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This documentary was a must. For years what many have been fed is that it was all about "Promotion" and made it out to be like Joe should have understood it even though it affected him and his family. True boxing fans knew the details even before the documentary but for the casual viewer, it will open their eyes to another side.
So often we only hear the "Winners" or the Big Name's side to the story. Well, Joe won the first match and he gave Ali his toughest fights in the next two bouts. And yes, I do agree that Ali wasn't the same when he came back after his exile and it was probably to soon to fight someone like Frazier when he met him the first time. But if we are going to bring that up, which I often do as well, we should bring up other issues dealing with the promotion and how Joe was affected (and his family) and you the viewer should reflect on yourself if you laughed along with Ali.
Ali and the stories on the surface reminds me a lot of Comedians that are racists and bullies that hide behind their "I am a Comedian; I didn't really mean it that way" line. They can dish it out but they can't take it back. We are supposed to believe Ali was just some type of Comedian having a little fun for promotion. Some was about promotion and having fun and the other side was about being insecure, having fear himself, and being a racist...while arguably being misled and a contradictory character. Ali was human and the full story will show us that. It's a good thing because we can learn from it. And Ali may have learned from it if he did truly change.
So often we only hear the "Winners" or the Big Name's side to the story. Well, Joe won the first match and he gave Ali his toughest fights in the next two bouts. And yes, I do agree that Ali wasn't the same when he came back after his exile and it was probably to soon to fight someone like Frazier when he met him the first time. But if we are going to bring that up, which I often do as well, we should bring up other issues dealing with the promotion and how Joe was affected (and his family) and you the viewer should reflect on yourself if you laughed along with Ali.
Ali and the stories on the surface reminds me a lot of Comedians that are racists and bullies that hide behind their "I am a Comedian; I didn't really mean it that way" line. They can dish it out but they can't take it back. We are supposed to believe Ali was just some type of Comedian having a little fun for promotion. Some was about promotion and having fun and the other side was about being insecure, having fear himself, and being a racist...while arguably being misled and a contradictory character. Ali was human and the full story will show us that. It's a good thing because we can learn from it. And Ali may have learned from it if he did truly change.
........when you watch this documentary you can't help but feel sorry for Joe until the last 2 or 3 minutes of the flick when you get to hear that lame ass message on Joe's cell phone........sympathy gone!!!..... back to reality!!.....Joe is a bitter old dude and it showed.......bitter because he lost 2 outta 3 to Ali.....bitter that Ali stopped Foreman, somebody who owned him.......bitter because he was never able to regain the HW title after losing it something Ali accomplished 3 times........Joe has every reason in the world to be jealous of Ali's legacy.......Ali was raised during the Jim Crow days in America and for some of you to call him a racist is NOT looking deeper.......the man won an GOLD medal for the country....and the SAME country wouldn't allow him to sit in a restarant and grub.......so his anger was created by his accusers.......it was ANGER!! anger at the system.......he stood up against the powers and spoke his mind.......the voice of the poor people.....thats what Ali was....MORE than a fighter....unlike Joe!........I'm not the one to see Ali as a bad person and theres nothing HBO or any other program can show me to change that!!!
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