[LTLF]The Doomed United

[LTLF]

The Doomed United


I have just sat through the movie based on The Damned Utd by David Peace and I can honestly say the film made Brian look a wimp. Almost like a Yorkshireman I waited until someone lent me a copy before witnessing a deception of the scale of fairies, leprechauns, bigfoot and the moon landing.

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http://www.ltlf.co.uk/forest/2009/09/22/the-doomed-united/

 

[RRRREDUN]

You miss the point - it was fantasy, with a thread of historical fact to put it into context. I thought it was a clever book and was greatly entertained by it, but recognised that the dialogue and 'thoughts' of Cloughie were pure fiction.

 

[Baggaz]

I don't think it made him look like a wimp it showed him for what a great man he was. A fair-playing no-nonsense kinda guy who showed people who was in charge

 

[louis]

the film and the book are two very different things. The book: dark and self proclaimed fiction but i think worthwhile. The film: much lighter and basically the Brian Clough story part I. both have their value, Cloughie was a complex character and that deserves to be explored, I'm just happy that it means that he is recognised because the man should never be forgotten.

 

[Annesley Red]

some of you miss the pint of my writing , that first line attracted you to read it and I probably meant it.
After all I was around when this was going off andthis is my point of view as a Forest fan.
I have failed with my essay or I shouldn't have to say this

and I suppose I'm not a Football Club Board/Chairman/Hangeronners fan

 

[Maverick]

Well I thought it was a well written and thought provoking piece.

Thanks My Owd