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11-23-2006, 05:03 PM | #61 |
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Don't expect a long review from me, however, I truly enjoyed this short film. It was hard NOT to have high expectations for "Good Wilt Hunting". I believe a solid majority of us have been wanting to know why Wilt is the way he is physically and emotionally, and with GWH, we finally get to witness Wilt's past with his creator (being Jordan Michaels) and his basketball rival -- Foul Larry. I enjoyed how Wilt discovered Floofy, and that he was able to find her kid. That just proves to you how he is certainly a true gentleman. Ed and Nina were awesome. That was one of my favorite aspects of the movie. I would love to go on, but I may have to wait until the Thanksgiving weekend ends. I really can't think of a whole lot to say right now. I definitely enjoyed GWH, and the staff has done a wonderful job with it. I look forward to Season Five, which I assume will begin after the holidays.
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11-23-2006, 05:32 PM | #62 | |
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Those end credits are the funniest thing I've ever seen on tv! You know those "soccer dads" you hear about on the news, who get in fights at games when somebody disses their kid, or the ref makes a bad call? That's Wilt, through-and-through! They probably had to leave the game early before he pulled a Bobby Knight or something! pitbulllady |
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11-23-2006, 05:32 PM | #63 |
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wait, they were named douglas and adam, wow that is even better.
42 (the number on one of their chests) is from Douglas Adams 5 part trilogy "the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" so many shows, and even programs honor him. For anyone too young to know what I am talking about, go out and pick up the book, it is great
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11-23-2006, 05:40 PM | #64 |
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OMG THE MOVIE WAS SO ADORABLE! I almost cried when I saw how Wilt lost his arm and messed his eye up... *sniffel* IT WAS SOOOOO TOUCHIIIIING!
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11-23-2006, 05:46 PM | #65 | |
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I must have read that book in... geesh, grade school, and then picked it up again all tattered and dog-eared when the movie came out. A must read for all ages! |
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11-23-2006, 06:39 PM | #66 | |
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First of all, I have to say that I really loved, not just liked, LOVED this tv movie! It had so much heart and the humor balanced it out nicely as well. There were certainly many tear-worthy moments found throughout the whole thing and I am extremely impressed with how much Wilt's character was brought out in the movie. I can definitely say that I now have even more respect for him as a character and as impossible as this might have seemed at one point...I think I actually like him even more now! XD I am also even impressed with his creator for certain reasons that were found toward the end (I won't mention SPECIFIC reasons because I want to stay as FAR away as I can from spoilers right now mainly because of the fact that there might STILL be people that didn't get a chance to see the movie yet! But the rest of you that have seen it might know what I mean XP). I give this movie an A, simple as that.
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What really surprised me was how Wilt REALLY lost his arm and damaged his eye! At one point (around when I saw seasons 1 and 2) I thought that something similar to that DID happen, but there were "supposedly" too many hints thrown in some of the other episodes (namely the later seasons) that it possibly could've been something...different...to say the least (I don't want to give away any spoilers and plus, I don't feel like going over the hints here-I'm sure some of us have posted them somewhere in the Wilt thread, though), but I was wrong! I'm listing this as a semi-spoiler just to be safe: But personally, I was actually glad that I WAS wrong because it would've been bad to have him getting hurt like that intentionally. It's nice that he did something so noble and brave instead. I'm glad it DID turn out to be that way because it's better than it being over-the-top violent as some people thought at one point. And yes, the credits were very funny! XD Last edited by Chaos Wielder; 11-23-2006 at 06:50 PM. |
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11-23-2006, 07:21 PM | #67 |
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It WAS still pretty violent how he lost his arm and the use of his left eye, considering that someone WAS intentionally going to hurt someone else, but at least it wasn't all bloody and stuff(that nasty part would have come later, "off camera" so to speak, when that arm eventually would have to have been amputated). And, at least we know that Wilt was NOT the victim of abuse, unless you can consider his mentally beating up himself for what happened. If anything, though, my love for this guy has deepened, along with sincere admiration for his sheer gameness and fortitude that few humans can match. He is a true hero among the best of heroes.
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11-23-2006, 07:26 PM | #68 |
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It finally happened! I'm not going to give a big long review, but man, whatta movie! I gotta admit, I teared up towards the end there...not the most macho reaction, maybe, but there it is. I wonder if Foul Larry is a reference to Larry Bird...the Celtics and Lakers were huge rivals back in the 80's...maybe one of the writers was a big Lakers fan growing up? Or, then again, maybe it's just sheer coincidence. Wow, stuffing myself silly and GWH, all in one day...truly, we are living in an age of wonder.
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11-23-2006, 07:29 PM | #69 |
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You guys seriously don't need to bother with spoiler tags in this thread I think, ater all the open talk already in here.
I liked it of course - although like I always do, I spent the whole thing wondering just HOW Mac manages to stay away from home for so long without his mom seeming to notice or care. -_- (Speaking of the passage of time, too, how could the gang be out looking for Wilt for supposedly several days when the Creator Picnic was only a weekend? If the first part of the movie was Saturday, and they left to search for Wilt Sunday morning, then how come when they got back to Foster's "days" later the "weekend" was just ending? I'm probably just confused, I can be kind of dense sometimes.) I admit I could sort of see why Wilt may have had to have his arm amputated after such a bad break in multiple places (his arm being so long and thin perhaps setting the bone just wasn't possible), but why did his eye suddenly become rattly just from being smacked with a basketball? I thought at first that Larry landed on his eyestalk too (which of course would rupture the eye and explain why Wilt got a false one, even one that obviously wasn't made specially for him) but having his eye suddenly shrink and become unblinking etc just didn't work for me. (Sorry.) But I guess they just didn't want to make it too violent. I'll bet anything that this origin was created long after the character himself was, and they had to find an origin to fit him rather than design a character to go with a pre-conceived origin. Okay I have this thing recorded on my computer already and of course I wil have screenshots asap. Do you guys think I should upload the movie somewhere right away or wait until after its aired a couple more times? Would it matter? I don't want to make the people who don't get (American) CN or whatever wait, but I don't want to post it so soon it hurts the movie's ratings. Perhaps today was the only day that mattered, does anyone know? I'm jealous of CG and her banner-ad-free copy. Even the end credits weren't safe.
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11-23-2006, 07:36 PM | #70 |
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It's up to you, chief. I would love for people that could not see it to have access to the movie ASAP, but I can understand why one would choose to wait for the uploading. Your call.
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