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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)
Too rushed and disjointed
This movie will likely get good viewership because it was heavily marketed, but it made too many assumptions about Dale's life. They did not do enough research prior to releasing this movie. Many, many important parts are left out, and it felt extremely disjointed and rushed. Often, I was saying, "oh, I guess they are moving on to the next thing." The ending was terrible and did not delve into an important part about how he became who he is today. Trust me, many non-Nascar folks realized a lot after his death. I am a racing fan, and I think many who love Dale Earnhardt will be afraid to admit that this movie was terrible. I hope some are not afraid. I do not think Formula One would ever allow such a poor movie about their superstar such as a Senna or a Schumacher. I give this 1.5 out of 5 stars. A big shame.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
big disappointment
Great premise of a movie, and Jon Voight was perfect for the part (he was incredible years ago in Runaway Train). However, though this is made for TV, this was incredibly drawn out, poorly edited, and most of all poorly directed. Whoever has the title "eh" was right on (pretty funny title for a summary, too). Here's the deal: This movie had potential to be one of those few tear jerkers even for men, but it got lost in over-sappiness and incredibly poor dialogue by anyone other than Voight. Narrator voice was horrible (as was person #3, obviously), and I felt like she was told the audience would be 5th graders. Actors and actresses were just not believable and boy did they use clichés or what? The ending was atrocious: how can you NOT show the little girl he saved? What in the world? Hello? And the fact that he asked the first 2 people about her but could not ask the 3rd and 4th? Also, it was very disjointed, especially the second half. And the 5th person he met was just a very poor child actress, very bad choice. Movie was way too long, should have been 2 hours. Just a huge disappointment for what could have been one of the greatest TV movies of all time. They had the perfect book to base it on, and they just blew it.