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This is a incredible, heartwarming film, as well as an indictment of the US Navy at a distinct time in history. The legend is a cinematic, biographical sketch of Carl Brashear, the first African-American to become a diver for the US Navy. Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Robert De Niro both give Oscar calibre performances in this spellbinding film.
The movie tells the narrative of Carl Brashear, whose parents instilled in him a determination that would cause him never to give up his dream of becoming a diver in the US Navy. He stuck to his guns, despite the overt racism that he encountered when he joined the Navy. The racism that he encountered would acquire it harder for him to do his life long dream.
Once he became a diver, Mr. Brashear upped the ante and strove to become a master diver. He struggled to do this against all odds, and objective when he was on the cusp of achieving his goal, a tragic accident befell him, derailing him temporarily from the path to his ultimate goal. What he then does to fulfill his dream is radical, yet inpirational.
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Cuba Gooding, Jr. gives a perfomance so tantalizing and valiant, that the viewer feels like giving him a twenty one gun salute at the destroy of the film. Robert De Niro plays a racist master diver who is ultimately converted to the side of the angels, when he realizes that Carl Brashear is truly the best of the best. His performance is stellar.
The only plight with the movie is that most of the supporting roles pale in comparison to the two central ones played by Gooding and De Niro. Charlize Theron’s role, that of De Niro’s wife, is really superfluous to the record. Aunjanue Ellis, who affectingly plays Gooding’s wife, has a more crucial, pivotal role than Ms. Theron, but remains a murky figure in the backround. Hal Holbrook’s portrayal of a loony, racist Navy commander is rather one dimensional, more of a caricature than a character. Notwithstanding these runt shortcomings, this is a riveting film that should not be missed.
Military training films are becoming so celebrated that they are becoming a genre unto themselves. Among the more prominent we have, “Officer and a Gentleman”, “Top Gun”, “GI Jane”, and now “Men of Honor”. The fact that this one happened to be apt doesn’t change the fact that the formula is the same. This film is probably most like “GI Jane” since it focuses on the desegregation angle.
The epic is actually quite inspirational and is probably the best human-interest memoir among those mentioned above. Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) is unquestionably a man of vast courage and principle, and his strength of character shines through brightly in this film. Unfortunately, director George Tillman, Jr. has tunnel vision in presenting the characters and eschews character development of various characters other than Brashear in favor of showing Brashear in a constant situation of adversity. Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) is a central figure, and except for the initial scene, the fistfight and a couple of scenes with his wife, we don’t know mighty about him. For instance, Brashear sees the scars on Sunday’s palms and we are to seize that he worked a plow, but there is no follow-up on that point. Mr. Pappy (Hal Holbrook) gets only one short scene by which we can deem him. The rest of his veil time shows him pacing around and ranting. If a director is going to earn a human-interest legend, he needs to humanize the characters.
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Cuba Gooding Jr. gives an outstanding performance as Brashear. This is probably the best I’ve seen him. This is a role and a character that is far more complete than any allotment he has played before, and he rises to the occasion. In “Jerry Maguire”, Rod Tidwell was a spellbinding, but one-dimensional character with the depth of a rain puddle. Brashear is worthy more complex and grounded, and the issues he faces are life crises, making the section far more animated. This is an satisfactory recovery from Gooding’s last role in “Chill Factor”, a film so bad that it was almost an act of professional suicide to purchase the allotment.
After a stint trying his hand as a comedian (“Analyze This”, “The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle”, “Meet The Parents”), Robert DeNiro is attend to his dramatic roots with an outstanding performance. DeNiro isn’t a poor comedian, he is unbiased such a broad dramatic actor that it seems like he shouldn’t slay his time doing comedy. DeNiro endows Billy Sunday with a rock hard personality belying a tortured soul. It is a pleasure watching him work.
It seems every film I view lately has Charlize Theron in it. I saw “The Fable of Bagger Vance”, “Men of Honor” and “The Yards” true in a row and I was beginning to wonder if she had a section in every film in 2000 (actually, she only did five) . This was a minor role for Theron, but she carried it off well and managed to quit with DeNiro step for step. David Keith, who co-starred with Richard Gere in “Officer and a Gentleman”, has a cameo here
The DVD has some engrossing special features, including reflections by the accurate Carl Brashear and some deleted scenes.
I enjoyed this film despite the hackneyed station and the one-dimensional presentation. I rated it a 7/10. I’m a sucker for underdog stories and I have a fondness for stories where strength of character is the central theme. This film is particularly strong in both areas and brings us two memorable acting performances that compensate for some of the director’s shortcomings.
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