Glory Road

Title: Glory Road (2006)

Rating: 7/10

Today the wife and I took some time to ourselves and went out to eat and to see the movie Glory Road. The choice of the movie was made as a result of having free tickets, and also wanting to see it.

Overall the movie was pretty good, but not as good as a movie similar in nature--Remember the Titans. I say it was similar in that both movies address the struggles of African-American teams in overcoming social and racial stereotypes. So in that way they were similar, but I don't believe that they are the same caliber from movie making and cinematic perspectives.

Glory Road has some dull parts, most often when they sought to build the off-the-court lives of the characters in the movie. This was most likely to show that they were looked down at in every aspect of their lives, but needless to say it just caused the movie to drag at times.

The import of this move speaks volumes and has been written about on numerous ocassions at ESPN. Many people credit the real life story of this basketball team of opening up college basketball, particularly in the south and back east, to black ball players. So for that alone I believe the movie should be seen.

Would I see it again in theatres--not likely. Would I want to buy it--eventually. It was a good movie, but it is the real life story that it was based upon that makes this movie important.