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The Surrounding Game

2018

Action / Documentary / Drama / History / Sport

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821.45 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
P/S 0 / 1
1.55 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 37 min
P/S 0 / 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mchaglayan5 / 10

Could be far better

While I was watching it, I thought like "why they give so much minute to this Ben guy, he is really annoying, probably his parents filmed it" and at the credits I saw that one of the directors have the same surname. Other than that, it is pretty outdated. I guess it is filmed in 2012 but broadcasted in 2018, weird. It would a really great documentary if it wasn't like sleeptalking of Ben for half an hour.

Reviewed by mamins-164999 / 10

Interesting characters at an interesting time for the game

The look at Go historically and in Asia introduces you to the game well, and shows you the cultural heights the game can reach, something which helps lend importance to the documentary's main narrative: the tournament to decide America's first professional Go players.

Personally, I enjoyed the way the film followed the three American players, which was certainly not flattering, but showed them as very human and with their own philosophies and worries in life. And these are the top players in America, devoted to what was (until the events depicted in the documentary) a wholly amateur pursuit in their country -- certainly some interesting characters.

Reviewed by tekoteko6 / 10

Okay documentary

Pretty subpar compared to AlphaGo documentary. This one follows the a tournament to find the first American pro player.

There's barely any insights to each player's lives. There's only one short scene showing one American playing in a Korean school. Nothing else much about their lives.

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