Really pleasant sports movie, one of my favorite football movies...

Rating: Null/10 (18 June 2004)

Remember The Titans is about the Roanoke High School Titans of the 70's(or the 60s?). At first, after the introduction, the movie seems pretty depressing as the blacks hang out with the blacks and the whites hang out with the whites - I took it with the understanding that this was going on during that time period anyway. Denzel Washington plays a coach with unfair odds stacked against him but still overcomes to coach the team to an undefeated record including the playoffs and the VA state championship, his performance is powerful and I was really moved by the Gettysburg graveyard scene which officially sparked the unity between the white players and the black players - coach Boone makes an extremely valid point in this scene. But what I really appreciated was the fact that there were two white players that didn't give a damn about the segregation to begin with(Kip Pardue and Ethan Suplee[who gives a complete opposite performance from American History X]). The character development is present in most of the characters but I particularly noticed Ryan Gosling and Kate Bosworth who play somewhat racist characters but then realize that the black people are people just the same as them. A very good-hearted and pleasant movie... recommended to EVERYONE
10/10