moview review Invictus

Invictus (2009)

MPAA rating: PG-13

Reviewed by: Joaquin Nunez

Gener: Sports Drama

With: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman

Directed by: Clint Eastwood

Distributor: Warner Bros Pictures.

 

“Times change, we need to change as well” Francois Pieenar always used this phrase to motivate his team, when they were on a problem on the field. This movie is about rugby, in my opinion the best sport all around the world, because you learn how to play in a team, to be perseverant, and how to be friendly and unite with all your team mates. So this is the main idea of the movie, to unite the South African people was divided in 2 parts: the white and the black people. The country wasn’t united for the fault of the racism, this is called apartheid.

 

After 27 years of Mandela in the jail, he was released, the reason he went to jail was because he was in a different political party, in that times that was a crime, they had different ideas of the people when he was released, he postulate to become the South Africa president.

When Nelson Mandela become the president of the South African but, the people doesn’t want him at the lead of the country because they think that a black man who has been 27 years in jail is not appropriated for the South African country. What people don’t know was that Mandela wants a united South Africa, he don’t care much about the economy, because the first thing you need to be a stable country is the unity of the South Africans, You cannot solve the economic problems.

So Mandela used the rugby as an example for the South Africans to make the country united.

The people watch the rugby, but the south African team wasn’t good enough for the people so they don’t take care of this sport, so Mandela start a campaign to make the poorest people know this sport, this campaign consist that the south Africa team  players goes to the poor neighbors and there  teach the boys the basic rugby rules, this gives courage to the players of the team, this was hallowed for the boys and for all the country, including black and white people, watch this great team and finally win the world cup.

 

In conclusion, this movie shows how to be very friendly with your comrades and with all the people you know. This movie teaches you how you can change a country with one thing only you need to have conviction and a thing that all the people loves like in this movie, the Rugby, and not to be gloomy with people who are different with you.

I like this movie and I recommend it to all the people over 13 years, because it have very good actors and scenes, you can see very realist rugby match and you can feel what the springboks fell when they play rugby, so if you can see it, do  it to know about rugby.