Re: Fantaverse Top 100 Movies of the New Millennium (2000-)
Posted: April 26th, 2017, 11:04 pm
#1:
Remember the Titans (2000) Dir: Boaz Yakin, Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst
Trailer:
Depending on the day, week, month I could have chose Scott Pilgrim or Elf (especially around the holidays), but most of the time this movie is my favorite from the year 2000 (barely) on. As a historical sports movie, it's really in my wheelhouse. In my opinion, it's easily the best of the "historical sports" genre (yes, over Hoosiers). It's also a Civil Rights movie following the team through public school integration in the very early '70's, albeit Disney-fied.
It has an excellent cast headlined by one of Denzel's best roles where he plays a true coach, equal parts Drill Sargent, motivational speaker, and friend. He gives some of the best motivational speeches rivaling Bill Pullman in Independence Day, the best being the Gettysburg speech (see below). Besides Will Patton and a very early Ryan Gosling role, the rest of the cast are mostly known for television roles. Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale, "The Wire") and Ryan Hearst (Opie, "Sons of Anarchy") have a real chemistry as enemies turned friends.
Gettysburg Speech (starts about 1:30):
Remember the Titans (2000) Dir: Boaz Yakin, Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Wood Harris, Ryan Hurst
Trailer:
Depending on the day, week, month I could have chose Scott Pilgrim or Elf (especially around the holidays), but most of the time this movie is my favorite from the year 2000 (barely) on. As a historical sports movie, it's really in my wheelhouse. In my opinion, it's easily the best of the "historical sports" genre (yes, over Hoosiers). It's also a Civil Rights movie following the team through public school integration in the very early '70's, albeit Disney-fied.
It has an excellent cast headlined by one of Denzel's best roles where he plays a true coach, equal parts Drill Sargent, motivational speaker, and friend. He gives some of the best motivational speeches rivaling Bill Pullman in Independence Day, the best being the Gettysburg speech (see below). Besides Will Patton and a very early Ryan Gosling role, the rest of the cast are mostly known for television roles. Wood Harris (Avon Barksdale, "The Wire") and Ryan Hearst (Opie, "Sons of Anarchy") have a real chemistry as enemies turned friends.
Gettysburg Speech (starts about 1:30):