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re: Let's talk about Remember the Titans
Posted on 10/7/17 at 6:38 pm to RollTide1987
Posted on 10/7/17 at 6:38 pm to RollTide1987
As a general rule I dislike the idea of "based on a true story" movies. It is manipulative on the face of it, and very few movies actually pay respect to the source material. Even just seeing that at the beginning of a movie or in a preview makes me roll my eyes and it immediately pushes me towards being more critical.
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Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:10 pm to RollTide1987
There is another accuracy everyone is forgetting about.
The split back veer, with time, does in fact, works like Novacaine
The split back veer, with time, does in fact, works like Novacaine
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:32 pm to RollTide1987
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My Links Posts Topics Bookmarks Pick'em Back to topSign Out View in: Desktop Copyright @2017 TigerDroppings.com. All rights reserved. Forums My Forums Tiger Rant LSU Score Board LSU Recruiting SEC Rant SEC Scores Saints Talk Pelicans Talk More Sports Board Fantasy Sports Golf Board Soccer Board O-T Lounge Tech Board Outdoor Board Health/Fitness Board Movie/TV Board Book Board Music Board Political Talk Money Talk Fark Board Gaming Board Travel Board Food/Drink Board Ticket Exchange TD Help Board Customize My Forums Topic Sort Options Trending Topics Recent Topics Active Topics Movie/TV Board - Reply Subject Message Markup You are replying to the following post: Message Let's talk about Remember the Titans by RollTide1987 This movie is the perfect example of why I hate films that loosely throw around the phrase, "based on a true story." About the only true things found in this movie are that there was a T.C. Williams football team, and in 1971 they won the state championship, while also being coached by a man named Herman Boone. That's essentially where the historical accuracies of this film come to an end. It's crazy how much this movie gets wrong about the story surrounding the '71 Titans. For one...the real story isn't that interesting to begin with. Alexandria schools integrated all the way back in 1965 and yet the movie is trying to tell us they desegregated in '71 and that the climate was similar to that of Birmingham circa 1963. While there were still tensions, most of the guys from the ACTUAL '71 Titans say there was very little overt racism going on between the players on the team. And then you have the pesky little fact that this team was loaded with All-State talent. They finished #2 in the country for high school football for a reason. That state championship which came down to the final play in the film was actually a snooze fest in real life (T.C. Williams won 27-0). I could list all of the inaccuracies found in this film, but I feel the Deadspin article below (from the year 2014), will do a much better job at shedding some light onto this movie: LINK I realize movies exist to entertain us and to send messages. But I really do hate it when a film plays fast and loose with the facts of a true story drama. Remember the Titans is one of modern film's most egregious offenders in that regard.
Okie. Here's a "true story". One day, the Governor of a certain state stood in a schoolhouse door to keep a black student from attending.
That same state (aka #49 aka "we dare defend our right to thank God for Mississippi) now derives it's self worth off of 22 black folks playing a game who they otherwise wouldn't allow in their homes and would prefer starved to death.
Posted on 10/7/17 at 7:59 pm to RollTide1987
Did they use the real names of people that were portrayed as racist?
I remember the one assistant was that way. Did they use the actual name of one of Boone's coaches? Did they use the actual name of a school of the coach that they played when they showed him doing something or saying something about a banana?
I remember the one assistant was that way. Did they use the actual name of one of Boone's coaches? Did they use the actual name of a school of the coach that they played when they showed him doing something or saying something about a banana?
Posted on 10/7/17 at 11:33 pm to chinese58
What's the best football movie?
Posted on 10/8/17 at 7:25 am to RollTide1987
Thats probably why it's a movie and not a documentary. Movies like Braveheart, Pochahontas, The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, etc, etc all took plenty of liberties with the facts. Doesnt bother me 'cause I don't go in thinking they're a historical documentary.
Although I do always wish they they had got the battles right in Braveheart with schiltrons and such.
Although I do always wish they they had got the battles right in Braveheart with schiltrons and such.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 8:57 am to RollTide1987
"Coach Coon!"
Posted on 10/8/17 at 9:11 am to RollTide1987
"Attitude reflects leadership."
Posted on 10/8/17 at 9:38 am to RollTide1987
Yeah right. Next you're gonna say Titanic isn't accurate either.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 12:04 pm to Minnesota Tiger
Titanic is historical fiction. It makes no pretenses to be "based on a true story." It just takes place around an actual historic event. Apples and oranges.
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Posted on 10/8/17 at 12:09 pm to Minnesota Tiger
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Next you're gonna say Titanic isn't accurate either.
You want to know something? Despite being historical fiction (a completely different genre than what Remember the Titans falls under), Titanic gets more of the facts right about its story than does Remember the Titans.
Posted on 10/8/17 at 12:13 pm to Methuselah
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Thats probably why it's a movie and not a documentary. Movies like Braveheart, Pochahontas, The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, etc, etc all took plenty of liberties with the facts. Doesnt bother me 'cause I don't go in thinking they're a historical documentary.
I don't either. But the one thing that those movies all have in common is that the central theme the film is trying to convey is a theme you can find in the historical events they were chronicling. Remember the Titans practically invented its theme from nothing.
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