| Author | Message | ||
     Lowflyer |
I just saw it and thought I would offer a short review. It's a very good movie. | ||
| No_rice |
definatly a short review, lol. | ||
| Dbird29 |
Great movie! | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
I concur. Read up on Burt Munro. He was a pretty amazing guy. | ||
| Dbird29 |
Wish I had a lemon tree. | ||
| Rocketman |
Low.... Great review. Thanks  Rocket | ||
| Kccyclone |
Lee, great review...Have you considered quittin' the day job, and putting this god given natural talent to work for you? I see big money in Hollywood for a man with such in-depth movie review abilities.... | ||
| Lowflyer |
Anthony Hopkins is brilliant. The bike is awesome. I had never heard of Burt Munro before. I also never cared about land speed records. Coming out of that movie made me want to spend some time researching the subject and the man. I also have the almost uncontrollable urge to smelt something. | ||
| Aeholton |
Looks like I'll be waiting for video. Only place it is being played here is Tampa Theatre. Too far to go for a movie and with the high crime rate in downtown Tampa area, I would be afraid my Uly would be gone by the time I came out. Does anyone know if there are plans for a wider release? | ||
| Dbird29 |
DVD? You know you will be buying this one. | ||
| Lowflyer |
http://www.indianmotorbikes.com/features/munro/munro.htm Here is a good website on Burt Munro. | ||
| Aydenxb9 |
Hey, at least it's being shown in Florida. No where here in NC is it being shown! | ||
| Cataract2 |
It's out now? | ||
| Billfish |
My wife and I saw it last night and really enjoyed the movie; that Burt Munro was a real character. I would recommend watching it. Always liked a story based on a real person, especially an underdog. Anthony Hopkins does an excellent job. | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
...and none of you who've seen the movie can tell me that you didn't come out of the theater thinking about what you might do to any one of your bikes to give it maybe one try down the salt flats. Anthony Hopkins did a great job as usual. He became Bert Munro. His New Zealand accent wasn't quite right--Hopkins being a Welshman and all--but that is a minor issue. This has become one of my favorite movies of all time. | ||
| Jimincalif |
Good movie, but... SPOILER ALERT: If you've never heard of Burt Munro and read up on him on the 'net such as at the link already provided, it'll mess up the movie for you - because the movie has a number of factual flaws that will be obvious if you study him beforehand. Basically the movie is faithful to the "flavor" of this guy, but the details...fr'instance: 1) Yeah, Burt broke 200mph all right, but NOT on his first trip to Bonneville! His first record in 1962 involved 138mph. He broke 200 in '67. 2) He first saw Bonneville in '57. 3) It's possible his initial tires were junk cracked hand-shaved street tires in '62. And it's quite possible they let him past tech inspection purely out of pity that first trip. But by '67 he was a multi-year veteran and it's a good bet he'd been forced to up his safety standards by a significant margin. 4) By '67 he had a decent American "pit crew" network developed out of fans and remaining dealers/aftermarket supporters of the Indian marque. The movie has him working totally solo on crap tires and breaking 200mph...nope, NOT what happened. The film also downplays the extent of his racing experience within New Zealand. He was already a legend there; the film has a bunch of punk-arse Brando wanna-bes challenging him to a beach race when in reality they'd know full well his machine was "for real". I found these details annoying after the fact, but looking into his life after seeing the film, it's obvious that the movie DID capture the guy's essense...the homebrew, "build it all yourself" attitude right down to casting his own pistons and other major internal parts. This guy ground a set of con-rods from an old truck driveshaft for God's sake...and raced with them for literally years. The filmmaker had done a documentary on the guy years earlier titled "Offerings To The God Of Speed" and that title appears briefly in this movie as writing on a shelf of broken engine internals. I'm not sure yet but it appears that the documentary was done when Burt was still alive, if so I would LOVE to see it. This later film plays with the facts, bigtime, in order to compress a lot of elements of this guy's life into one brief time period. It works as a movie but...I think it could have been done better and more factually. (Message edited by Jimincalif on February 06, 2006) | ||
| Johnnylunchbox |
Jimincalif - the movie was a compilation of highpoints from all of his trips to Boneville. Sure facts were stretched and things embellished, but none of this detracted from the quality of the movie. This was certainly not a biography. ...Bert Munroe also made his cast iron cylinder liners from old gas pipes that the municipality had dug up to be replaced. Then he machined his own aluminum finned cylinders and pressed those liners in. | ||
