View Full Version : Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
tectec
06-10-2008, 12:52 AM
I saw this documentary the other day about America's obsession with being the biggest, strongest, and fastest, and the lengths they'll go to achieve that goal. Its mostly about steroid use in the athletic community and why it is demonized while other methods of improving one's performance might not be. There are a ton of facts about steroids that I never knew (most of which had me thinking "hey....these things aren't nearly as bad as that after school special portrays them").
Roger Ebert wrote an excellent review of the film, and it has a very high rating on RottenTomatoes :)
Has anybody else had a chance to catch this movie?
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080605/REVIEWS/806050301
forthekids85
06-10-2008, 01:17 AM
I got the chance to see a little bit of the film and an interview with the director on ESPN's Outside the Lines a week or so ago. It looks like a really interesting film that dares to go against what's considered to be "fact" by most people. I hope to see it soon, but I'm not sure if we'll get it around here.
The part that I got to see on OTL was his interview with the father of the high school boy who committed suicide. I've seen a detailed telling of that story on several programs, but it was eye opening to see what happened when the father was asked questions that weren't designed to illicit sympathy from the viewing audience.
Glad to hear that it's doing well.
gabe_utsecks
06-10-2008, 06:00 AM
It sounds good. I'll probably rent it when it comes to DVD.
samureye
06-10-2008, 06:35 AM
It sounds good. I'll probably rent it when it comes to DVD.
That's what she said.
I think the TRS guys need to do one user requested review in movies per week.
tectec
06-10-2008, 07:30 PM
The part that I got to see on OTL was his interview with the father of the high school boy who committed suicide. I've seen a detailed telling of that story on several programs, but it was eye opening to see what happened when the father was asked questions that weren't designed to illicit sympathy from the viewing audience.
That was a tough scene to watch because the father "knew" why his son committed suicide and wouldn't even consider any other possibility.
I actually felt like I cared about the brothers in this film because of their stance on the steroid issue, the reason why they have taken that stance, and the way they deal with other people regarding that stance.