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I crawled out from my rock yesterday and finally saw the movie "Remember The Titans". It was good, but I didn't think that it was all that previous reviews made it out to be. A little too hoky at times, and a bit unbelievable at times also. Even my 7 old year old asked if parts of the movie really happened. For example, the dance routine that the team did prior to the games starting seemed a bit over the top. Was this movie really that true to the original story or was it just Disney's creative license at work? Or am I just getting old and being a fuddy duddy?Peace,
Chuck
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This movie is a joke! First, Its DVD transfer was in pan & scan format and the story was well, typical Disney movies type. I turned it off after 1/3 way through. I'm a big fan of D. Washington but sorry, not this time.
There were two versions produced. A pan and scan version and an anamorphic 2.35:1 version. You must have only had the pan and scan to choose from.Peace,
Chuck
Chuck-I must have played it in the p&s side of the disc. :-)
I was in a neighboring high school during the time in question. A little background might be interesting.In Northern Virginia, public schools were segregated until about 1961. Public schools in Arlington -- where I grew up -- were integrated that year. Alexandria had two public high schools -- Frances Hammond and George Washington. Part of Alexandria is quite old -- indeed the city was one of two on the Potomac before Washington DC was founded (the other was Georgetown, now a part of Washington). GW high school served the old part of Alexandria, which, not surprisingly, had a substantial African-American population. I don't know how old GW was, but GW and my high school (Washington-Lee) had a regular football contest for an "oaken bucket" trophy that dated back to about 1940. Alexandria, like the rest of Northern Virginia, was a pretty sleepy place until after World War II when the great growth of the federal government created a demand for lots of new housing. So, a part of Alexandria looks like any other post-WWII DC area suburb. Hammond High School served that part of Alexandria; so Hammond was a pretty "white" school. Because of this and, perhaps, because of a desire to achieve some scale economies, the Alexandria City fathers decided to close GW and Hammond as high schools (I think Hammond was retreaded as a middle school) and consolidate the city's high school populaton into one, new high school --T.C. Williams, home of the Titans. Williams was first opened during the 1965-66 school year. I don't remember any big hoo-hah about a football game with Williams in 1965 or 1966; but I graduated from W-L the following year.
P.S. W-L's claim to fame is the home of: Warren Beatty, Shirley MacLaine (brother & sister, BTW) and *drum roll please* Sandra Bullock.
I don't know if it was accurate or not. Outside of their win/loss record, probably not. But I really enjoyed it. I think it was the best no sex, no cursing, no chase scene movie of the year.
It was our "After the BBQ" movie last night. Admittedly, there were more then a couple of eye rolling scenes in it, but that didn't stop me from enjoying the movie.Did anyone else want to smack the shit outta the Coach's daughter?
John
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