I found this movie in "1001 movies..." alongside the 1938 German Olimpia movies. And it's very very disapointing. Not the events, but the execution of the production.
The most noticable thing is the very bad sound. Music is ok, but the sound is terrible for such production. It starts with a lot of lame clanking (probably the rope on the flagpoles), and the most annoying and the reason i actually write the review is the gymnast section (around half the movie). They add ok dramatic music, and terrible sounds. You hear some badly made matt floor scraping sounds when people are rolling on the ground, you hear annoying squeeking on the metal bar. If they kept it just music, it would have been ok.
Another bad point is actually the cinematography. While some shots are great, inclo slow motion and pannings, others are terrible. Weird angles for the gymnasts and jumpers, and plenty of bad cuts, leaving part of the head, the whole head, or limbs out of the picture lol. Thats like one of the basic rules of photography. ... The 1938 Olimpia was quite enjoyable to watch, with very good cinematography , esp the first movie, and great music.
This... not recommended. Kinda waste of time.
The most noticable thing is the very bad sound. Music is ok, but the sound is terrible for such production. It starts with a lot of lame clanking (probably the rope on the flagpoles), and the most annoying and the reason i actually write the review is the gymnast section (around half the movie). They add ok dramatic music, and terrible sounds. You hear some badly made matt floor scraping sounds when people are rolling on the ground, you hear annoying squeeking on the metal bar. If they kept it just music, it would have been ok.
Another bad point is actually the cinematography. While some shots are great, inclo slow motion and pannings, others are terrible. Weird angles for the gymnasts and jumpers, and plenty of bad cuts, leaving part of the head, the whole head, or limbs out of the picture lol. Thats like one of the basic rules of photography. ... The 1938 Olimpia was quite enjoyable to watch, with very good cinematography , esp the first movie, and great music.
This... not recommended. Kinda waste of time.