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Film: When We Were Kings

Wasn't this supposed to be one of the great documentary films? Didn't it win an oscar? Man, I was disappointed. About 20% of the movie is about boxing. I think this is revealing of a certain attitude in filmmaking around the time it was made that movies needed to be about "something more." I think perhaps, movies need to be about something less. I wish the whole thing was a simple technical breakdown of what choices Ali made during the pre-fight and then the fight itself. Instead, there is all this hoopla and music - really, really ridiculous music. Entire sequences of inane music. Then a sappy wedding slide show-esque bit at the end. What the f was that? Anyhow, Ali is a watchable, charismatic figure, and the filmmakers seemed to do everything in their power to enhance what doesn't need to be.