Continuing my plan to watch every movie in Denzel Washington's filmography, I just watched Remember The Titans for the first time.
If I have not seen the movie, I don't watch the trailer beforehand, and less than two minutes in, I thought to myself 'Great another movie about race' and remembered why I got bored of Denzel movies in the first place.
Fast forward two hours and I'm sat with tears streaming down my face.
Denzel is as great as he always is, I have yet to see him phone it in. I have always found Will Patton to be incredibly under rated, a young Ryan Gosling (in his second movie role) has a prominent part, I also forgot what a talent a young Hayden Panettiere was. Kip Pardew from Driven has a role, and is better here than in that movie, so I guess his bland performance in Driven was down to Harlin's directing, or maybe that movie shouldn't have been structured around him as he is much more effective as part of an ensemble, here. It's always good to see the gorgeous Nicole Ari Parker (Boogie Nights) on screen, but she isn't given much to do as Denzel's wife and Kate Bosworth has a small role as one of the players girlfriends.
It does have a few cliche moments and plot holes, but overall, I loved it.
Remember The Titans grossed $115 million at the domestic box office (to become Washington's highest grossing movie) and was the 18th highest grossing movie of the year.
Easily one of my favourite Denzel movies.
If I have not seen the movie, I don't watch the trailer beforehand, and less than two minutes in, I thought to myself 'Great another movie about race' and remembered why I got bored of Denzel movies in the first place.
Fast forward two hours and I'm sat with tears streaming down my face.
Denzel is as great as he always is, I have yet to see him phone it in. I have always found Will Patton to be incredibly under rated, a young Ryan Gosling (in his second movie role) has a prominent part, I also forgot what a talent a young Hayden Panettiere was. Kip Pardew from Driven has a role, and is better here than in that movie, so I guess his bland performance in Driven was down to Harlin's directing, or maybe that movie shouldn't have been structured around him as he is much more effective as part of an ensemble, here. It's always good to see the gorgeous Nicole Ari Parker (Boogie Nights) on screen, but she isn't given much to do as Denzel's wife and Kate Bosworth has a small role as one of the players girlfriends.
It does have a few cliche moments and plot holes, but overall, I loved it.
Remember The Titans grossed $115 million at the domestic box office (to become Washington's highest grossing movie) and was the 18th highest grossing movie of the year.
Easily one of my favourite Denzel movies.