Ali (2001) 
Great story effortly told
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I am really interested in Ali’s story and I think that Will Smith did a pretty good job here. In fact, the acting pretty good all around. Jaime Foxx and Jon Voight add a lot in there roles. I found the storytelling to be a little annoying. They really made us work to see the historical context surrounding everything. We see a man shot who I assume is MLK and get no explanation? In some ways, this is nice because it forces the viewer to pay close attention - but it also seems wierd to just show that they know about the caziness of the 60’s and not depict reactions. Mostly, I like that Mann lets us come to our own conclusions about what is going on in Ali’s head, but maybe he didn’t have to hold the shots of his contemplating expression quite so long.
The fight scenes were for the most part enjoyable, but mostly they make me want to find some old film. I was a little surprised at the depiction of Ali’s corner during the Foreman fight. It seems like they should have known what Ali’s strategy was. I doubt he came up with it spontaneously. After watching I did some wikipediaing and read some interesting stuff about the in fight strategies which wasn’t included for obvious reasons.
