 |  | Great movie, even better in Blu-ray! |  |
One of my all time favorite movies now on Blu-ray. Watching and listening to the action makes me miss playing Texas high school football.
January 7, 2009My husband and I feel this is one of the greatest movies made. True story base line, action, emotions, super cast with natural acting ability, funny...and awesome music. You don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy this movie, but if you are, you'll feel the heart of the story.
January 7, 2009This movie works on the level of the general stroy and what was going on during the time and also as a sports movie.
Washington comes in as a coach of a football during troubled times in the South and how he makes the team come together, and watching the team come together, works very well. Denzel is great as he always is, though I would be hard pressed to think of any movie he was in where he was not very good. Though it may have a couple of borderline cliche moments, they are rare and the movie stays away from being too trite.
I like the fact it was based on a true story and did not realize there was some time shifting of the actual events. Since it is not a documentary that part is not critical to making the movie work, but it was interesting to find out the years the story actually occurred, which I did not know.
December 31, 2008This is one of my favorite movies. I had this on on VHS now I have it on DVD.
December 27, 2008Terrific true story! Exhilarating and exuberant; a must see for the whole family. An amazing account of the triumph of tolerance over bigotry. Definitely a keeper. Denzel Washington shines as Coach Boone in one of his finest roles, and there are NO weak supporting actors or roles.
Superbly directed and all other production values are also top notch. And, oh yeah, it's also a great football movie! But it is so finely crafted, it could have been about CHESS teams and still have the same impact. Can't wait to see the director's cut.
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