Another good thing about this movie is the realism of the fight scenes - not like the Rocky films with their fake sound effects that bust the eardrums.
Yeah I saw it. It was on point, I felt soo bad for him, he was treated so unfairly just to make him loose. I teared up a bit, for him to overcome the hatred and still win, but then he was targeted for living a good lifestyle, worst yet he dated white woman. I always thought if people have a problem with black ppl why dont they go argue with God, ask him why he created them? We have no control of being born black! With all this hate, we has the same color blood RED!
The writer might have taken some liberties there for one, I don't know. But this movie is based on a fighter who was the first black heavy weight champion, and white people went crazy, black people went crazy, all because people want to measure themselves based on a sport that their not involved in. That's what I love about boxing, it is really only about the people in the ring
This trailer doesn't do the movie justice. This is one of my favorite movies. There is some really good Jazz in this movie. I think it has two great themes in it, on the one hand you have a black man struggling against society that is oppressing him and on the other you have a man (Johnson) trying to deal with being "The savior of a race", and all he ever wanted to do was box and live life, and when you try to attach a whole race of people to yourself
and still he can't get a Pardon. Not Even from a President who's African American. It's ridiculous. Everyone knows it's political but dam politics do the right thing. While he's at it stop the wars. Their is a Prophet who wrote " You can bomb the world to pieces but you can't bomb it into peace" . Better hear it!
I don't quite understand how this video turned into a Klitschko commentary. Boxing has evolved since the early 1900s. I wish I could say the same for humanity.
Anyway, this is a great movie. James Earl Jones was powerful (although the fight scenes weren't too realistic) and Jane Alexander was beautiful. Excellent movie!
somebody upload the got damn movie fuck this and the flick buck and the preacher quit bullshitin we wanna see the classics too. not just the damn trailer & dont tell me to go buy the dvds I pay monthly on this computer bill they can show them shits it aint like its free Im payin monthly fuuck
it's because of racial statements and associations he's made in the last few years.
the media won't tell it like it is. i noticed their pro-black, anti- white stance years ago. i keep fox news on 80 percent of the time. they're the only ones i can rely on for ''fair and balanced'' truth liberals like you don't want to hear.
another thing. all the people like me who have waited for a station like this have abandoned cnn, msnbc etc. for fox. that drives the liberals mad. ha.
White people are such drama fiends. The history betwwen blacks & whites in america has always been highly combustable. & it's all bcuz whites r drama-hunting, thrill-seeking, attention-starved pychos. Africa could've thrived on its own with it's own systen in place before disease carrying, corrupting white people arrived.
Shows how ignorant you are. I wouldn't be surprised seeing you swing from vines considering your wealth of knowledge and capacity to reason amounts to nil. There were advanced civilizations in Africa that flourished while Europe was still in the stone age. Where do you think the largest man made monolith is at? Research the Axumite, Kushite and Meroite civilizations of East Africa idiot; no need to even mention Timbuktu of West.
@Hershey I hear that all the time, I even took a class on pre-colonial African history... there basically is none, african history began when muslim traders started showing up
@kokowheelman So what you're saying is you expect the (white) establishment to tell you the truth about Africa at one of their universities? Last time you listened to them on a serious issue, 6000 troops ended up dead in a desert, 70% of them being white. Go ahead, maybe they have a little more "truth" they'd care to share with you.
@ObamaTheRealLoser No that professor was from Ethiopia. He tried to teach, but there wasn't much to teach. He had complete control of the curriculum.
You've assumed three falsehoods: That I listened to 'them,' that 'they' are white, and that a 'white' university wouldn't tell the truth about Africa.
a great white hope was someone who was hyped due to the color of his skin. whites were the key demographic and they wanted to watch other white ppl fight. only the fight game was dominated by blacks.
today whites are closer to blacks and hispanics, and in some (like HW) divisions even on top. that said there is no such thing as a great black hope. no black fighter is hyped cuz of his skin. no fighter is these days. haye is hyped cuz of his style.
Please, don't waste your time renting this crap. Jack Johnson in real life was articulate and refined — he would've never yelled "Here I Is" — yet James Earl Jones plays him as a buffoon. If you want to know anything about Johnson, get "Unforgivable Blackness" the documentary by Burns.
I disagree entirely with barrys. It should have been obvious that when he yelled "Here I is!" he was intentionally satirizing the whites who expected no more, precisely what Johnson would and did do. This movie, far from being a waste of time is far better than most any other boxing movie before or since.
Piehole, I like your theory about the movie and the motivation behind Jones' portrayal, but I have to agree with Barrys: I think Jones played the role too broadly and buffonishly, with little of the dignity Jack had in real life.
