Some of the best stories about invincibility, real or imagined, come out of Philadelphia (American Independence, Rocky, Unbreakable, etc), so it's no surprise that the movie Invincible hails also from the streets of my former home town. Ideally this movie would have been released a couple weeks sooner so that I could have seen it while I was in Philly nearly two weeks ago. But my timing has never been that good. Nonetheless, as a transplanted Philadelphian, I considered it my sworn duty to see this movie as immediately upon release as possible. So, tonight, I went straight from work to the theater (with my Eagles shirt on, of course). And I wasn't disappointed. At all.
The movie was quite awesome. The story, while not unfamiliar, was largely well done, of course. And I also thought the camera angles during the football scenes were amazing. I don't know what it was about those shots, but I don't recall seeing football scenes done quite like that in any recent football movies. Not that I know anything useful about such things.
My only very very minor and likely not noticeable to ANYone outside Philly issues were of a technical nature. Their version of Veterans Stadium had a natural grass field. Having personally spent many days of my youth AT Veterans Stadium, some actually ON the field, I couldn't help but wince every time I noticed the turf. There were a couple of other technical issues as well, such as the Liberty Bell sign, which just didn't look right, and also didn't seemed positioned right, though I know it was moved a few times in its history, so I could easily let that one go. As mentioned, no one else will notice, and it in no way detracts from the overall film quality. So don't mind my detail oriented rants. Go see it for yourself!
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