Watched a preview tonight for a movie I will definitely see. I watched most of that World Cup at VIC's, a sport bars in Gaeta some of you may have visited. One of my favorite sports clips ever took place in that tourney.
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<span style="font-weight: bold">"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul"</span>
I have not been to a theater in several years and now TWO Movies in as many weeks. First The Road comes out based on a Pulitzer Prize winning book and now Invictus, a Clint Eastwood directed movie about a rugby tournament that featured, arguably, two of the greatest minutes in sports. My entire family is fired up about this one. It will win awards.
Great event #1. In an early round, Ireland's tighthead prop Gary Halpin unexpectedly picks up a loose ball and then pummels two people before touching the ball to the ground between the uprights. The referee immediately signals a try. The fans are shocked, as are the New Zealand All-Blacks, and pretty much, the entire world as Gary then looks up into the lenses of a hundred cameras broadcasting the live games back to their home countries, and with a great smile w/o two teeth, holds up two middle fingers to the world. Ah, you gotta love the Irish in a fight...
Great event #2. Final match. South Africa Springboks vs. New Zealand All-Blacks, the AB's featuring a giant named Jonah Lomu that would crush defenders that got in front of him. Well, just before game time Nelson Mandela walks onto the pitch wearing a Springbok jersey. Even on TV, you could hear the silence in the stadium. Apartheid was over, mostly... Then after a good moment of silence, this incredible crowd begins chanting "Nelson, Nelson" at the top of their lungs and as one, while he shakes the hands of his players. I remember being absolutely thrilled to see that moment.
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I played that game for 17 years but just cannot anymore. I began to think of it not so much as a sport but more like a cult. There was a time when I would have sold or traded eveything I had just to be on a national club. Win or lose, after 80 minutes, each time you truly believed you accomplished something. This picture is a favorite. In support are two friends, one a Col. working in a mountainous country, the other deceased, killed on 26 March 2003 during the drive on Baghdad.
<span style="font-weight: bold">"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul"</span>
I have not been to a theater in several years and now TWO Movies in as many weeks. First The Road comes out based on a Pulitzer Prize winning book and now Invictus, a Clint Eastwood directed movie about a rugby tournament that featured, arguably, two of the greatest minutes in sports. My entire family is fired up about this one. It will win awards.
Great event #1. In an early round, Ireland's tighthead prop Gary Halpin unexpectedly picks up a loose ball and then pummels two people before touching the ball to the ground between the uprights. The referee immediately signals a try. The fans are shocked, as are the New Zealand All-Blacks, and pretty much, the entire world as Gary then looks up into the lenses of a hundred cameras broadcasting the live games back to their home countries, and with a great smile w/o two teeth, holds up two middle fingers to the world. Ah, you gotta love the Irish in a fight...
Great event #2. Final match. South Africa Springboks vs. New Zealand All-Blacks, the AB's featuring a giant named Jonah Lomu that would crush defenders that got in front of him. Well, just before game time Nelson Mandela walks onto the pitch wearing a Springbok jersey. Even on TV, you could hear the silence in the stadium. Apartheid was over, mostly... Then after a good moment of silence, this incredible crowd begins chanting "Nelson, Nelson" at the top of their lungs and as one, while he shakes the hands of his players. I remember being absolutely thrilled to see that moment.
<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AqKjVo-9qso"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AqKjVo-9qso" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed></object>
I played that game for 17 years but just cannot anymore. I began to think of it not so much as a sport but more like a cult. There was a time when I would have sold or traded eveything I had just to be on a national club. Win or lose, after 80 minutes, each time you truly believed you accomplished something. This picture is a favorite. In support are two friends, one a Col. working in a mountainous country, the other deceased, killed on 26 March 2003 during the drive on Baghdad.
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I was actually excited to see this my youngest brother got MVP on his team this last year NSW Vikings for Tuggernon college. He was invited to go national but after a few reinjuries of a collarbone failure he decided to call it quits. Took quite a bit of hounding from the doc though
Probably one of my favorite poems also.
I was actually excited to see this my youngest brother got MVP on his team this last year NSW Vikings for Tuggernon college. He was invited to go national but after a few reinjuries of a collarbone failure he decided to call it quits. Took quite a bit of hounding from the doc though
Probably one of my favorite poems also.
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A great, great movie. If I voted in the Academy I would vote this one for Best Picture, and give a Best Actor award to Morgan Freeman for his role as Nelson Mandela.
I admit some bias toward a sport I love, but Eastwood got it right. Apartheid was such a part of the national consciousness that newly elected President Mandela had a large mountain to climb. He chose to support a largely white Afrikaner sport when all of his advisors warned him that it would be political suicide. With great risk comes great gain...and nations can rally around heroes. I seem to recall an Olympic hockey team taking the Gold medal about the same time President Reagan began to encourage Americans to have some pride again.
The emphasis on Jonah Lomu was well-played too. This giant was a threat to the entire rugby football club world, and S.A. learned the importance of the team tackle.
As this was listed as PG-13, I took my entire family. There was one usage of the f-word in the entire movie, which is not very much if you have played the game. The previews I should have skipped though.
I'd watch it again.
A great, great movie. If I voted in the Academy I would vote this one for Best Picture, and give a Best Actor award to Morgan Freeman for his role as Nelson Mandela.
I admit some bias toward a sport I love, but Eastwood got it right. Apartheid was such a part of the national consciousness that newly elected President Mandela had a large mountain to climb. He chose to support a largely white Afrikaner sport when all of his advisors warned him that it would be political suicide. With great risk comes great gain...and nations can rally around heroes. I seem to recall an Olympic hockey team taking the Gold medal about the same time President Reagan began to encourage Americans to have some pride again.
The emphasis on Jonah Lomu was well-played too. This giant was a threat to the entire rugby football club world, and S.A. learned the importance of the team tackle.
As this was listed as PG-13, I took my entire family. There was one usage of the f-word in the entire movie, which is not very much if you have played the game. The previews I should have skipped though.
I'd watch it again.
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Clint Eastwood is a class act. To this day the best experience I ever had working on a film was "Flags of Our Fathers" and most of that was because he let us do what we do best; he trusted us and guided us. He's almost 80 now and shows no signs of stopping.
I too am excited about this one. I was introduced to rugby in 1/10 SFG(A) and played regularly for a number of years.
Clint Eastwood is a class act. To this day the best experience I ever had working on a film was "Flags of Our Fathers" and most of that was because he let us do what we do best; he trusted us and guided us. He's almost 80 now and shows no signs of stopping.
I too am excited about this one. I was introduced to rugby in 1/10 SFG(A) and played regularly for a number of years.
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A great screensaver
Lomu, a 6'5" 250-lb. sprinter at Left Wing for NZ.
The Haka
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So simple. Pick the ball up. Move forward. Brilliant.
A great screensaver
Lomu, a 6'5" 250-lb. sprinter at Left Wing for NZ.
The Haka
<object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cle20lQg0Qs"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cle20lQg0Qs" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed></object>
So simple. Pick the ball up. Move forward. Brilliant.
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