Being of a younger generation, I don't understand my parents'-what? Respect? High regard?-they have for him. So I was mildly curious when they bought this and watched it, thinking it would be a real biography: childhood experiences that got him interested in acting, his slow yet destined rise to fame, how he got into character, how he choreographed chase scenes, etc. Etc.....but it's more like an informercial for Billy Graham.
The minute I saw Mel Gibson, I thought, "can this get any worse?" Oh, it got worse.
Yes, they mention a couple movie and television series he was in, interviewing guys who are always sitting in front of old cars and airplanes, including the "bullet" car...but, it's like a christian commercial for evangelicalism, specifically Billy Graham's version of that garbage.
It was mostly about how Mr. McQueen liked Billy Graham, how he would call him whenever he was feeling bad, discussing whether Mr. McQueen was really "born again," how often Mr. McQueen would flip through Billy Graham's personal bible-it was nauseating.
And did we learn anything about Steve McQueen: the Man, the Myth, the Legend? No. But we are somehow supposed to believe that while under general anesthesia to remove the cancerous tumors from his internal organs he died clutching Billy Graham's Most Sacred Bible On Earth (tm) in his hands.
What really destroyed the believability of this narrative were the snippets of interviews with Mr. McQueen-audio only-in which the pre-christian and post-born-again voices sounded nothing alike. Did being baptized by Billy Graham change his accent?
The minute I saw Mel Gibson, I thought, "can this get any worse?" Oh, it got worse.
Yes, they mention a couple movie and television series he was in, interviewing guys who are always sitting in front of old cars and airplanes, including the "bullet" car...but, it's like a christian commercial for evangelicalism, specifically Billy Graham's version of that garbage.
It was mostly about how Mr. McQueen liked Billy Graham, how he would call him whenever he was feeling bad, discussing whether Mr. McQueen was really "born again," how often Mr. McQueen would flip through Billy Graham's personal bible-it was nauseating.
And did we learn anything about Steve McQueen: the Man, the Myth, the Legend? No. But we are somehow supposed to believe that while under general anesthesia to remove the cancerous tumors from his internal organs he died clutching Billy Graham's Most Sacred Bible On Earth (tm) in his hands.
What really destroyed the believability of this narrative were the snippets of interviews with Mr. McQueen-audio only-in which the pre-christian and post-born-again voices sounded nothing alike. Did being baptized by Billy Graham change his accent?