Handsome is as handsome does

Rating: 10/10 (22 July 2010)

I just watched Invictus for the second time tonight. From the review I had submitted previously there seemed to be something wildly wrong with my eyes. My review was discarded by all four readers. Should I reconsider my opinion? I thought so. There must have been something I missed. Mr. Nelson Mandela is a human being of great magnitude. So is Mr. Morgan Freeman and Mr. Clint Eastwood. So I decided to give the film another try. I have Video On Demand so it isn't much trouble to find it outside the cinema. I don't even have to buy the disc. Which I will eventually. But all this is beside the point. What the movie left behind was the astonishing Mr. Damon's new physique, showing it all, practically. I could hardly believe my eyes. He has grown from a physically unbelievably attractive Mr. Ripley to The Incredible Hulk. His face is bloated and not at all of any resemblance to the one I used to love . In my humble opinion muscles like that can only be achieved through years of workout, unless steroids are part and parcel of it. I went online to check various facts, because I thought I was somehow terribly wrong. I'm afraid I wasn't. Rugby is not a muscle-bound middle-aged men's game. Believe you me. See The Four Feathers UK (2002). What Invictus amounts to though, in all it's unmistakable excellence, is partly a prelude to a gay skin flick, whatever other qualities it does have. With all due respect. A question: What purpose does Matt Damon's naked torso serve in a picture of a nations' emancipation? I simply cannot get over the gay instructor's showing his class how to build an Invictus body. I wasn't wrong. Something else is. Great as it may be in other areas. My god what a disappointment, and I won't budge. Muscle up some strength and put your computer to good use. There is nothing wrong with an excellent musculature, Greek style. But this is really quite over the top.... Greek style.
There is nothing wrong with being gay. I am comfortably so. But what we have here is a hot potato. God bless Mr. Damon. May he find a new comfort zone and restart from there. I'll buy the disc, and that's a promise my friend. How generous and condescending of me.
Well, with all things considered I still love Mr. Matt Damon. As a demonstration of that I bought a Blu-ray Disc of his new Green Zone as promised. I'll give it an open minded once over some rainy day with a widely open mind. I am also going to watch all three Bourne pictures for the fourth or fifth time. I seem to have wound up owning those on DVD as well as a few others with Matt. Whatever possessed me. Love I'd say, respect and admiration. My 10/10 stands.