Offishul Boys in the Boat movie thread
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It was good but not great.
Wouldn't have killed Clooney to get some shots on campus. Most of the quad, Denny hall, Suzzallo, parrington and drumheller were all on campus at that time. Thought it was a bit funny that Poughkeepsie was lined by evergreens and the very narrow Lake Washington was lined by deciduous trees. Granted a lot of the evergreen trees throughout the area would have been mowed down, especially in Seattle proper. Maybe a shot at the 7Eleven on Aurora in the U District would have been good as well. I know the movies were set in the time period they were filmed but shit, War Games and the Changling, not completely filmed in WA at least got some campus shots. Again, quite honestly, Suzzalo, Denny, sylvan grove and Rainier Vista feel like the biggest omissions.
No, its the classic "not true to the book" hollywood version. I still enjoyed it.
Some other glaring omissions. Rain. Jimmy Kimmel razzed clooney about it and yeah, there was no rain at all in the movie. Rain, mist, early morning workouts before the wind picks up.
Lastly I don't think it really stuck out that this was based on a true story. No epilogue really of the guys. Would have been easy to get some footage of the boys rowing years later to commemorate. Just some pictures along with the credits. I say this because one friend caught it early at a mystery movie night and wanted me to know there was no end of credits scene like you'd find in a Marvel movie. She clearly had not read the book. -
I’m gonna have to fight hard through the geographic inaccuracy of the settings. I hate that lazy shit.huskyhooligan said:It was good but not great.
Wouldn't have killed Clooney to get some shots on campus. Most of the quad, Denny hall, Suzzallo, parrington and drumheller were all on campus at that time. Thought it was a bit funny that Poughkeepsie was lined by evergreens and the very narrow Lake Washington was lined by deciduous trees. Granted a lot of the evergreen trees throughout the area would have been mowed down, especially in Seattle proper. Maybe a shot at the 7Eleven on Aurora in the U District would have been good as well. I know the movies were set in the time period they were filmed but shit, War Games and the Changling, not completely filmed in WA at least got some campus shots. Again, quite honestly, Suzzalo, Denny, sylvan grove and Rainier Vista feel like the biggest omissions.
No, its the classic "not true to the book" hollywood version. I still enjoyed it.
Some other glaring omissions. Rain. Jimmy Kimmel razzed clooney about it and yeah, there was no rain at all in the movie. Rain, mist, early morning workouts before the wind picks up.
Lastly I don't think it really stuck out that this was based on a true story. No epilogue really of the guys. Would have been easy to get some footage of the boys rowing years later to commemorate. Just some pictures along with the credits. I say this because one friend caught it early at a mystery movie night and wanted me to know there was no end of credits scene like you'd find in a Marvel movie. She clearly had not read the book. -
Not having a rolling credit with a blurb of what the "boys" did post race was a big miss.
It wouldn't have added much time and tied it up. Though, there was so little character development, it could have come off like introducing strangers in the final scene, so I can see why they might have scrapped it.
Still would have been nice to see what became of them. Once you remove the purple shades, you'll realize it wasn't a good movie. -
(I predict that) You are going to have a tough time with the whole damn thing. It was made for people not familiar with row boat or the boys in the boat. NTTIATWWTYellowSnow said:
I’m gonna have to fight hard through the geographic inaccuracy of the settings. I hate that lazy shit.huskyhooligan said:It was good but not great.
Wouldn't have killed Clooney to get some shots on campus. Most of the quad, Denny hall, Suzzallo, parrington and drumheller were all on campus at that time. Thought it was a bit funny that Poughkeepsie was lined by evergreens and the very narrow Lake Washington was lined by deciduous trees. Granted a lot of the evergreen trees throughout the area would have been mowed down, especially in Seattle proper. Maybe a shot at the 7Eleven on Aurora in the U District would have been good as well. I know the movies were set in the time period they were filmed but shit, War Games and the Changling, not completely filmed in WA at least got some campus shots. Again, quite honestly, Suzzalo, Denny, sylvan grove and Rainier Vista feel like the biggest omissions.
No, its the classic "not true to the book" hollywood version. I still enjoyed it.
Some other glaring omissions. Rain. Jimmy Kimmel razzed clooney about it and yeah, there was no rain at all in the movie. Rain, mist, early morning workouts before the wind picks up.
Lastly I don't think it really stuck out that this was based on a true story. No epilogue really of the guys. Would have been easy to get some footage of the boys rowing years later to commemorate. Just some pictures along with the credits. I say this because one friend caught it early at a mystery movie night and wanted me to know there was no end of credits scene like you'd find in a Marvel movie. She clearly had not read the book. -
I saw the movie and it didn’t come close to my expectations. I get that you were going Hollywood up the story… I was halfway thinking they would make one of the boys a black tranz or some shit… But I’m not gonna take that to the tug. my problem with it is that it was a total miss as far as conveying what the sport is about. They acted like the coach just took a chance and picked those guys to go. Anybody that knows jack shit about that sport knows that one of the greatest parts about it is that everybody earns their way. it would’ve been pretty easy to have a scene where they say pull the boats together and switch Rantz and then show the boat going faster.
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Why the angst? Everyone knows George Clooney is a part of the WEF globalist elite cabal (hi, OBK) and can’t be bothered with presenting the true story. Watered down or revisionist history is their specialty
TITTT, I know.
