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Reviewing "42" - the Jackie Robinson baseball biopic
various | April 13, 2013

Posted on 04/13/2013 11:53:57 AM PDT by EveningStar

Is anyone planning to see this?

Has anyone already seen it? If so, what did you think of it?

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Review from The Orange County Register: '42' swings for the fences, but it's one, two, three strikes

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TOPICS: Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 42; baseball; biopic; branchrickey; cinema; film; harrisonford; jackierobinson; movies
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1 posted on 04/13/2013 11:53:57 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: Borges; DollyCali; Perdogg

ping


2 posted on 04/13/2013 11:54:36 AM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar

Getting (totally) burned out on Hollywood PC.

Frankly.


3 posted on 04/13/2013 11:55:49 AM PDT by Cringing Negativism Network
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To: EveningStar

Only now do the Douglas Adams books make any sense.


4 posted on 04/13/2013 11:56:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (HRC:"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping,"-NKorea)
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To: Dr. Sivana

There was already an older, b&w movie about Jackie Robinson. Didnt need another.


5 posted on 04/13/2013 11:57:39 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: EveningStar
Like Obama, Jackie Robinson is perfect human being. Without sin. He is/was better than all of us. We need to bow down and worship his perfectness.

No thanks.

6 posted on 04/13/2013 11:59:19 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: EveningStar

Mooch said that it made her “angry” and “outraged”. I think I’m going to pass on this one. I’ve got “The Jackie Robinson Story” on DVD with the real Jackie Robinson in it. Don’t need any of Hollyweird’s racebaiting BS.


7 posted on 04/13/2013 12:00:59 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Bill of Rights?)
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To: GeronL

Yup.


8 posted on 04/13/2013 12:01:27 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my Bill of Rights?)
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To: EveningStar

Okay, I just looked at the trailer. I am predisposed to liking it, as I am a Dodger fan, and always admired Robinson as both man and player. Why the heck did they have to put hip hop crap in a movie that takes place primarily in the 40s and 50s?! That’s even worse than the 70s pop ditty grafted onto Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.


9 posted on 04/13/2013 12:02:03 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (HRC:"Sometimes she looks like a primary schoolgirl and sometimes a pensioner going shopping,"-NKorea)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; Revolting cat!
Mooch said that it made her “angry” and “outraged”.

It made Michie the Moocher angry? Or angrier than usual?

Probably upset her that inspite of everything, he still voted Republican.

10 posted on 04/13/2013 12:04:54 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: ClearCase_guy

An adult playing a kids game. Why is there such idol worship?


11 posted on 04/13/2013 12:06:28 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

She knows the Irish, Italians etc are white, right??


12 posted on 04/13/2013 12:06:40 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: EveningStar

It’s been done. There’s already a movie about Jackie Robinson, in which the white people aren’t all racist monsters. This is just more PC agit-prop.


13 posted on 04/13/2013 12:09:38 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: a fool in paradise; FlingWingFlyer; Revolting cat!; All
Probably upset her that inspite of everything, he still voted Republican.
Well, sort of...

He hated Goldwater. He said, "Goldwaterism is Hitlerism." At that point, I gave Jackie Robinson the virtual finger.

14 posted on 04/13/2013 12:13:39 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: GeronL

Saw that one long ago - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042609/combined


15 posted on 04/13/2013 12:15:38 PM PDT by jimfree (In November 2016 my 12 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: EveningStar

Jackie Robinson was black? Who knew? Maybe old Bob can make a movie about the sun coming up in the morning. Jackie was a groundbreaker, but Robert Redford is old hash.


16 posted on 04/13/2013 12:24:18 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: EveningStar

i am looking forward to watching “42.” plua i want to see Harrison Ford in his role... i go to the movies maybe once or twice a year... i loovvveee baseball... hate the Dodgers...


17 posted on 04/13/2013 12:27:23 PM PDT by latina4dubya
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To: blueunicorn6

As far as I can tell, Robert Redford had nothing to do with this movie.


18 posted on 04/13/2013 12:27:43 PM PDT by EveningStar ("What color is the sky in your world?" -- Frasier Crane)
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To: EveningStar
He hated Goldwater. He said, "Goldwaterism is Hitlerism." At that point, I gave Jackie Robinson the virtual finger.

Although I'm a Dodger fan, I'm not a Jackie Robinson fan, largely because of his hatred for Goldwater and conservatives. In addition, he played football for UCLA, but I'm happy to say that the Bruin teams for which he played never beat the USC Trojans.

19 posted on 04/13/2013 12:30:26 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: EveningStar

You couldn’t pay me to see it!


20 posted on 04/13/2013 12:33:01 PM PDT by pgkdan (Some taglines never go away....)
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