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The advertisement suggests that "Miracle" focuses on
"the true story behind the greatest sports moment in history".
Well, I dunno bout that. It seems to me the Yankees winning
streak with Babe Ruth and Lou Gerig could qualify for that
title or the San Francisco 49er's string of Super Bowl victories
with QB Joe Montana and receiver Jerry Rice at the helm.
Most unexpected sports moment in history, yes, greatest.it
all depends on your perspective and love of sports. Kismet,
karma, fate call it what you will but it wasn't sheer, blind
doo-dah luck. The US Olympic Hockey team blasted onto the
ice in 1980 with a take-no-prisoners attitude sure that
they might not win but willing to throw caution to the wind
in an attempt to best other countries in a sport the US
had never won Olympic Gold for. "Miracle" recounts the tall
but true tale with clichés, gusto and a number of great
performances. ***
Kurt Russell gives a marvelous performance as the late
Herb Brooks the coach for the US Hockey Team. Brooks took
a number of talented athletes, shaped their individual strengths
into a powerful and award winning team. The film follows
Brooks as he beats a team that played as individuals looking
for their moment of glory into a seamless fighting unit
that could take on the Soviets and other experienced and
better ranked teams in the 1980 Olympics. "Miracle" is an
often moving story with a number of surprising performances.
Russell ( whose hair style looks like an animal crawled
on his head and died) has always been an underappreciated,
skilled and subtle performer. Here he takes Brooks and makes
the character come alive on the screen. You believe that
Russell is Brooks (which might explain the hair-it's all
part of the transformation). ---
Image & Sound:
Prepared from a brand new high def transfer, “Miracle”
looks extremely nice. The transfer looks crisp, sharp and
colors pop in this truly exceptional transfer. ***
Audio sounds terrific with a strong high definition
audio transfer. Dialogue is clear, music sounds great and
the Surround speakers are used extremely well with nice
ambient textures even during quieter scenes.
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