Great sports movie, great directing!!

Rating: Null/10 (16 November 2012)

Coach Carter is one of the best sports films of all time, not only because it shows how a team came together and progressed with their season, but also how the coach helps each player develop into well rounded men. If you like Sports films that not only talk about the team but also make a story out of each players life then this is the movie for you. The Director Thomas Carter did an amazing job of showing how a team can rally together when they were at their lowest, to become a strong power house of a team. He also did an amazing job of introducing the audience to more of the player's lives.
Ken Carter, played by actor Samuel L. Jackson, returns to his old high school to turn the basketball program around. When Coach Carter took the job, he didn't realize how bad of shape his team really was. Samuel L. Jackson was a perfect choice for the role of the head coach Ken Carter, mainly because of the certain edge that he gives off as an actor. Samuel L. Jackson has always been an intimidating actor in most of the movies he has played in. Most have them have been action films but this was a new film for him. Instead of being the fearless hardcore hero, he played the role of a father and a coach that has inspired a group of men to be more than a basketball team.
Coach Carter soon sets many standards for the team that they have to abide by. These rules soon help develop the players into very well rounded men. With the help of these rules and a new coach the Richman High School Oilers soon became a community that not only was known for their basketball skills but the maturity of their players. The director of this movie did an amazing job of integrating the challenges of each player and having the coach help them through their troubles. The director really did a good job of controlling the young actors and giving the audience a good view of how the story really happened. Each player faced a huge wall that they had to overcome and Coach Carter influenced them through it all.
Another thing that made this movie stand out was the fact that this is a true story. It's hard to put together a movie that has the appeal of a great sports obstacle, but also the development of the players how went from never having a chance of going to college to become mature men who had a chance to go to college. It's hard to take a true story and put it into a big screen movie. Thomas Carter again did a wonderful job with this movie.
I would seriously recommend this movie to anyone who has a passion for films that are as deep and inspirational as this one. After watching this film I have found that anything is possible through hard work and dedication and an amazing mentor through it all. I have loved sports films ever since in started watching them and this film by far has been the greatest one yet.