"Eddie - Strongman" is a fine documentary that succeeds on many levels, but is driven by the flamboyance, dedication, and sensitivity of it's main character.
The film could have elevated into 10/10 territory with a little more of Eddie's background and a little more background on Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
In terms of showing the softer side of the man, and the harder side of strongman competition and training, the film is truly amazing. It's an intimate albeit somewhat incomplete look into its' lead character. We know he has inner-demons but the film doesn't really dive-into that information/history, and it's that information and more background on the area where he's from, that are the only things holding this film back from true greatness. It's still a good movie. The film exceeded expectations and tugs at the heartstrings of the viewer. It also catapulted into my top-25 for 2015(16). I wasn't expecting that by any means.
I recommend "Eddie - Strongman" for anyone, and especially for those movie- buffs seeking a good recent documentary that had seemingly fallen through the cracks for me. I saw this on Netflix on Christmas Day 2016, and decided to give it a whirl. The wife and I liked this documentary.
Eddie Hall is quite the character, but he also seems like a genuine, and genuinely nice guy, despite his brash competition persona.
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79/100 SOlid! You'll Like This if You Liked: King of Kong(awesome, a touch better than ES), I Hate Christian Laettner/30 for 30(about even, also very good). I've only ranked 565 of 4300 films an 8 or better. In other words - it's in the top 13% of everything I've rated.
The film could have elevated into 10/10 territory with a little more of Eddie's background and a little more background on Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
In terms of showing the softer side of the man, and the harder side of strongman competition and training, the film is truly amazing. It's an intimate albeit somewhat incomplete look into its' lead character. We know he has inner-demons but the film doesn't really dive-into that information/history, and it's that information and more background on the area where he's from, that are the only things holding this film back from true greatness. It's still a good movie. The film exceeded expectations and tugs at the heartstrings of the viewer. It also catapulted into my top-25 for 2015(16). I wasn't expecting that by any means.
I recommend "Eddie - Strongman" for anyone, and especially for those movie- buffs seeking a good recent documentary that had seemingly fallen through the cracks for me. I saw this on Netflix on Christmas Day 2016, and decided to give it a whirl. The wife and I liked this documentary.
Eddie Hall is quite the character, but he also seems like a genuine, and genuinely nice guy, despite his brash competition persona.
Check this out!
79/100 SOlid! You'll Like This if You Liked: King of Kong(awesome, a touch better than ES), I Hate Christian Laettner/30 for 30(about even, also very good). I've only ranked 565 of 4300 films an 8 or better. In other words - it's in the top 13% of everything I've rated.