| Lowflyer |
I think if you want facts, stay on your overstuffed couch and watch the Discovery Channel. Otherwise just enjoy the movie. Never having heard of the man, I never took any of the storyline for granted. I came out of the movie wanting to know the whole story. If you are familiar with the Burt Munro story already and can't accept creative license for the sake of entertainment, I suggest avoiding the movie.  | ||
| Djkaplan |
All movies are bascically crap, some just stink less than others. | ||
| Buellish |
Saw the movie last night,really enjoyed it! There was one bike in the parking lot,a Gold Wing.He did 240 miles round trip from DJ's town,Columbus,GA, to see the flick. | ||
| Buellgirlie |
BAH! no where in metro milwaukee to see this movie. have to go to chicago to get it.... D | ||
| Xlcr |
If you want the accurate story, the same director did it as a documentary about 20 years ago. Look on line and maybe you can order it. Sorry for you guys that won't have it nearby. I'm a theater manager in a small Montana town, but we are getting it in a few weeks as part of our Spring Film Festival. | ||
| Dave |
I emailed Magnolia Pictures Booking (the co releasing the movie) after I didn't see a release date for it here in Birmingham. I thought I was gonna have to trek to Atlanta or Nashville. I got a very quick response back the next day saying it was indeed being released here in B'ham the end of Feb. Cool! Email 'em here booking@magpictures.com My local Triumph, Ducati, BMW dealership newsletter provided the email address. Uncanny what ya can do when you're interested in motorcycles.  DAve (Message edited by dave on February 06, 2006) | ||
| Henrik |
Great movie. | ||
| Buellgirlie |
hey dave, so i wrote them, and learned it is coming to Milwaukee! thanks for the email addy here's the reply i got! "Thanks for the email dora. The film will open at the downer in milwaukee on either the 17th or the 24th of this month." thanks again D | ||
| Road_thing |
What Henrik said. I thoroughly enjoyed it, even though I recognized that there was a fair amount of "artistic license" applied in order to make it fit the time allowed. If you're looking for a motorhead movie with lots of technical detail, this ain't it. But it's a bike movie your S.O. will enjoy. Hopkins is great in the role. rt | ||
| Whodom |
Sweet- I wrote them and found out this: "The film will open in Charleston (South Carolina), Columbia, and Greenville on 2/24, and Myrtle Beach on 3/3." Seems like the movie's getting a lot of good press. I saw one ad for it during the Superbowl, and caught another ad for it on Fox at lunch on Wednesday. Hopefully it will do well. | ||
| Fullpower |
"uncontrollable urge to smelt something" loved the movie review. keep 'em coming. | ||
| Henrik |
Having been to Bonneville myself, there were two - or actually 3 points that hit home: 1) when Munro gets to the Salt the very first time. The feeling of standing there surrounded by all that racing history, every mountain surrounding the Salt named after a racer - is just fantastic. 2) first time seeing sunrise on the Salt Flats. The transition from dark, blueish gray dawn to the first hints of deep red on the horizon - clearly outlining it. Seeing the colors shift on the mountains and on the horizon. And in the outline realizing that - dang, the Earth is round. 3) First time getting on a bike for a run down the Salt. Awesome feeling. Hopkins really gets it right, and portrays it very well. Henrik | ||
| Firemanjim |
Henrik,don't forget the first record. The camaraderie of the racers on the salt is spot on,also. Dirty old men need love,too. | ||
| Henrik |
First record indeed Fireman. That old Seca blower of yours made me a Land Speed Record Holder for a few glorious months ... that is, until some sneaky, back stabbin', good for nuttin' scoundrel took away what was rightfully mine - mine - my precious ........... and it was my birthday too .... . . . . . . . Sorry, got carried away there Henrik | ||
| Firemanjim |
Well,we have a remodeled turbo Yammie that is still eligible for 3 open records at this writing.Never got a chance to run it.Come out and get another.Got reservations for room at Speedweek already.Not going to miss any meets this year if I can help it. | ||
| Dave |
Yeah Buellgirlie & Whodom - I got a similar concise email reassuring me. Is it odd that it's not releasing the same week everywhere? DAve | ||
| Dbird29 |
Probably not enough prints for a super major release. | ||
| Ftd |
I saw it last night. Very enjoyable both for motorcycle enthusiasts and the layman. My date enjoyed as much as I did. Frank | ||
| Kuuud |
It's on DVD as of 6/13. $16.99 at Best Buy. Bret |
