Re: The return of Hansie

by Basil on Thu 18 Sep 2008, 06:48

WideWally wrote:Actually I only know of one person that has seen the Cronje film. A bloke on another forum got to see the premiere but some of his comments were "Oh. My. God. Too horrible for words. Dire from a cricket perspective"

"As to the actual story - well, there isn't one. Random scenes stuck together for no good reason. I'd get more into it but I can't bear to. If you ever feel like seeing this, rather spend two hours sticking a fork into your eyeball. It'll be more entertaining and you'll gain more from the experience."

I don't think he was impressed.

It just lacked credibility - the cricket scenes were laughable

by Hass on Thu 18 Sep 2008, 20:27

Hopefully one day we'll get a top quality, no-holds barred film on the life of Hansie Cronje.

His story certainly warrants it.

Americans have made countless films about Shoeless Joe Jackson, perhaps the Commonwealth could band together and make a film about the most tragic figure in the sport's history.

Wouldn't mind seeing a fair dinkum Bodyline move either (although the mini-series is a bit of fun from an Aussie perspective - Hugo Weaving is pure evil as Jardine).

by mynah on Fri 19 Sep 2008, 23:46

Problem with a subject like this is that anyone who can look at it completely objectively probably isn't really interested...