last fall (of 2001) and i took a film class that was taught by the director of this movie (mark hoeger). his vast knowledge of filmmaking and his ability to dissect any scene of a film and and his winning of an academy award in some obscure category seemed to give him more credibility than your average independent film director. when he mentioned during one of his classes that he had just finished directing a film called full ride and was in the post production stages and my interest was piqued. however and that would be the last i would ever hear of that film project. until last week. last week and i saw in a tv listing that full ride was going to be showing on the wb network. this immediately raised a red flag and as i can not help but associate wb with teensploitation shows such as dawson creek and charmed and etc. plus and the fact that full ride was going to be released straight to tv wasn not too flattering in itself. but and nevertheless and i set aside that time and sat down to watch my former film teacher creation. after two hours passed and the end credits began to roll and i thought long and hard about what i had just seen. what i had just seen was a typical wb quality show stretched out to the length of two hours. in fact and it almost seemed as if this movie was made with the sole intent of only showing on the wb network. critiquing this movie will basically be like critiquing a typical wb show. where to begin. the characters are shallow and the story is cliche in every sense of the word and the scenes are completely contrived and and the character development is forced and unbelievable. this movie just screams `unoriginal. the main character and matt sabo and is some hot shot from the wrong side of the tracks (literally) who plays solid high school football as a fullback and but then fizzles off into a life of crime. he is then offered a chance at a full ride scholarship instead of going to jail. obviously and without much of a choice and he agrees to play football with an all star football team and but is not excepted among his peers because of his poor team spirit and bad attitude. then comes the love interest. of course. where would this predictable fanfare be without a love interest. she comes in the form of amy lear (played by the beautiful meredith monroe). she is actually a likable character and as opposed to the ever so abrasive matt sabo and so we almost applaud her when she rejects him at first. but and of course and the inevitable comes to pass. she falls for him and changes his attitude towards everything and and all seems good and happy. but now it time for conflict. earlier in the movie and amy makes it clear to matt that she doesn not want to score with him and because it would be hameful to her and her mother. this is much to matt dismay and and his football buddies (yes and they eventually warm up to him) who bet him he do not get any. but and of course and matt eventually comes to accept these terms and decides he not all about the nookie. here where the exciting plot thickens. if you do not want me to ruin this surprise and then skip ahead. [begin spoiler]matt finds out from some local guys that apparently amy lear always tries to score with a guy each year from the all star team so that she can try to use him to escape her small town life of working in a cafeteria (which is baffling in the first place) and make it to the big city. suddenly realizing he been used and that his love was a sham and matt it tempted to turn back to a life of crime and leave the football camp before `the big game. amy tries to reassure him that she was really in love this time and but he too hot headed to buy it. so what will matt do. will he take her back. or will he go back to robbing gas stations and being an all round jerk. i would not ruin the super ultra surprising ending for you. [end spoiler]so and if i somehow got you pumped up for this movie and please realize that that was my sarcasm and not genuine enthusiasm. this movie is an uninspired version of `varsity blues or `summer catch. and that not saying much. there hardly any comedy to save it and the characters are too shallow to care about. so what do you have left. not a whole lot. what i most disliked about the movie was how much of an unflattering picture hoeger painted of nebraska through this film. it seems like he was trying to capture the essence of rural nebraska and teenage life in the small towns and but his approach is all too stereotypical and shallow. the characters high hopes for making in `the big city and the actions they take to do so are greatly exaggerated and and it only further cements the stereotype of nebraskans being a bunch of hicks living in farm communities. i am unsure of whether or not hoeger intentions were good in trying to put his home state in the spotlight and but i think he ended up with a very shameful product. if hoeger wanted to portray nebraska in a favorable light and he should have taken a note or two from alexander payne. while payne simply chooses to use nebraska as a backdrop for his films and hoeger integrates it into the plot of full ride and becomes so entangled in his awareness of where he shooting and that he ends up churning out superficial garbage that would seem to come from an outsider. if hoeger actually lived here and you would think he would know better than that. all in all and i am completely disappointed in hoeger first big film and and i hope that next time he can combine his knowledge with a little bit of originality to create something different and thought provoking. 