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Did the Junkers Ju 52s spray chem trails over the ‘36 games @PurpleThrobber ?PurpleThrobber said:Why the angst? Everyone knows George Clooney is a part of the WEF globalist elite cabal (hi, OBK) and can’t be bothered with presenting the true story. Watered down or revisionist history is their specialty
TITTT, I know. -
Damn, it feels like only me and PJ Fleck liked the movie.
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Thanks Pawz!pawz said: -
Saw the movie last night. It was good for what it is. It won't win any awards, and I agree with the criticisms others have posted. At the end, some guy shouted (it was me) "Go Dawgs, beat Texas!)
- Geography felt weird.
- Very little character development
- Whole family immediately after the movie, "Soooooooo...what did any of the guys do after the Olympics? Did Joe and Joyce get married? Did he stay pour?" -
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
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I liked it! I hope my nitpicking of details didn't imply otherwise. I'll go see it again.haie said:Damn, it feels like only me and PJ Fleck liked the movie.
My next door neighbor took her whole family to it (and knows I rowed + went to UW) and afterwards immediately texted my wife "That was a great movie but I have so many questions." So she's going to read the book now and has already watched the PBS show.houseofpain247 said:Saw the movie last night. It was good for what it is. It won't win any awards, and I agree with the criticisms others have posted. At the end, some guy shouted (it was me) "Go Dawgs, beat Texas!)
- Geography felt weird.
- Very little character development
- Whole family immediately after the movie, "Soooooooo...what did any of the guys do after the Olympics? Did Joe and Joyce get married? Did he stay pour?"
The suburban housewife demographic seems to really like it especially if they haven't read the book. -
2nd most famous person raised in Olympia
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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
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Pics of Hume stroking the senior varsity eight?
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luckily for them most of the us population could not tell the difference between UK or seattleYellowSnow said:
I’m gonna have to fight hard through the geographic inaccuracy of the settings. I hate that lazy shit.huskyhooligan said:It was good but not great.
Wouldn't have killed Clooney to get some shots on campus. Most of the quad, Denny hall, Suzzallo, parrington and drumheller were all on campus at that time. Thought it was a bit funny that Poughkeepsie was lined by evergreens and the very narrow Lake Washington was lined by deciduous trees. Granted a lot of the evergreen trees throughout the area would have been mowed down, especially in Seattle proper. Maybe a shot at the 7Eleven on Aurora in the U District would have been good as well. I know the movies were set in the time period they were filmed but shit, War Games and the Changling, not completely filmed in WA at least got some campus shots. Again, quite honestly, Suzzalo, Denny, sylvan grove and Rainier Vista feel like the biggest omissions.
No, its the classic "not true to the book" hollywood version. I still enjoyed it.
Some other glaring omissions. Rain. Jimmy Kimmel razzed clooney about it and yeah, there was no rain at all in the movie. Rain, mist, early morning workouts before the wind picks up.
Lastly I don't think it really stuck out that this was based on a true story. No epilogue really of the guys. Would have been easy to get some footage of the boys rowing years later to commemorate. Just some pictures along with the credits. I say this because one friend caught it early at a mystery movie night and wanted me to know there was no end of credits scene like you'd find in a Marvel movie. She clearly had not read the book. -
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
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The OG row peter puffer...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
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To be clear @haie I still enjoyed the movie, it just didn't live up to my ultra-doog expectations, and I feel like Clooney kind of 'mailed it in.' I'm sure King 5 would have sold some of their footage of the 50th anniversary row.
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They had aged a lot by the time we all met them 10 years later.huskyhooligan said:To be clear @haie I still enjoyed the movie, it just didn't live up to my ultra-doog expectations, and I feel like Clooney kind of 'mailed it in.' I'm sure King 5 would have sold some of their footage of the 50th anniversary row.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mai_xB9fHQ
Cool footage of former coach Dick Ericksen who I knew well. ‘86 was his last year before they sent him to pasture. -
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 showed up to watch us at Henley once.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.
He was a baller old dude as I recall. -
Dale was the one
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Rowboat is a thinking man's game. SEC bros needn't apply.YellowSnow said:
I'm not even going to try to explain the story to you podnah. Rowboat has to be the least SEC sport of all time.SECDAWG said:“Boys in the boat”..
what I think about them boys:
PS: watch. SEC SEC will ask what part requires thinking. -
Where’s the footage of a young, swarthy, law dawg in Moch’s office @creepycoug ?creepycoug said:
Rowboat is a thinking man's game. SEC bros needn't apply.YellowSnow said:
I'm not even going to try to explain the story to you podnah. Rowboat has to be the least SEC sport of all time.SECDAWG said:“Boys in the boat”..
what I think about them boys:
PS: watch. SEC SEC will ask what part requires thinking. -
Only my resume and his. Otherwise, it's just another creepycoug tall tale.YellowSnow said:
Where’s the footage of a young, swarthy, law dawg in Moch’s office @creepycoug ?creepycoug said:
Rowboat is a thinking man's game. SEC bros needn't apply.YellowSnow said:
I'm not even going to try to explain the story to you podnah. Rowboat has to be the least SEC sport of all time.SECDAWG said:“Boys in the boat”..
what I think about them boys:
PS: watch. SEC SEC will ask what part requires thinking. -
This makes up for your shaky performance on the Cristobal thread. All is forgiven. Apology accepted.1to392831weretaken said:Pics of Hume stroking the senior varsity eight?
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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.
