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...lacks emotional attachment on any level and fails in every way as a meaningful addition to his life and legacy. With a mix of deceitful, manipulative Hollywood story telling techniques masquerading as artistic strokes and tacky, unfocused, pop-filmmaking, director Taylor Hackford, manages to turn an amazing story of sheer will triumphing over adversity into a two-and-a-half hour mess that will damage Charles’ memory, even with Jamie Foxx’s almost perfect portrayal of Ray Charles...
...team loses a top forward or defenseman, and it hurts—but there are still dozens more ready to refigure and reformat and rework the systems until the squad finds a way to fill the void. It smarts, but it also happens often, if only because of sheer numbers...
...lacks emotional attachment on any level and fails in every way as a meaningful addition to his life and legacy. With a mix of deceitful, manipulative Hollywood story telling techniques masquerading as artistic strokes and tacky, unfocused, pop-filmmaking, director Taylor Hackford, manages to turn an amazing story of sheer will triumphing over adversity into a two-and-a-half hour mess that will damage Charles’ memory, even with Jamie Foxx’s almost perfect portrayal of Ray Charles...
...course, Tobe was joking. The shot that drilled him in the helmet was a sheer accident, an occurrence unavoidable when your job description centers around pucks being launched in your direction for 60 minutes a night...
...says. “He was not blessed in high school with an inordinate amount of talent that you would say he would be a great Ivy League football player, or a kid that would be able to handle engineering and college athletics at a high level, but through sheer willpower and intangibles, he has risen...