Das Herz eines Helden (2011)

Das Herz eines Helden: Directed by Corbin Bernsen. With Nathan Gamble, Timothy Omundson, Maureen Flannigan, Ronal Fergeson. The story of an 11-year-old boy whose derby dreams are left in pieces when his soldier father is killed in Afghanistan. The boy teams up with a father figure whose own son, a firefighter, died in the line of duty, and the two help each other find redemption and revive the derby.

“I watched this movie on one of the U.S. religious cable channels, under the title Heart of a Hero. Best: actor Nathan Gamble… He was very believable and sincere with a script that I suspect most preteens and teens would find difficult (praying, for instance). Very good at crying. Perhaps not quite so good at it as Bobs Watson, but very convincing. Good: The movie promotes a worthy hobby for boys and girls.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eProblems: I did not care much for the obvious advertising– a major vehicle insurance company and others. Not very subtle at all.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFinally, why on earth was this done with a 1.78:1 aspect ratio? When my flat screen re-sized it to fit the screen, the boy and other characters were vertically squashed, making them all looked stunted and overweight. Did this happen because the movie was not shot with movie film, but rather was all digital?”