Remember the Titans

I was flipping through the cable channels the other night and I noticed Remember the Titan was coming on HBO. I just had to watch, in fact; whenever this moving is playing I just have to watch. It doesn’t matter the time of day, the channel, commercials, no commercials or if the movie is half way or three-quarters over, I simply tune in, get mesmerized by its greatness and force a tear back at the end. I think Remember the Titans is the greatest sports movie of all time and Denzel Washington’s best movie. This is on my all-time favorite list. It’s as close to perfection as a movie gets: the acting, the story, the script, everything…I love it.

I still remember the very first time I saw Remember the Titans. It was my very first night at Eastern New Mexico University. I was in the Campus Union Building with my roommate and surrounded by a couple dozen frat boys. I couldn’t believe how emotionally overwhelmed I was by the movie, it was so hard not to cry right there in the Campus Union Building.

For those of you that don’t know, Remember the Titans is the story of a high school football team during the integration process in the south. The players must learn to overcome their race differences and play as a team. It’s truly emotional seeing the boys transform into men and unifying as a solid, un-stoppable team.

Missy Cinema Score: A+