darkhorizon72
Joined Aug 2010
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The life of Rodrigo Bueno, while not precisely special, was at least interesting. This movie is neither. It feels cheap, rushed and more like a sunday soap opera. There is no depth in the characters, many important aspects of his psychological makeup are ignored and the end result is just a wikipedia article turned into images. All acting is mediocre and there was no effort made to depict the sweat, the noise, the passion and the voracious crowd at every live presentation. Not a good tribute to "el
Potro".
I have to say I had a tough time watching this stupid show. And of course, I gave up after 3 or 4 episodes.
From the get go, the cast seems amateurish and the acting is lousy. Paxton (rip) is terrible. His lines, his faces and expressions. You get the sense that he is just doing it to have fun. His character is also awful and always on the verge of being a parody. Except that this show takes itself seriously which makes it more repellent.
Then there is the pace and editing. They are wrong, boring. Also, the visuals look amateurish, almost like a film college graduation project. It is that bad. The writing is full of holes and there is a complete lack of realism overall. The characters are boring, clichéd and one dimensional. Imagine all the stupid commonplaces you would put in a bad TV show, and all of them (I mean ALL) are present in this sad excuse for a show.
Of course this has nothing to do with Fuqua's exceptional Training Day movie. I won't get into why although I suspect anyone with sensibility and enough cinema knows what I'm talking about.
By the way, if you really want to see Paxton at his finest (if that is possible) you should see "A Simple Plan". That would be a good investment of your time.
Stay away from this ugly monster.
From the get go, the cast seems amateurish and the acting is lousy. Paxton (rip) is terrible. His lines, his faces and expressions. You get the sense that he is just doing it to have fun. His character is also awful and always on the verge of being a parody. Except that this show takes itself seriously which makes it more repellent.
Then there is the pace and editing. They are wrong, boring. Also, the visuals look amateurish, almost like a film college graduation project. It is that bad. The writing is full of holes and there is a complete lack of realism overall. The characters are boring, clichéd and one dimensional. Imagine all the stupid commonplaces you would put in a bad TV show, and all of them (I mean ALL) are present in this sad excuse for a show.
Of course this has nothing to do with Fuqua's exceptional Training Day movie. I won't get into why although I suspect anyone with sensibility and enough cinema knows what I'm talking about.
By the way, if you really want to see Paxton at his finest (if that is possible) you should see "A Simple Plan". That would be a good investment of your time.
Stay away from this ugly monster.
I have to say that IMDb has become more and more misleading with their ratings. Incredibly deep European movies getting low ratings while movies like this are ranking higher and higher every time. Reading all the reviews below, you get to understand why.
This movie is unrealistic and silly in many ways and this is no minor issue. I understand that cinema is a suspension of disbelief but this movie could have been much better if it had been more realistic. I won't get into details other than saying the behaviour of the characters (especially those lame cowards on deck) is unbelievable, the moments of terror boring and the decision made by everyone is dumb. The Coast Guard should have arrived immediately carrying proper gear like tiny explosives which are thrown around the girls (of course, knowing their location beforehand) in order to chase away the sharks.
The music is predictable. The action scenes are clichéd and not remarkable and worst of all, they are boring. That ripped off finale from "The Descent" and "Gravity" does not work because we have seen it before in much better films.
There are tragedy movies which are so real and in which the characters do everything their common sense dictates that the viewer cannot but suffer and empathize with their predicament. And the movie shines. No wonder such movies have become classics. This is not one of them. Boring and dumb. Stay away!
This movie is unrealistic and silly in many ways and this is no minor issue. I understand that cinema is a suspension of disbelief but this movie could have been much better if it had been more realistic. I won't get into details other than saying the behaviour of the characters (especially those lame cowards on deck) is unbelievable, the moments of terror boring and the decision made by everyone is dumb. The Coast Guard should have arrived immediately carrying proper gear like tiny explosives which are thrown around the girls (of course, knowing their location beforehand) in order to chase away the sharks.
The music is predictable. The action scenes are clichéd and not remarkable and worst of all, they are boring. That ripped off finale from "The Descent" and "Gravity" does not work because we have seen it before in much better films.
There are tragedy movies which are so real and in which the characters do everything their common sense dictates that the viewer cannot but suffer and empathize with their predicament. And the movie shines. No wonder such movies have become classics. This is not one of them. Boring and dumb. Stay away!