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Good movie, but I would've preferred the real story.

posted 8 years ago by jonathanmarklund
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I liked the movie. I thought it was a good nostalgic comedy with a great soundtrack. I didn't know that Jackman was going to be in it, and he rarely disappoints, and brought a lot of flavor to the movie.
Also; seeing Norway depicted as dicks made my Swedish heart flutter a little bit.

So after seeing it, I went online and looked up Edwards to see how close the movie was to real life and I have to say that I'm somewhat disappointed. I think his actually story would have been just as good if not better then the one they created for this movie.
It seems like they wanted to bridge this movie to 'cool runnings' more then bridging it to reality.

[–] bellapeligrosa 8 years ago

Especially the part where he's been living in his shed for 7 months, after a divorce has left him slightly financially depleted:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3478591/Plight-Eagle-Eddie-s-wife-left-s-working-plasterer-new-film-life-won-t-make-penny-richer.html

Ah well. There's always Celebrity Big Brother.

It's too cerebral! We're trying to make a movie here, not a film!