SummaryBased on the remarkable true story, "Secretariat" chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery--with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laur...
SummaryBased on the remarkable true story, "Secretariat" chronicles the spectacular journey of the 1973 Triple Crown winner. Housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over her ailing father's Virginia-based Meadow Stables, despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge. Against all odds, Chenery--with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laur...
Unlivable, out standing, are things that this movie got spot on. It's a great movie, a good horse/sports **** literally beat all the other sports and horse movies that year by 31 lengths.
This movie remains true to the story, it is a good movie for all horse lovers. Looking back on this horses life through the movie is extraordinary. This movie is also a family friendly movie, you do not have to worry about what your kids might hear or see. Also at the end of the movie is the owner of Secretariat Penny, she is at the end of the movie in the crowd.
Secretariat shows no fear of the sentimental, and that's putting it mildly. This is an old-fashioned, super-genteel family movie that opens with an equine quote from the Book of Job and makes ample use of the Edwin Hawkins Singers' gospel song "Oh Happy Day."
Secretariat is a by-the-numbers sports-hero picture with an inexpressive hero (horses look great in motion, but they can't carry a close-up) and a preordained outcome.
Secretariat stumbles along beneath the weight of leaden life lessons. They're dispensed at frequent intervals by Diane Lane, who does better than anyone had a right to expect, since she is saddled with dialogue of exceptional dreadfulness.
This movie is surprisingly good. The horse race scenes are the best to date in terms of visuals, sounds, and camera angles. This movie puts SeaBiscuit to shame. Secretariat was a great horse. But Man-of-war was also a great horse. The race between War Admiral and Secretariat was awesome. The movie focuses on the owner and her struggles which was played wonderfully by Diane Lane. The actor over all is great. But the Horse was simply beautiful. If you are a fan of horses and horse racing, I do not see any way you should not see this movie.
A safe by the book Disney film that never seeks to be original or clever. However, its end result is a nice picture with and exciting ending to its credit. At the heart of this movie is Diane Lange, and she does quite a wonderful job.
Secretariat the movie starts off like the horse in a race; gets out of the gate slowly and holding back but as the race goes on, it builds to a exciting and memorable finish.
A horse riding race is fast, gripping, scary and roaringly fun, the film is nothing like it.
Secretariat
The director Randall Wallace's film is an annoying wanna-be milestone that has no stone whatsoever to topple your perspective. Stone, as in gravitas. Weight. Everything is lofty. In a bad manner. All is for grabs and all is for attention. There is very little character insight, depth that attracts you. It is basically a bad campaign. Rung just because there is time to. Just because elections are coming. There is no particular reason for it to stand and lead us. Its subtexted excuse is the existence of itself. There is no reasoning beyond that idea. And you'd be annoyed by that. The characters are incredibly thin and one dimensional.
The bad guy comes with a maniacal laughter in their poster. And the good ones with a sickening sweetness. This polarization is off putting. So when the film is collapsing this much vigorously. You turn blind. You are constantly looking for a shoulder to cry upon. And that is when I turned to the genre. There is sports in it. It made me feel safe. I was wrong. For in a usual sports genre you can expect the textbook thrills of competitive games shot beautifully with breathtaking visuals and editing.
What we get here is a slow one sided game. There is no one to root for. Even the choreography, the characteristics, the rules of the games are numbed. To be honest, there aren't any. Secretariat takes a lot of beating. From script to direction. But it is not just the film or us that is bogged down to a finitely small thinking. But the actors too. The performance as well is a victim of this disease. Despite possessing a cast like Diane Lane and John Malkovich, we get a pretty bad deal when it comes to what we invest, expect.
Correction: Sorry, big mistake, Riva won the Derby and Belmont. Had it not been for poor track conditions for the Preakness, Mrs. Tweedy and Mr. Lucien might well have had back to back triple crown winners.