See Biscuit Run

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2007)

I'm not the least bit interested in horse racing, although I will watch the Kentucky Derby, and I'll usually watch the big race after the Kentucky Derby to see if a horse is on its way to the triple crown. I would get horse racing forced down my throat at work when I worked with the old timer there. He loved horse racing, and he would watch the most trivial and meaningless races. So, of course, when "Seabiscuit" came out on DVD, he'd be watching it and I'd have to suffer through it too. What could I do? He had seniority, hence he had the T.V. rights. I guess I could have worked, but how does that look? One guy watching T.V. with another guy working, I couldn't do that to him.
I'm not quite sure what a seabiscuit is, but the movie sure was good. An owner, a horse, a trainer, and a jockey were the main ingredients to the movie "Seabiscuit". Each character was compelling in his own way. The owner, played by Jeff Bridges, was a wealthy risk taker that didn't mind running his mouth. He was very similar to "Tucker". The horse was gutsy and determined, just like his rider, Red Pollard (Tobey Maguire). The trainer was an even tempered, soft spoken guy who everyone respected.
The movie centered around these four, but it focused mainly on Seabiscuit and Red Pollard. I'm a sucker for the underdog story, so I think the overcoming-all-odds, David v. Goliath aspect of the story fascinated me the most. It was great to see an undersized horse and an over-sized jockey go out there and win. It was even better to see them win against the likes of War Admiral. Seabiscuit and Red were given the chance to show their heart and determination again after both of them suffered a broken leg and faced the possibility of never racing again. If having one round of glory wasn't enough, Seabiscuit and Red did an encore to cap the movie off nicely.