42

So. I went to the movies and was pleasantly surprised by what I saw. 42 is the best movie that I have seen this year thus far. A word of caution: 42 the movie uses the notorious "N" word a whole lot. More than it was used in the movie Django Unchained. It was all in the context of the movie and the era though. This movie can be used as a teachable moment for kids growing up today that have never had to worry about racism.
42 is an American story about triumph, love, hate, disrespect, racism, teamwork, camaraderie, and above all succeeding against the odds. Jackie Robinson was one of the greatest baseball players ever. At issue was him leaving the Negro Leagues of old and joining the big leagues. Some of the team managers were against him. The other teams were against him. Even his own team didn't want to see a black man play baseball in an all white league. This scared white America. They weren't ready for such a dramatic change.
There were suggestions of black people taking over all of the baseball teams due to one black man playing. This never happened to date and this fallacy was spread in the mid 1940's. It reminded me of some of the very same fears that are being spread right now in 2013 about jobs and guns. The majority still firmly sits at about 73%. Not changing anytime soon.
Overall this was a great movie. I score it a firm 8 out of 10.