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Summary: An Incredible Inspiration
Review: I just watched this movie on HBO and was reduced to tears. I am an African-American and a former Marine. I know the struggles my people had to go through to achieve equality in our society. Despite the faults some critics have made towards this movie, it should be an inspiration to all people of color that you can achieve the American Dream.
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Summary: Our Time Has Come
Review: I just viewed this movie on HBO and it left me in tears. I am an African-American and a former Marine. I understand the concept of honor and duty and the struggles African-Americans have made to be considered EQUAL in society. Regardless of the faults this movie may elicit from critics it should stand as an inspiration to all people of color that the American Dream can be achieved no matter what the odds.
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Summary: (4 1/2 stars) A movie for anyone who won't give up dreams.
Review: This powered drama featuring superstars, ROBERT DE NIRO, CUBA GOODING JR., and CHARLIZE THERON, takes you to the world when racism strongly keeps you from doing what you want to do. In this case, farm-boy Carl Brashcheer (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is off to Diving School where he hopes to become a professional diver. Yet, Master Chief Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) refuses to let any colored man complete training and become a certified diver. There are some shocking and traumatizing events that boggle the mind and make you ask yourself, "Was all that really worth it? How could he stand going through all that he did to just become a diver?!!!"The thought keeps coming back to me. Some people just get tired and give up, where young Carl must go through no one wanting to be around him, no one being there for him, his Master Chief always cussing him out or trying to detur him from doing what he wants to accomplish- even having his leg amputated! The film is shockingly good. This drama packs a lot of admiring performances and high tension drama. Where were the academy awards for this one in 2000? This one surpasses CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, CHOCOLAT and ERIN BROCKOVICH! Another one to mention is FINDING FORRESTER? Where are the nominations for that one? I don't know. The Academy can really pick the wrong films out of the barrell. Anyway, get this film immediately, and see what a phenomenon it is.
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: This was a great movie. It's based on a true story. It's kinda sad knowing that. Anyway I think that everyone should watch it.
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Summary: Insperational!
Review: Men of Honor is full of everything any movie fan could want. This film makes you cry, makes you angry, but most of all gets you involved in its magnificiant story. Robert De Niro and Cuba Gooding Junior put on outstanding performances, with some help from Charlize Theron. Men of Honor is filled with many important themes, and an insperational ending!
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Summary: Excellent
Review: A fine piece of work by Cuba Gooding Jr and Robert Deniro. A wonderful story about how a Navy Seal does not quit, no matter how old or how many obstacles they need to overcome. This is based on the true story of the first Black Navy Seal. Wonderful!
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Summary: MEN OF HONOR
Review: MEN OF OF HONOR Just what the word means veterans who have served this great nation that we as veterans protect as a retired navy man and an employee of the navy department i had the honor to have worked with navy divers durng the the crash of eygpt air flight990 atnewport rhode island which was the command and logistics support unit for the navy divers at the crash site people should watch what divers go thru in a big salvage operation and the movie depicts what a tightly knit unit navy divers are they are a family and to see how a farm boy be came a master diver i realy enjoyed it and the way the movie depics it it is very moving to me
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Summary: Men OF Honor
Review: I have the dvd version i found this film to be very authentic and
being an ex navy man and what divers do it bringing home point that us navy divers do when they it is very rough
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Summary: Not bad, but too long...
Review: An interesting story that needed to be told (Brashear being the first black Navy diver, and all of the obstacles he had to overcome to get there), but the film suffers from a shifting focus (sometimes DeNiro is a bit much), and needs some tightening. According to the director, it was over 3 hours to begin with, and at 128 minutes, is still too long. More focus on Brashear, and less on the fictional character Sunday, would have helped. I also caught one mistake in the courtroom scene--one does not salute indoors with a hat off (at least not in the Navy). Snapping to "Attention!" would have been appropriate. In all, a tighter edit, and a more focused script would have helped. Despite this, Gooding gives a great performance, and so does DeNiro, when he is reined in.
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Summary: Spoon-fed drama... worst movie since Armageddon!!!
Review: One scene: Cuba is doing push-ups (Deniro is standing beside him) on a mountain during a sunset. Yeah, that really happens. Thanks, I enjoy my drama spoon-fed to me. This movie is for those who need not think during a movie. My wife and I, while watching the movie, were making fun of it by saying, "One man..." and "Defies a system" in our sarcastic "trailor guy" voice and unbeknownest to us, they had the trailors on the dvd and the "trailor guy" actually said those words! A very boring and predictable movie. At one point, you think the movie is actually over and as I joked to my wife by saying, "three hours later," the movie actually went on for another hour. Another scene: While unrealistically cuba has to prove he can still be "a navy diveman" in a courtroom by wearing all of his gear and taking 12 steps in that gear or something like that, he is coached by Deniro each step by saying stuff like, "ONE!" "That's because you're a navy diveman and that's what they do!" "Two!" "Only a navy diveman can... blah blah blah!" and so on for each step Cuba takes while overly-dramatic music plays in the background. Yes, I know this movie was based on a true story, but the taking of artistic licsence went way too far for this movie. I think the real story would have been better by them filming the real guy talking about his story. Cuba Gooding, Jr. is typecast and this is the worst for him yet. If you want to see a movie about navy guys, see U-571. If you want drama, read a book. As far as spoons and being fed is concerned... eat something.
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