Prefontaine
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Movie Reviews of Prefontaine
Movie Review: Its OK
Summary: 3 Stars
I rented this video and thought it was OK. I run trails and tri's, a High School or College runner may like it a lot better.Movie Review: Good Idea, Bad Execution
Summary: 2 Stars
As a runner, I wanted to love this movie. Unfortunately, it has the lowest production values I've ever seen in a supposedly big-ticket movie. The "aged" character interviews are almost laughable and single-handedly made me hate it.
All is not lost, though. The similarly themed movie "Without Limits" that was released almost alongside "Pre" is head and shoulders above this one. Buy that one instead and you'll be more than happy.
Movie Review: prefontain
Summary: 2 Stars
i think the advertisment led me to believe that this film would be more of a documentary.as a typical "hollywood job" it was o.k. BUT i would find it difficult to be FAIR since i had a precnceived wish for it's content. tks vitoMovie Review: Good premise but poor execution...
Summary: 1 Stars
I recently caught this on HBO and was dissapointed by what could of been. The story of distance runner Steve seems like it could of been interesting since a character study based on a long distance runner captures on of sports most exciting events.This movie falls into the classic problematic sport movie dichotomy...ok sport scenes and horrible everything else. The races in Munich is the one real exciting scene in the movie. You feel like you are there and the movie does a good job at getting into the little known strategy behind long distance running.
The problem with this movie is that it fails everywhere else. The main character is doubly flawed- the actual charater is a problem as is the actor who portrays him. Steve Prefontaine is a self centered prick who is cold and distant. Besides this he is also completely one dimensional and most of the dialogue is cliched and boring. We get no insight into why he is such a great runner and all the non-sport scenes center on his shallow boring relationships or where he is going to proove himself next but nothing about what makes him tick. I quickly grew tired of Pre's continuing attempts to further himself in the sport becuase I cared little for his personal achievements since I didn't care for him. At the end when he turns down the big bucks for his dreams or racing the Finns we are supposed to feel empathy for him when his arch rival cancels, but by this time I was too bored to care. If you want to watch an uniteresting diluded ass for 2 hours than this is the movie for you.
The other problem dooming this movie is the poor cast. Jared Leto is a no talent hack who has no buisness attempting a leading role of this magnitude. Again he fails magnificently as his one tone delivery of dialogue is reminiscent of a bad high school theater production. He was awfull in My So Called Life, he stank in Requiem For a Dream and he somehow managed to be even worse in this (although his "performance" in Panic Room might take the cake) He has that "Im not that quite there" look in every movie and it drives me crazy. The rest of the cast is misplaced but tries their best. Amy Locane is underused and their relationship is so underdeveloped that it just takes up time in the movie for no purpose. The great Ed Oneil is misused here in a cliched performance. Lee Emery has parlayed a one role oddity of amazmement (Full Metal Jacket) into a movie career that shouldn't have been.
Bottom Line: By the end of this movie I found myself laughing at it out loud- not something you want to be doing with a serious biopic that is trying to take itself seriously. "Go Pre, Go Pre" - gimme a break.
Movie Review: The much worse and inaccurate version
Summary: 1 Stars
This is not a movie for runners, or people with any knowledge of Pre's life and legacy. This movie was completly inaccurate in many ways. Some of the most noticeable errors were first, that when Pre came to college he was determined to sit and kick and run the the mile. When the only way he ever ran was out front and was criticized for having no kick because he ran so hard from the front. Bowerman was portraied as a crazy redneck who never showed any knowledge of the sport in any way. Pre's girlfriend runs for the oregon girl's team that did not exsist at the time. Pre also battles the ATU in this movie which never exsisted i think they ment the AAU but anyway. His last meet was a meet at Hayward field in Oregon against the Finland national team Pre wins easily. In real life Pre won a close race against Frank Shorter in a fund raiser for Hayward Field the Finland team never came to Oregon to compete. The casting of Jared Leto was one of the largest mistakes made in the movie. Jared Leto looks nothing similar to Pre, not only this but he does not run with the form Pre had. He looks totally out of place and unathletic, he also appears to not have any muscle tone his legs at all. Something that every consistant runner has. If you have a choice of movies do not pick this one i recomend Without Limits. It is much more accurate being that it was written by Pre's teammate and best friend Kenny Moore.