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No way in hell a semi final would be played on Court 2...


You'd think the dumb producers would have researched it first? Unless it rained, all semi finals are on Centre...back before the roof some were played on Court 1 which has a big capacity, but having a Brit on court 2 in the semi finals of Wimbledon is a joke.

Lame film, embarrassingly bad.

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Perhaps they just thought most movie goers wouldn't notice?
If I'm right they simply had enough time/ permission from the All England Club to film the climactic set piece on Centre Court, complete with thousands of extras.

I can't say this film is great, but the cast and soundtrack save it from being a wash-out.

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If that's your only criticism, it's probably one of the best films ever made. Which it isn't, but the point is: that's an incredibly minor detail that (i) 99% of the audience isn't aware of, (ii) two-thirds of the 1% who are aware of it will simply shrug off and (iii) has nothing to do with the characters, their relationships, their motivations and goals, how they attempt to achieve them, what obstacles they face or any of the sort of stuff that's the point of movies.

"Sleepless in Seattle" is an utter and complete joke because it's well-nigh impossible that the main character and his kid would take their tiny boat from Lake Union, through the ship canal, across Elliott Bay to Alki Point (and back) just to go to the beach (and a stalker-lady couldn't follow them by land in a car if they did).

"The Godfather II" is a joke because the dates events occur don't match what's on Vito Corleone's gravestone in "The Godfather."

etc.

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I seem to remember McEnroe was beaten by Oz Cahill on court 2 - a good reason for it becoming the "graveyard"

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They also wouldnt have had the mens semi final on at the same time as the womens final.

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