The Great Debaters Movie Review by star757
The Great Debaters Movie Review by star757
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This movie was a familiar Denzel Washington role, where he plays a strict college debate coach, but I think it could have been a lot better. The acting was good, the characters were interesting, but there could have been more depth to the movie. This movie is based on the true story of the Wiley College debate team in Texas, set in the 1930's. Denzel Washington plays Prof. Tolson, a somewhat controversial man who stands up for what he believes and expects a lot from his debate students. The team consists of four students, 1 girl and 4 guys. It follows there debates, but here is where it could have focused more. They show some parts of debates, but mostly them just traveling around and winning. The second storyline is about Denzel Washington's character trying to set up a union of the sharecroppers and farmers. The sheriff is much against this and we see some racial tension here. Throughout the movie you see how some white people treated blacks in the 1930's, and this was a story of a team that overcomes. It is insinuated that Prof. Tolson is a communist, but all this doesn't fit well with the rest of the movie. It could, but it's just like they deal with everything lightly. They don't go in much depth or tie it all together well. Throughout the movie Prof. Tolson has been writing letters to universities to try to get his debate team into a big debate, to show they are good debaters, not just good black debaters. At the end they are invited to Harvard. Will they win the debate? What will happen to Prof. Tolson? This was a good movie, but I wouldn't watch it over and over. A good movie that could have been better.
Buy the Movie Poster for The Great Debaters
This movie was a familiar Denzel Washington role, where he plays a strict college debate coach, but I think it could have been a lot better. The acting was good, the characters were interesting, but there could have been more depth to the movie. This movie is based on the true story of the Wiley College debate team in Texas, set in the 1930's. Denzel Washington plays Prof. Tolson, a somewhat controversial man who stands up for what he believes and expects a lot from his debate students. The team consists of four students, 1 girl and 4 guys. It follows there debates, but here is where it could have focused more. They show some parts of debates, but mostly them just traveling around and winning. The second storyline is about Denzel Washington's character trying to set up a union of the sharecroppers and farmers. The sheriff is much against this and we see some racial tension here. Throughout the movie you see how some white people treated blacks in the 1930's, and this was a story of a team that overcomes. It is insinuated that Prof. Tolson is a communist, but all this doesn't fit well with the rest of the movie. It could, but it's just like they deal with everything lightly. They don't go in much depth or tie it all together well. Throughout the movie Prof. Tolson has been writing letters to universities to try to get his debate team into a big debate, to show they are good debaters, not just good black debaters. At the end they are invited to Harvard. Will they win the debate? What will happen to Prof. Tolson? This was a good movie, but I wouldn't watch it over and over. A good movie that could have been better.
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