Remember the titans

Rating: 4/10 (31 August 2010)

"Remember the Titans" is based on a true story which took place in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971 at T.C. Williams High School when segregation was still a huge issue in the South. T.C. Williams was the high school that brought together two football teams, one white, and one black which means "these guys don't just have to tolerate each other. They have to play together" (LaSalle). The historical aspect of this movie is a strength. At preseason camp, Coach Boone calls for a 3a.m. run. The players run miles and miles through the woods and end up at Gettysburg. Coach Boone tells the boys that the men who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg were fighting the same fight that they are still fighting for among themselves and that if they do not pull together as a team they too will be destroyed just like the men who fought in the battle. He continues to say to the players and other coaches, "I don't care if you like each other or not, but you will respect each other. And maybe...I don't know, maybe we'll learn to play this game like men" (Remember the Titans). It is in the next scene where the team is having practice and they finally come together and learn to play as one team, no matter who is positioned next to them.