So I recently watched Eddie the Eagle and I'm here to bring you my review. So without further ado...
Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael "Eddie" Edwards (played by Taron Egerton) travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping. Fate leads him to Bronson Peary (played by Hugh Jackman), a former ski jumper who now works as a snowplow driver. Impressed by Edwards' spirit and determination, Peary agrees to train the young underdog. Despite an entire nation counting him out, Eddie's never-say-die attitude takes him all the way to a historic and improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
This was a really heartfelt film to watch. Sports films are the films that are pretty easy to make just as long as you have a base story to build off of and this film has that. This isn't the most know true story in the world and that's what great about it because you get informed of something you didn't know happened. The film doesn't have an emotional feel to it like most sports films although there are a few touching moments, but they just don't seem to fit in the overall film. Throughout the entire film you are cheering for Eddie and it's mainly due to the performance of Taron Egerton who is becoming a star right before out eyes and look for him to get some big time roles in the future (fingers crossed for Han Solo spin-off film). Hugh Jackman also gives a great performance and while he basically plays Wolverine in the film without the claws and anger issues, he fits into the film well and the moments when both and Egerton are on screen together are just brilliant. The film is quite predictable even if you don't the know the whole story behind the story and it has the typical sports film cliches while rooting for an underdog. Overall this film will give the feels and you'll leave cheering for Eddie to triumph in the end with fantastic performances, but with no emotional build the film leaves wanting more and wishing you had cared. I give Eddie the Eagle a 6 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Eddie the Eagle, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
Cut from the Olympic ski team, British athlete Michael "Eddie" Edwards (played by Taron Egerton) travels to Germany to test his skills at ski jumping. Fate leads him to Bronson Peary (played by Hugh Jackman), a former ski jumper who now works as a snowplow driver. Impressed by Edwards' spirit and determination, Peary agrees to train the young underdog. Despite an entire nation counting him out, Eddie's never-say-die attitude takes him all the way to a historic and improbable showing at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta.
This was a really heartfelt film to watch. Sports films are the films that are pretty easy to make just as long as you have a base story to build off of and this film has that. This isn't the most know true story in the world and that's what great about it because you get informed of something you didn't know happened. The film doesn't have an emotional feel to it like most sports films although there are a few touching moments, but they just don't seem to fit in the overall film. Throughout the entire film you are cheering for Eddie and it's mainly due to the performance of Taron Egerton who is becoming a star right before out eyes and look for him to get some big time roles in the future (fingers crossed for Han Solo spin-off film). Hugh Jackman also gives a great performance and while he basically plays Wolverine in the film without the claws and anger issues, he fits into the film well and the moments when both and Egerton are on screen together are just brilliant. The film is quite predictable even if you don't the know the whole story behind the story and it has the typical sports film cliches while rooting for an underdog. Overall this film will give the feels and you'll leave cheering for Eddie to triumph in the end with fantastic performances, but with no emotional build the film leaves wanting more and wishing you had cared. I give Eddie the Eagle a 6 out of 10.
So ladies and gentlemen what did you think of Eddie the Eagle, what would you rate it and what did you think of my review? Let me know in the comments section below and let your voice be heard.
Jonah Sparks
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