My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

The Last American Hero (1979)

The young Jeff Bridges stars in the bio film on Junior Jackson.   I’m not a huge fan of car racing and it’s a writer’s nightmare to make cars driving around in circles exciting, yet this drama is actually quite good.    Sure the story’s been done a billion times: underdog from humble beginnings dreams big and against all odds take on the world.  But the film is so well-crafted and genuine that it’s really hard not to root for the hero in this one.   Grade: B+
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