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Title: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Special Ed on May 28, 2008, 09:51:01 PM
Bigger Stronger Faster*

Reviewed by Special Ed 5/28/08

   In Bigger Stronger Faster*, winner of Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival this year, filmmaker Chris Bell uses his family’s unique and personal experiences with steroid use as a microcosm for the nation’s own obsession with performance-enhancing drugs.  Raised in a typical, middle-class, upstate New York home with a working father and doting mother, Chris and his two athletic brothers – Mad Dog and Smelly – grow up on a steady diet of the 80’s three major food groups for adolescent boys: Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Hulkamania.  With a shared enthusiasm for muscles, strength, and fame, all three brothers enlist the aid of steroids to test the limits of their physicality in football, powerlifting, bodybuilding and even professional wrestling.

   The director’s heartbreaking tale of his own family’s struggle with the morality and emotional consequences of steroid use is inter-cut with an entertaining cross-country tour focusing on the film’s main theme: Isn’t steroid use just another part of the American Dream? The film takes the position that in a country that values fame over integrity and the dollar over the soul, the use of performance-enhancing substances in any competitive endeavor – sports, academics, modeling, or even music – is really as American as apple pie. From Muscle Beach to the Nation’s Capital, Bell uses eye-opening interviews with deluded bodybuilders, clueless congressmen, crooked physicians, and Olympic officials and athletes, to lay the groundwork to support the subtle notion that the media hysteria, exaggerated medical risks, and money-wasting efforts of Congressional investigations are, like McCarthy-ism and the Drug War before it, nothing more than political propaganda focused on demonizing the latest “scourge” on American society.

   Like a good documentary should, the film refuses to take sides and leaves viewers to draw their own conclusions about the risks and tolls of steroid use. Along the way, Bell courageously lays it all on the table and remains true to his vision, even if it means exposing his brothers’ painful confessions that could irreparably damage their marriages and careers.  Bigger Stronger Faster* is much more than a film about steroids – ultimately, it’s an important film about honesty.

Grade: Get off your Getbig asses and go see it!



Opens in New York and Los Angeles: Friday, May 30th 2008

Special Ed is the Host of Big Nation Radio, a bodybuilding radio program that features interviews with professional athletes and commentary that takes an unflinching look at supplementation and steroids. It airs live every Monday at 7pm EST at BigNationRadio.com (http://BigNationRadio.com).

Join Special Ed and Big Nation Radio on June 2, 2008, when his guest is Bigger Stronger Faster Director Chris Bell! See the movie and call in with your questions: 646-595-3895
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: CARTEL on May 28, 2008, 09:55:47 PM
You're quite the MattC aren't you?

Without all the racism and self-loathing I guess.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Special Ed on May 28, 2008, 09:59:25 PM
You're quite the MattC aren't you?

Without all the racism and self-loathing I guess.
I'd only be like Mazi if I was linking to Fandango.com (http://Fandango.com) where you could buy tickets to see the movie and they'd pay me a referral fee AND I mentioned that sneaky Jews stole steroids from Nazi Germany labs to inject directly into their brains to gain an unfair intellectual advantage.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: CARTEL on May 28, 2008, 10:02:56 PM
I'd only be like Mazi if I was linking to Fandango.com (http://Fandango.com) where you could buy tickets to see the movie and they'd pay me a referral fee AND I mentioned that sneaky Jews stole steroids from Nazi Germany labs to inject directly into their brains to gain an unfair intellectual advantage.

True dat.

My bad.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: BM OUT on May 29, 2008, 05:45:54 AM
You are wrong!Jews stole the steroids and injected them into their noses and not their brains.Supposedly they wanted their noses bigger so they could breathe more air because they know its free.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Special Ed on May 29, 2008, 08:29:01 AM
Downgrade
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Blockhead on May 29, 2008, 10:41:56 AM

 Bumps...in the back!
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Earl1972 on May 29, 2008, 10:49:55 AM
the clips they showed on "outside the lines" looked pretty cool, can't wait to see it

E
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: chainsaw on May 29, 2008, 10:57:56 AM
Its probably nothing I havent heard before.
Same ol BS.

Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Method101 on May 29, 2008, 11:14:34 AM
Romano will be on there, talking about how lifelong steroid use has gifted him with brutal 16inch guns and gyno.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - Opens 5/30!
Post by: Special Ed on May 29, 2008, 11:23:16 AM
Romano will be on there, talking about how lifelong steroid use has gifted him with brutal 16inch guns and gyno.
Actually, Romano comes across as one of the most intelligent people in the film. The congressmen, physicians, and athletes are the ones who get exposed.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Special Ed on May 29, 2008, 11:26:41 AM
Great Idea! Since none of your ladies want to be dragged to see a steroid film, meet up with your fellow Getbiggers to see the flick and take a Thumbs Up photo in front of the theater. Then check it off the list! Let's see how many theaters we can knock off the list!

