Steve Wozniak Says Jobs Movie Got Lots of Things Wrong
Woz says the Jobs movie isn't all true.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has seen the Jobs movie, based off of the life of Steve Jobs, and doesn't have a positive opinion of the film.
The movie Jobs was released last week and has thus far amassed a 26 percent positive review rating from critics, which is considered rotten according to Rotten Tomatoes.
When asked what the most misleading thing from the movie, Woz responded, "I think it was that Ashton had too much of this fan thing, like a cult leader," and added that the movie didn't capture Jobs' flaws.
Woz also pointed out other factual mistakes, such as Woz already having been part of the homebrew computing club before Jobs, while the movie portrays it as Jobs bringing Woz into the club.
The interviewer asked Woz to comment on Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's comments on another TV program about his belief that Apple is doomed without Steve Jobs. Woz expressed more patience in the company and said that it's too soon to tell.
Watch the 15-minute interview video at Bloomberg.
Woz also commented on Gizmodo's review of Jobs, writing, "I thought the acting throughout was good. I was attentive and entertained but not greatly enough to recommend the movie. One friend who is in the movie said he didn't want to watch fiction so he wasn't interested in seeing it. I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton's own image of Jobs."

OTOH, any time would be too soon for a SJ movie. He was excellent at marketing and that's about it (not mentioning his limelight stealing antics). BTW, the limelight was not the only thing he liked to steal...
"Steve Wozniak has seen the Jobs movie, based off of the life of Steve Jobs, and doesn't have a positive opinion of the film....added that the movie didn't capture Jobs' flaws."
Can't have it both ways, i.e. if the movie portrayed the real SJ then it would be a big blow to the cultists that would want to watch the movie, thus risk alienate the majority of paying viewers.
I'm not likely to plop down any actual cash on an Apple product - certainly not an iPhone - being a PC kind of guy and gaming oriented, but I do think the company is headed in a good direction, without Jobs.
TL;DR This is basically how Steve himself probably would've made the movie anyway.
I'm not sure where you get your fact's, but Wozniak's net worth is around $100M. While this is nothing like Bill Gates worth, its far from poor. Your assumptions about him having been asked to give input to the Jobs script and turning it down over money are also completely incorrect.
He read the Jobs script, thought it was too fake and didn't want anything to do with it. Sony is creating a true to life biopic of Steve Jobs and Wozniak much preferred their closer to reality script and singed on to do an exclusive deal with them.
http://www.cultofmac.com/212686/steve-wozniak-refused-to-work-on-kutchers-jobs-movie-after-reading-early-crap-script/
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/steve-wozniak-net-worth/
Yup they're pretty much a dime a dozen!
So they should have just named the film "Fictional Jobs".
I think you're too quick to believe internet rumors. This your first time on the internet ? I take Woz's comments for exactly what he he said. He's an engineer after all, not Hollywood fiction. I've been in the business for 40 years in Silicon Valley and have followed Jobs/Wozniak closely since I bought my Apple II in '80. I read the Jobs bio as well. Woz is right on the money.
Also, I agree that Steve Woz would be more interesting than Jobs.
I thought Wozniak praised the acting, only blamed the script being too much fictions.
OTOH, any time would be too soon for a SJ movie. He was excellent at marketing and that's about it (not mentioning his limelight stealing antics). BTW, the limelight was not the only thing he liked to steal...
"Steve Wozniak has seen the Jobs movie, based off of the life of Steve Jobs, and doesn't have a positive opinion of the film....added that the movie didn't capture Jobs' flaws."
Can't have it both ways, i.e. if the movie portrayed the real SJ then it would be a big blow to the cultists that would want to watch the movie, thus risk alienate the majority of paying viewers.
Without Steve Jobs we wouldn't have the PC iMac as we know it today. People that are half way intelligent will understand that statement, hence why you won't.
There I fixed that for you. Last time I checked Steve Jobs didn't invent a thing. Also I'm a firm believer that good ideas occur to more than one person in the world.
Steve Jobs, or even Apple Computer, did not invent the first home computer. What they did, was able to market an early personal computer in the late 70s successfully to a broader market, and also making himself a very rich man in the process. I recalled Steve Jobs had already owned more than 100 millions in the early 80s. What happened if there is no Steve Jobs or Apple Computer? Maybe the other popular personal computer at the time, C64 would have a much bigger influence and we will have a different breed of computers nowadays. Or maybe IBM PC would happen anyway and we still ended up with the same kind of PC today.
OTOH, any time would be too soon for a SJ movie. He was excellent at marketing and that's about it (not mentioning his limelight stealing antics). BTW, the limelight was not the only thing he liked to steal...
"Steve Wozniak has seen the Jobs movie, based off of the life of Steve Jobs, and doesn't have a positive opinion of the film....added that the movie didn't capture Jobs' flaws."
Can't have it both ways, i.e. if the movie portrayed the real SJ then it would be a big blow to the cultists that would want to watch the movie, thus risk alienate the majority of paying viewers.
Without Steve Jobs we wouldn't have the PC as we know it today. People that are half way intelligent will understand that statement, hence why you won't.
I'm sorry to say but the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga had a lot more influence in shaping the computers we have today than anything released by Apple. Not only that, but those two were the first computers that were really successful with the masses.