Ali was a good movie that could have been great. It had all the elements of a great movie, but didn't quite fulfill any of them. The acting was pretty good, but not great. Will Smith at times embodied Muhammad Ali, but at times fell into his own voice. Jon Voight was brilliant as Howard Cossell. Cossell was charming with great timing. I had no idea it was Voight until I saw the closing credits, even after seeing his name on the opening credits.The story started off brilliantly, with wonderful visuals to put you in a time of race wars. Then it jumped around with no explanations. MLK was killed in a scene with no previous mention of him, without saying his name, or any other mention of him again. It was very confusing.
It does paint a picture of Ali as a smart man with a huge heart, a super-hero of a kind. I wish I had seen this before I saw Ali himself at LAX a few years ago.
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