I Am Bolt

(Flash Review) In contrast to Bolt's direct A to B running goals, it was indirect, hard to follow and felt scattered and rambling. I did not like how this was edited. While it did give you some behind the scenes look at Bolt's training, partying, hotel room activities, it did not truly showcase how amazing his track career actually was. There were plenty of interviews where people talked about it but it would have been more effective to illustrated how his victories were better than other famous athletes like Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, etc... or even compare is world record times to previous records. There was too much dilly-dallying with unimportant material. Some is interesting; too much is boring.

In the 100m and 200m, Usain Bolt has ruthlessly dominated the field in athletics in the last 8 years and is the only person ever to win a triple-triple of golds in the Olympics. Between his absolute reign and his fun-loving, animated demeanor, you can't be faulted for thinking it is just raw talent and some training. 'I am Bolt' presents a window into his life: the ups and downs, the euphoria and the lack of hope and motivation that are the natural cycles in a career in sport. It's a peek behind the perception of eternal greatness. Certainly a recommended watch.

The life story of the fastest man ever. Gives somewhat short shrift to his youth, but it documents his career. And most importantly, you learn about the man. They always say, records are made to be broken. Without drugs, I don't think that's possible here. He is done now. He will walk now into the light where legends go. But no one then or now, will ever be able to race the lightning bolt. No one did, and no one will. How do you put all that together? Family, the people around him, the willingness to work through injuries, the grueling training regimen? And stuff it literally like lightning into a bottle? Thats why there will never be another runner that will do what he did. This film illustrates that, quite profoundly. This was a 10 of 10. Both as a movie, and just as importantly, as a human being. People like this leave us all to soon, even while still alive. But like a shooting star, or, a lightning bolt, we are fortunate to have witnessed it.

I have been a Usain Bolt fan in the sense that I am happy for him, and athletics with his success. But to see the stumbles he has had, the times he has lost races, and the challenges of remaining motivated gave me an appreciation for his 9 gold medals. This documentary shows us his modest lifestyle (minus the gold sports car), his desire to enjoy life as a normal person would, and the quality humans surrounding him. His agent, manager (childhood friend) and coach. It follows his 3 olympics in chronological order, interlaced with his preparation for this year's olympics.

Love athletics, I watch every competition with or without big stars taking part. I remember great documentaries like 16 Days of Glory about LA84 but this documentary is boring, keep losing interest and Bolt's opinions are not the very clever or interesting you can hear (it's true he wanted to be a footballer because he speaks like one: dull). A sucesion of his races would have been more interesting than this boring and bad filmed documentary.

In terms of personality, Bolt is the greatest. It's sounds like a bit cliché to connect these two words: Bolt and greatest. It seems to me that's enough just to say Bold. He is the definition of what it's like to be bold guy who won the Olympics nine times! Did you hear me? Nine times! In real life, at least if you watched both documentaries about him, he is the next door guy. His way of laughing, joking, making fun of his couch, and chatting with his friends, he is the ordinary guy. He is like my friends I'm hanging out. Really! But man, you are watching nine times champion of Olympic games. Impressive to see why are greatest the great and it isn't because of their ego, it's all because you have done something in this World. No matter how big or small, just keeping the eye on your aim and do anything to make it happen. There were few truly inspirational moments in this movie.My opinion is the documentary is a failure how they covered the fastest man alive. Rating 7/10 I gave for the documentary, Bolt himself has always been 10/10!