Offishul Boys in the Boat movie thread
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Not a suburban legend percreepycoug said:
It was reported to me by someone (another creepy tall tale I suppose) that Hume wasn't really that into having the big win be his primary identity in life, at least certainly not in the way it was for Rantz. The same source said that he had an aloof snicker (like most Oly guys, see our own @RaceBannon ) and was said to periodically chuckle - but not quite guffaw - over the fuss the other guysms made about it all.whlinder said:
Why do you hate knocking chicks up but not committing?RaceBannon said:
If he never married then he's a (gay) uncle not the dadwhlinder said:
So the Wikipedia entry is almost directly copy-pasta from the Boys in the Boat. It didn't mention him having a kid, but does mention him never marrying.RaceBannon said:Don Hume moved to Olympia and had a son I went to school with. He was a member of the Olympia Country and Golf Club and ran the Husky Coaches caravan when they came by every summer
You're welcome
But likely he was the uncle or the other dad. From his 2001 Obit:
https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/don-hume-member-of-uw-s-legendary-36-crew-team-1065992.php
The surviving members of the crew -- with the death of Hume, four are still living -- have continued to meet on a regular basis. The wild card was always Hume, who spent much of his time on the road, due to business.
"Ninety percent of the time you'd never know if Don would be there," Moch said. "But each time he'd show up, with a bottle of champagne in each hand."
Hume is survived by a brother, Dale, of Olympia.
Hume is also the guy, I believe, who stayed at the family residence in Everett after they moved to O Town to finish out college or something and, when it was time to go, packed his shit in an actual row boat and made his way down the sound. Maybe suburban legend, but with those guys that would not have been that crazy as it might sound to one us here in soft ass land.
https://www.cascadiadaily.com/news/2023/dec/19/uws-1936-olympic-rowers-shaped-by-hard-work-struggles/
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I watched it.pawz said:
I really enjoyed the movie. I didn't suffer from having high expectations because Hollywood AWAYS water's down the original book.
Quite honestly, was pleasantly surprised by how much love UW got. Could it have been more? Sure. Am I going to hold it against the movie makers? Absolutely not.
The scene from the slum with the Smith Tower in the background could have been shot today. I know i know, TITTT.
Would have preferred a scene of Rantz's girl getting 8-manned (swidt?). Se la vie.
Will watch again.
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Except there was no dole for the Bums of ‘36 and unemployment was 25 percent.pawz said:
I watched it.pawz said:
I really enjoyed the movie. I didn't suffer from having high expectations because Hollywood AWAYS water's down the original book.
Quite honestly, was pleasantly surprised by how much love UW got. Could it have been more? Sure. Am I going to hold it against the movie makers? Absolutely not.
The scene from the slum with the Smith Tower in the background could have been shot today. I know i know, TITTT.
Would have preferred a scene of Rantz's girl getting 8-manned (swidt?). Se la vie.
Will watch again. -
Finally took the little pisses to the movie last week.
It was fine, but we're not going to win any Oscars with it.
Pros:
- So much FREE PUB for MY Team and MY University
- Little pisses all excited about row boat now and are doing erg pieces out in the garage and organized my collection of jerseys from the loser teams
- George Pocock scenes are cool (although they don't explain who this English guy is building the boat)
- They did a good job recreating the ASUW Shellhouse and what Montlake looked like in the early 30s after it was clear cut in previous decades.
- Ulbrickson's wife is hot AF
- Hitler got really mad at the end
Cons:
- They butchered the book and tried to condense 3 years of team history into 6 months (e.g., they didn't send the JV boat to Olympics); none UW rowing historians won't be as bothered by this.
- Little to no character development
- The recreated Lake Washington race course looks like nothing like the real thing (Poughkeepsie and Berlin looked more realistic)
- The quality of the rowing by these actors is terrible, but again the average movie goers won't notice or care -
Joe’s gal was wood worthy too.
Hoping Ubrickson’s wife gets some more roles with less clothes. -
But I was told Clooney hired the Olympic rowboat coach to work with the actors for 6 mos. Just what I heard, don’t twist.YellowSnow said:Finally took the little pisses to the movie last week.
It was fine, but we're not going to win any Oscars with it.
Pros:
- So much FREE PUB for MY Team and MY University
- Little pisses all excited about row boat now and are doing erg pieces out in the garage and organized my collection of jerseys from the loser teams
- George Pocock scenes are cool (although they don't explain who this English guy is building the boat)
- They did a good job recreating the ASUW Shellhouse and what Montlake looked like in the early 30s after it was clear cut in previous decades.
- Ulbrickson's wife is hot AF
- Hitler got really mad at the end
Cons:
- They butchered the book and tried to condense 3 years of team history into 6 months (e.g., they didn't send the JV boat to Olympics); none UW rowing historians won't be as bothered by this.
- Little to no character development
- The recreated Lake Washington race course looks like nothing like the real thing (Poughkeepsie and Berlin looked more realistic)
- The quality of the rowing by these actors is terrible, but again the average movie goers won't notice or care
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You can learn how to fake it in 6 months, but it won’t look pretty.pawz said:
But I was told Clooney hired the Olympic rowboat coach to work with the actors for 6 mos. Just what I heard, don’t twist.YellowSnow said:Finally took the little pisses to the movie last week.
It was fine, but we're not going to win any Oscars with it.
Pros:
- So much FREE PUB for MY Team and MY University
- Little pisses all excited about row boat now and are doing erg pieces out in the garage and organized my collection of jerseys from the loser teams
- George Pocock scenes are cool (although they don't explain who this English guy is building the boat)
- They did a good job recreating the ASUW Shellhouse and what Montlake looked like in the early 30s after it was clear cut in previous decades.
- Ulbrickson's wife is hot AF
- Hitler got really mad at the end
Cons:
- They butchered the book and tried to condense 3 years of team history into 6 months (e.g., they didn't send the JV boat to Olympics); none UW rowing historians won't be as bothered by this.
- Little to no character development
- The recreated Lake Washington race course looks like nothing like the real thing (Poughkeepsie and Berlin looked more realistic)
- The quality of the rowing by these actors is terrible, but again the average movie goers won't notice or care
And I don’t think they were doing college level practices 6 days a week. -
I watched it this week and Yellow Piss is pretty spot on (not shocking)
I had not read the book and loosely knew the story (WINNING) … but didn’t know the details
The JV boat thing made zero sense in the movie and felt like PURE HOLLYWOOD … to any sport knowledgeable person the idea that you’re going from novice to Olympic Champion in a 6-12 month period just isn’t believable
The lack of character development really didn’t sit right with me … the title is The Boys In The Boat but it feels like Rantz and everybody else. You shouldn’t leave the movie and feel like you don’t know who each rower was and what seat they were in
As others noted, the lack of an epilogue was a GIANT MISS
I’ll need Yella to confirm this or not … but did Cal actually give UW the money to get over the finish line? Feeling grateful to Cal about anything makes me feel sick
What I did like was I thought they did a good job of highlighting the struggles that many in that time period went through to just get to the next day
As a rowing novice I thought they did a good job of highlighting how important the midget runt coxswain is to the operation
All in all … the story is pleasant enough and hits the cliff notes of the story in a relatively watered down manner that is easily consumed
As others noted, this isn’t an award winning movie and it does make me wonder what could have been done with this story in the hands of a more experienced director -
Cal did not fund the last part. That was a Hollywood script edit. The boys were Washingtonians funded by Washingtonians winning for Washington.
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The piano playing scene was stupid and entirely unnecessary.
Joe losing his V card with Coukee City hookers would have been a better use of tim.
