We Are Marshall

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We Are Marshall

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We Are Marshall

Matthew McConaughey, David Strathairn, Anthony Mackie, Matthew Fox, Kate Mara

Based on true events, "We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring story of how a small town in West Virginia, steeped in the rich tradition of college football, struggled to restore their community after one...( read more  read more... ) of the worst disasters in the history of American sports. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families came together in Huntington to cheer on Marshall University's "Thundering Herd." For this team and this community, Marshall football was more than just a sport, it was a way of life. But on a fateful night in 1970, while traveling back to Huntington after a game in North Carolina, 37 members of Marshall's football team, plus coaching staff and team boosters, were killed in a plane crash. As those left behind tried to cope with the loss of their loved ones, they found hope and strength in the leadership of Jack Lengyel, a young coach who was determined to rebuild Marshall's football program and in the process help to heal a community.

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  • lyndsiekivell
    January 29, 2009
    lyndsiekivell
    I LOVE FOOTBALL MOVIES.
  • AgentLexi2132
    September 6, 2008
    AgentLexi2132
    ''One day, not today, not tomorrow, not this season, probably not next season either but one day, you and I are gonna wake up and suddenly we're gonna be like every other team in every other sport where winning is everything and nothing else matters. And when that day comes, w...( read more)ell thats, thats when we'll honor them.''

    When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team's new coach (McConaughey) and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive.

    Matthew McConaughey: Jack Lengyel

    We Are Marshall is about inspiration. It starts with a tragedy, in a true story the plane crash which killed nearly the entire Marshall University football team. Then, it deals with the reactions of everybody the tragedy touched.

    Director McG amusingly enough, made Charlie's Angels 1 and 2 which,without being very good at all, resulted in a fun comedy satire and good parodies of action.
    I appreciate that McG made something different though with We Are Marshall, proving that he can do something else besides frantic action laced with comedy.
    But overall, honestly,We Are Marshall did not convince me of much in the way of change or improvement.
    The development is very predictable and the story is told by the most obvious ways.The ending pretends to be emotive but it really does not surprise.

    It's obviously a very captivating story. So why does the movie not quite hit the heights you sense it should? The biggest problem is the movie's pace. Fifteen to twenty minutes easily could have been cut here to help the movie move along. As it is the movie struggles to build the momentum so important in leading to that big payoff at the end. Some characters seem superfluous, most notably that of the girlfriend of one of the dead players, as portrayed by Kate Mara. There's nothing wrong with Mara's performance, it's just that her character seems totally unnecessary and really adds nothing to the film. Any time spent with her character is time which could have been better spent elsewhere or better yet cut out of the film altogether. In the central role of the new coach Matthew McConaughey gives what is at times a frustrating performance. All the offbeat quirks and mannerisms wear thin after a while. Perhaps he was trying too hard to imitate the real Coach Lengyel, but whatever McConaughey was trying to do he never quite manages to convince. And since his character is at the very heart of the story that is a rather glaring problem with the movie. But despite the problems the movie may have it's still well worth seeing. You'll be both inspired and entertained. You just may get the sense you should have been a little bit more inspired and entertained than you actually were.

    If you stick around through the closing moments, though, you will be treated to a truly inspiring epilogue. By keeping the football team going, Lengyel paved the way for a program that would have great success in the future. Kate Mara, recounts this success in a voice over and it's the most inspiring moment of the film. You want to admire Marshall because it's ultimately about the importance of perseverance, but the film is too bathetic to win the hearts of us, hard to please, viewers.
  • franktowers
    July 2, 2008
    franktowers
    that last speech, if you really listen to it, is horrible
  • mrpopcorn
    May 20, 2008
    mrpopcorn
    McG knocked this one out the park. Well written storyline, documented the history well. I enjoyed the film work done in Huntington around the University. The action scenes put you on the field with the players. I loved all of the slo-mo camera work. This was a story that needed t...( read more)o be told properly, with the right touch of compassion. Matt and Matt, good job as Jack and Red, both made it happen. Marshall has come a long way since the 1970 crash and shows what teamwork is all about. If the city and University had not supported the team through thick and thin there would never had been a national championship.

    Watch this if you wanna be inspired.
  • allan913
    May 14, 2008
    allan913
    An insipring, uplifting, riveting and powerful film. It's thrilling and pulse pounding. A blisteringly exciting, stunning and deeply moving drama. A wonderful and excellent movie that stands with classics like Remember the Titians and Brians Song. Matthew McConaughey and Matthew ...( read more)Foxx are extroadinary. McConaughey is magnificent, giving the performance of his career. Foxx is outstanding, going from tv star to movie star calibur material. Both these actors do such a good job in this film that you can feel every bit of it. It roars across the screen with emotion.
  • acedon6
    December 6, 2009
    acedon6
    TOUCHING, a good movie.
  • xxltmoney
    November 28, 2009
    xxltmoney
    This movie was kinda sad, but it didn't seem to inspire and it was honestly kind of boring. It hardly had an ending.
  • navinpai
    November 27, 2009
    navinpai
    This movie, based on true events, is easily amongst the best sports based movies ever, simply because it deals not with the sport itself, but with lives of everyone related with the team of the Marshall univ team, which lost 6 teammembers and 69 fans in an aircrash. The movie is ...( read more)simply outstanding, and rises above the sport and shows very human emotions.

    The fact that 82% users liked this movie, while barely 48% of the self proclaimed critics liked it, reimposes my faith in the fact that critics are no good morons who have no clue about movie making...enuf said!! Go watch this movie, and you'll understand what I mean...Definite must watch!!
  • LYNNWOODS04
    November 22, 2009
    LYNNWOODS04
    By far one of the best football movies I have seen. A heartbreaking story about a town who loses their entire football team and staff in a tragic plane crash. What makes even more horrific is that it's based on a true story. I thought Matthew McConaughey was great. Really surpris...( read more)ed with Matthew Fox's acting. He was really good. It's a sad, but great movie.. Inspiring. Love football movies.
  • agonzalez7000
    November 6, 2009
    agonzalez7000
    A truly uplifting and inspirational story.
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