Happy Friday all and sundry. Be on the lookout for a recap of the week’s events.
In the meantime, feast your eyes on the first trailer to the Jackie Robinson biopic, ’42.’ As the child of a Brooklyn Dodgers fan, and a fan of sports history in general, I am personally looking forward to this one.
After the trailer, let me know what you think:
ruth says
September 21, 2012 at 3:22 pmThis looks like a generic biopic, nothing spectacular. Interesting to see Harrison Ford in it though, I might give it a rent.
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iluvcinema says
September 21, 2012 at 3:30 pmAs a sports fan, I think it is about time he gets some due on the big screen; Robinson after all changed the face of modern professional sports. That is my main interest in the film. Jackie Robinson is legend. I was heartbroken a while back when I that many modern baseball players had not even heard of him.
It is almost (but to a greater extent) a pro athlete who has ever taken advantage of free agency, not knowing who Curt Flood is.
The release date (April) is an interesting one. I guess they are hoping to capitalize on the start of the 2013 baseball season.
Castor says
September 23, 2012 at 3:52 pmLooking good. Hopefully, this will do justice to one true American legend. Never heard of Chadwick Boseman before but he looks the part, so far.
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iluvcinema says
September 24, 2012 at 9:57 amFingers crossed, fingers crossed 😉
Ja says
September 26, 2012 at 3:00 pmI am geeked for this film and intend to support it at the box office for reasons both superficial (my ethnicity, as a source of pride), emotional (my (late) dad’s love of the team (Dodgers) and player (Robinson).
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iluvcinema says
September 26, 2012 at 11:46 pmLike said previously I really hope that Robinson is done justice.