SOMETHING TELLS ME ANDRE THE GIANT WOULD NOT BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS
[Oct. 4th, 2008|02:48 pm]
I want you to watch this trailer for ANDRE: HEART OF THE GIANT, a very low budget indie biopic on the life of the late legendary pro wrestler Andre The Giant. Keep in mind five things as you watch.
1) This is not a parody trailer. It is a real movie. 2) The movie is not meant to be a comedy. It's meant to be serious. 3) That wig on the guy's head is also meant to be taken seriously. 4) This movie actually exists and opens in select theaters next week. 5) Again, not a joke.
I'm sure the life of Andre The Giant could make for a fascinating (and ultimately tragic) biopic but something tells me this is not that movie. If you're make a movie about a guy who was 7'4" and 520 pounds then maybe your lead actor should look like he's 7'4", 520 pounds and not like a really tall guy with a bad physique wearing a costume shop 70's disco blacksploitation wig.
On the audio commentary for "Pin Down Girl," Johnny Legend and friends hoped that in the wake of Beyond the Mat, we might get some really good films about wrestling. Keep hoping guys. I don't know about "The Wrestler," but this is not the film they were looking for.
As a fan, and historian, this is insulting. If you don't have the budget to pull off the time period, or anything else for that matter, don't do it.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? I think I want to watch Ready to Rumble again rather than this.
The fact that one of the few places it's debuting in is Clearwater, Florida means that I probably will have to go and see it to recap it, a la how Foy was one of the few who saw The 13th Alley. I think it will be as bad as 13th Alley apparently is.
Besides the fact that it was filmed right in Tampa, I also have to mention that the guy who plays Andre is 7 foot 7. Originally it was going to star Matthew McGrory (Karl the Giant from Big Fish and Tiny from House of 1,000 Corpses/) but he passed away right as filming started.
Oh yeah, and "Terry" in the trailer was supposed to be Terry Funk, Edouard was supposed to be Edouard Carpentier, and best of all, Vince was supposed to be Vincent Kennedy McMahon! I don't know who The Trash Talker is.
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