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There has been numerous amount of films created to portray past historical figures or events. They have ones are a box office hit some that are not. Most of them stretch the truth so that you see what they want or to make the movie more enjoyable. While the more truthful ones out there tend to be those that aren’t as appealing. The movie I’ve decided to review was the movie “42”. Based on a true story, 42 was about the rise of the first African American baseball player Jackie Robinson. As I viewed the film the four main components I felt were most compelling to discuss were historical events, costumes, characters and technological innovations. I felt that these were vital towards my appreciation towards the movie. A movie that is based on a true story has to have historical events to back up its authenticity. Throughout the movie there were many but some not as real they lead you to believe. The first being when Jackie threw a ball to a young boy who was portrayed as Ed Charles someone who would eventually grow up and become win the World Series for the Miracle Mets in 1969. That event never actually took place it was just made more of a dramatic effect. Another case was when opposing player Ben Chapman was yelling out …show more content…

The phones they had were very interesting to see. Also the cars they had seem very old.it look like a whole different world back in the day. The cars were fat and weird shaped on both sides. I don’t believe that trains advanced very much because the on in the movie looked like a very basic modern day train. The movie also showed ho reporters reported with typewriters and the watched the game. Also the microphone the announcer spoke was very different than the ones we have today. I also notice the cameras they had, the sound and image quality they produce when used was real cool to see. Clearly the producer too his time when making this as precise as he

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