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Ali The Rewatchables
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What’s Aged the Best?

Jamie Foxx and Giancarlo Esposito together, James Toney’s acting, the Foreman heavy-bag image, sports-media cameos, “The Champ Is Here” sample, Smith’s fighting credibility, the Malcolm X structure, and the opening music staging

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  • Foxx and Esposito sharing the screen is the first candidate.
  • James Toney’s acting and the Foreman heavy-bag shot are separate choices.
  • Jim Gray and Bill Plaschke cameos are enjoyed.
  • The “Champ Is Here” sample is selected.
  • Smith’s credible fighting and the film functioning partly as a Malcolm X movie are praised.
  • The Sam Cooke performance recreation and call-and-response staging are praised.
  • The actors playing fighters were allowed to hit Smith hard short of knocking him out.
Ali The Rewatchables
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The Great Shot Gordo Award for Most Cinematic Shot

The speed-bag image, purposeful ramp walk, Foreman-fight entrance, dark Zaire arrival, and overhead-to-behind running shot are nominated.

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  • CR chooses the camera behind the speed bag, synchronized with the music.
  • The fast ramp walk and Ali’s Foreman-fight entrance are nominated.
  • The dark Zaire arrival and running shot that closes in behind Ali are praised.
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The Butch’s Girlfriend Award for the Weakest Link in the Film

The three-year narrative jump; the relationship material; Belinda’s confrontation before the Foreman fight

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  • The movie skipping three years and many fights is the first answer.
  • A different answer says bringing in all the female relationships weakens the movie.
  • Belinda raising the relationship crisis immediately before the Foreman fight is questioned, with a defense based on her needs.
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What’s Aged the Worst?

R. Kelly’s soundtrack presence and Ali remembering a woman from when she was an 11-year-old student

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  • The original soundtrack’s extensive R. Kelly presence is identified.
  • The exchange recalls that she was 11 years old when he came to her school, which is called a tough detail.
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The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Three separate takes propose a Chauncey Eskridge film, praise Smith’s silent acting, and recenter the biopic on Ali and Frazier’s three fights.

In the discussion (4)
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  • A film about attorney Chauncey Eskridge representing both Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali is proposed.
  • Another take says Smith is at his best here when acting without dialogue.
  • The third proposes a co-lead Ali/Frazier film focused on their three fights.
  • The Frazier-centered discussion stresses the lasting harm from Ali’s public attacks and Frazier’s bitterness.
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