On the basis of the recos here, my wife and I netflixed it last night. Putting aside the actual story and just looking at it as a movie, it was (for us) hilariously bad. The cliche "wisdom," the paper cutout characterizations, the hack dialog, the paper-thin characters acting with no motivation other than the storyline, Hopkins's scenery chewing... When we do the spontaneous simultaneous eye goggle and head turn to look at each other in disbelief of something awful, that's a bad sign. When we do it once a minute, that's a REALLY bad sign.
Too bad, the truth is an interesting story that deserved better than this.
Too bad, the truth is an interesting story that deserved better than this.
I'm being nice to you by acting evasive every time she asks me, "And who, specifically, recommended this movie?"
Its about hitting the diyer hero can make it big in the end chord in us, its true it is not an awesome flick under a stringent cinematic analysis. But movies and music are not about analysis anyway. Its about the myth moves enough people or not. That makes them memorable or forgotten.
I would describe the movie in the words of Anthony Hopkins to the crossdresser Tina "I thought there was something odd about you but you are still lovely".
I would describe the movie in the words of Anthony Hopkins to the crossdresser Tina "I thought there was something odd about you but you are still lovely".
Joey Dunlop. 26 victories in Isle of Man TT. A poor guy from Ballymoney, Northen Ireland. Except from winning endless off TT races he made endless trips to Romania supporting children with necessities. He lost control of his bike in Estonia, on a 125 cc and died. After racing Isle of Man so many times. He is worthy a movie.
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Rollie Free and John Surtees deserve more than just an 'etc' in any list of motorcycle legends IMO.
Rollie raced Indians which he tuned himself before the war. In 1948 he set a land speed record of 150.1mph on a Vincent HRD Black Lightning.
His specially designed leathers disintegrated in previous attempts at 147mph so for his record he wore nothing but a swimming cap and a pair of speedos.
John Surtees started as an apprentice at Vincent before becoming a racer. He won MV Agustas first top category world championship.
He then switched to F1 and in '64 became the first and so far only person to have been both F1 and MotoGP champion. Finally he started to build his own Surtees F1 cars.
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Maybe that was our problem- there was nothing "odd" about the movie, all conventional cliche, no trace of originality or quirkiness.
Phooey! Yaniger the party pooper.
I'd much rather watch this movie with all its faults than the same tired old Hollywood clap-trap. Same old stories, same tired California humor, same explosions, some devotion to over production. At least this little film has human scale and is about something that interests me.
I'd much rather watch this movie with all its faults than the same tired old Hollywood clap-trap. Same old stories, same tired California humor, same explosions, some devotion to over production. At least this little film has human scale and is about something that interests me.
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