City Lad Posted 22 April 2009 Posted 22 April 2009 Just seen a trailer for this, looks good. Factual drama about how the glamour-studded career of Britain's most famous footballer destroyed the life not only of George Best himself but also of the close-knit family that he had left behind in Belfast. At the same time as high-living began to take its toll on George's own career, his previously teetotal mother descended into alcoholism, with damaging repercussions for the whole family. Sun 26 Apr 2009 21:00 BBC Two
Fox92 Posted 23 April 2009 Posted 23 April 2009 Might have a look at this. Although, I have his DVD and it may be close to that. Honest, he is a legend.
Ultra Posted 24 April 2009 Posted 24 April 2009 A tragic tale. Although it's been told before, it may be worth another look..
ozleicester Posted 24 April 2009 Posted 24 April 2009 which again opens the door to the question... The Greatest ever? I still cant decide... Best/Pele Maradona Puskas Ronaldo edit; note..question refers to pure footballing skill, not attitude..alcohol etc
Rocket-Ron Posted 24 April 2009 Posted 24 April 2009 which again opens the door to the question...The Greatest ever? I still cant decide... Best/Pele Maradona Puskas Ronaldo edit; note..question refers to pure footballing skill, not attitude..alcohol etc john pierre papin
Matt Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Just starting now, if anyone planned to watch it and have forgot.
lildave3 Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Just starting now, if anyone planned to watch it and have forgot. Ta, i'll set it to record.
Matt Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Yeah not bad, felt it could have cut other bits out and extended on for a few years though.
Mickey O'Neil Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 I thought that was pretty good to be honest. +1 Barbara was a bit alright as well
J.Lisemore Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 +1 Barbara was a bit alright as well She wasn't bad to be fair Not sure if i could go out with a Barbara though
Thracian Posted 26 April 2009 Posted 26 April 2009 Utterly depressing. It felt like an advert for Alcoholics Anonymous. The feeling at the time was that, for all the weaknesses of his own mind and the limitations of his background, Best chose to live life on his own terms as the first footballing superstar and did so to the full. But that drama conveyed nothing but a catalogue of despair. The limited dourness of his home life, the loneliness of being a young footballer with no other meaningful focus apart from the adulation of shallow women and the sadness of his not ever respecting anyone or anything enough, be it his family, his manager, his club, his team-mates or his talent, to do himself fuller justice. Besty might have occupied the fast lane more often than others but lots of people lived their own versions of his life in the 60s and came through it having loved every minute. Best's problem was that he couldn't last the pace, mentally or physically. He let himself be drowned by the juices of good living but at least he'll be remembered when others will be forgotten. On the face of it he was a winner. But in many ways he was the opposite, beaten by the media, the pressures, the varying demands and his own weaknesses. Beaten by so mistreating his body that he tarnished the brilliance that gave him his passport to stardom, and beaten too by the booze which became his only master even above himself. It was a sorry story. I wish I'd never watched it. I'd didn't really want to know about his life outside football because I knew that none of the rest was the least bit inspiring or even heartwarming. I prefer to remember the magician in a number 11 shirt. The athlete with the speed, skill and swerve to mesmerise any defender, the eye of a hawk, the passes like laser-guided arrows and the finishing in either foot to draw admiration from even opposition supporters. All tonight's drama did was to tarnish a relevent chapter of life - one that was full of excellence, excitement and achievement - with the blacks and greys of everyday human failings and frailties. It mocked the concepts of hero-worship, aspiration and illusion. Who, in a school playground, would want to be George Best anymore?
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