The klitschkos wouldn't have got near Jack Johnson in his prime never mind hit him! Watch old film footage of Johnson who was the consummate master of defensive boxing; (he used to catch flies in his hands!); For his punching power watch the fight with Stanley Ketchel ( he hit Ketchel so hard that they found teeth embedded in Johnson''s glove after he knocked Ketchel out!); Vastly underrated Johnson would have given Louis and Ali a severe test! Marciano? Tyson? they wouldn't have got near him!
People see the klitschkos and get so excited. Teddy Atlas said it, the heavyweight division is very forgiving. In the 70's the golden age, the klithschkos would be sparring partners. they're too slow. Nor would they beat a prime tyson or holyfied. Dream on. They are the best RIGHT NOW, not ever.
Altas is a biaded jerk. The Klitschkos are big men with skill. They would have destroyed many of the smaller heavyweights of the past. Two white east Europeans own the heavyweights. The bigots would have never dreamed it..
@grant21999 Hard to say!! One never really knows. I NEVER thought Ali would beat Forman or Douglas would beat Tyson. Speculation and debate is always fun though!! I've picked my share of winner and losers!
Jack Johnson truly was the greatest of all times.....
truebeliever786 5 months ago
Tumbs up if you came here just to watch the trailer and were disappointed by racial comments. Ignorant fools...
Orcishihi 7 months ago 3
excellent film...with an excellent actor...the one and only, James Earl Jones. Love live Jack Johnson...boxer and also an inventor!
eyesley 1 year ago
Another good thing about this movie is the realism of the fight scenes - not like the Rocky films with their fake sound effects that bust the eardrums.
JimboUSofA 1 year ago
@JimboUSofA rocky 6 had a real fight scene, with real punches.
Godzilla370 6 months ago
@Godzilla370 My bad, I forgot that film.
JimboUSofA 6 months ago
Jack Johnson is the Shit!!!!!! Period!!!! Unforgivable Blackness documentry is Hot!!
stolenlegacy19 1 year ago
@stolenlegacy19
Yeah I saw it. It was on point, I felt soo bad for him, he was treated so unfairly just to make him loose. I teared up a bit, for him to overcome the hatred and still win, but then he was targeted for living a good lifestyle, worst yet he dated white woman. I always thought if people have a problem with black ppl why dont they go argue with God, ask him why he created them? We have no control of being born black! With all this hate, we has the same color blood RED!
pryncessable 1 year ago
Loud mouth nigger! lol. Henry from creepshow is in this film lol.
toadman842 1 year ago
Was Jack Johnson really born in America, did anybody check his birth certificate? LOL
dannnynieves 1 year ago
@dannnynieves
Nickcat5 1 year ago
@dannnynieves
Yes he was.
9N8X 1 year ago
@9N8X
What about President Obama? :o)
dannnynieves 1 year ago
@dannnynieves
Yes.(Hawaii)
9N8X 1 year ago
@9N8X
I look forward to voting for him again in 2012.
dannnynieves 1 year ago
oscar bound performance everywhere
chespi500 2 years ago
The writer might have taken some liberties there for one, I don't know. But this movie is based on a fighter who was the first black heavy weight champion, and white people went crazy, black people went crazy, all because people want to measure themselves based on a sport that their not involved in. That's what I love about boxing, it is really only about the people in the ring
JamesOGant 2 years ago
you might get bogged down, things become so much more serious.
JamesOGant 2 years ago
This trailer doesn't do the movie justice. This is one of my favorite movies. There is some really good Jazz in this movie. I think it has two great themes in it, on the one hand you have a black man struggling against society that is oppressing him and on the other you have a man (Johnson) trying to deal with being "The savior of a race", and all he ever wanted to do was box and live life, and when you try to attach a whole race of people to yourself
JamesOGant 2 years ago
and still he can't get a Pardon. Not Even from a President who's African American. It's ridiculous. Everyone knows it's political but dam politics do the right thing. While he's at it stop the wars. Their is a Prophet who wrote " You can bomb the world to pieces but you can't bomb it into peace" . Better hear it!
tellthetruthg 2 years ago
he did get the pardon...Obama past it july 29,2009
Passionetandsexy 2 years ago
I don't quite understand how this video turned into a Klitschko commentary. Boxing has evolved since the early 1900s. I wish I could say the same for humanity.