Here is the full release schedule for those looking forward to seeing the movie:

     
Opening

5/30/2008
Hollywood, CA: ArcLight Hollywood 15
Irvine, CA: University Town Center 6 Cinemas
Los Angeles, CA: The Landmark
Pasadena, CA: Playhouse 7 Cinemas
New York, NY: Sunshine Cinema
New York, NY: Empire 25 Theaters

6/6/2008
Berkeley, CA: Shattuck Cinemas
Palo Alto, CA: Aquarius 2
Pleasant Hill, CA: CineArts 5 - Pleasant Hill
San Diego, CA: Hillcrest Cinemas
San Francisco, CA: Embarcadero Center Cinema
Washington, DC: E Street Cinema
Chicago, IL: Landmark's Century Centre Cinema
Evanston, IL: CineArts 6 - Evanston
Brookline, MA: Coolidge Corner Theatre
Cambridge, MA: Kendall Square Cinema
Minneapolis, MN: Lagoon Cinema
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
Austin, TX: Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills
Dallas, TX: Magnolia Theatre - Dallas
Arlington, VA: Shirlington 7

6/13/2008
San Jose, CA: Santana Row 6
Santa Cruz, CA: Nickelodeon Theatres
Denver, CO: Mayan Theatre
Atlanta, GA: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Kennesaw, GA: Barrett Commons 24 Theatres
Portland, ME: The Movies
Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Theater
Royal Oak, MI: Main Art Theatre
Frontenac, MO: Plaza Frontenac Cinema
Cleveland Heights, OH: Cedar Lee Theatres
Portland, OR: Fox Tower 10
Seattle, WA: Varsity Theatre
Madison, WI: Sundance Cinemas 608

6/20/2008
Monterey, CA: Osio Plaza 6
North Falmouth, MA: Nickelodeon Cinema 5
Kansas City, MO: Tivoli @ Manor Square
Chapel Hill, NC: Chelsea Cinema
Charlotte, NC: Manor Theatre
Santa Fe, NM: De Vargas Center
Bend, OR: Pilot Butte 6 Theatres
Richmond, VA: Westhampton Cinema 2

6/27/2008
Dayton, OH: New Neon Movies
Salt Lake City, UT: Broadway Centre Cinemas
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: donrhummy on May 29, 2008, 11:34:55 AM
Great Idea! Since none of your ladies want to be dragged to see a steroid film, meet up with your fellow Getbiggers to see the flick and take a Thumbs Up photo in front of the theater. Then check it off the list! Let's see how many theaters we can knock off the list!

Here is the full release schedule for those looking forward to seeing the movie:

     
Opening

5/30/2008
Hollywood, CA: ArcLight Hollywood 15
Irvine, CA: University Town Center 6 Cinemas
Los Angeles, CA: The Landmark
Pasadena, CA: Playhouse 7 Cinemas
New York, NY: Sunshine Cinema
New York, NY: Empire 25 Theaters

6/6/2008
Berkeley, CA: Shattuck Cinemas
Palo Alto, CA: Aquarius 2
Pleasant Hill, CA: CineArts 5 - Pleasant Hill
San Diego, CA: Hillcrest Cinemas
San Francisco, CA: Embarcadero Center Cinema
Washington, DC: E Street Cinema
Chicago, IL: Landmark's Century Centre Cinema
Evanston, IL: CineArts 6 - Evanston
Brookline, MA: Coolidge Corner Theatre
Cambridge, MA: Kendall Square Cinema
Minneapolis, MN: Lagoon Cinema
Philadelphia, PA: Ritz at the Bourse
Austin, TX: Arbor Cinemas at Great Hills
Dallas, TX: Magnolia Theatre - Dallas
Arlington, VA: Shirlington 7

6/13/2008
San Jose, CA: Santana Row 6
Santa Cruz, CA: Nickelodeon Theatres
Denver, CO: Mayan Theatre
Atlanta, GA: Midtown Art Cinemas 8
Kennesaw, GA: Barrett Commons 24 Theatres
Portland, ME: The Movies
Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan Theater
Royal Oak, MI: Main Art Theatre
Frontenac, MO: Plaza Frontenac Cinema
Cleveland Heights, OH: Cedar Lee Theatres
Portland, OR: Fox Tower 10
Seattle, WA: Varsity Theatre
Madison, WI: Sundance Cinemas 608

6/20/2008
Monterey, CA: Osio Plaza 6
North Falmouth, MA: Nickelodeon Cinema 5
Kansas City, MO: Tivoli @ Manor Square
Chapel Hill, NC: Chelsea Cinema
Charlotte, NC: Manor Theatre
Santa Fe, NM: De Vargas Center
Bend, OR: Pilot Butte 6 Theatres
Richmond, VA: Westhampton Cinema 2

