O/T: Saw "42" tonight and loved it...

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by big80s

+1

I also loved it!

Thanks for weighing in, Jeff.

Hope this finds you well and that your theater experience this evening was a good one.

Best,

Eric

[big80s]

Originally Posted by Eric72

Thanks for weighing in, Jeff.

Hope this finds you well and that your theater experience this evening was a good one.

Best,

Eric

The movie was everything I was hoping for and more. I've recommended it to several collector friends already.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by big80s

The movie was everything I was hoping for and more. I've recommended it to several collector friends already.

Spread the word, my (new) friend. Baseball is back...to a whole new generation.

Best Regards,

Eric

[Tcards-Please]

I saw it with the wife last night. Although I enjoyed the movie, I wish there was a little more emphasis on his playing days.

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Frank

[johnmh71]

+1 - Fantastic film.

[jimhopkins82]

Hey, saw it last night. Thought it was pretty good, not great. The actor that played Ben Chapman is a favorite of mine and that really distracted me. Very different character from what he usually plays.

[GehrigFan]

Like many others, I saw 42 last night, and brought two friends and even my wife, and everyone enjoyed it. One guy already asked if we could go again.

I was hoping for a little more on his playing days in the Negro Leagues, but I understand that would have been a rabbit trail from the point of the movie, which was his integration into baseball.

One question, I was left unsure of Branch Rickey - what is commonly believed to be the reason he made the decision to integrate? Was it money, love of the game, a chance to leave a lasting impression on the game, truly a desire to de-segregate, etc.? The movie made him out to be a really good guy but I don't know what the real Rickey was like.

[UnVme7]

Originally Posted by jimhopkins82

Hey, saw it last night. Thought it was pretty good, not great. The actor that played Ben Chapman is a favorite of mine and that really distracted me. Very different character from what he usually plays.

I agree. My distraction was the play by play announcer played by John McGinley.

Though I thought Harrison Ford and the guy that played Robinson did a pretty good job, I felt the movie was a little corny at times and was very generic for the diehard baseball fan. They skipped a ton of history. Never even touched the 50's, but instead looked at only a few years of Robinson's life. I was pretty disappointed overall.

Not a bad movie to take the family to though...

[jboosted92]

Originally Posted by jimhopkins82

Hey, saw it last night. Thought it was pretty good, not great. The actor that played Ben Chapman is a favorite of mine and that really distracted me. Very different character from what he usually plays.

Yah,...he played a good "pirate" once...lol

[Hot Springs Bathers]

I went tonight with several family members who are not baseball fans. The entire group loved it! I own just about every baseball movie ever made and this is a top 10 entry.

It reminds me of going to Cooperstown in 1989 with some of my wife's family that were not baseball fans. After watching the movie in the wonderful theater inside there was not a dry eye in the group!

Great stuff

[Iron Horse]

Very well made. Took my wife and daughter and they both liked it.

[Cooper1927]

I loved it. The feel of the movie was perfect. Emotional response is what I look for in historical movies of this bent.