Offishul Boys in the Boat movie thread
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Movie early access screenings are available tomorrow.
I like WASHINGTON in this one -
Smoke weed and talk shit material for this month
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Movie review, by me:
Met expectations, which were to convey enough of what Joe Rantz went through and what the team became in the ~2 hours available in a movie. The aesthetics and cinematography of the rowing scenes were well done. It's jarring to see us practicing without mountains or conifer trees in the background. Impossible to cram the book into that movie; at the end of the day the movie is only loosely based on the book and if you separate the two you will enjoy the movie more. Far easier to enjoy the movie if you haven't read the book or know the story. Still, it was awesome. The wife (never read the book) loved it. The kid (only read the young readers version 8 years ago and doesn't remember the details) also loved it. It got the kid to demand to read the full book which she has already started on.
Having our fight song sung in a movie was sweet.
I got free pub with my Washington Rowing pullover from a couple of rowing families who made it to the early screening and had also read the book.
I'll probably go see it on the big screen once or twice more. -
Thanks for the review @whlinder! I’m unfortunately going to have to wait until January to see it, but I’m looking forward to it.whlinder said:Movie review, by me:
Met expectations, which were to convey enough of what Joe Rantz went through and what the team became in the ~2 hours available in a movie. The aesthetics and cinematography of the rowing scenes were well done. It's jarring to see us practicing without mountains or conifer trees in the background. Impossible to cram the book into that movie; at the end of the day the movie is only loosely based on the book and if you separate the two you will enjoy the movie more. Far easier to enjoy the movie if you haven't read the book or know the story. Still, it was awesome. The wife (never read the book) loved it. The kid (only read the young readers version 8 years ago and doesn't remember the details) also loved it. It got the kid to demand to read the full book which she has already started on.
Having our fight song sung in a movie was sweet.
I got free pub with my Washington Rowing pullover from a couple of rowing families who made it to the early screening and had also read the book.
I'll probably go see it on the big screen once or twice more.
BTW, for those of you that have Spotify Premium, you can listen to the film soundtrack and the audiobook now. -
Where did they practice back then?
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Lake Washington
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44% Rotten Tomatoes score but almost all of the reviews I read seemed like butthurt, smelling own farts art house drivel.
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I never go by the critic scores on Rotten Tomatoes. Fuck those guys.haie said:44% Rotten Tomatoes score but almost all of the reviews I read seemed like butthurt, smelling own farts art house drivel.
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Wore my Husky Crew tee yesterday to the brew pub in Bulimba / Brisbane, Australia and not one #ScoDawgs.whlinder said:Movie review, by me:
Met expectations, which were to convey enough of what Joe Rantz went through and what the team became in the ~2 hours available in a movie. The aesthetics and cinematography of the rowing scenes were well done. It's jarring to see us practicing without mountains or conifer trees in the background. Impossible to cram the book into that movie; at the end of the day the movie is only loosely based on the book and if you separate the two you will enjoy the movie more. Far easier to enjoy the movie if you haven't read the book or know the story. Still, it was awesome. The wife (never read the book) loved it. The kid (only read the young readers version 8 years ago and doesn't remember the details) also loved it. It got the kid to demand to read the full book which she has already started on.
Having our fight song sung in a movie was sweet.
I got free pub with my Washington Rowing pullover from a couple of rowing families who made it to the early screening and had also read the book.
I'll probably go see it on the big screen once or twice more.
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Did you put any shrimp on the barbie?YellowSnow said:
Wore my Husky Crew tee yesterday to the brew pub in Bulimba / Brisbane, Australia and not one #ScoDawgs.whlinder said:Movie review, by me:
Met expectations, which were to convey enough of what Joe Rantz went through and what the team became in the ~2 hours available in a movie. The aesthetics and cinematography of the rowing scenes were well done. It's jarring to see us practicing without mountains or conifer trees in the background. Impossible to cram the book into that movie; at the end of the day the movie is only loosely based on the book and if you separate the two you will enjoy the movie more. Far easier to enjoy the movie if you haven't read the book or know the story. Still, it was awesome. The wife (never read the book) loved it. The kid (only read the young readers version 8 years ago and doesn't remember the details) also loved it. It got the kid to demand to read the full book which she has already started on.
Having our fight song sung in a movie was sweet.
I got free pub with my Washington Rowing pullover from a couple of rowing families who made it to the early screening and had also read the book.
I'll probably go see it on the big screen once or twice more.
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I'll be curious how the reviews of this differ from the reviews for Remember the Titans which is another story I knew IRL before it became a movie (or book). (My HS, "played" on the football team, many of the principle characters I knew while passing through there - Yoast, Boone, Petey)haie said:44% Rotten Tomatoes score but almost all of the reviews I read seemed like butthurt, smelling own farts art house drivel.
