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We saw this film the day after CinemaCon ended, since our flight home was delayed four hours.
The movie was really enjoyable considering the vast majority of it is "business talk." There isn't even really any basketball action to speak of, except for some shots on really horrible videotaped "game films." Matt Damon was his usual excellent acting self, but the real star of the movie is Viola Davis, who played Michael Jordan's mom, Deloris. She was a very smart lady. It's just amazing that what amounts to one sentence she insisted be included in Michael's contract resulted in him making hundreds of millions of dollars that he wouldn't have made otherwise (and is still making right this minute!).
For a movie that is almost 100% dialogue, the story moved along at a good clip. Since it takes place in the 1980s, it's fun to look at the backgrounds, clothes, cars and other elements. It was kind of cool to see a movie without any cell phone conversations in it.
I was kind of surprised that there is virtually no dialog from Michael Jordan. All he ever says (to my memory, anyway) is "Hello?" while answering a phone. The rest of the time he is silent. I assume that's the way it was in the actual situation, but I was sure at some point he would say something.
The ending had the requisite "where are they now" series of title cards, along with photos and some video of all the real people.
I thought it was a good movie and if you're interested in the story at all, highly recommended. I was surprised to find out that it was the shoe company that came up with the phrase "Air Jordan." I always thought it was a Michael Jordan nickname and the shoe was named after it.
The theater was also terrific - clean, no crowds (we went to a 11:30am show) and a very nice looking place -- it was a Cinemark Theater (16 screens, I think) on the second floor of the Orleans Hotel casino. The employees were friendly and the soda (Coke) had a perfect mix. The 40-foot screen had moving masking that was used correctly for this Flat movie. Sound levels were perfect, although since it was a dialog-driven movie there were no special efx to speak of -- but the trailer for Fast X sounded awesome.
The one and only flaw I found was, there was a tiny bit of candy or something stuck to the screen, about 2 feet from the top and right in the middle. It bugged the crap out of me at first, and I thought about telling somebody on the staff about it, but by the time the movie was over I'd forgotten about it.
So at least at this location in Vegas, Cinemark is doing it right.
The movie was really enjoyable considering the vast majority of it is "business talk." There isn't even really any basketball action to speak of, except for some shots on really horrible videotaped "game films." Matt Damon was his usual excellent acting self, but the real star of the movie is Viola Davis, who played Michael Jordan's mom, Deloris. She was a very smart lady. It's just amazing that what amounts to one sentence she insisted be included in Michael's contract resulted in him making hundreds of millions of dollars that he wouldn't have made otherwise (and is still making right this minute!).
For a movie that is almost 100% dialogue, the story moved along at a good clip. Since it takes place in the 1980s, it's fun to look at the backgrounds, clothes, cars and other elements. It was kind of cool to see a movie without any cell phone conversations in it.
I was kind of surprised that there is virtually no dialog from Michael Jordan. All he ever says (to my memory, anyway) is "Hello?" while answering a phone. The rest of the time he is silent. I assume that's the way it was in the actual situation, but I was sure at some point he would say something.
The ending had the requisite "where are they now" series of title cards, along with photos and some video of all the real people.
I thought it was a good movie and if you're interested in the story at all, highly recommended. I was surprised to find out that it was the shoe company that came up with the phrase "Air Jordan." I always thought it was a Michael Jordan nickname and the shoe was named after it.
The theater was also terrific - clean, no crowds (we went to a 11:30am show) and a very nice looking place -- it was a Cinemark Theater (16 screens, I think) on the second floor of the Orleans Hotel casino. The employees were friendly and the soda (Coke) had a perfect mix. The 40-foot screen had moving masking that was used correctly for this Flat movie. Sound levels were perfect, although since it was a dialog-driven movie there were no special efx to speak of -- but the trailer for Fast X sounded awesome.
The one and only flaw I found was, there was a tiny bit of candy or something stuck to the screen, about 2 feet from the top and right in the middle. It bugged the crap out of me at first, and I thought about telling somebody on the staff about it, but by the time the movie was over I'd forgotten about it.
So at least at this location in Vegas, Cinemark is doing it right.
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