"LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE", "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE T...
"LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE", "DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO UNTO YOU", and finally
"why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?"
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WILL SMITH is an excellent actor. I can see why he was nominated for an academy award as a lead actor. I had a hard time thinking he was not ALI. He had the walk, the talk and the mannerisms
I remember very little about ALI except that he was a great boxer. All my memories of him are recent. When I think of ALI, I think of the man whose body is riddled with a crippling disease. A man who has trouble walking. Not the determined, arrogant, but seemingly gentle man portrayed in this movie. I vaguely remember him not going in to the Army, and thought him just another draft-dodger. I did not understand his disgust at killing when he seemed so violent in the ring.
The movie takes you through ALI’s early life. His first fight in the ring as Cassius Clay, his conversion to the Nation of Islam. His friendship with Malcolm X. His being stripped of the championship title, his fight to be allowed to box again and his comeback against George Foreman in a boxin promotion titled “RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE” Through it all, he is portrayed as a peaceful, soft spoken man, until he gets in to the boxing ring, and then he seems to go through a personality change. The fight scenes seemed especially brutal compared to what I have witnessed in boxing rings today.
I was also unaware of his several marriages. I think the movie did a good job in showing that he did not think of himself as a saint, either Muslim or otherwise. He was aware of his wandering eye and his lust for beautiful women. According to the movie, he had four wives.
I was also unaware of Ali’s close relationship with Howard Cossell, excellently portrayed by Jon Voight. His voice, his appearance, his posture, was first-rate Cossell, and until I read the credits, I did not know who the actor was.
MUHAMMED ALI/CASSIUS CLAY, Will Smith – covering about a 15 years span in Ali’s life.
HOWARD COSSELL, Jon Voight
JEFFREY WRIGHT, Howard Bingham
MALCOM X, Mario Van Peebles
DON KING, Myketti Williamson
ANGELO DUNDEE, Ron Silver
SONJA RUI – Ali’s first wife, Jada Pinkett Smith
BUNDINI BROWN – Ali’s second wife, Jamie Fox
VERONICA PORSCHE – Ali’s third wife – Michael Michelle
This was not a great movie in my opinion. It was somewhat entertaining and informative. It was over two hours long and rated R. If you like boxing movies, or if you are interested in Ali, it would be a good movie to go see.
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