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I thought about choosing Troy, Ocean of Fire, or The Ghost and the Darkness, but chose this one for its, as far as I know, greater burden of historical accuracy over the others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Men_of_honor_ver1.jpgDamnit, cooki, move your ass...!
This is the story of Carl Brashear, but also of Billy Sunday, and the strange relationship they end up forging is what I like most about the film.
Little time has passed in the United States since the abolition of the laws that prevented blacks from joining the Navy, and Carl Brashear, one of them, decides to join the Navy's diving school. But although the laws have changed, many people have not.
Billy Sunday is the instructor, who at the beginning of the film is seen by Brashear disobeying orders and risking his life to save a diver in danger from an accident and ended up being forced to withdraw from further dives because of the consequences to his health. Sunday warns Brashear that it is better for him to resign and makes things more difficult for him than for the others, although it seems that he does it more because his boss tells him to and does not want to antagonize him than because he has that impulse, but because of Brashear's persistence he ends up disobeying another order in the end, with more problems... but he recognizes and allows Brashear to achieve his goal: to become a Navy diver.
And this could have been the end of the story; also, in between, Brashear had fallen in love and got married. However, there is still another episode: saving the lives of a couple of sailors during an accident at sea, Brashear is left with a disabled leg and they want to force him to retire. But although they had no contact, Sunday decides to help him to annoy some superiors and they face together the bureaucracy and the logical problems of Brashear to remain a diver with a synthetic leg.
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Men_of_Honor_-_L%27on%D0%BEre_degli_uomini.png
The film, then, is a story of persistence in every sense: persistence in the face of people who look down on you for nothing, in the face of life's harsh accidents, and in the face of bureaucrats concerned with their careers rather than doing their jobs well. And this also includes the problem Sunday develops with alcohol halfway through the film, and I liked quite a lot what his wife said to him when he was at his lowest point: "I'll be in the car outside when you go out. If you promise never to drink another drop of alcohol, get in the car. If not, keep walking," showing that she loved him but would not self-destruct with him.
As final comments: the soundtrack is not particularly memorable but it does its job well, blending nicely with the emotions of the scenes; and the performances of the lead actors, Cuba Gooding jr as Brashear and Robert De Niro as Sunday, are of the highest level.
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Pensé en elegir Troya, Océano de Fuego, y El fantasma y la Oscuridad (o Garras), pero elegí esta por su, hasta donde sé, mayor carga de precisión histórica respecto a las otras.
¡Maldición, cocinero, mueve el trasero…!
Esta es la historia de Carl Brashear, pero también de Billy Sunday, y la relación extraña que terminan forjando es lo que más me gusta de la película.
Poco tiempo ha pasado en Estados Unidos desde la abolición de las leyes que le impedían a los negros unirse a la marina y Carl Brashear, uno de ellos, decide unirse a la escuela de buceo de la Marina. Pero aunque las leyes hayan cambiado, muchas personas no.
Billy Sunday es el instructor, quien al principio de la película es visto por Brashear desobedecer órdenes y arriesgar su vida para salvar a un buzo en peligr por un accidente y terminó forzado a retirarse de más inmersiones por las consecuencias para su salud. Sunday le advierte a Brashear que es mejor que renuncie y le hace las cosas más difíciles que a los demás, aunque parece que lo hace más porque su jefe se lo indica y no desea contrariarlo que porque él tenga ese impulso, pero ante la persistencia de Brashear terminará desobedeciendo otra orden al final, con más problemas… pero reconoce y permite que Brashear cumpla su objetivo: ser buzo de la Marina.
Y este podría haber sido el fin de la historia; incluso, entre medio de lo anterior, Brashear se había enamorado y casado. Sin embargo, aún queda otro episodio: salvando la vida a un par de marinos duraten un accidente en alta mar, Brashear queda con una pierna inutilizada y quieren forzarlo a retirarse. Pero aunque no habían mantenido ningún contacto, Sunday decide ayudarlo por fastidiar a ciertos superiores y se enfrentan juntos a la burocracia y a los problemas lógicos de Brashear de seguir siendo buzo con una pierna sintética.
La película, entonces, es una historia de persistencia en todo sentido: persistencia ante las personas que te desprecian por nada, ante los duros accidentes de la vida y ante los burócratas preocupados por sus carreras en vez de por hacer bien su trabajo. Y esto incluye también al problema que Sunday desarrolla con el alcohol a mitad de la película, y me gustó mucho lo que su esposa le dijo cuando estaba en su punto más bajo: “Estaré en el auto afuera cuando salgas. Si prometes nunca beber ni otra gota de alcohol, entra al auto. Si no, sigue caminando”, mostrando que lo amaba pero que no se autodestruiría con él.
Como últimos comentarios: la banda sonora no es particularmente memorable pero sí hace bien su trabajo mezclándose muy bien con las emociones de las escenas; y las actuaciones de los actores de los protagonistas, Cuba Gooding jr como Brashear y Robert De Niro como Sunday, son de nivel altísimo.
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Men of Honor is a great film. I remember seeing it when it was released, and Cuba Gooding, Jr. as the lead turned in a top-notch performance.
The Ghost and the Darkness is another excellent film, more inspired than based on Patterson's memoir The Man-Eaters of Tsavo, which is an excellent book and well worth reading.
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I've got The Man-Eaters of Tsavo but I've yet to read it. Remington was my favourite character of the movie but he did not exist in reality (funny thing is that I had a strange, while good, feeling about his speeches; years later I realized his latinspanish voice actor was the same one who does Goku's voice)