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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So disappointed by the movie, especially because we are UW people. They compressed so many exciting parts of the book, had tons of rowing inaccuracies, and tried to tell us that Henley and Seattle look the same? How did they manage to have zero scenes in the rain? The only part that felt authentic was the very end, when a PNW family was huddled outside a wet cabin in awful weather listening to the radio.

Inaccuracies aside, the true crime was the terrible, flat acting. It was 2 hours of watching talking cardboard cutouts. I can’t believe that George Clooney didn’t have the pull to find a single actor who could act. And it’s not like he sacrificed acting skills for rowing skills, because that sucked too. By the end I was cheering for Cal.

My DD is 8 and read the junior edition of the book, and she said it was the worst thing she had ever watched (and that says a lot). She spent the rest of this night poring over the book and complaining about the movie. We’ve  watching more moving episodes of Gabby’s Dollhouse.[/quote]

Just saw it and I completely agree with your assessment. I think the biggest waste of screen time was on the two female characters, Hazel (coach's wife) and Joyce (Joe's GF)  Both of these characters were absolutely worthless to the story and in fact, did nothing but add annoyance since they were nothing but a couple of female cliches.

Oh, look! The coach has a confident, outspoken wife who gives erudite advice about a SPORT and the men all nod appreciatively at her insight and her quips. Who are the filmmakers trying to kid? Does anyone really think a coach's wife would have been so influential in 1936? I think not. Plus, her hairstyle and makeup were a travesty - she was wearing a 21st Century hairdo and makeup. Neither were anything like they wore in the 30's. The actress was clearly acting, and one wonders what Clooney saw in her to put her in the film.

Joe's girlfriend was also annoying, also had a bad non-accurate hairdo, and will win no prizes for her acting. But at least the character was plausible, albeit fairy-tale like.

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