As the first African American to receive college football's prestigious Heisman trophy, Ernie Davis is one of the most inspiring--and tragic--figures in the game (he died of leukemia at 23, before his first NFL game)...
Last night i watched "The Express" on DVD. Another American Football movie that i see. The story is mainly talking about the life of Ernie Davis ( played by Rob Brown ), an American Football player positioned as running-back. The funny thing is i just know a little about american football eventhough i've seen several movie like this before such as 'Remember The Titans' and 'We Are Marshall'. But after reading Eyeshield 21 i can understand it a little. So now i know a little on what is quarter-back , what is running back , etc, but yes, i still suck on it. >_<
Last night i watched "The Express" on DVD. Another American Football movie that i see. The story is mainly talking about the life of Ernie Davis ( played by Rob Brown ), an American Football player positioned as running-back. The funny thing is i just know a little about american football eventhough i've seen several movie like this before such as 'Remember The Titans' and 'We Are Marshall'. But after reading Eyeshield 21 i can understand it a little. So now i know a little on what is quarter-back , what is running back , etc, but yes, i still suck on it. >_<
This film have a slight information about how racism grow on America that time, but not too 'detail' like in 'Remember The Titans', i think it's to support and give audience a clue about how hard that the young man have to worked before reach its greatness. The combination of hard work and gifted talent bring Ernie Davis to winning various trophy, both individual and team trophy.
He Won The Heisman Trophy
and..
- Cotton Bowl
- Cotton Bowl's MVP
- Shake hand with President Kennedy ( shaking hand with the President is an achievement for civilians right? )
and there's still many others achievement he made...
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In the opening of this film i've seen the talent he got, running away from some white kids that underestimate him after seeing that he was a little retarded, but they never able to catch him! And it continue as he joined Elmira Free Academy and then moved to Syracuse after being approached by former Syracuse player, Jim Brown ( Darrin Dewitt Henson ), a player that Ernie admired so much. So that he ignored the offer from Notredame ( unlike Elmira and Syracuse, i familiar with this word, Notredame which the previous Eyeshield come from? lol )
Sadly, He has never been played in NFL as on his first practice in Cleveland Browman diagnosed by the doctor that he got Leukemia!A blood cancer!and few years after that, he died. Not a happy ending huh? Well, since the film is based on trues story so the ending like that can't be changed. A great player that can run over his opponent and win his teams can't run from disease. Although nowadays this disease can be cured, that time ( around '60 ) it's uncureable.
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My rating for this film : 7,5/10 , good enough..i enjoy the story and the acting aswell. The film which directed by Gary Fleder, produced by John Davis, and written by Charles Leavitt & Robert C. Gallagher is an enjoyable movie to see.
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3 comments:
film Kisah nyata? harus ditonton nih kayaknya ..
yup..:D target selanjutnya ntn the replacement :D
dith, lo masih kuliah ga sih? kok nganggur banget nonton mulu? sigh.
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