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Lebell · 08-10-2003, 09:44 AM

While I thought I would like this movie, I had no idea how great it would be.

Seabiscuit, the story of the 1930's racing horse legend, is a cross between a Ken Burns documentery and a classic Hollywood rags-to-riches story. Add to it non-standard editing that seems quirky, yet moves the story along in an unexpected way, and I see an Oscar contender.

I especially loved the sequence showing the big race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral and how the director used the actual radio recording along with the photographs of people listening to the race. It made me feel like I was really there in 1938, ears glued to the radio, imagination working to paint the picture of the two great horses hurtling along the track in my mind.

Seabiscuit

with Jeff Bridges and Toby McGuire,

4 or 4 stars.

08-10-2003, 09:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Lebell Cracking the Whip Location: Sexymama's arms...	Seabiscuit (some spoilers) While I thought I would like this movie, I had no idea how great it would be. Seabiscuit, the story of the 1930's racing horse legend, is a cross between a Ken Burns documentery and a classic Hollywood rags-to-riches story. Add to it non-standard editing that seems quirky, yet moves the story along in an unexpected way, and I see an Oscar contender. I especially loved the sequence showing the big race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral and how the director used the actual radio recording along with the photographs of people listening to the race. It made me feel like I was really there in 1938, ears glued to the radio, imagination working to paint the picture of the two great horses hurtling along the track in my mind. Seabiscuit with Jeff Bridges and Toby McGuire, 4 or 4 stars. __________________ "Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." – C. S. Lewis The ONLY sponsors we have are YOU! Please Donate!