I read somewhere than when Nelson Mandela was arrested he had enough explosives to blow up half of Johannesburg on him.
I’ll give it a try, but the poor oppressed blacks/Latinos who succeed in the “white only” sports/social/whatever field is wearing thin. “The Express,” “the Great Debators,” “Stand and Deliver,” “Pride,” “Glory Road,” on and on. One time was an inspiration: 50 of these is boring.
I will give Eastwood a pass on this one, him and Morgan is usually a pretty good combo. ie Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby etc... Wife wants to see it anyway and am sure it will be pretty well done.
Do they show the scenes where Mandela’s minions burned dissenters to death with “necklacing” and use pliers to rip the lips off of those who dared criticize communism?
On the other hand, people that actually went to see it give it blah ratings.
Political correctness tolerates only one perspective whenever a story has racial overtones, and that perspective is absolute. Consequently, every Hollywood story involving race is suspect. The movie ‘Blindside’ is the only one in memory that dares to represent white, Republican southerners in a positive light, but it’s the exception that proves the rule.
If I wish to be a humiliated I will hire a Dominatrix, not go to a movie.
I am not particularly interested in the film because the sport doesn’t interest me (just as that soccer film with Michael Cain and Sly Stallone didn’t interest me).
However, I love Clint Eastwood’s treatment on subject matter. He is an individualist and uses subjects to reveal our uniquely individual human experiences despite our strengths or weaknesses in the face of great odds. You see it in every film he directs. Many of his subjects are not loveable, but they all possess human traits we all understand. For example, the subject in Unforgiven is complex and likeable. Yet the subject is also the angel of death. The subject in The Gauntlet is a washed up cynic but given to chivalry and redemption.
All the subjects seem to be human in a careless world.
Went to see it last Friday night. It is a very powerful movie. Highly recommend.
If I remember right she was the real heavy behind the scenes.