The word most often use to describe the movie “Concussion” is “Oscar bait” and “letdown”. If I were to choose 2 of the parts of the movie that I liked I would have to choose the scene of the high school players practicing and the performance of Will Smith. This movie had the chance to be a great movie and director Peter Landesman wasted it. This movie had a great base and Landesman turned it into a mediocre and generic piece of cinema. A solid, but dry, drama, there’s something strained about concussion, as if it wants to be considered important, revered rather than enjoyed. It wasn’t nominated for any Oscars.
Peter Landesman’s film tells the true story of a Nigerian scientist who performed an autopsy on hall of fame center “iron” Mike Webster …show more content…
I doubt that they’d mind a lecture to the NFL itself, though. Concussion does try hard to appeal to fans by having a few scenes on the beauty of the game spliced together with delicate toe-tap receptions in the end zone, but what would’ve actually been more appealing is if they went even harder at the NFL. In attempting to have wider appeal, Concussion misses that point. Fans love the players and emblems, not the helmet.A hard-hitting documentary that lays out all the lies the NFL made about concussions and the eventual finding of CTE already exists. It’s called League of Denial and it is fantastic.To its minor credit, Concussion doesn’t give the NFL a pass, but it doesn’t make us as angry as it should. That is perhaps because Landesman boxes his NFL narrative around Omalu, which effectively keeps us out of the room with the commissioner, Roger Goodell and out of any rooms of debate with the NFL (who will not acknowledge his research). Omalu new partner and former doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers,Dr. Julian bates is granted that access while Omalu waits in hotel rooms and lobbies. The performances in Concussion are fine. But Concussion doesn’t really enter the game. It holds a clipboard on the
Peter Landesman’s film tells the true story of a Nigerian scientist who performed an autopsy on hall of fame center “iron” Mike Webster …show more content…
I doubt that they’d mind a lecture to the NFL itself, though. Concussion does try hard to appeal to fans by having a few scenes on the beauty of the game spliced together with delicate toe-tap receptions in the end zone, but what would’ve actually been more appealing is if they went even harder at the NFL. In attempting to have wider appeal, Concussion misses that point. Fans love the players and emblems, not the helmet.A hard-hitting documentary that lays out all the lies the NFL made about concussions and the eventual finding of CTE already exists. It’s called League of Denial and it is fantastic.To its minor credit, Concussion doesn’t give the NFL a pass, but it doesn’t make us as angry as it should. That is perhaps because Landesman boxes his NFL narrative around Omalu, which effectively keeps us out of the room with the commissioner, Roger Goodell and out of any rooms of debate with the NFL (who will not acknowledge his research). Omalu new partner and former doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers,Dr. Julian bates is granted that access while Omalu waits in hotel rooms and lobbies. The performances in Concussion are fine. But Concussion doesn’t really enter the game. It holds a clipboard on the