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[QUOTE="Orijinal, post: 1972547, member: 2359"]
I like the movie.  It could have been better, for sure.  Production was top notch but the story-telling was completely botched (I'm not talking about historical inaccuracies.  Actually, the West Virginia inaccuracy is a highlight of the movie!)

From the real life story of Ernie Davis, you have 5 automatically built-in tensions, that if fleshed out, would have made this an EXTRAORDINARY movie:

1. Would Jim Brown get the Heisman?  The movie only made a passing reference to this.  No back story on this at all--and important since it would directly touch on the tension of Ernie winning the Heisman

2. Could Syracuse possibly win a championship with Ernie Davis? [I]Some[/I] of the movie was dedicated to that season, but the most extraordinary thing displayed was Syracuse [I]taking a bus[/I] to Texas

3.  Would Ernie Davis win the Heisman?  A saga that could have been even more pronounced, not to mention a bigger hand-wringer if the Heisman hopes, expectations, and disappointments of Jim Brown had been more pronounced

4. Would Ernie Davis get drafted?  Touched on, but the stakes were not elevated appropriately

5. Would Ernie Davis beat leukemia or never play again?  Hardly visualized at all.  Instead we get a prolonged ending exposition from Rob Brown (who plays Davis) as Davis runs out onto a field.

I did like this movie (look at my avatar!).  But I was hoping to be [I]absolutely floored[/I] by it.  The movie barely scratched the national consciousness.  I think this movie needs to get remade, and done right.
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