I was already planning to see this movie with some friends when we met up with another friend who admitted he didn't know who Jackie Robinson was.
Regardless of whether you are a fan of historical baseball movies or not, I feel it's important for this movie to exist and do well so that we can combat such ignorance. I don't care if you like sports or not, knowledge of the color barrier and the power of unwritten rules is something everyone should know about.
I don't normally see movies like this because they always seem boring, but I actually quite enjoyed it. There were a lot of unexpected comedic moments, and some phenomenal acting. I probably laughed more than if I'd gone for Scary Movie 5. (I'm happy to say that at the theater I went to, the showing I saw ended up selling out. I don't know whether to attribute that to the average age of the region being older folks who appreciate historical stuff, or if it was just the usual NH "we don't have many black people here so we should at least pretend we care about them so we don't look too racist" guilt.)
Regardless of whether you are a fan of historical baseball movies or not, I feel it's important for this movie to exist and do well so that we can combat such ignorance. I don't care if you like sports or not, knowledge of the color barrier and the power of unwritten rules is something everyone should know about.
I don't normally see movies like this because they always seem boring, but I actually quite enjoyed it. There were a lot of unexpected comedic moments, and some phenomenal acting. I probably laughed more than if I'd gone for Scary Movie 5. (I'm happy to say that at the theater I went to, the showing I saw ended up selling out. I don't know whether to attribute that to the average age of the region being older folks who appreciate historical stuff, or if it was just the usual NH "we don't have many black people here so we should at least pretend we care about them so we don't look too racist" guilt.)
