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Katwe is a slum in Uganda where the titular hero lives. It turns out that Phiona, despite her harsh upbringing is something of a chess prodigy. Think of this movie as the African 'Searching for Bobby Fisher' without any of the niceties of the Upper West Side of New York.
It's well done. It's Disney. When you say Chess prodigy in a slum, you kind of know what you are going to get but since it was such a different setting it was enjoyable to watch.
And I kept thinking if they can make not one but two movies based on chess, certainly there is room for a fencing movie out there.
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Easy to fake chess.
In the Tudor Period, Fencing Masters were classified in the Vagrancy Laws along with Actors, Gypsys, Vagabonds, Sturdy Rogues, and the owners of performing bears.
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Is there's an Iron Fist for fencing? Cuz if you can fake Kung fu & chess...
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No! Dammit, the chess was real. I felt it!
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The chess was all quick edits, one move one cut, stunt people and wirework.
And you know my disdain for digital blood.
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For once, could you just suspend your disbelief? You'll believe you're in a slum. You'll feel that Lupita Nyong'o could be a fried maize seller. The people do live on gruel. They do touch the board.
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CGI ruined all modern chess movies. No one does their own chess any more.
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