Who would ever guess that a movie about golf could be so exciting?

Rating: Null/10 (1 May 2001)

Who did know? I sure as heck didn't. Usually when you look down the list of past golf movies, you see movies such as, "Happy Gilmore" and "Tin Cup." Even though both movies were enjoyable, they weren't great and could not really make golf that exciting. "The Legend of Bagger Vance" captures all the excitement that golf can have. Sadly, Hollywood does not make many movies like this anymore, where you don't have to have explosions and head cuttings to make a movie good and exciting. All of the performances in the movie were magnificient. Especially from Will Smith, where when you go down his list of movies you see "Independence Day", "Bad Boys", and "MIB." For me, this was his breakthrough performance, stunning my eyes in awe as a man who can only fire a gun all of a sudden giving a brilliant performance as a man who helps and guides another man through his problems in life. In this case, it is golf but this movie can be applied to life, in which Will Smith's only reward was to see the other man better off. If you want to see a movie to make you not be able to think and comprehend anything above lights moving in front of your eyes, see "The Fifth Element." If you want to see what Hollywood has lost and should have back, and what makes you think and makes movie watching an experience, then watch "The Legend of Bagger Vance." And remember that a good movie isn't what makes you sit and enjoy, but what makes you think and experience.