Amazing!!

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2019)

I'm not really a fan of baseball, but 42 was easily one of the best films i've ever watched. One really great scene in the movie was when Ben Chapman was calling Jackie names to make him mad and distract him from winning the game for his team. I think this scene was great because Jackie controlled his temper in such a good way. As heartbreaking as it was to watch him have to take that without being able to do anything about it, it was nice to watch him win and see Ben Chapman and his team lose.
The plot of this movie was that racism was huge in the baseball community. When Ricky hired Jackie to play for the Dodgers it showed that Jackie, a black man, was just as capable, even better at baseball than so many of the white men also playing baseball at the time.
I knew that racism was very big and so real, I just never knew it was a huge problem in sports as well. I thought white men would be happy to win tournaments without the color of one's skin bothering them in any way. Boy was I wrong. Racism isn't too big of a problem anymore. Don't get me wrong, it still very much exists, but it's not as bad as it was years ago.
Brian Helgeland is the director of 42. Other movies directed by Brian Helgeland are: Payback, A knight's tale, The order, and Legend; I have not watched any of those other movies directed by him. I have watched movies he's been in though, such as highway to hell, and A nightmare on elm street (I think 4). I think he's a great actor. Chadwick Boseman did an amazing job, acting wise, as Jackie Robinson.
I liked the acting of most characters in the movie. I loved how much Ricky supported and pushed Jackie to help him succeed in his baseball career. I would have definitely watched this movie on my own time outside of school. I would 10/10 recommend this movie to friends.