Pretty good bio-pic with an important message

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2014)

This movie, in a nutshell is about Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play pro Baseball. I don't know too much about baseball history, but it looks like he was amazing at the sport and especially base stealing. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and his number was 42, henceforth the name. This seems like a pretty straight forward bio-pic, with some intense scenes of racism. I actually thought there would be more racism. It seemed like it may have been toned down a bit for ratings. Still, some scenes were pretty uncomfortable to watch. I know it's important to know this history, but it's difficult to watch. Seeing people being treated inhumanly brings out a lot of emotions. Chadwick Boseman was excellent it and I'm looking forward to seeing him in The James Brown movie. I'm also not a big fan of sports movies. I would rather be watching a real game where you really don't know what's going to happen, but the game scenes were actually pretty exciting. Harrison Ford's performance was interesting. I couldn't tell if the acting seemed calculated because his character was aware of the history he was making or if the actor was going for an Oscar. All in all, I enjoyed it, better than I thought I would actually.