Secretariat: The Movie, Whoa!

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by saratoga guy

I'm getting anxious to see what happens over the next few days - as the mainstream reviews roll out -- and then next weekend when the film opens... Because I was hardly impressed by it, and that was completely excusing the racing-related gaffes. I certainly don't agree at all that "You wouldn't think it was Disney one bit." I think it has Disney written all over it. I found it hokey and I thought the (limited) budget showed (Evangeline for Saratoga???).

So my prediction is for a short, undistinguished theater-run.

But, I'll be happy to be wrong. And clearly some of the early reviews are in disagreement with me.

So this next week should prove interesting.

But..everything you are critical of the general population either a) Won't know or B) Will eat it up..Look...exposure is exposure and given the choice between a hokey Disney piece on Secretariat and an open piece on Horse Racing by Oliver Stone...I'll take hokey. There have been so many ridiculous 'baseball" movies..most involving Kevin Costner..over the years that as a baseball purist, make me vomit, but the GP loves that crap. Horse Racing needs more drivel and less reality sometimes.