October 5, 20232 yr This is my favorite book I've ever read, so it had better not suck. Christmas Day release 😠
October 10, 20232 yr Those boys are embedded in UW. Their achievements still echo around that campus today (or at least in 2000 when I got my degree there). *ashamed to say I haven't read that book, but it's on my wishlist now.
October 11, 20232 yr I wanted to like the book but found it rather boring. Even the races became monotonous because he would describe how hard they were rowing, and then 5 pages later, they would row harder. There were some good parts but lots of it drug for me.
October 11, 20232 yr This is my favorite book I've ever read, so it had better not suck. Christmas Day release [emoji34]I’m with you. Loved the book. Found it fascinating and compelling.
October 11, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, wild_turkey said: I wanted to like the book but found it rather boring. Even the races became monotonous because he would describe how hard they were rowing, and then 5 pages later, they would row harder. There were some good parts but lots of it drug for me. This is how I felt. 60% of the book is basically a biography of Joe Rantz, who is probably the 5th most interesting person on the team. The rest of the book is random history facts of the time awkwardly mixed in with the story, and a TON of monotonous rowing, and rowing, and technical shit about rowing, and rowing. The movie can be really good though as long as they put more focus on the team as a whole and don't have each race take up 30 minutes of screen time.
November 26, 20232 yr Watching PBS American Experience about the 1936 Berlin Olympics and getting a glimpse of some of the members of the rowing team has me looking forward to seeing the movie. I am going to read the book before going to the movie just as I did when I read Hillenbrand's Unbroken, the remarkable story of Louie Zamperini. A friend of mine who spends his summers in Puget Sound every year was telling me how this story still resonates with locals in Washington. Can't wait to experience this show and read this book.
November 26, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, BeardIP said: The trailer played before Napoleon movie and looked fantastic. Saw that last night as well and agree.
November 28, 20232 yr Clooney needs a win. He hasn’t directed a good movie since Ides of March in 2011. His acting career hasn’t exactly been on fire either.
December 27, 20231 yr Saw it today. Didn’t read the book. Very much enjoyed the movie. Had a Cinderella Man feel to it.
December 27, 20231 yr On 11/26/2023 at 8:30 AM, BeardIP said: The trailer played before Napoleon movie and looked fantastic. It took me a while to get through undergrad, but in my “second tour” down in Austin I spent two semesters rowing with TEXAS CREW, so I’m glad that your trip to the cinema tied my story all together for you. 5 hours ago, Don Johnson said: Saw it today. Didn’t read the book. Very much enjoyed the movie. Had a Cinderella Man feel to it. It’s about fucking time that Hollywood found an American Cinderella story from the 1936 Olympics. Glad to see these 8 white boys have finally given America something to cheer about 87 1/2 years later. Spoiler PS- I have never seen “Cinderella Man” and am too lazy & sarcastic to look it up.
December 27, 20231 yr 49 minutes ago, Helobious said: Holy shit at never watching Cinderella man. Outstanding movie And with Longhorn alum Rene Zellweger starring as the female lead, this is one I watch once a year. Agree with the Cinderella Man comparison btw.
December 27, 20231 yr 9 hours ago, Napoleon said: It took me a while to get through undergrad, but in my “second tour” down in Austin I spent two semesters rowing with TEXAS CREW, so I’m glad that your trip to the cinema tied my story all together for you. It’s about fucking time that Hollywood found an American Cinderella story from the 1936 Olympics. Glad to see these 8 white boys have finally given America something to cheer about 87 1/2 years later. Reveal hidden contents PS- I have never seen “Cinderella Man” and am too lazy & sarcastic to look it up. wait.. a rowing crew from seattle washington in 1936 was white? 🙄 They did manage to shoehorn a little diversity to try to placate queefs like you. Cheers!
December 27, 20231 yr 2 hours ago, Pokoloco said: wait.. a rowing crew from seattle washington in 1936 was white? 🙄 They did manage to shoehorn a little diversity to try to placate queefs like you. Cheers! lol at “shoehorn”. UW had black students at that time and even before then. It’d simply be inaccurate for the movie to pretend they didn’t exist at all as you prefer.
December 27, 20231 yr 2 hours ago, Helobious said: lol at “shoehorn”. UW had black students at that time and even before then. It’d simply be inaccurate for the movie to pretend they didn’t exist at all as you prefer. Why would say I'd prefer that? weird.
December 29, 20231 yr It was a good movie. Again this is the exact kind of movie so many of you keep asking for. You want more actual stories and less Marvel. Well here’s one to go watch in a theater.
January 9, 20241 yr Watched this on Saturday. A bit formulaic but still an enjoyable feel good story.
January 9, 20241 yr I liked the book. I was wondering when this was going to get made. I rowed one and a half quarter at Stanford. The crew was a shambles, just a club, and coming back from the dead. They ultimately didn't have enough interest to field a lightweight crew, and I was too short to be on the main boat. But it was beautiful to get out on the bay, even on the shitty part of the bay that we rowed on. Even if this movie is just pretty, I'm going to love it. I thought the rowing scene in the Social Network was pretty cool It's a very neat feeling when you get the boat going. I kind of regret not just going out to the boathouse and sculling on my own.
January 9, 20241 yr On 12/27/2023 at 8:19 AM, Helobious said: Holy shit at never watching Cinderella man. Outstanding movie god dammit. i hate agreeing with helo.
January 10, 20241 yr On 12/27/2023 at 8:14 AM, Parliament said: Who are the bad guys? Nazi’s? Nazi's? Nazi's what?
January 10, 20241 yr Great flick. So you can see the actual schooner used in the races at the boathouse on the WA campus. If you give them a 6th year transfer QB and some decent receivers, I bet they let you take it out for a spin....
May 6, 20241 yr Hate to be a bookfag, but thought there was a huge discrepancy between the quality of the book and what was portrayed on screen. It was a solid average movie, decent casting. The book was an epic story of Joe Rantz and his unlikely rise with others as an Olympic Gold medalist.The biggest mistake was putting too much in and focusing (superficially) on the love story. The meat of the story was left the floor.
May 6, 20241 yr The stepmom, in particular, was a fascinating story as was the Joe’s dad descent after losing Joe’s mom. Then the story of Joe taking care of himself on his own land, then working on the Gorge dam. Then the rigors and passion of the sport. Unbelievable and gritty stuff.Also have the story and pedigree of George Pocock and his influence on the sport was fascinating. You had a perfect set up to tell his story as a break from Joe’s story.Lot of meat and extraordinary scenes from history. At the end of the day, I suspect finances and wanting to appeal to the broadest audience made this just another sports movie.
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