David-352 Review of The World's Fastest Indian

The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

Good story, bad movie. Watch out, I will reveal some details.

[4/10 · 8 May 2012]

Such a great story, interesting fellow. You'd think (truth being stranger than fiction) that telling the story straight could work. These days, though, nothing is ever quite enough. Escalation is like a new religion to movie makers, it seems. The writers / producers didn't trust their material, so they huffed and they puffed and they blew their movie right away. Nothing wrong with the acting, here. Hopkins, as others have said, is terrific, and the supporting cast as well -- but. (SPOILER WARNING) When a person with such perfect engine smarts puts a wheel on his trailer that (naturally!!!!) falls off at highway speed, dumping his 25 years of effort all over the asphalt (without significant damage!!!)-- well, this is just crap Hollywood. When someone with so many decades of riding experience practically falls off his bike every single d___n time he starts moving, when he crashes at Bonneville at extreme speed -- we don't know just how fast, but let's say way over 80 -- and gets not even a visible scratch, when he does all this at a rather advanced age, somewhere in the neighborhood of 70 years -- well. As if breaking all these speed records with a heart condition at his (or any) age isn't enough, he is portrayed acting like a nitwit -- it's disgusting, it's pandering. Get those movie makers out of Burt's way, please.