Evaluation of Remember the Titans

       Remember the Titans tells the true story of the desegregated football team of T.C. Williams High School in the 1970s. The football team leaves for training camp before the school year starts, with high tensions, and a new head coach, Coach Boone. Coach Boone and the other African Americans who join the team are not welcome with open arms, and both races find it difficult to trust and respect one another. During training camp, Boone integrates the team and forces them to become brothers. The coach helps the team overcome their differences and hatred toward one another. When camp is over and they attend school, they seem to be the only ones getting along well. Despite the rest of the school, Coach Boone and the rest of the team work together throughout the movie to reach their ultimate goal, the State Championship. Remember the Titans is effective because the actors portray the characters well, the story is real, and the movie touches most of the audience.

Coach Yoast (Patton) and Coach Boone (Washington)

       The actors play a major role in making Remember the Titans an effective movie. Denzel Washington, who plays Coach Boone, is strong actor who effectively helps the audience understand what his character and other African Americans at that time were going through. The assistant coach, Bill Yoast, is played by Will Patton who is also capable of getting the audience to truly feel his emotions because of his acting skills. Also convincing are Wood Harris, who plays Julius Campbell, one of the African American football players, Ryan Hurst, who plays Gerry Bertier, one of the white players, and Hayden Panettiere, who plays the young, football obsessed daughter of Coach Yoast.

Julius Campbell (Harris) and Gerry Bertier (Hurst)

       Realism also plays a factor in the effectiveness of Remember the Titans. It is a movie based on true story. The movie does not have any scenes that seem fictional. Instead, it is very realistic, showing events in the past that are essential to the outcome of the movie. This makes the movie effective because an audience wants to see a drama movie that seems as though it would happen, and not one where the scenes do not seem real
    

       Lastly, Remember the Titans is effective because of its emotional appeal to the audience. The movie touches almost every viewer in multiple ways. People experience the hardships of African American students and coaches in the 1970s, the love of a team and the friendships that come out of it, and they experience both depressing and uplifting stories in the ending of the film.

       Remember the Titans is an effective movie that most will enjoy. Talented actors help the audience understand the characters, the story, and the time period. The movie is also true, and it never seems to be fake. Lastly, most of the audience really gets into the film, and even if they do not relate to it, the film still appeals to their emotions.

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