John Tuturro or Nicholas Cage would have been better--looked more like him, and both play kooky people well. But they may have been too old, so probably Benedict Cumberbatch would have been a good choice:)
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Good news for Iceland though. If they can figure out how to harness the energy of Fischer spinning in his grave they could power the entire country indefiniately!
fire for effect:
nope, didn't post the video, but here's the link:
not too impressive
does it bother anybody else that they're using algebraic notation in the poster rather than descriptive?
Yes.
A lot about this movie bothers me.
gbidari wrote:
gbidari wrote: When I heard Tobey Maguire will be playing Bobby Fischer my first thought was, "What, was Corey Feldman busy?" I know, I should be happy they're making a movie about Bobby Fischer and I am, kinda. But Tobey Maguire??
When I heard Tobey Maguire will be playing Bobby Fischer my first thought was, "What, was Corey Feldman busy?" I know, I should be happy they're making a movie about Bobby Fischer and I am, kinda. But Tobey Maguire??
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Spassky was never the "intellectual type". He was better known for being a lazy playboy. Fischer was definitely taller and more athletic than Spassky, but he was also very awkward. Spassky was, on the other hand, very charming and like a gentleman. Fischer gave the image of being rude and aggressive.
Aspies are normally like that, kind of rude of you to point it out though.
Sep 16, 2015
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I'm still annoyed that they are trying to make algebraic notation look like Descriptive.
Movie was eh at best in my opinion. Kinda fun to see. Frustrating because of the lack of focus on the actual chess 
Sep 21, 2015
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and you're quite the dashing figure yourself.
I finally saw the film. Not bad. Perfect casting for Spassky. Tobey was okay. I"ll give him props for nailing Fischer's walk.
Oct 13, 2015
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I saw it, too. I thought it was a really good film. My only real problem with it was that I thought Fischer was portrayed in a one dimensional fashion.
Though he was ruled by his mental illness, he, along with most everyone like him, had lucid periods. I thought he should have been a more rounded character.
That said, I thought it was a very good film.
abadrj1, true about the one dimensional portrayal. If it finished strong I would have liked it a lot, but to me they didn't know how to end it. The ending came off as sloppily hurried. He wins the championship and then we get subtitles trying to catch us up on his reclusive downward spiral. Then they insert real footage of old crazy man Fischer who they'd never shown prior. Seemed disjointed to me, but overall I thought it was a decent film and maybe I should give it more credit as it was certainly an ambitious task.
Watched this film with my son and while I'm glad they made this at all, I wish they could've had someone better than Tobey. Watching the real vid of Fischer's tv interview, it's clear that his clumsy but large frame and the way in which he smiled and moved would have seeemed menacing in person. He seemed more like an athlete turned chessplayer than a nerdy intellectual -- which was probably part of his appeal. Maguire came across as whiny quite often. And of course, I don't like the idea that they portrayed all his obsessions as being paranoid delusion when some were quite justified. Interpolating backwards from his late period insanity is the wrong spin I guess.
But then not many are going to make chess movies. I do wonder why no one makes a documentary series for a smaller cable channel about the world champions and early chess history. Given their odd lives, you would think there would be plenty of gossip worthy stories that even non-players would appreciate. Not Hollywood blockbuster of course but definitely at least as cable-worthy as many of the obscure topics covered by the History Channel or Bravo.
And a really well done PBS special comparable to the Civil War Series with Shelby Foote would be fantastic.
To add insult to injury, Mr. Maguire has recently admitted that he doesn't even play chess.