The fact is that we know they win. We all know that. So why on earth structure the story on that tension? It would never work and simply doesn't.
So this was the chance to find a part of the story we didn't know and tell that. But the film fell foul to a lazy script. It just didn't bother. Leaving us to endure multiple races all telling the same story. Lazy lazy lazy!
But it could have saved itself with some incredible direction. Exploiting the waves, the levers, the splashes, the sweat, the biomechanics and the agony. But nope. We just got copy and paste scenes with very few exceptions. No imagination to find its own image. Creativity was missing in action.
Leaving us with just sentiment and the hate of the vile right wing GOP, err, I mean Nazis (oops, my bad!). It ended up being a predictable rainy Sunday afternoon film. Nothing more, never less.
It is a watchable film. It is pleasant. But that's all it is. I do recommend it. Just don't expect a Wow film!
So this was the chance to find a part of the story we didn't know and tell that. But the film fell foul to a lazy script. It just didn't bother. Leaving us to endure multiple races all telling the same story. Lazy lazy lazy!
But it could have saved itself with some incredible direction. Exploiting the waves, the levers, the splashes, the sweat, the biomechanics and the agony. But nope. We just got copy and paste scenes with very few exceptions. No imagination to find its own image. Creativity was missing in action.
Leaving us with just sentiment and the hate of the vile right wing GOP, err, I mean Nazis (oops, my bad!). It ended up being a predictable rainy Sunday afternoon film. Nothing more, never less.
It is a watchable film. It is pleasant. But that's all it is. I do recommend it. Just don't expect a Wow film!