'Fittest on Earth: Retro/Active' - Movie Review

Somewhere in Wisconsin in 2022, a whole bunch of fitness fans and athletes got together for a week of events to select the "Fittest on Earth." I found the selection of events kind of interesting, but the athletes were a surprisingly dull lot, and the events were presented in a dull way. Despite a nearly two hour run time, they didn't manage to make any of the events exciting because they diced them up into such tiny parts. Across 5-to-7 days, there are a LOT of events, so if they want to show some or most of them they have to do it chopped small ... or they could have concentrated on one or two events. Instead they showed us tiny bits of events, and talked to the top three competitors of each gender. And the competitors talked in clichés, ate a lot, and grunted through events.

"CrossFit" is apparently not only the group making the movie, but also a company that makes cross-fit equipment. This amounts to a very long and disappointing ad for a sport/lifestyle. I respect the achievement of the athletes, but that can't make this a good movie.