Remember the Titans has like a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score. The story arcs aren't that different - team is made of underdogs (only in perception for RTT), team has adversity, team comes together, team kicks ass. Lack of familiarity due to racial differences and racial conflicts (which was significantly exaggerated; most real conflict was because 3 schools merged into 1 and so 3 teams became 1) vs. poverty. Beating Nazis to win gold is way ahead of whichever team the Titans won the state title against. Disney took more liberty with the story than Clooney/MGM and the screenwriters did. Remember the Titans just had a neat and clean story which fit within a single year instead of the multi-year build to 1936 that BITB actually has. And people understand football. -
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
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One positive review I read stated that these kinds of movies don't win awards anymore and Hollywood is pretty biased against them.whlinder said:
I'll be curious how the reviews of this differ from the reviews for Remember the Titans which is another story I knew IRL before it became a movie (or book). (My HS, "played" on the football team, many of the principle characters I knew while passing through there - Yoast, Boone, Petey)haie said:44% Rotten Tomatoes score but almost all of the reviews I read seemed like butthurt, smelling own farts art house drivel.
Remember the Titans has like a 72% Rotten Tomatoes score. The story arcs aren't that different - team is made of underdogs (only in perception for RTT), team has adversity, team comes together, team kicks ass. Lack of familiarity due to racial differences and racial conflicts (which was significantly exaggerated; most real conflict was because 3 schools merged into 1 and so 3 teams became 1) vs. poverty. Beating Nazis to win gold is way ahead of whichever team the Titans won the state title against. Disney took more liberty with the story than Clooney/MGM and the screenwriters did. Remember the Titans just had a neat and clean story which fit within a single year instead of the multi-year build to 1936 that BITB actually has. And people understand football. -
If I recall correctly by watching a "behind the scenes" featurette, a lot of rowing scenes were shot in the UK, so that might explain it.1to392831weretaken said:
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
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A Coug I know said it was "Rudy" in a boat.haie said:44% Rotten Tomatoes score but almost all of the reviews I read seemed like butthurt, smelling own farts art house drivel.
Whatever. A lot of inspirational "inspired by a true story" sports films are a little sappy. I'm not expecting this to dominate Hollywood award season. -
Friday Night Lights is an art house classic
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Yeah, Clooney has said repeatedly that 1936 Seattle doesn't look like Seattle of today so they shot it in the UK. Whether that's a reason or an excuse, whatever. They do some far angle shots of Montlake Cut which look great except for the fact that IRL such a shot would show the Olympics in the distance. Again, it's fine, can't nitpick to the point of not enjoying it for what it is.Doog_de_Jour said:
If I recall correctly by watching a "behind the scenes" featurette, a lot of rowing scenes were shot in the UK, so that might explain it.1to392831weretaken said:
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
I just find it amusing which pieces get historical/scene precision and which ones don't. Hooverville south of downtown, with the Smith Tower in the distance, accurate per photos and the memories my dad has described to me. The Olympic 8s themselves, the ASUW shell house, some of the launch boats for the Cal race (one is named Oski III), a shout out to Hugh Laurie's dad, historically accurate. Mt Rainer, the Cascades and Olympics being absent when showing UW rowing on Lake Washington? OK. Only if you notice such things. -
Okay, now I get it. Seems like it would have been something pretty easy to digitally insert.whlinder said:
Yeah, Clooney has said repeatedly that 1936 Seattle doesn't look like Seattle of today so they shot it in the UK. Whether that's a reason or an excuse, whatever. They do some far angle shots of Montlake Cut which look great except for the fact that IRL such a shot would show the Olympics in the distance. Again, it's fine, can't nitpick to the point of not enjoying it for what it is.Doog_de_Jour said:
If I recall correctly by watching a "behind the scenes" featurette, a lot of rowing scenes were shot in the UK, so that might explain it.1to392831weretaken said:
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
I just find it amusing which pieces get historical/scene precision and which ones don't. Hooverville south of downtown, with the Smith Tower in the distance, accurate per photos and the memories my dad has described to me. The Olympic 8s themselves, the ASUW shell house, some of the launch boats for the Cal race (one is named Oski III), a shout out to Hugh Laurie's dad, historically accurate. Mt Rainer, the Cascades and Olympics being absent when showing UW rowing on Lake Washington? OK. Only if you notice such things. -
1to392831weretaken said:
Okay, now I get it. Seems like it would have been something pretty easy to digitally insert.whlinder said:
Yeah, Clooney has said repeatedly that 1936 Seattle doesn't look like Seattle of today so they shot it in the UK. Whether that's a reason or an excuse, whatever. They do some far angle shots of Montlake Cut which look great except for the fact that IRL such a shot would show the Olympics in the distance. Again, it's fine, can't nitpick to the point of not enjoying it for what it is.Doog_de_Jour said:
If I recall correctly by watching a "behind the scenes" featurette, a lot of rowing scenes were shot in the UK, so that might explain it.1to392831weretaken said:
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
I just find it amusing which pieces get historical/scene precision and which ones don't. Hooverville south of downtown, with the Smith Tower in the distance, accurate per photos and the memories my dad has described to me. The Olympic 8s themselves, the ASUW shell house, some of the launch boats for the Cal race (one is named Oski III), a shout out to Hugh Laurie's dad, historically accurate. Mt Rainer, the Cascades and Olympics being absent when showing UW rowing on Lake Washington? OK. Only if you notice such things.
