Nothing Like the book

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2005)

I read the book before seeing the movie. And i must say the book was ten times better than the movie. The movie never captured the emotion of the book. And the movie didn't delve into the issues outside of football such as education and whatnot. All in all i was pretty disappointed in the movie. And the team never did make the finals they lost in the semi finals to a team that survived their star players flunking out. Ivory Christian and Brian Chavez were not really identified with. The story was mostly about Winchell Billingsley and Boobie. What about Ivory and Chavez? If your going to make a movie about a book at least try and have some similairties with it. The game wasn't played in the Astrodome either!!! The game was played on a rainy day at the University of Texas.
2.5/5