Heartwarming and Heartbreaking

Rating: Null/10 (21 October 2001)

Oh, man! Now if this movie doesn't touch your heart, as I can see from the reviews, it hasn't on some people. Remember the Titans is such a wonderful story. Now, I'm not really up for movies that base it on a true story concerning sports, don't ask me why, but this one is an exception. The acting was good and it just shows how ignorant and closed minded people are when it comes to the human race. If we were all white or black, I'm 110% sure this world would suck. Heck, the funny thing is when the fights happened in this movie, I pretty much rooted for the black people, not saying I'm going against my own race, but... It was such a joy to see everybody finally getting along and it was also heartbreaking towards the end when they lost their star linebacker to a car accident to only have him watch the championship game from his hospital bed to getting killed in another car wreck 10 years later. I've only seen this movie three times, but I guess the old saying third time's the charm is really true because I liked the movie before, but I wasn't really as touched as I was the third time. I think what would have made this movie better is if it took place in the south where the real racial hatred still lingers on today, like in Georgia or Alabama. Also seeing that it takes place in my birthstate of Virginia, and not too far from where my dad lives, in fact, I think my aunt or somebody she knows went to that school around that time, it was totally breathtaking. An awesome movie! Go buy it!