Carlos J wrote:[...]Yay. They have the 'Magnus' documentary on the in-flight movies of my plane.
Carlos J wrote:And what a documentary it was. As per the 'hollywoodnews' review above, their reviewer knows nothing about chess and loved it. I do and loved it.
Utterly fascinating human portrayal of the boy who became the man who is best ranked ever. I've mocked Carlsen before about his modelling, his sisters do in this, but seeing the real boy and man makes me warm to him.
Starts with amazing footage of Carlsen waiting for Anand for the start of game in Chennai behind glass and hundreds of photographers and Carlsen head bowed before it starts, a man alone and lost.
As per, much home footage and dad saying about young Magnus being in his own world accompanied by a hilarious clip of dad setting up a little jump over a pole for Magnus and sister. Sister jumps and Magnus runs straight through it.
Then, more on Iceland and the game v Kasparov where the boy lost turns and looks to his parents and family who give him the thumbs up and he carries on. The young boy looking lost as the man in Chennai later.
The whole Chennai championship looks typical Indian mentalism with Carlsen landing, getting the full welcome looking like he wants to fuck back on the plane to Norway. We know the result of the match but more lovely scenes right to the end.
During an interview to the director, this incredible piece of dialogue. RM, as to the crossover with arrars, could see MvG like this to a lesser extent:
Have to give it a Carlos 9/10. A must see.Interviewer: "How often will you say that you think about chess?"
Carlsen: "It's hard to say. Sometimes it feels like all the time, sometimes I get a bit of a break. But it's always, it's almost always in the back of my mind."
Interviewer: "Do you think about chess now?"
Carlsen: "Yes."
Interviewer: "What do you think about?"
Carlsen: "It's different fragments of games. My mind is just analysing stuff in the background."
A lot iffy on picture quality but you get the gist:
Had it a couple of weeks back, a killer.
