who obviously knows film and how to express himself. He even used a word I have never encountered, which is rare. A pleasant aspect of reading comments for works like SEABISCUIT is the insight and true erudition one encounters -- not your standard-issue boob tube zombies.
So said, let me second his motion. This is a fine motion picture which I saw as an after-thought. Speaking as no one's idea of a sports fan, it ranks, or should rank with CHARIOTS OF FIRE. I can think of no point of criticism, but perhaps my sour personality was too carried away, but no, this will not make it with younger people: not enough profanity, tin-pot masculinity, and phantasmagoria to keep them awake. We are after all speaking of Generations X and Y.
This is a time when the "American spirit" has been so cynically twisted that it actually seems suspect. SEABISCUIT is most timely.
So said, let me second his motion. This is a fine motion picture which I saw as an after-thought. Speaking as no one's idea of a sports fan, it ranks, or should rank with CHARIOTS OF FIRE. I can think of no point of criticism, but perhaps my sour personality was too carried away, but no, this will not make it with younger people: not enough profanity, tin-pot masculinity, and phantasmagoria to keep them awake. We are after all speaking of Generations X and Y.
This is a time when the "American spirit" has been so cynically twisted that it actually seems suspect. SEABISCUIT is most timely.