"Remember the Titans" - a movie where every touchdown is against racism

"Remember the Titans" - a film in which everyone touchdown is against racism

Without risks and unnecessary pomp, this work presents us with a story very close to reality

When you decide to watch a sports movie, you can find a number of productions related to American football. The reason is that this sport is extremely popular in the United States and every director seems to think it is easy to make a movie about it. In the end, this turns out to be an extremely difficult task, and very few of these cinema productions are really good to watch and worth spending about two hours of your free time on them.

One of the quality movies about American football is "Remember the titans" or "Remember the titans", as it is called in English. This film tells the story of an African-American coach and his high school team who participate in their first season in the league as part of racial integration. The film gained so much popularity because it demonstrated the victory over racism. The wins are overwhelming, and at times one wonders if the joy comes from the touchdowns or simply from the abundance of tolerance. But that's the idea of cinema - to distort life not so seriously and give it an illusion of form and purpose.

Denzel Washington and Will Patton are the big names playing the high school football coaches in Alexandria, Virginia. Coach Boone is the new coach of the team, and Washington enters his role. Boone replaces coach Yost, who is expected to be his assistant down the line. Logically, Will Patton steps into the role of Yost, who doesn't want to be demoted to assistant. Boone also doesn't want to take away his colleague's job, but the black residents of Alexandria are happy that the team is hiring one of their own as a high school coach. This makes Boone realize the responsibility he is taking on.

On the other side, the white football players refuse to play under the leadership of a black man, but coach Yost convinces them, agreeing to be part of Boone's team. The now former head coach of the team does not want his players to lose their scholarships and the opportunity to succeed in sports. With his return, they also appear again at training.

The film doesn't seem to want to just remind us of the problems of racism in the 1970s, but to show us that if we swallow our pride and put aside our prejudices, sports can make us more motivated, better, not angry and refusing to accept the new and different.

The film has a number of real and touching love scenes that can make you feel emotional. They show the growth of some of the players emotionally.

The director of the film, Bose Yakin, brings familiar situations of life in the new times and carries us along the stream of artful popular entertainment. An example of this is when Coach Boone gets his black and white players to get to know each other better. As a result, friendships are built between people who are initially difficult to tolerate.

The good thing about the movie is that Gregory Alan Howard's screenplay doesn't make Boone noble and Yost racist. On the contrary, the two are presented as ambitious and experienced professionals. .There are times when Boone coaches his players like Marines, not kids, and Yost shows him wrong. There are also moments in which Yost tries to comfort the black players who have been roughed up more severely by Boone. This even leads to slight arguments between the two, but these are normal for a joint coaching job. As difficult as such scenes are, actors Washington and Patton cope with them very easily and turn such moments into something completely normal, approaching real life.

"Remember the Titans" is a movie where the winning touchdown brings success against racism. It's a heartfelt production that doesn't risk much, but achieves a lot. The script and the director's work create a wonderful work that you can easily watch.

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