Invictus 2
Dear Blog owner, at the risk of losing posting rights I thought I needed to clear up one or two things about this film and its place in history.
1 "Will anybody in NZ really be interested in watching this movie?"
Hell yes!, it is a great film, every Kiwi should watch it.
2 "Is anybody going to be careful to check what is in their popcorn to avoid any untimely illnesses during the film?
Only if they are prone to 'choking' when the pressure comes on.
3. "Am I allowed to say FUCKING CHEATING SAFFA BASTARDS and not get spammed by some jacked up South African rugby fan"
No, because despite the rantings of mad Laurie Mains there has NEVER been any evidence to suggest that the New Zealand team were poisoned.
4. " Does anybody else see the irony that New Zealand, long time supporters of South African rugby were screwed by them?"
Nope, there is no irony, we lost
5 "Why did South Africa think that winning this was so important?
That point is made fairly clear in the movie.
Kiwis really need to HTFU, as hard as it might seem for some the movie Invictus is NOT ABOUT US!
Did we really think the film was going to portray the New Zealand side as the brave losers?
It is not really a rugby film, indeed, the one criticism I do have of the movie is that the rugby scenes are far too long.
I loved the film, Morgan Freeman was born to play the role of Mandela, hell, even that pinko bastard Matt Damon who played the role of François Pienaar did an outstanding job.
Watch the movie, see it for what it is and for fuck sake Kiwis, get over our highly embarrassing identity crisis.
1 "Will anybody in NZ really be interested in watching this movie?"
Hell yes!, it is a great film, every Kiwi should watch it.
2 "Is anybody going to be careful to check what is in their popcorn to avoid any untimely illnesses during the film?
Only if they are prone to 'choking' when the pressure comes on.
3. "Am I allowed to say FUCKING CHEATING SAFFA BASTARDS and not get spammed by some jacked up South African rugby fan"
No, because despite the rantings of mad Laurie Mains there has NEVER been any evidence to suggest that the New Zealand team were poisoned.
4. " Does anybody else see the irony that New Zealand, long time supporters of South African rugby were screwed by them?"
Nope, there is no irony, we lost
5 "Why did South Africa think that winning this was so important?
That point is made fairly clear in the movie.
Kiwis really need to HTFU, as hard as it might seem for some the movie Invictus is NOT ABOUT US!
Did we really think the film was going to portray the New Zealand side as the brave losers?
It is not really a rugby film, indeed, the one criticism I do have of the movie is that the rugby scenes are far too long.
I loved the film, Morgan Freeman was born to play the role of Mandela, hell, even that pinko bastard Matt Damon who played the role of François Pienaar did an outstanding job.
Watch the movie, see it for what it is and for fuck sake Kiwis, get over our highly embarrassing identity crisis.
Labels: rugby
posted by big bruv at
Sunday, January 31, 2010
5 Comments:
No thanks,. I'll wait for the book.
Big Bruv, exactly the reason why I asked you to get on board!
1) Is *is* a rugby movie so it will get some attention, esp if it wins awards.
2) Yes the ABs choke at world cups, but I still steadfastly maintain that the illnesses that we had on that day affected the overall performance. Other world cups we just simply fucked up.
3....etc etc
Yes we should harden up and I picked Freeman to play Mandela back when he was in Shawshank.. but the fact of the matter is that those bastard Saffas are in my eyes filthy cheats. Maybe I am blinded by my personal experiences with them over here - but I still believe this was one of the great scandals of world rugby.
Ii will be a cold cold day in hell before I watch this movie.
Agreed. Nothing worse than this film actually doing well and this being used by the Saffas as justification that their dirty deeds were legit.
Asking a New Zealander to appreciate Invictus is like asking a German to appreciate The Dambusters. It doesn't matter how good the movie is, we still lose in the end. And who wants to watch that?
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