Anyway, this is a great movie. James Earl Jones was powerful (although the fight scenes weren't too realistic) and Jane Alexander was beautiful. Excellent movie!
denzelsnipes69 2 years ago 2
somebody upload the got damn movie fuck this and the flick buck and the preacher quit bullshitin we wanna see the classics too. not just the damn trailer & dont tell me to go buy the dvds I pay monthly on this computer bill they can show them shits it aint like its free Im payin monthly fuuck
MrHolditDown 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
James Earl Jones =the most racist person on the face of the earth...........guaranteed
RamSBronx94 2 years ago
guaranteed to be bullshit totally lol
RamSBronx94 2 years ago
RamSBronx94: What is the basis for this comment that you've made about James Earl Jones?
TheThirdEyeCeesU 2 years ago
let me jump in.
it's because of racial statements and associations he's made in the last few years.
the media won't tell it like it is. i noticed their pro-black, anti- white stance years ago. i keep fox news on 80 percent of the time. they're the only ones i can rely on for ''fair and balanced'' truth liberals like you don't want to hear.
another thing. all the people like me who have waited for a station like this have abandoned cnn, msnbc etc. for fox. that drives the liberals mad. ha.
dale1966gto 2 years ago
James is not a racist I guarantee you that
BrandoCool69 2 years ago 2
he wasn't herry
jessebrito11 2 years ago
is the full movie somewhere on the internet
wade12393 2 years ago
White people are such drama fiends. The history betwwen blacks & whites in america has always been highly combustable. & it's all bcuz whites r drama-hunting, thrill-seeking, attention-starved pychos. Africa could've thrived on its own with it's own systen in place before disease carrying, corrupting white people arrived.
RandomUsername010 2 years ago
Oh please, blacks would still be swinging from the vines if whites had never come to africa.
sbtbfanatic 2 years ago
Shows how ignorant you are. I wouldn't be surprised seeing you swing from vines considering your wealth of knowledge and capacity to reason amounts to nil. There were advanced civilizations in Africa that flourished while Europe was still in the stone age. Where do you think the largest man made monolith is at? Research the Axumite, Kushite and Meroite civilizations of East Africa idiot; no need to even mention Timbuktu of West.
Hershey 2 years ago 7
@Hershey I hear that all the time, I even took a class on pre-colonial African history... there basically is none, african history began when muslim traders started showing up
kokowheelman 1 year ago
@kokowheelman So what you're saying is you expect the (white) establishment to tell you the truth about Africa at one of their universities? Last time you listened to them on a serious issue, 6000 troops ended up dead in a desert, 70% of them being white. Go ahead, maybe they have a little more "truth" they'd care to share with you.
ObamaTheRealLoser 1 year ago
@ObamaTheRealLoser No that professor was from Ethiopia. He tried to teach, but there wasn't much to teach. He had complete control of the curriculum.
You've assumed three falsehoods: That I listened to 'them,' that 'they' are white, and that a 'white' university wouldn't tell the truth about Africa.
kokowheelman 4 months ago
@Hershey So, why africa is shit?
Why did the nigger must go to Europe to work for white people?
ThurlerDeFriburgue 7 months ago
@ThurlerDeFriburgue why did the grammar in your comment must had gone to special needs classes cuz so dumb <----- thats how you talk fuckin retard
familyklok 2 weeks ago
Americans are biased,and fuckin retarded.
It's not because black americans fighters humiliated all of you,white americans fighters,that you should suck them for ever like lil hoes.
Schmelling,Johansson,now Klits,Adamek,Froch,euros rule!!FUCK YALL
Thallakar 2 years ago
You can suck me for ever like a lil hoe ok ? BTW I am black with a big dick
kthnxbi
westeh 2 years ago
Klitschkos rule!
Muning444 2 years ago
and now not one wieght class is dominated by a black person
gangstanikes 2 years ago
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
billyysands 2 years ago
David Haye is the next Great black hope to get ko'd by the Klitschkos.
Muning444 2 years ago
there is no such thing as a great black hope.
a great white hope was someone who was hyped due to the color of his skin. whites were the key demographic and they wanted to watch other white ppl fight. only the fight game was dominated by blacks.
today whites are closer to blacks and hispanics, and in some (like HW) divisions even on top. that said there is no such thing as a great black hope. no black fighter is hyped cuz of his skin. no fighter is these days. haye is hyped cuz of his style.
