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Men of Honor (2000)

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Rayting:   7.2/10 107.6K votes
Country: USA
Language: English
Release date: 3 May 2001

The story of Carl Brashear, the first African American U.S. Navy Diver, and the man who trained him.

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neiljsmith72 9 April 2005

The film in General Its easy to watch, bit slow but has some nice bits in it to keep you interested. But it certainly is not anything special, especially for a film with Robert Deniro as cast.

The Good Points

'Robert De Niro' He does play the most interesting character of the film and without him i don't think i would have bothered to watch it from reading other peoples opinions.

The Bad Points

Cuba Gooding Jr's chraracter is when the film begins its pitfalls. The racial stuff in the film is fairly strong but not convincing. The acting and character of Cuba Gooding Jr made me not care at all for this character, he just did not respond convincingly enough to this element. His so called "honour" i thought was well over dramatized and got really boring towards the end of the movie. He just did'not suite the part in my opinion. Which lead me to believe it was the over dramatized directing of the film for the most part. Music and all just was'not convincing enough for me either.

Conclusion

Worth watching for Robert De Niro's part in the film. He does ham it and is sometimes humorous but on the whole it is an okish movie that does have a moving and interesting story about Naval Divers etc. But the movie title is its major pitfall on Cuba Gooding Jr's part.

shehab-20121 29 August 2018

Fmovies: In the beginning, this is a Robert de Niro movie,so if you are a fan of him you will enjoy it more and more.... This was the movie that made me fall in love with cinema. Everytime I see it I see anew side of it. I hope people see this movie from my point of view... It's a true story about the suffering of a black "naive man".. It will really touch your soul.. At last, I think that this movie is one of the most underrated movies of all time

ma-cortes 16 August 2019

An epic story inspired by the life of Carl Brashear, a man who battled the obstacles of racism, and intolerance , in spite his lack of education . The film starred Oscar winning actors Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Robert De Niro with a well ensembled support cast . This is the stirring story of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr , his magnifent acting certainly does the man justice) , being a straight-forward tribute to this historical hero , the first African-American U.S. Navy Diver in line of duty who broke barriers in the diving program . Regarding his problematic existence , being shown his rise from a simple sharecropper's son to a brave military man . Embodying the strength of will never to take for an answer , and furthermore , dealing with the man (Robert De Niro as coach captain Sunday) who trained him , a racist training officer whose discrimination nearly kills him on several occassions before Carl earns Sunday's respect . Carl come across the very embodiment of perseverance and he goes on his advanced career with a big success until a fateful accident . Tough enough for any able-bodied man , but even the loss a limb on a shipboard accident doesn't deter Carl from his dedication into line to duty .

This is a solid biography and old school biopic with fine performances at a tale of fight and self-improvement ; as he battles obstacles as well as the loss of his leg to become the United States Navy's first African-American Master deep sea diver. As Carl often uses pig-determination and guts , this farmer's son signed up for the US Navy in the early 50s and worked his difficult way to improve oneself through the entrance exam to train as a tough , savage driver , becoming the first ever blackman to qualify . Wonderful acting and interesting screenplay by Scott Marshall Smith lend the proceeding its sturdy narrative fibre . A moving real story of overcoming in which the main role surmounting difficulties, as Carl understands what it means to work your way up , even when he loses his half a leg and the now-recovered Sunday helps him retrain using a prosthetic leg . This is an attractive , charming story in which an African-American getting better oneself to surpass his competitors and contenders ; and by the way he has to overcome the institutional racism . It is hardly a surprise to deal with ordinary bigotry against blackmen and this occassionally stodgy movie offers the striking reminder of the terrible conditions under which underwater divers worked . Excellent interpretation by Robert De Niro as Sunday , a rigid commander , a hard-nosed master captain Instructor under pression to fail Carl , declining his pursuit due to insubordination as well as drunkenness and along the way growing of respect between two ordinary adversaries . Sunday role results to be actually a composite drawn from various men in Carl Brasher's life . Elsewhere the secondary characterisation is less sure with the regular abandoned wife well played by Charlize Theron , Hal Holbrook's racist commander-in-chief , a too-obvious looney , Carl's faithful colleague : Michael Rappaport , his wife : Aunjanue Ellis ; besides : Holt McCallany , David Keith , Powers Boothe , Glynn Turman ,Joshua Leonard , Carl Lumbly as father , Lonette McKee as mother , among others .

It contains an adequate and evocative cinematography by Anthony B Richmond . As well as a rousing , sensitive and epic musical score by Mark Isham . This better than average motion picture produced by Bill Cosby was competently directed by George Tillman Jr . He

sddavis63 6 January 2003

Men of Honor fmovies. The inspiring story of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), a black man who grew up in poverty in Kentucky and then joined the US Navy, aspiring to be the first black Master Diver in Navy history. We are shown the series of struggles from boyhood on that Brashear has to overcome to make his dream come true (and then to keep it alive.) Not the least of the challenges was Master Diver Bill Sunday (Robert DeNiro), the head trainer at the diving school the Navy sends Brashear to, who is not especially sympathetic to Brashear's goals, but who ultimately becomes an unlikely friend and supporter.

This is a good movie; fast paced and with a lot of action, although not an "action" pic in the normal sense of the word. There's a very human story here as well, and an interesting study of racism and the struggle to overcome it; there's also a sense of the struggle that took place in the 1960's between older and younger naval officers (the "old navy" vs the "new navy.") The performances are quite good - particularly Goodings'. I thought DeNiro was perhaps a bit over the top in his portrayal of Sunday (although, who knows, Sunday might well have been this extreme kind of loose cannon) and the portrayal of Sunday's wife Gwen (by Charlize Theron) also made me question whether these parts were "jazzed up" to provide entertainment value.

A good movie, though. I never once wondered if it was worth tuning into.

7/10

Special-K88 18 March 2002

Familiar but triumphant true story set in the 1950s about a man and his determination to defy the odds. Gooding gives a rock solid performance as an ambitious Navy diver whose iron will leads him to fight discrimination and try to become the first ever colored master diver. Along the way he matches wits with—and eventually gains the respect of—his belligerent, hard-nosed superior (De Niro). Considering the film's definite Rocky formula you'll probably be a step ahead of the story at every turn, but it's well-directed, acted with such great conviction, and has a finale so powerful and moving that you almost have to go along for the ride. A compelling and gripping story of will and determination. ***

PersianPlaya408 9 August 2006

TIllman Jr.'s drama about the first African American Navy Master Diver (Gooding Jr.), who defies all odds and achieves his goals despite a strict embittered trainer. The screenplay is not bad, a bit extreme at times, but the direction and acting is first-rate, and this film is inspiring and achieves what its supposed to do. I liked DeNiro in the lead, although its not on par with his masterful works (taxi driver, godfather and all the others) it is as good as his other good performances such as in King of Comedy or Angel Heart. DeNiro is always convincing and believable here, very good performance, Gooding Jr. is not bad, definitely one of his better performances. --- IMDb Rating: 6.6, my rating: 9/10

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