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To further elaborate on my "Ali" comment, I just feel with the talent they had compiled, a much better story could have been told. What they did in that movie was, in essence, remake "The Greatest", in my opinion.
The story line was nothing new, there was little to no insight on Ali, the person, etc. It was merely a retelling of all that is common knowledge and a personification of "Ali the Showman" as oppossed to Ali the man and how he came to develope his ideals, etc.
Just for once, I wish someone would elaborate in film about his youth; how he started boxing, how he almost missed greatness because of his fear of flying, how he raced horses....literally, to become faster, how he wasn't looked at as anything really special by his peers while in school, how he was a class-clown, how he stood up to a bully after he'd started fighting on the local Louisville amateur boxing show, etc, etc, etc.
Something that isn't common knowledge!
I just saw "Ali" as a tremendous opportunity wasted. What we saw was "Ali the Legend".....not so much "Ali the Man". There is a difference after all.
The story line was nothing new, there was little to no insight on Ali, the person, etc. It was merely a retelling of all that is common knowledge and a personification of "Ali the Showman" as oppossed to Ali the man and how he came to develope his ideals, etc.
Just for once, I wish someone would elaborate in film about his youth; how he started boxing, how he almost missed greatness because of his fear of flying, how he raced horses....literally, to become faster, how he wasn't looked at as anything really special by his peers while in school, how he was a class-clown, how he stood up to a bully after he'd started fighting on the local Louisville amateur boxing show, etc, etc, etc.
Something that isn't common knowledge!
I just saw "Ali" as a tremendous opportunity wasted. What we saw was "Ali the Legend".....not so much "Ali the Man". There is a difference after all.
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