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Digital penetration is a crime.1to392831weretaken said:
Okay, now I get it. Seems like it would have been something pretty easy to digitally insert.whlinder said:
Yeah, Clooney has said repeatedly that 1936 Seattle doesn't look like Seattle of today so they shot it in the UK. Whether that's a reason or an excuse, whatever. They do some far angle shots of Montlake Cut which look great except for the fact that IRL such a shot would show the Olympics in the distance. Again, it's fine, can't nitpick to the point of not enjoying it for what it is.Doog_de_Jour said:
If I recall correctly by watching a "behind the scenes" featurette, a lot of rowing scenes were shot in the UK, so that might explain it.1to392831weretaken said:
Oh, you said that it's jarring to see them practicing without mountains and conifers in the background, so I thought the movie must have moved where they practice or something.whlinder said:Lake Washington
I just find it amusing which pieces get historical/scene precision and which ones don't. Hooverville south of downtown, with the Smith Tower in the distance, accurate per photos and the memories my dad has described to me. The Olympic 8s themselves, the ASUW shell house, some of the launch boats for the Cal race (one is named Oski III), a shout out to Hugh Laurie's dad, historically accurate. Mt Rainer, the Cascades and Olympics being absent when showing UW rowing on Lake Washington? OK. Only if you notice such things. -
Probably could have filmed rowing on Northern Lake Washington by St Edwards State Park but you'd probably want calm water and no motor boats zipping by. I'm still surprised they raced up there but I guess compared to wider parts of the lake it would be less choppy. That said they could have filmed in Suzzalo or Denny, Padelford, Architecture, or most of the quad and had pretty historical. Why was I not consulted?
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Because you asked Clooney to send nudes.huskyhooligan said:Probably could have filmed rowing on Northern Lake Washington by St Edwards State Park but you'd probably want calm water and no motor boats zipping by. I'm still surprised they raced up there but I guess compared to wider parts of the lake it would be less choppy. That said they could have filmed in Suzzalo or Denny, Padelford, Architecture, or most of the quad and had pretty historical. Why was I not consulted?
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The little note indicating I would not be needed for the filming, with a few attached nudez was a nice touch. Classy guy that Clooney.PurpleBaze said:
Because you asked Clooney to send nudes.huskyhooligan said:Probably could have filmed rowing on Northern Lake Washington by St Edwards State Park but you'd probably want calm water and no motor boats zipping by. I'm still surprised they raced up there but I guess compared to wider parts of the lake it would be less choppy. That said they could have filmed in Suzzalo or Denny, Padelford, Architecture, or most of the quad and had pretty historical. Why was I not consulted?
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Kindly forward those to me, please. It's rude not to share.huskyhooligan said:
The little note indicating I would not be needed for the filming, with a few attached nudez was a nice touch. Classy guy that Clooney.PurpleBaze said:
Because you asked Clooney to send nudes.huskyhooligan said:Probably could have filmed rowing on Northern Lake Washington by St Edwards State Park but you'd probably want calm water and no motor boats zipping by. I'm still surprised they raced up there but I guess compared to wider parts of the lake it would be less choppy. That said they could have filmed in Suzzalo or Denny, Padelford, Architecture, or most of the quad and had pretty historical. Why was I not consulted?
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So the early reviews I’m hearing from my Peter puffer pods that attended the Seattle early preview, are “very good, but not great”.
And the rowing technique is shit. Like worse than an OSU novice crew. Pretty hard to turn actors into decent rowers in a short period of time. -
Never underestimate the heart of a champion. I've never stopped scrolling long enough to watch this. No idea if they can row
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I thought it was great. I don't see how you can really elevate or fuck up these period piece/historical sports movies besides picking a story that the viewer isn't interested in.
The shots and angles of Nazi Germany were really well done and made it so that they didn't have to stretch it out beyond the 2 hours explaining the importance of the final act.
My only minor complaint was that there were a few corny lines of dialogue and that Joel Edgerton has gotten to the point where he's just playing himself in every movie now. His wife in the movie was hotter than the girlfriend.
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Watched it, it was ok.
Never read the book (will now), but something was missing from this for me.
It wasn't close to Miracle on Ice or Remember the Titans.
There was some cheesy dialogue, feel good, but I think kinda boring. And you don't really get to know the characters that well.
Seemed very surface level/one note.
Rantz is a hardworkin' poor w/ daddy issues. Hume the star is an insecure mute who has a flu game in the olympics. Shit talkin' Coxswain was the best character by far. Edgerton was a terrible coach, like did he even know what he was doing?
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I thought it was well done but incomplete. Missed a lot by starting with everyone already going to school at UW. Also, no significant mention of his summer work on the Gran Dam. And no real ending beyond the gold at the Olympics.
I see why those who never read the book enjoyed it a lot more than those who have.
Gotta find my copy of the book and read it before the Sugar Bowl.
At least I saw it in a cinema with less than 100 seats and less than ten people watching.
My wife now understands UW's significance in the history of rowboat.
