Lee B (iamthethinman)

I am a documentary whore, but I dare you to try to start watching this movie, then stop watching after 10 minutes and not watch any more of it. It is very annoying at first, and still kind of annoying throughout because of this effect that is used where Tyson talks in different takes with overlapping audio and video in a tiled format. But you can?t help but be curious about Tyson be he is straight-forward and completely unguarded in his emotions in this movie. Even if you didn?t know much about him at all, you would be interested.

For me, I know Tyson. My father was always a boxing fan. My middle adolscense was in a crappy neighborhood, so fighting was followed. And video games were starting to come up all around and Tyson had his own game. I knew the scandals, and even got stuck in traffic and got to the house where the PPV was on the moment after the bite ended that historic match. All of that is recapped, plus the emotion behind all of the personal strife. He is surprisingly deep in his thoughts and can convey them fairly well. I didn?t know about his childhood in that detail, and this movie is very eye-opening. You can?t help but feel a slight bit of pity on him. For me, I feel a lot.

This is a great documentary. Anyone should see it if given the chance. It takes a lot of liberties with the facts of his boxing career, but I think the majority of those that will watch it know boxing?s history.

I was genuinely excited about this movie when it came out. This was one of the few books I had read at the time and being in SF there was still a Coppola aura around. My hatred at the idea of Keanu being in it didn?t matter once I watched it, as he wasn?t that bad. Even more so, I was blown away by the visual cornucopia served up. And even more more so that just about all of it was done in camera or using practical effects. (It?s also one of the things I like about Gondry and Spike Jonze) This movie, though straying somewhat wildly from the source though claiming to be faithful, was very good. It gave a bit of everything someone could want from a ?classic? horror movie, except real scares. But its composition of artistic efforts was great.

The costumes were great, makeup good, visual style and composition of scenes ? grand. I think they flashed out roles in such a large cast well and I didn?t even mind Winona in this one. Gary Oldman is a forgotten gem of an actor. And why didn?t Coppola strive for more movies like this? I never would have thought the Apocalypse or Godfather could direct a movie like this. And do it well.