Quick question to any of you. I’ve bought The movie What it takes more than a month ago. Paid but never received the DVD. But the most disturbing thing is that i’ve sent several emails with NO ONE single answer from them and there is no way to find a telefephone number to call. Is this just a big fraud or is this DVD for real? thnx
This movie is for real. I own it, and it is amazing.
I ordered it about 1 year ago, and had the same problem. I had to harass them for a while, but eventually, they sent it.
Hi Doug,
you did harass them how ? glad to follow the same route since my emails are not producing any result
Hey,
I just sent several emails, along with my receipt, asking (semi-politely) where my movie was, to info@witmovie.com and store@witmovie.com. The emails didn’t get any responses, so I filed a claim with PayPal, and accused “WIT Group, LLC” of fraud. That finally prompted them to actually send me the movie.
Personally I thought the film sucked. Maybe it’s just because I’m not gay for Peter Reid.
what movie do i order if im gay for the wimmens pros?
What it takes is just plain shite. The subject matter was there, so much potential - but the execution was terrible.
Don’t get me started on the trainer edition. It could have been brilliant but again was just rubbish. That music…Jesus.
What it takes is just plain shite. The subject matter was there, so much potential - but the execution was terrible.
Don’t get me started on the trainer edition. It could have been brilliant but again was just rubbish. That music…Jesus.
Second that. What I did not understand is what audience was targeted? Tri fans are left frustrated not to see more of what they actually do, learn about their training program, etc. The general public did not see the point. Missed opportunity
I didn’t like it either, but I think the idea was great. It was just bad luck.
I haven’t seen it in a while, but it profiled some of the best pros at the time that they thought had great chances of getting to the podium in Hawaii.
Then Lori Bowden got preggers, Peter Reid retired and spent a lot of the movie talking about his breakup with Lori, I believe Heather Fuhr was injurred, and Luke Bell just wasn’t the up and comer that everyone thought he was going to be.
I think they should take another shot at it.
well…i’ve got it at the end (after sending the 1000th email and calling my bank to cancel the payment)…
movie is not what i did expect. not at all really. At least it would have been good to see them performing the 3 sports during their training. not even that.
i agree, they should give it another try…or maybe I should try, im thinking about it now. iroman racing is an amazing subject and not only for triathlon addicted.
I imagine that the producers/directors of ‘What it Takes’ ran into the same quandary that NBC runs into every year–the idea of documenting elite athletes swimming, biking, and running is great but there isn’t any drama. They started with the intention of documenting 4 athletes s/b/r’ing their way to Kona to see ‘what it took’ to compete at that level but I think that due to a confluence of events that another poster discussed (injury, preggerness, unrealized potential) they actually discovered something greater.
Peter Reid.
He became the “special interest” story of that movie, and it may not have been compelling to us as triathletes, but it is VERY compelling. Show 100 triathletes that movie and they’ll have the same complaints as you and say “the worst part about the movie was Peter Reid.” Show it to 100 “layman” and you’ll hear “I could do without all the swimming and biking, and the best part was Peter Reid.” There isn’t much drama in watching a guy train to bike 24mph in Kona as opposed to everyone else who can only go 20mph, but there is drama in watching a guy sacrifice his entire life in the pursuit of winning the race. And in that pursuit they discovered the true answer to the question “what does it take?”
This movie was depressing.
The footage was not the best. I wanted to see more of any of the single athletes racing. Watching Peter Reid’s mental breakdown was not fun. All Reid wanted was to win and get the hell out of triathlon because it was ruining his life. And Luke’s coping with the previous year’s collapse was also depressing. I would have rathered them follow Macca or another athlete. I can’t even remember the stories of the female athletes.
On the other hand, I think this movie serves as perfect support for the “I don’t want to do Kona” thread that has been circulating recently.
+10 I think so far on what a lousy movie this is. Boring, depressing and uninteresting on almost every level. Peter Reid’s life is potrayed as lonely and pathetic. Luke Bell whines about missing his family while he’s on the road (I can understand but dude, that’s the job you’ve chosen). Lori Bowden seems to be the only one in the movie who has real work/life balance - but still, boring.
They try to make excitement out of stupid things like Peter getting denied an early morning swim due to pool closure and so instead he goes out on his cross bike for a 3 hour winter ride and claims, “none of my competitors are doing this” - yeah right Peter, you are the only triathlete on the planet who can shift gears from one discipline to another and go out in the elements and bang out a different type of workout…right, got it.
Absolute garbage.
I get what you’re saying eganski, but I don’t think that they were realistically going after the “layman” demographic in the first place. It’s not like this movie is flying off the New Release shelf at Blockbuster. I think well more than the large majority of the people that have seen this movie are the triathletes like you and me who could have done without the drama, and our complaints have blown the word of mouth that would have increased sales among our peers.
I think they blew it.
What it take was a great movie… i just think most of you werent ready to learn what the life of a professional triathlete really is…
to talk about the training specificly would be pointless because that is the less important aspect of succeding in this sport… but once again, 90% of triathlete dont understand that and think pro athlete have magical training program
what it takes showed very well the struggle of most pro triathlete… everyone goes by those depressive/down phases… it s the reality of pushing to the limits… The movie showed this very well…
yeah right Peter, you are the only triathlete on the planet who can shift gears from one discipline to another and go out in the elements and bang out a different type of workout…right, got it.
Based on the number of threads on here about the panic from missed individual workouts for various reasons, I would say “Yes” - Peter Reid is one of the few triathletes who do this. I have always thought this was on of the beautiful things about this sport - Can’t swim, then you can ride. Can’t run - then you can swim . . and so on. So many seemed to be locked into this I-must-do-this-workout-today mentality.
To the OP and the general direction of the thread, I would agree, that the movie is perhaps not the most uplifting. However it is a realistic portrait of what it’s like to be a triathlete at this level. It’s not always light and laughter. Things don’t always go the way you planned. There can only be one race winner.
I thought the movie was well done. PR does come off lonely, starved and miserable. I imagine to a certain extent that is what it takes to be the best in the world. To think it would be all sunshine and podium girls would be silly. Better movie but not a documentary which is what they were going for.
I came away from that movie knowing that I DO NOT have what it takes but with a lot of respect for those that do.
I’m glad you posted that Jonnyo. I have watched the movie a coupe of times since purchasing it some time ago and I liked it a lot. The movie was about the people who were at the top or near it and striving to get there. The Peter Reid part was particularly compelling.
If someone wants to be a world champ, be like Peter, and be prepared to pay the price in a lot of ways. This movie showed what these people had to put in to achieve high levels of success and what it took out of them.
It wasn’t a training, how to video. thank goodness. Those are a dime a dozen. this was far more interesting.
to talk about the training specificly would be pointless because that is the less important aspect of succeding in this sport… but once again, 90% of triathlete dont understand that and think pro athlete have magical training program
Jonny,
Good point,
I have had the opportunity and good fortune over the years to spend a decent amount of time in the company of many of the top triathletes and other top athletes in other endurance sports. The specifics and details of workouts rarely comes up in those informal and casual discussions and conversations.
In fact, I happened to have a dinner with Craig Alexander a few nights before Ironman Hawaii last year. Training never came up in the lively around-the-table banter that evening, nor did any discussion about equipment or gear. What struck me was how at ease Craig was. He seemed very calm and relaxed.