Remember the Titans....with basketball

Rating: 6/10 (15 January 2006)

Thought this was a pretty good movie. I know it's a true story (well at least most of it is) but it is a lot like remember the Titans, but I thought the sports part of the movie was not not as good. Also, there is no way that in 1966 there was that much dunking or anyone throwing a pass off of the backboard. That bugged me as a sports enthusiast. Overall the acting was good but some of the story lines were very predictable. I also thought the love story was somewhat forced. There was not enough emphasis on Coach Haskins and his family either and what was shown looked forced as well. I'm actually surprised how they did not make Rupp (Kentucky coach) out to be all that bad, not that he was in real life but in Hollywood they seem to want more villainous anti-heroes. While I recommend the movie, the race and teamwork issues are better covered in Remember the Titans and basketball is better in Hoosiers.