The Great Debaters.
Denzel Washington directed this movie about the Wiley College Debate Team. They were a black school that got to debate Harvard. Really great performances – by all, especially Washington (great in front and behind the camera) and Forest Whitaker – who can just read the phonebook and make it good!
The movie actually has some great debates in it – I actually wanted more! But the final debate and how it’s won was great. You have to think the writers of the film have to come up with both sides of the debate and have a winner – but it cant be easy, so that means that they really had to think about the topic to make is believable for the viewer. And there wasn’t anything too fake either (it’s based on a true story) – like Denzel doesn’t come in for the win in the end or something stupid like that.
The debaters are actually people in the movie, with characters too! Its not just Washington running the show!
Good movie – wanna debate me?
3.5/5
J-Man.
I can't debate you here. Great movie indeed. I do wish I could have seen some back ground on the "coming up" with the debate. If it was that good on the screen, what did they leave out behind the scenes?
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