Thanks for posting...read the book...MAY go see it in theatre
So desperate is the conservative movement to salvage its wreckage and claim mainstream relevance that it is trying to read Biblical values into a run-of-the-mill movie about team sports, one with absolutely no reference or allusion to any Christian principles.
And so ignorant are the writers about the core theology of Christianity that they think "leading a hero down a path of success and self-discovery" is Christian. St. Augustine and all the Church fathers will roll in their graves.
I have read this book more than once. A great read. Book called 9 Boys in a Boat. So hope they keep the story like the book.
C’mon man. NO WAY would I watch this!
#1. It’s about “sports” (sort of) IF you consider rowing (sculling) a “sport”.
#2. We used to throw rocks at the Cornell rowing team for invading our fishing spot. They had the whole Inlet to practice their pussy sport. Why bother the fisherman.
A basic sports story with no particular Christian connection.
The happy talk seems to be based on it not being an unpleasant film to watch.
Anything associated with Clooney can KMA!ðŸ˜
teamwork over individualism and humility over personal ambition.
SORRY, GEORGIE, “INDIVIDUALISM” IS WHAT MAKES YOU ...AN INDIVIDUAL...WHICH IS “WHO YOU ARE”
Take your TEAMWORK and shove it. THAT is the beginning of COMMUNISM, YOU KNOW, WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THE STATE.
Pretty sneaky.
With the exception of “O Brother Where Art Thou” I have come to avoid anything with George Clooney. The price any entertainer, of any stripe, pays when they open their mouth about politics. So I think I’ll just look up and read the book, and leave it at that.
Oh look! A bunch of white guys...
Must be evil somehow.
A country that used to be.
Read the book which was great. U Washington is still good in rowing.
Clooney isn’t celebrating anything; anyone who has read the book will know that he’s just following what Brown wrote. If anything, clooney’s learned not to replace the white UW crew with non-binary un-cis left-handed lesbian non gender Asian-Indian-Afro-centric gender question marks.
That said, if the movie is faithful to the book, it will be a good one. And that’s all a decent director needs do.
Hubby who never reads anything read this book and loved it. If Clooney did a good job with the film, kudos to him!
I might actually be able to get the hubster to the movies for once!