The current players were off to see it yesterday, wonder what they made of it??
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 12:26:22 +0100 > Subject: [LU] Re: Damned United > > Also saw it yesterday! Agree that the Clough part was played > wonderfully, but the guy who played the Don was just uncanny. Almost > like his double. > > It was lighter than the book, moving away from Clough's internal > deliberations and concentrated on the humour. Some really excellent > observations about footballing in the late sixties/early seventies (I > loved the state of the Baseball Ground, and Clough putting out oranges > and an ashtray for each of the Leeds players). Think they overstated > the rivalry between Clough and Revie though. > > What narked me was the reduction of Leeds players to simple > stereotypes. Hearing 'Marching on Together' at the opening credits was > superb, but then moving from two clips of goals (Clarke and Jones?) to > numerous clips of harsh tackles by Giles/Hunter just set the scene. > Bremner was made out to be a neanderthal, and Giles like something > from an Irish Braveheart. The scene where Leeds play Derby in the rain > (before Derby had to play Juve) was a disgrace in my view. Also, I'd > liked to have seen a bit more of the Liverpool tactics in the Charity > Shield match (though I accept Billy did lose his nut in that one) - > and some mention of tactics from other people like Chopper Harris etc > to show it was all ubiquitous in those days. It is also worth watching > the real YTV show when Clough met Revie (available online) to match it > to how the film portrays it - in my view Clough basically admitted he > got it wrong and had a lot of respect for the Don. > > Minor point, if you go to all that trouble of recreating the old > grounds, why have the scene in the tunnel when Giles say about > justifying yourself to 40,000 and in the back you get the brand new > three-tiered east stand (or that's what it looked like to me)? > > Stu > > > > _______________________________________________ > the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators > accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. > Leedslist mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > Visit http://tinyurl.com/ce37mx NOW! _________________________________________________________________ Share your photos with Windows Live Photos – Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/134665338/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Visit http://tinyurl.com/ce37mx NOW!
