Silicon Valley is being accused by New York Times tech writer Nick Bilton for contributing in bringing down the "Steve Jobs" movie due to displeasing comments about the way Steve Jobs' was portrayed in the film.
After seven weeks since Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin's "Steve Jobs" biopic was released, it has earned just $18 million in the box office, which is really a big disappointment for a great movie -- and about Steve Jobs, one of the most iconic men in technology.
According to Cult of Mac, Nick Bilton suggested that there seemed to have Jobs overload and bad timing that contributed to the film's demise. Although the New York Times writer didn't directly point hands to Silicon Valley for the failure of the film.
Bilton, however, mentioned in his article that some prominent people in the field of technology released their regrettable comments about the "Steve Jobs" biopic.
Before the film was finally released to cinemas, Ron Conway, the tech investor, was said to have emailed prominent people expressing his opinion of the biopic, saying he "thought it portrayed Mr. Jobs in a disrespectful and unflattering light." Conway suggested that they are using words that could really voice out their displeasure for "Steve Jobs" movie.
After Conway's displeasure about the film got out, superstar investor Marc Andreessen and the rest including Walt Mossberg, Steven Levy also wrote that the Steve Jobs they knew isn't really portrayed in Danny Boyle and Aaron Sorkin's "Steve Jobs" biopic.
Because of these displeasing comments from them, Nick Bilton was really disappointed. For him, they are like having a small competition "vying to be the football captain's best friend."
"It felt like a contest among high school classmates vying to be the football captain's best friend. Here's the thing. They didn't know Steve Jobs. None of us did. I don't care if you have a sleepover party at his house once a week while you watched rom-coms and did each other's nails."
"Or if he granted you a 15-second interview after of his product introductions. The reality is, Steve Jobs was trying to sell things, and he was an absolute master at using the media to do that," Bilton added.
The "Steve Jobs" biopic sounded like a big failure for Sorkin's reputation.