6/27/2008
Dayton, OH: New Neon Movies
Salt Lake City, UT: Broadway Centre Cinemas


Does that mean it starts showing that day in those theaters and will continue in them after that date or is that the only day it shows in each of those theaters?
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Special Ed on May 29, 2008, 11:55:29 AM
Does that mean it starts showing that day in those theaters and will continue in them after that date or is that the only day it shows in each of those theaters?
That's the start date. How long the theater keeps it on a screen depends on the same factors as any other movie - how well it's doing and how many screens will be needed for Batman, Hulk, Wanted, and Kung Fu Panda. It will be playing for at least a week, and if it does as well as projected (100% Positive on Rotten Tomatoes), it could be in theaters for several months (like 9/11).
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Stark on May 29, 2008, 12:15:23 PM
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42890703/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: thisiskeith12 on May 29, 2008, 12:18:07 PM
They showed the trailer and clips on ESPN yesterday on a few different shows. Looks really good.

Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Special Ed on May 29, 2008, 12:33:15 PM
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42890703/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary
Nico you fucking dickhead! An iron brother has created a film that finally sticks up for Iron Brothers everywhere and you're gonna promote stealing his movie and taking money out of the pockets of the only man who is courageous enough to take on Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Supplements, the US Olympic Committee and the US Government?

Better idea: Post some more pix of your trip to the overpriced zoo!

Hey look! A black rhino at the Dublin Zoo! You wasted E6700!
(http://www.mcawilliams.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dublin-zoo-resting-rhino.jpg)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: candidizzle on May 29, 2008, 12:38:04 PM
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42890703/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary
fucking aye !!


stark you just got my respect back  ;D
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Stark on May 29, 2008, 12:45:43 PM
Nico you fucking dickhead! An iron brother has created a film that finally sticks up for Iron Brothers everywhere and you're gonna promote stealing his movie and taking money out of the pockets of the only man who is courageous enough to take on Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Supplements, the US Olympic Committee and the US Government?

Better idea: Post some more pix of your trip to the overpriced zoo!

Hey look! A black rhino at the Dublin Zoo! You wasted E6700!
(http://www.mcawilliams.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dublin-zoo-resting-rhino.jpg)

Oh I'm so so sorry.... just in case the first link isn't working anymore

http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42814759/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: _bruce_ on May 29, 2008, 01:17:33 PM
Stark you filthy thief!  >:(
Hartz4 is calling....
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: hipolito mejia on May 29, 2008, 01:25:28 PM
"They don't talk about selling fake GH in the movie,so is not that bad for our industry and work ethic"


(http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefMuED9IV_IAkxSjzbkF/SIG=12q3ksi9a/EXP=1212178862/**http%3A//www.davepalumbo.com/2003%2520noc/dave%2520n%2520troy%2520lg.jpg)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: spinnis on May 29, 2008, 02:18:20 PM
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42890703/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary

Its fake.
I already downloaded it.. lol
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Stark on May 29, 2008, 02:23:04 PM
Its fake.
I already downloaded it.. lol

it's not ::)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: spinnis on May 29, 2008, 02:47:17 PM
it's not ::)

it is.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: swilkins1984 on May 29, 2008, 02:54:05 PM
I checked to see where it will be showing and its not anywhere within 50 miles of country ass Memphis.  :-\
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: G o a t b o y on May 29, 2008, 04:13:15 PM
This film looks awesome.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Blockhead on May 29, 2008, 04:57:29 PM

 Hell yea!  The 'MUST SEE' of the summer!  Can't wait until Monday night when they are on Big Nation Radio with the first all exclusize interview.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: TrueGrit on May 29, 2008, 05:36:19 PM
When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be about Squad..
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: SAMSON123 on May 29, 2008, 07:34:27 PM
it's not ::)

IT IS FAKE
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Red Hook on May 29, 2008, 07:44:14 PM
When I read the thread title I thought it was going to be about Squad..


lol
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Special Ed on May 30, 2008, 12:05:40 AM
Crap! Downloading that Torrent just installed some Worm Virus on my computer and I have to hit Ctrl-F8 during loading just to get back to my DOS prompt!

Stark, you bastard!
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: MONSTER_TRICEPS on May 30, 2008, 03:31:22 AM
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/42890703/Bigger+stronger+faster?tab=summary

Nice fake torrent, dickface. ::)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: _bruce_ on May 30, 2008, 03:34:12 AM
Inofficial trailer...

Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: spinnis on May 30, 2008, 04:07:07 AM
I cant wait to see what Cutler says in his interview
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Method101 on May 30, 2008, 04:12:04 AM
I cant wait to see what Cutler says in his interview
Ime guessing,

"Its not like back in the old days where bodybuilders relied on drugs, i mr.olympia owe my success to powertec and the muscletech supplement line, especially the jay cutler mass stack.
 :D
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Stark on May 30, 2008, 04:19:01 AM
Crap! Downloading that Torrent just installed some Worm Virus on my computer and I have to hit Ctrl-F8 during loading just to get back to my DOS prompt!

Stark, you bastard!

hahahh a 1.8 gig Virus hahah if you had any idea what you're talking about you be dangerous, folks go ahead download it I did and movie is ok... not groundbreaking but ok.


Jason you're trying to hard to discurage people from download ::)
Jason I said it before you are a snake that looks out only for yourself and you cannot be trusted ;)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: funk51 on May 30, 2008, 11:12:32 AM
Inofficial trailer...


you must be very proud of yourself
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: MAXX on May 30, 2008, 11:26:04 AM
hahahh a 1.8 gig Virus hahah if you had any idea what you're talking about you be dangerous, folks go ahead download it I did and movie is ok... not groundbreaking but ok.


Jason you're trying to hard to discurage people from download ::)
Jason I said it before you are a snake that looks out only for yourself and you cannot be trusted ;)
stark there are three comments on the torrent and all says its fake.

so go fuck yourself  ;)
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: SAMSON123 on May 30, 2008, 12:58:47 PM
Crap! Downloading that Torrent just installed some Worm Virus on my computer and I have to hit Ctrl-F8 during loading just to get back to my DOS prompt!

Stark, you bastard!

YEAH...My AntiVirus caught the virus/worm before it got a chance to get into my computer...IDIOT STARK...
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: willie mosconi on June 04, 2008, 11:03:32 PM
I just got back from seeing it. It is definitely worth seeing. Very well done. Very informative and insightful. I'm going to congratulate Bell next time I see him at the gym
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: TechnoViking on June 04, 2008, 11:52:54 PM
Nico you fucking dickhead! An iron brother has created a film that finally sticks up for Iron Brothers everywhere and you're gonna promote stealing his movie and taking money out of the pockets of the only man who is courageous enough to take on Big Pharma, Big Tobacco, Big Supplements, the US Olympic Committee and the US Government?

Better idea: Post some more pix of your trip to the overpriced zoo!

Hey look! A black rhino at the Dublin Zoo! You wasted E6700!
(http://www.mcawilliams.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dublin-zoo-resting-rhino.jpg)

As a lawyer, you would probably see it that way but the truth is, this film needs to be seen by as many people as possible by as many means as possible...This film was never going to make 50 million dollars...Your boy stated that it cost them 2 million to make it...If he can recupt that money and get the truth out, then so be it...It will only give him that much more respect for anything else he does...IMOP
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: jr on June 05, 2008, 01:15:32 AM
I downloaded the torrent the other day, and when I played the video, it said something like "this video is encypted, please visit blahblah.com to unencrpyt". In other words it's fake. I should have read the torrent site comments before wasting my time and bandwidth.

Don't download it.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: spinnis on June 05, 2008, 01:53:24 AM
I downloaded the torrent the other day, and when I played the video, it said something like "this video is encypted, please visit blahblah.com to unencrpyt". In other words it's fake. I should have read the torrent site comments before wasting my time and bandwidth.

Don't download it.

Is it fake?
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: jr on June 05, 2008, 01:54:36 AM
Is it fake?

I wouldn't download it if I were you, because it is not legit.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: spinnis on June 05, 2008, 02:00:35 AM
I wouldn't download it if I were you, because it is not legit.

So it´s fake?
No real?
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: jr on June 05, 2008, 02:09:14 AM
So it´s fake?
No real?

GH15 recommends only legit pharma grade torrents.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Gregzs on June 08, 2008, 06:28:50 PM
I cant wait to see what Cutler says in his interview

I saw it yesterday. Jay Cutler was not in it. I guess his part will be on the dvd whenever it is released.

If you get the chance (and want to get out of the summer heat for a while) you should go see it. It is very well done. :) 
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Stavios on June 08, 2008, 07:13:33 PM
I saw it yesterday. Jay Cutler was not in it. I guess his part will be on the dvd whenever it is released.

If you get the chance (and want to get out of the summer heat for a while) you should go see it. It is very well done. :) 

I would if the movie was in theater here.

its a shame, I will try to download it I can't even pay to see it anyway
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: donrhummy on June 20, 2008, 09:42:55 AM
REALLY, REALLY good movie. But Jay Cutler was not in it. Weird because it seems like he's going to have a big part based on the trailer.
Title: Re: BIGGER STRONGER FASTER Review - NEW TRAILER!!
Post by: Mars on June 20, 2008, 09:47:17 AM
hahaha the "female" bodybuilder "i want to stay feminine" while she already fucked up himself  ;D