My Movie Journal is Better Than Yours

Other Movies Seen By This Director (4)
- Argo
- Gone Baby Gone
- Live by Night
- The Town

Notes History

Date Viewed	Venue	Note
05.20.23	Internet	The story of how Nike signed Michael Jordan. This was touched upon somewhat briefly in the HBO show Winning Time which takes place a few years prior to this, but still shares a vibe in a lot of ways. I hate to say it but Winning Time is more entertaining. I liked this one ok, but there were a few things that bugged me, like the onslaught of 80s references that sets up the film, super on-the-nose source music, general lack of energy, and a lack of surprise about the story. I mean I don't want them to make shit up, but it's kinda a whole movie about a couple people working over the weekend. As a non-sports person who was a kid at the time, the charm of Winning Time is learning the details that I didn't know before. With this, it's just kinda like a not as good version of Jerry Maguire or something. I dunno. Maybe my hopes were too high with Affleck and Damon reunited. I still haven't seen that mullet movie they just did, maybe I should watch that too, but here they kinda just sit around. The one real dramatic moment we get (where Matt Damon gives a speech to sell Jordan on signing), they cut to archival footage that just serves to remind us that he obviously says yes. So it's a tough one... I don't know how they could make it better, but it's also a bit of a snoozer.