http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx Let’s be clear about this.  There are certain conventions to inspirational athletic films.  When the film goes to slow motion, the good guys score.  It doesn’t make a difference what sport it is, the downtrodden athletic masses will rise and overcome the oppressors.  Very slowly. It is also important to note that when the slow motion begins towards the end of the film it will take a long time – enough to go the fridge and get a beer if one is so inclined. (I’d have suggested a glass of wine, but this is not a wine people movie.) WE ARE MARSHALL is a film with slow motion.  It is formulaic, it has sappy moments.  But it is also joyous, heartwarming and, yes, inspirational.  There are a couple of things that raise it far above standard feel-good fare.  For one, there is the surprisingly sensitive direction of McG, more noted for CHARLIE’S ANGELS than filming scenes that offer emotional sustenance.  But there is also the subject matter. On Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football, its coaches and a group of team boosters crashed in the Appalachian Mountains on its way home from a football game in North Carolina.  It was, of course, a tragedy at the time.  However, in the years since then, since 9/11, sudden mass deaths, particularly of young people, have taken on a new resonance – at least for me.  It significantly heightens the film’s impact. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1512 it is a great action movie,great actors. sharon3377 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1512 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 22:52:32 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1524 it looks like a awesome movie camera20 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1524 Thu, 27 Sep 2007 04:10:07 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1549 these are the great comeback kids. a really good movie. WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1549 Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:27:47 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1789 kick azzzzzzzz movie david gibson 15 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1789 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 01:10:22 GMT http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1852 i think that this movie was an awsome dedecation to the famalys of marshall and it was a grate movie. ralphespinoza http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/09/21/WE-ARE-MARSHALL-Still-Scores-On-DVD.aspx#1852 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 02:49:32 GMT