A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was a while back and since I have it on DVD, I thought I might as well check it out again. Well, even though this movie was not heralded like Clint Eastwood's previous work, I still really liked the damned thing though. Of course, during and after watching this flick, the one thing that kept popping in mine mind was 'was it really the most fascinating story about Nelson Mandela?' To be honest, probably not. The main issue was that, among all the great things achieved by Nelson Mandela, it is hard to believe that the rugby world cup was his greatest accomplishment and, personally, I would have rather watched something else about this great man. However, it is easy to understand that this subject was a crowd pleaser, easy to swallow and digest. Still, I thought it was an inspiring movie about one of the most inspiring historical figures that walked on Earth. Furthermore, if you compare it to the really underwhelming 'Goodbye Bafana', it was a really impressive historical drama. Once again, Clint Eastwood showed us that he is one of the best directors around (at least, back then) and you can see that Morgan Freeman had waited all his life to perform this character. Matt Damon was, as usual, pretty good but his character was not really interesting in my opinion. Anyway, to conclude, I think it is a great tribute to Eastwood's talent that, even though the subject seemed rather trivial, he managed to give it some gravitas. Therefore, the end-result was pretty neat and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in Eastwood's work.

8/10