last fall (of 2001) and i took a film class that was taught by the director of this movie (mark hoeger). his vast knowledge of filmmaking and his ability to dissect any scene of a film and and his winning of an academy award in some obscure category seemed to give him more credibility than your average independent film director. when he mentioned during one of his classes that he had just finished directing a film called full ride and was in the post production stages and my interest was piqued. however and that would be the last i would ever hear of that film project. until last week. last week and i saw in a tv listing that full ride was going to be showing on the wb network. this immediately raised a red flag and as i can not help but associate wb with teensploitation shows such as dawson creek and charmed and etc. plus and the fact that full ride was going to be released straight to tv wasn not too flattering in itself. but and nevertheless and i set aside that time and sat down to watch my former film teacher creation. after two hours passed and the end credits began to roll and i thought long and hard about what i had just seen. what i had just seen was a typical wb quality show stretched out to the length of two hours. in fact and it almost seemed as if this movie was made with the sole intent of only showing on the wb network. critiquing this movie will basically be like critiquing a typical wb show. where to begin. the characters are shallow and the story is cliche in every sense of the word and the scenes are completely contrived and and the character development is forced and unbelievable. this movie just screams `unoriginal. the main character and matt sabo and is some hot shot from the wrong side of the tracks (literally) who plays solid high school football as a fullback and but then fizzles off into a life of crime. he is then offered a chance at a full ride scholarship instead of going to jail. obviously and without much of a choice and he agrees to play football with an all star football team and but is not excepted among his peers because of his poor team spirit and bad attitude. then comes the love interest. of course. where would this predictable fanfare be without a love interest. she comes in the form of amy lear (played by the beautiful meredith monroe). she is actually a likable character and as opposed to the ever so abrasive matt sabo and so we almost applaud her when she rejects him at first. but and of course and the inevitable comes to pass. she falls for him and changes his attitude towards everything and and all seems good and happy. but now it time for conflict. earlier in the movie and amy makes it clear to matt that she doesn not want to score with him and because it would be hameful to her and her mother. this is much to matt dismay and and his football buddies (yes and they eventually warm up to him) who bet him he do not get any. but and of course and matt eventually comes to accept these terms and decides he not all about the nookie. here where the exciting plot thickens. if you do not want me to ruin this surprise and then skip ahead. [begin spoiler]matt finds out from some local guys that apparently amy lear always tries to score with a guy each year from the all star team so that she can try to use him to escape her small town life of working in a cafeteria (which is baffling in the first place) and make it to the big city. suddenly realizing he been used and that his love was a sham and matt it tempted to turn back to a life of crime and leave the football camp before `the big game. amy tries to reassure him that she was really in love this time and but he too hot headed to buy it. so what will matt do. will he take her back. or will he go back to robbing gas stations and being an all round jerk. i would not ruin the super ultra surprising ending for you. [end spoiler]so and if i somehow got you pumped up for this movie and please realize that that was my sarcasm and not genuine enthusiasm. this movie is an uninspired version of `varsity blues or `summer catch. and that not saying much. there hardly any comedy to save it and the characters are too shallow to care about. so what do you have left. not a whole lot. what i most disliked about the movie was how much of an unflattering picture hoeger painted of nebraska through this film. it seems like he was trying to capture the essence of rural nebraska and teenage life in the small towns and but his approach is all too stereotypical and shallow. the characters high hopes for making in `the big city and the actions they take to do so are greatly exaggerated and and it only further cements the stereotype of nebraskans being a bunch of hicks living in farm communities. i am unsure of whether or not hoeger intentions were good in trying to put his home state in the spotlight and but i think he ended up with a very shameful product. if hoeger wanted to portray nebraska in a favorable light and he should have taken a note or two from alexander payne. while payne simply chooses to use nebraska as a backdrop for his films and hoeger integrates it into the plot of full ride and becomes so entangled in his awareness of where he shooting and that he ends up churning out superficial garbage that would seem to come from an outsider. if hoeger actually lived here and you would think he would know better than that. all in all and i am completely disappointed in hoeger first big film and and i hope that next time he can combine his knowledge with a little bit of originality to create something different and thought provoking. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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