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Yes I'm one of those people who hadn't seen this movie up until today! My roommate gave me the movie to watch just today... and I saw it! What a movie! I've always loved movies which take the base of sports to convey something more than just sportsman spirit... Like one of my all time favorites is Remember the Titans. Another favorite is The Miracle.

This movie brought to light so many things that I wasn't aware about before... It made me go back to Wiki and read up on Nelson Mandela, on the Apartheid, on the struggles, the massacres and the growth of that nation. They've gone through so much in the last two decades, it's amazing!

Morgan Freeman has won my respect and admiration all over again. He's such a perfect actor for almost all roles. But in today's movie he was the best. He fit the bill. He was inspirational. The time when Matt Damon walks into the prison at Robben Island, it was so moving to see the kind of circumstances in which he spent 18 years of his life. The mere thought of a man spending 28 years of his life in prison and then coming back to public life to lead a nation in the most trying times to succeed, it's awe-inspiring...

I liked how his character had been built... The small nuances about his daily life, his conversations with people... the admiration that he won from the staff. His insight into the people's lives. And most of all his vision. The speech he makes in front of the committee which was debating to end the rugby team was crisp and yet in a way warm... I love the line where he says, "Let me lead you"

Matt Damon's household and their interactions with their maid left me thinking about it too... The scene where he brings home four tickets, one ticket for his maid too was really touching... One of Matt Damon's lines in the movie which I really liked was when the reporter asks him, 'How did it feel like to have the support of 63000 South African's?', and he replies, 'We know we had the support of 43 million South Africans...'

The times when they play rugby with the kids... teaching them what it means to play, the rules, the game... and then one of those kids shows up to the final to watch the match listening to the radio playing in the cop's car and the jubilation with which they toss him in the air when they win, it was beautiful...

All in all, it was a great movie, capturing one of the best moments in sporting history and we have Clint Eastwood to thank for it!
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Ninju said…
I have to agree it was a brilliant movie, it left a nice aftertaste but for some reason I felt it had not done enough justice to its starcast. Rugby, Aparthied, Jason Bourne :).

It was a nice review read, thanks for it.
March 28, 2011 at 1:01 PM
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