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highthief · 12-14-2009, 06:55 PM

Wanted to give a bit of a shout for this movie - if you ever wanted to find out a little more about South Africa just after the end of apartheid and/or wanted to see a decent sports movie (with a focus on rugby) - it's worth catching. The book is better, but the film is worth your $12.

healer · 12-14-2009, 10:02 PM

The movie just opened here in South Africa last week. I'm thinking of going to see it tonight.

Apparently Nelson Mandela chose Freeman to play him. What an honour.

Vaultboy · 12-14-2009, 10:44 PM

Lots of locals dont like the idea of this movie - I think because the Hansie movie failed so hard.

That and people are overly sensitive about race issues. Even when I went to see District 9 I could sense people were uncomfortable. A bit too close to home, which I felt was good. These things need to come to the surface and be discussed.

highthief · 12-15-2009, 03:32 AM

I had heard there was concern in SA that two Americans - Freeman and Damon - were chosen for the lead roles. I think Freeman did very well and was appropriate, but Damon is really too old to play Pienaar - although he did bulk up for the role - and didn't add too much to the role other than his name.

levite · 12-15-2009, 01:04 PM

Saw it this past Saturday night. I have to say, while it didn't sweepingly stun me, I found it to be a very solid film, well-made and well-performed. Matt Damon may not have been used to his best, but he is really a fairly dependable actor, and I thought his performance was fine. Freeman as Mandela was superb. There was such a spirit of the man in him, it took my breath away. His screen-time is worth the whole price of entry, IMO.

12-14-2009, 06:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	Invictus Wanted to give a bit of a shout for this movie - if you ever wanted to find out a little more about South Africa just after the end of apartheid and/or wanted to see a decent sports movie (with a focus on rugby) - it's worth catching. The book is better, but the film is worth your $12. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

12-14-2009, 10:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vaultboy Addict Location: Third World	Lots of locals dont like the idea of this movie - I think because the Hansie movie failed so hard. That and people are overly sensitive about race issues. Even when I went to see District 9 I could sense people were uncomfortable. A bit too close to home, which I felt was good. These things need to come to the surface and be discussed. __________________ "Failing tastes of bile and dog vomit. Pity any man that gets used to that taste."

12-15-2009, 03:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
highthief Junkie Location: Ontario, Canada	I had heard there was concern in SA that two Americans - Freeman and Damon - were chosen for the lead roles. I think Freeman did very well and was appropriate, but Damon is really too old to play Pienaar - although he did bulk up for the role - and didn't add too much to the role other than his name. __________________ Si vis pacem parabellum.

12-15-2009, 01:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
levite Minion of Joss Location: The Windy City	Saw it this past Saturday night. I have to say, while it didn't sweepingly stun me, I found it to be a very solid film, well-made and well-performed. Matt Damon may not have been used to his best, but he is really a fairly dependable actor, and I thought his performance was fine. Freeman as Mandela was superb. There was such a spirit of the man in him, it took my breath away. His screen-time is worth the whole price of entry, IMO. __________________ Dull sublunary lovers love, Whose soul is sense, cannot admit Absence, because it doth remove That thing which elemented it. (From "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" by John Donne)