Comments on: Film Review: Invictus http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-invictus/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Alice http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-9591 Alice Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:47:00 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=8044#comment-9591 "Invictus is a film about South Africa but made with very American sensibilities, a combination which lacks subtlety." A generous understatement, B! Nice review. Agree entirely. “Invictus is a film about South Africa but made with very American sensibilities, a combination which lacks subtlety.”

A generous understatement, B!

Nice review. Agree entirely.

]]> By: Invictus & District 9: A South African’s Perspective | Trespass http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-9503 Invictus & District 9: A South African’s Perspective | Trespass Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:15:08 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=8044#comment-9503 [...] Invictus, on the other hand, is one that takes South Africa back in time to when the struggle was won, but not yet over. It’s about Nelson Mandela’s hand in South Africa winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the way in which he and Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, faced the struggle of symbolically uniting a divided country. This film milks one of the most emotional and volatile parts of our history for all its worth. Nelson Mandela, played by the great Morgan Freeman, was the selling point. One great man being played by another. This was the strongest part of the film, though I find myself a bit disappointed. [...] [...] Invictus, on the other hand, is one that takes South Africa back in time to when the struggle was won, but not yet over. It’s about Nelson Mandela’s hand in South Africa winning the 1995 Rugby World Cup and the way in which he and Springbok captain, Francois Pienaar, faced the struggle of symbolically uniting a divided country. This film milks one of the most emotional and volatile parts of our history for all its worth. Nelson Mandela, played by the great Morgan Freeman, was the selling point. One great man being played by another. This was the strongest part of the film, though I find myself a bit disappointed. [...]

]]> By: Strings http://www.trespassmag.com/film-review-invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-9462 Strings Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:50:42 +0000 http://www.trespassmag.com/?p=8044#comment-9462 i love it!! i cried in spots that didn't even require crying!! but Matt Damon = F A I L :p i love it!! i cried in spots that didn’t even require crying!! but Matt Damon = F A I L
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