I couldn't disagree more.
Man on Wire was decent, but also tremendously disappointing for two reasons:
1) there was no video/film coverage of his walk! There is film footage for his walks at Notre Dame and the Sydney bridge, but not for the WTC? What the hell?
2) I get not wanting to mention 9/11. But we're all left wondering what Petit's reaction was on that horrible day from a man who was obsessed with those buildings from the time before they were even built! Why not at least have that as a special feature?
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I knew of the first, and that was the main reason I avoided it and was looking forward to The Walk, but I didn't know about the 2nd. That was a question I had after this movie that i thought maybe Man on Wire would answer.
You'd feel cocky too if you were full of myself.
Yes I agree, the narration is so annoying and the doco is better
shareMan on a Wire was very good.
This was very good also.
I thought Joseph Gordon-Levitt was great..
watching him walk the wire, I cried...
The camera work made it look like he really did it.
and it was a nice tribute to the twin towers.
Comparing a documentary to a theatrical movie? I watched both.
shareYou´re right, watching "Man On Wire" (a great and inspiring documentary) makes this Hollywood remake pointless. I actually think most of the rave reviews were done by people who never watched the original. Once you do, this remake becames a sappy, again pointless watch. And Hewitt is really forcing it, he tries too hard and you can tell it´s acting all the time, like a caricature. It would need a deepr actor to pull this stunt off. Cheers
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