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Summary: Once in a while
Review: Once in a while a movie will come along that will strike a chord and touch the souls of even the hardest hearted viewers. "8 Seconds" is such a movie. It is a warts and all biopic of Lane Frost, a world champion cowboy who was tragically killed by a bull just a few months prior to his 26th birthday. Although it wasn't a box office hit and is slammed by most critics (who don't speak for the majority anyway) this film is a success. It doesn't canonise Frost, instead it portrays him the way he undoubtedly was - as a decent but flawed human being, who like the rest of us, wasn't perfect but had a good personality and a good heart. And be prepared to reach for the Kleenex during the closing moments and final credits of the film. You'll need them!
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Summary: Not an intellectual fest, but so what
Review: Unlike Terminal Bliss and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, this film shows that Perry really can act beyond the teenage movies he almost got walled into.While light at times, the movie also has it's dark portions. Even though I did not (like many young girls who grew up drooling over him)like the "extra rough" edges in Frost's life upon first seeing the movie, I now realize this was an integeral part of Frost's short life. The fact that it was not an enormous box office sucess only means that the Silver screen was also not ready to acknowllege his maturation as an actor. No fan of country music, I actually found myself humming many of the songs in the movie, and was impressed to learn that Perry actually did his own line dancing during the wedding scene. I am a native Texan, and I have yet to capture the patience and motivation needed for such lessons (let alone the actual dancing)This scenealone should prove that Perry has real star power.
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Summary: Dreams
Review: I have to admit that 8 seconds is my favourite movie. Ok, so it's not a movie that has the suspense build up, but for the people who are rodeo'rs they love it. For you, who is reading this, have you grown up in this environment? I will tell you why it connects to so many people. Have you seen the look in a cowboys eye, just before they open the cheuts? Or the look on the face of a cowboy when they see their bull. And the look that they get when they stayed on for 8 seconds. Even when they don't stay on for the eight seconds they still had their chance to be one with the bull. Just about all cowboys have dreamt about this since they were kids. The movie showed this represented this in a way I have never seen before. The cheut is the door to their dream and they live their dream everytime it opens. Its an passion which alot of people mistake for obsession. If you don't understand it from this movie you never will. For the reviewer that called it shallow i have one thing to say to you "cowboy up!".
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Summary: VIEW OF A CULTURE
Review: No, this isn't standard Hollywood-esque fare; No, this isn't a penetrating psycho-analysis of one man's life or of an extreme sport; No, this isn't even great film-making. But so what. One thing this film does do is to reveal a North American Western culture tenaciously clinging to life in a world that constantly mocks and denigrates it. Lane Frost was, (and still is), one of the best representatives of this culture. This was the world I grew up in here in South Texas, where honesty and a person's word meant something; where ideas of family and faith were REAL and not just political agendas for republicans and fundamentalist fanatics. Yes, there is a dark side to this culture, (I also grew up surrounded by racism and bigotry and religious nonsense), but ALL human societies have their positives and negatives. I for one have grown tired of seeing Texans and other people of the West constantly depicted in film and literature as know-nothing yokels. 8 SECONDS is a welcome reprieve from the usual way westerners are treated, along with TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL and TENDER MERCIES. And Lane Frost certainly deserves the tribute this movie gives him. How long the culture of the North American West will be able to survive the relentless cynical New York-L.A.-Perrier drinking-Vegan-Politically Correct but Intellectually Bankrupt Weltanschaung Machine is hard to say. But for an hour or two it was nice to relax and remember what is good about that culture and to bask in the glow of one our culture's greatest heroes.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I recently watched "8 Seconds" for the first time without any real expectations. I like rodeos, but I wasn't sure how well they'd portray it in the movies. But instead I laughed, cryed, and loved every second of the movie. Lane Frost was an exceptional human and I think it is only fitting that he should be remembered by a video. I think he would have liked this tribute, I know I did.
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Summary: A touching movie that portrays Cowboys as they really are...
Review: This movie may not have gone over well with the critics, but that doesn't seem to matter to any of the viewers. I have never met a person that this movie didn't touch, cowboy or otherwise. Many of the scenes will forever be etched into my mind and I can only hope to find a man like Lane oneday. A man that will try and be "a cowboy and a nice guy" and will always follow his heart. It reminds you that he may have been just a man, but he was a man that faced his challenges head on and sacrificed what he had to. If you plan on watching it, get your tissues out.
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Summary: Great movie about a person that will be remembered in rodeo.
Review: Lane Frost, was a bullrider that loved what he did day in and day out and that was RODEO. He had to overcome many different problems throughout his short career. In this movie it isn't all about one man who rode bulls for a living. 8 Seconds shows how much rodeo is to all of the Cowboys in rodeo. This movie showed me that Lane Frost was a man that had his ups and his downs throughout his short career as a pro bull rider. It showed me that rodeo is a way of life that is so unpredictable that you never know when your last ride is going to be and it showed me that there is more to rodeo than just getting on a horse, bull, or bronc. Rodeo is a way of life and it can bring people together and build those close relationships that you never want to lose and it can also take away the ones you love. I would have to say this is one of my most favorite movie because it showed me that you need to hang on to the things that last and never ever give up no matter what the coarse looks like ahead of you.
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Summary: Greatest Cowboy Story
Review: This has to be the greatest cowboy movie ever made. I hate western movies but I loved this one .
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Summary: Educational Heartbreak
Review: Beautiful movie portraying the life of great rider and a great man who once said, "Don't be afraid to go after what you want to do and who you wanna be, be willing to pay the price." Lane Frost paid the ultimate price and that is shown in this poignantly beautiful and inspirational piece of work. The movie seems sincere to the memory of Lane and doesn't butter him up to be more than he was; a man. For me also it is Tuff Hedeman riding in memory of his friend that ingrains itself in a person's heart and soul. This movied educated me, an Irish girl, just a little about rodeo but a whole lot more about passion, love, loyalty and faith.
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Summary: A Guys' Thelma & Louise? Inspirational sadness...
Review: 8 Seconds will be forever etched indelibly in my mind. Maybe I'm a bit sappy, but my best friend died too young in 1993, and I can always count on this movie to bring back the flood of emotions that I otherwise keep buried. Tuff's 16 second ride is always my break point, no matter how hard I bite my lip... Go ahead and watch it when no one else is around, it's ok to cry.
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