point still stands.


Oh stewardess...I speak jive.

But what's more frightening is that people seem to act as though he was inventing new devices to help to save the world rather than to increase the share price of his company and make a load of money for himself.

the movie deliberately concentrated on trivial matter in order to destroy his image, he's a major reason for the mere existence of personal computers.