Iron Will
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Movie Reviews of Iron Will
Movie Review: Enjoyable
Summary: 3 Stars
As one reviewer noted, this film is like the classic Disney adventure films of old. I was born in 1952, so I went to many of them as a kid. The acting isn't bad overall, and the adventure and scenery and photography are great. * * * NOTE: Some Spoilers ahead * * *
I missed some of the begining, but from where I came in, I could tell that the story was predictable, and the ending, where he wins by a mere few inches and only a second or so, because the crowd takes up whistling his tune, which gets him and his dogs moving again, was ... too much to take, I think. Maybe okay for kids, but too melodramatic for adults.
Yet ... it's nice that movies like this are still being made, and it's nice that when the bad guy gets attacked by dogs, instead of being killed, the hero shoots his gun to scare off the dogs and save the evil Swede.
Plus, the hero holds off shooting his (thought-to-be-mortally-) wounded dog, Gus ... and ends up taking him to the finish -- or, rather, Gus takes him to the finish.
Sadly, or maybe understandably, Kevin Spacey didn't seem particularly believable or enthusiastic in his part.
But, despite the negative things that can be said about this film, it is, I think, a good family and children's film, with a minimum of violence, though enough to engender excitement and add realism. It teaches good values and lessons, and even though the characters are pretty formulaic and predictable such that you know pretty much where this picture is going to go and how it's going to end up, it's an enjoyable and pretty film -- and you can really feel the snow and cold!
If I had young children, I'd definitely buy it for my DVD collection.
Movie Review: A real dog race of a movie
Summary: 3 Stars
The villain and the hero are in the race with the hero of 500 miles across 500 miles of snow in the dead of winter.
It is pretty much a Disney-ization of the real story?
What does that mean: an 18 year old can't have a love interest back home?
He can't get into other kinds of off color things, but violence and course behavior by the villain is allowed.
In terms of the actors, they must want to be villains in Disney features, because the hero is so plain vanilla?
Movie Review: Man Against Nature
Summary: 3 Stars
Based on true story, It's about an international dog sled race around the turn of the century. It's set in either Alaska or Canada or both. If you like adventures in nature and or survival stories you might like this one. It's about determination, stamina, will and endurance too.Movie Review: No me gusta iron willo
Summary: 1 Stars
Okay this movie is so fake and Disney-like it has nothing like dog racing and the crazy swedish dude was fake and this movie sucked okay. I lives in the tundras of the wintery lands an I wasted my cold bitter time in the movie theater.Movie Review: Didnt receive purchased item
Summary: 1 Stars
This was sold thru another party for Amazon.
I didn't actually receive what I ordered.
The return was very easy, but I would have preferred the DVD.