The Doctor, The Tornado and The Kentucky Kid (DTK) review

[Ghost Lemur]

I watched DTK today.

For those who don't know. This documentary is by the same guy who did Faster. It too is narrated by Ewan McGregor. But this one is about one sole race. The 2005 RedBull MotoGP Leguna Seca.

Not going to do a full blow by blow review. Instead here are some after thoughts/opinions.


Personally didn't think it was as good as Faster. While there were some things I'd have liked to see different in Faster* overall it was brilliant. I have used my Faster dvds to introduce numerous nonbikers to the sport.

The amount of coverage John Hopkins got seemed a little over the top for my liking. It's not like they gave Kenny Roberts the same courtesy (and least that guy has seen a MotoGP podium.

The amount of coverage Valentino got seemed to be lacking as well. Like he was only in the heading as a selling point. Got some talk, but less than Hopkins. Probably had a bit to do with the intended market.

I'll still watch it again due to there being some definite good points.

Biggest for me was Colin Edwards. Damn I like that guy.
There's a scene where he's talking about his fitness regime and it goes along the lines of this. He did the getting up at 5:30 cycling 25 miles, exercising like crazy, and Fogerty still kicked his arse. So he decided screw that. Following year he was superbike champion. He goes on to state that riding these bikes as often as they do keeps you fit as it is, all doing this other fitness stuff does is fuck with your head. Cool guy with a cool outlook on life.

Being in my late 20's (still, just), I grew up with the Schwantz/Rainey battles, and Leguna Seca was always one of my favourite tracks. So I was glad they were going back, and it was great the amount of depth that was give to the track in DTK. It was almost like the forth star (or fifth if you count Hopkins) of the movie. Sad that we wont see the 125/250 guys battling there.

While the movie is very geared for the American market, as I said earlier there's enough postives for me to rewatch it. Overall rating 6.5/10.



* - side note: The main thing which disappointed me was the so called sequal which instead was a rush job followup. I was expecting (and hoping) for a "Faster" covering the historic move of Valentino to Yamaha and the 2004 season that followed. Instead it just seemed a rush job haphazardly thrown together with too little thought or effort.

[k14]

Yeah didn't rate it that highly aye. Watched it 2 times now and although its good to watch its certainly not as good as I expected it to be. Also the fact that the title includes "The Doctor" is a load of bs. Its 98% hopkins, edwards and hayden and 2% video clips of rossi. Only put that name in there so it sells in europe i reckon.

[Dutchee]

So it'd be better to wait for the October release before buying it? (it's extended so maybe have more on Rossi & possibly this year's race and whatever, I dunno)
Did think about buying it when it first came out, but decided to see what reviews were like. Will definitely wait now.

[pritch]

The short but sweet review is still worthy of bling. Specially in view of the fact that you've saved me the cost of the DVD.

If I need a fix I will just watch "Faster" again :-)