of this movie. When Michelle's character sees her mom and she just stares blankly...the tears just came pouring in and I started sobbing. Ugh. lol
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shareI think it would've been a much more emotional scene if she'd just run up to her and hugged her, being so happy that she came and finally accepted her desire to skate. As it was, that scene didn't do anything for me.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
Indeed, and that would have disqualified her from the competition and thus she wouldn't have gotten silver.
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Ohhh-kay... I think I'll just leave it to someone else to comment on the intelligence of that reply. Especially in regards to this movie. Wow.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
Aww thank you very much! I've only seen a few incidents in which a skater stops midskate. Evgeni Plushenko 1999 Nations (Sparkasen) Cup Short Program (Sabre Dance, his lace popped off the first eyelet and had to get it fixed, he later came back to win the short program and in the free skate he also won), and Johnny Weir, 2003 Nationals free skate. I'm afraid Johnny's wasn't so fairy-tale like. He fell on a jump and went to the referee saying something was wrong, asking if he could restart. Amidst much controversy he was granted permission to start over. He soon ran into the boards, claimed he injured his knee, and ended up having to withdraw. I believe this was in Dallas? Oy, that was a nightmare of a competition for the men! I remember before that, Matt Savoie cut part of his costume with his skate blade (was it his pant leg?) but I don't recall if he stopped or not. Anyway, it took forever for his marks to come up after he was finished, and when they did, they came up under the name Michael Weiss! Michael Weiss was just about to skate and HE almost crashed into a flower girl! Ahh, the glory of live TV LOL.
Ohh, yes, everyone knows about Dan and Hao Zhang, 2006 Olympic free skate, while trying the never-before-done throw quadruple Salchow. She crashed into the boards and hurt her knee, but insisted that they go out and skate again. Amidst much controversy they won the silver.
*shudder* Ahh, Jessica Dube and her partner, Bryce Davison, 2007 Four Continents free skate. The video is self-explanitory I think. Unfortunately while they stop in the middle of their program they are of course unable to continue.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2yQL6jupXE
If you want to go into skaters that have stopped midprogram and did NOT continue, they're on the list as well as Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin, 2004 Skate America free skate (Scheherezade, in Pittsburgh, PA). The accident happened northwest from where I was sitting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfX-sPtVCmg
But please, these are just the only ones I'VE seen. I've only been watching for ten years and pay most attention to singles.
As I recall (don't quote me) if a skater stops midprogram they should head to the referee and explain the situation. Of course, that's only for certain circumstances, if it's too serious the referee will obviously know. But for the first two examples, that's what I mean by going to the ref.
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Umm... OK, my apologies. I thought you guys meant the scene at the end (after her programme), where her mom comes down to ice level, and they just stand there looking at each other.
But... just to be consistent, I didn't like the way they handled the mid-programme scene either. She should've just seen her, paused for a moment, been thrilled that she decided to come afterall, and continued her routine with a big smile on her face. I mean, who the f... stops mid-anything to look at a loved one in the audience for half an hour. (Assuming that he/she somehow miraculously even manages to spot that loved one in a dark arena.
"The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
EXACTLY, and the long pause SHOULD have cost her artistic/presentation marks to go DOWN, in fact taking so long to get up from a fall in the first place also brings the artistic marks down. Skaters fall all the time but most of the time, the skaters get up IMMEDIATELY after it and continue on. I knew Casey getting silver after a performance like the one she gave could only happen in the movies LOL. They probably do it in the movies so the audience can focus on the mistake, and wonder what will happen next, for dramatic effect in other words. In real life, if a skater wants to place well after a fall, (well under the old system) they could only keep going and land whatever else they could. These days though it seems to be more costly to pop a jump (example, turn a quad into a triple or double or triple into a double, or do a single jump) than it is to actually fall on a fully-rotated triple or quad. They still have a lot of kinks to work out. (Like those damned SPIRAL SEQUENCES, am I right people? If you dan't do a Biellmann or fan spiral wells, DON'T EVEN TRY!)
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I love that scene too, and whatever time it took for the “long look”, could be just a reflection of Casey’s feelings, not real time. What wrecks it for me is the idiot extra sitting next to Joan, tuning to look at her. You’re an extra. You don’t get camera time. I hate this because it’s so distracting from one of the most important scenes.
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