YakiKadafi90 2 years ago
Please, don't waste your time renting this crap. Jack Johnson in real life was articulate and refined — he would've never yelled "Here I Is" — yet James Earl Jones plays him as a buffoon. If you want to know anything about Johnson, get "Unforgivable Blackness" the documentary by Burns.
barrys 2 years ago
I disagree entirely with barrys. It should have been obvious that when he yelled "Here I is!" he was intentionally satirizing the whites who expected no more, precisely what Johnson would and did do. This movie, far from being a waste of time is far better than most any other boxing movie before or since.
piehole23 2 years ago
Piehole, I like your theory about the movie and the motivation behind Jones' portrayal, but I have to agree with Barrys: I think Jones played the role too broadly and buffonishly, with little of the dignity Jack had in real life.
namvet12 2 years ago
Unforgiveable Blackness costs £6.99 on amazon! 'The Great White Hope' starring James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander (1970)costs £6.00 on Amazon.......
AllanD1951 3 years ago
The klitschkos wouldn't have got near Jack Johnson in his prime never mind hit him! Watch old film footage of Johnson who was the consummate master of defensive boxing; (he used to catch flies in his hands!); For his punching power watch the fight with Stanley Ketchel ( he hit Ketchel so hard that they found teeth embedded in Johnson''s glove after he knocked Ketchel out!); Vastly underrated Johnson would have given Louis and Ali a severe test! Marciano? Tyson? they wouldn't have got near him!
AllanD1951 3 years ago
COULD YOU PUT HIS MOVIE ON YOUTUBE
BLACKWORLD33 3 years ago
Yeah,and Ketchel was good but was a middleweight retard.
Only in dream Jack Johnson beat 6.6 240 lbs Klitschko.
Klitschkos are kings,their fights are borin,OBVIOUS, cuz their opponents have no chance,tno suspense.
Klitsckos jabs Johnson to death.
Tyson would rail Johson in 5 seconds,you're retard watchin old fights in fast motion.LOL.Johnson was fightin slow unskilled vintage fighters.
Thallakar 2 years ago
You are entitled to your opinion even if emanated from someone brain dead! Subject matter closed ok? Let's just agree to differ ok?
AllanD1951 2 years ago
PLEASE SOMEBODY POST THIS MOVIE
BLACKWORLD33 3 years ago
rent it fucktard
scallywag86 2 years ago
Looks like a good movie. I'll have to rent it from my local library...
lonelygurl8305 3 years ago
james earl jones was in good shape when he shoot this film.
choasdeon 3 years ago
jack johnson=the greatest athlete of all time
BasePlug 3 years ago
The Klitschkos would have killed your hero.
Muning444 3 years ago
lol, and I could kill you with my brother's shotgun.
He's the greatest because of how he carried himself in and out of the ring despite all of the things he could have bitched and moaned about.
First black heavy weight champ, wrote two memoirs, invented a patented wrench, married 2 white women, fucked many more, etc, etc...
He spat in the face of those who underestimated him daily and gained recognition in ways that no other athlete ever will.
BasePlug 3 years ago
He was ten times the man any modern athlete is including your man Clitscocks.
BasePlug 3 years ago 3
Lol,Johnson was fightin in a prehistoric era,I trouble to call it boxin,he get dropped by a middleweight.
Any modern fighter would beat him,Klitschko is maybe 10 times more powerfull than Johnson.
Klitschko is borin,but he's a mamoth who can box.
Thallakar 2 years ago
People see the klitschkos and get so excited. Teddy Atlas said it, the heavyweight division is very forgiving. In the 70's the golden age, the klithschkos would be sparring partners. they're too slow. Nor would they beat a prime tyson or holyfied. Dream on. They are the best RIGHT NOW, not ever.
grant21999 2 years ago 5
Altas is a biaded jerk. The Klitschkos are big men with skill. They would have destroyed many of the smaller heavyweights of the past. Two white east Europeans own the heavyweights. The bigots would have never dreamed it..
Muning444 2 years ago
Right on "grant21999" and if you really want to imagine something laughable imagine one of those over-sized loons facing Muhammed Ali.
piehole23 2 years ago
@grant21999 well said. You took the words out of my mouth. They would have been sparring partners back in the 70's.
tracydukeplump 2 years ago
It's bullshit,all of you yanks fans are suckin the afro american lobby in boxin.
All these fighters,and especially Jack Johnson are overated.Only a yank can say tht Johson beat Klitschko,bullshit.
Dudes like you got a black cock in their mouth.White americans are bitches pimped by black dudes.
FROM AN EURO WHO LIVES IN JORDANIA.
Thallakar 2 years ago
@grant21999 Hard to say!! One never really knows. I NEVER thought Ali would beat Forman or Douglas would beat Tyson. Speculation and debate is always fun though!! I've picked my share of winner and losers!
Nickcat5 1 year ago
@grant21999 the klits are very boring IMO
Godzilla370 6 months ago