>Worth checking out. >Very interesting. > > >"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which >has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams
6. "Frankly, a little underwhelming." In response to Reply # 0
I expected more than what appeared to just be a career high/lowlight retrospective with running commentary by Mike Tyson
I mean, there was nothing here that was new or eye-opening (Tyson says he has issues with women? Never woulda guessed it!)... anyone who's watched Tyson's profiles over the years should not have been surprised by him tearing up over Cus D'Amato...
Tyson's a complex dude, which is something we already knew, and I was hoping that this doc would give us a new perspective on him, and for me, it didn't... ________________________________________________________________________ He is stupid But he KNOWS that he is stupid And that almost makes him smart Let's listen
7. "I think the fact that his trials & triumphs are so well-documented" In response to Reply # 6
kinda works against any new film being an 'eye-opener' to the already initiated.
I mean personally there wasn't anything really revelatory in the doc but I still found it thoroughly entertaining because well, Mike is thoroughly entertaining. I guess it would have been more well-rounded if they had interview footage with more than just Mike but I'm guessing Toback's feeling was he'd make a film from Mike's perspective the focus rather than try to do a 'balanced' portrayal and really we've had those previously.
17. "RE: I think the fact that his trials & triumphs are so well-documented" In response to Reply # 7
>I mean personally there wasn't anything really revelatory in >the doc but I still found it thoroughly entertaining because >well, Mike is thoroughly entertaining.
8. "I felt it was better than most of the work on him because" In response to Reply # 6
of how much control he has in the film. Not control in the sense of "executive producing"/"nothing but positive things about myself", but in that the film's forced to hear Mike give his side of it. Every damn interview with Mike seems to have him cornered, it's nice to hear him without feeling threatened.
"Your current frequencies of understanding outweigh that which has been given for you to understand." Saul Williams
10. "But we've heard Mike "give his side of it" before, and that's the proble..." In response to Reply # 8
All of this is stuff we knew before watching, it just happens to have Mike sitting on a couch with 4 cameras around him this time out
The fact that he seems relaxed on a couch and we see him throwing rocks into the ocean doesn't automatically elevate this above previous pieces on Tyson... ________________________________________________________________________ He is stupid But he KNOWS that he is stupid And that almost makes him smart Let's listen
18. "Yeah it seemed like the interviewer coulda got him" In response to Reply # 6
to go a lot deeper into things, especially the rape conviction and his life outside the ring. I mean he does come off as a deep person, how about going over his beliefs, what and where he's studied, the effects of boxing.
22. "lol so many quotables" In response to Reply # 0
"I like strong women. Not necessarily a masculine woman, but I like strong women. Say a woman that runs a CEO corporation. I like a strong woman with confidence, massive confidence. And then I want to dominate her sexually. I like to watch her like a tiger watches their prey after they wound them. I want her to remember me. I want her in a bizarre way. I want her to love me. I want her to keep her distance for at least 20-30 minutes before I devour them and take them to their point of ecstasy."
"No matter how far you travel...to whatever reaches of this limitless universe...you will never be...ALONE." (The Watcher, Fantastic Four #13 May 1963)
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