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Invictus

  • 06-02-2010 12:03am
    #1
    racso1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭


    Saw this the other day. Based on the 95 world cup with matt damon. Have to say the rugby scenes in it are brutal! Real shame cause had the potentiall to be great


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  • #2
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Morgan Freeman to open BBC coverage of 6 Nations with poem Invictus.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/8500298.stm

    /cringes to death


  • #3
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    ...


  • #4
    Ciaran-Irl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Ciaran-Irl


    davyjose wrote: »
    ...

    Out of curiosity, what does this mean in the context of the thread?


  • #5
    Amz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Amz


    This forum is for rugby, lads. Not Clint Eastwood's bastardised, Hollywood interpretation of it. Take it to film! :)


  • #6
    Podge_irl
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 28,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Podge_irl


    I think the biggest problem with the rugby scenes is the camera work. Its always far too close to the "action" and you never have any real idea whats going on. The scrums looks terrible as well. It's a decent film apart from that though and will hopefully bring rugby to a wider audience.


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  • #7
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    Ciaran-Irl wrote: »
    Out of curiosity, what does this mean in the context of the thread?

    It means I double posted.


  • #8
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Previously discussed here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055767281&highlight=invictus

    and here:
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055728000&highlight=invictus


  • #9
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Podge_irl wrote: »
    The scrums looks terrible as well..

    Did SA not go uncontested through that WC?:D


  • #10
    Ciaran-Irl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Ciaran-Irl


    davyjose wrote: »
    It means I double posted.

    Ahhhh. I wondered. Kept seeing it.


  • #11
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    davyjose wrote: »
    It means I double posted.

    Is it not easier to delete the second post?


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  • #12
    toomevara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,772 ✭✭✭toomevara


    Terrible worthy, sentimental tripe. Rugby scenes virtually unwatchable for anyone with even a passing understanding of the game. Avoid like the plague...read the book though, far superior.


  • #13
    pappyodaniel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,803 ✭✭✭pappyodaniel


    The best rugby movie i've seen is ~This Sporting Life with Richard Harris from 1963, pity it's rugby league but the action scenes are outstanding. You can tell Harris played rugby as a young man back in Limerick. Off the field Harris' portrayal of Frank Michin, a hard as nails coal mining semi-professional rugby player is outstanding, almost Brandoesque.


  • #14
    Seifer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,265 ✭✭✭Seifer


    pickarooney wrote: »
    Is it not easier to delete the second post?
    That doesn't increase your post count :rolleyes:


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