tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608865863680527081.post8487452710847325743..comments2024-03-13T07:41:37.532-04:00Comments on Vic & Walter Thiessen - On Movies...: I, TonyaWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391426206936180224noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2608865863680527081.post-46866813589858013992018-03-27T16:49:35.417-04:002018-03-27T16:49:35.417-04:00While I will give it the same ***+ that you did, I...While I will give it the same ***+ that you did, I feel that I liked this film overall more than you did. I do think it's strong point is the storytelling that leaves all the ambiguity about truth intact. I thought the format fairly brilliant. They give just enough glimpses into the actual interviews to make us assume that the film is as true as any part of it (but, of course, there is no reason to trust the filmmakers any more than the rest). <br /><br />I actually found it much more easy to sympathize with Tonya than I had expected (though I hadn't expected much even from watching the trailer). It really makes you realise how much one needs to know the context before you understand a situation (recalling my judgements of Tonya at the time "the incident" happened). <br /><br />And I actually found Tonya more sympathetic of a character than the coach. Where was she with all the abuse going on? She had to know it. Did she turn a blind eye in order to keep her prize student? She did seem a little better at the end when she picked her up the second time. But I would think at that level a coach would be doing more to help a person have a stable life even off the ice. <br /><br />Finally, I did find the humour "worked" but I always feel it a bit of a guilty pleasure laughing at people's ignorance. Dark comedies are quite bittersweet when they're true stories. Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16391426206936180224noreply@blogger.com