42

This was my 4th or 5th time seeing this film and it was still enjoyable for me.  The first time I saw this movie I absolutely loved it and thought it was put together very well.  The fact that I can still watch and enjoy speaks very highly of how well it was put together I believe.  I thought that the cast of actors did an excellent job of portraying their characters, especially, of course, Jackie Robinson and Branch Ricky.  Chadwick Boseman did an incredible job of showing the audience the struggle that Jackie had to go through on a daily basis.  He let his emotions go and the audience felt everything that he did.  All of this racism stuff is definitely still relevant today, especially after the Oklahoma University SAE fraternity being caught on camera being extremely racist.  We live in a bubble here at Orange where pretty much everyone is very accepting of diversity, and you think that's how the world is.  It's very weird hearing about other places and realizing not everyone is as accepting as you.

I think Jackie Robinson helped this country a great deal, and a lot of other people think that too.  I know this because on opening day of every season, every player wears the number 42.  If that doesn't show impact, I don't know what does.  Robinson was the perfect man for this job as he controlled his temper, and knew that what he was doing would change everything.  He allowed African Americans into the sporting world, but not just that.  It gave all African Americans hope.  This was shown with the example of Wendall and hoping to someday not have to sit on the third base line and type, and sit in the booth with the other white writers.  He was an inspiration to all.  I definitely agree with the quote.  I believe that if you're not living each day to make another human life better, then you're not living.  That's how you judge ones life.  Not by how much money or fame they have, but by how they impact the people around them.

Determination is a key value I think.  Determination is key because life is hard.  Things aren't always going to go your way.  It will knock you down, and challenge you until you think you can't do it anymore.  That's when you have to fight through all that adversity that you think you feel, and get by.  You can't do that without determination.  It's one of the most important human qualities that we could possibly possess.  Without it, we would go no where.  Another important one in my opinion is excellence.  There's no point in doing something if you're only going to half ass it.  It's a waste of your time and a waste of everyone elses time.  If you're going to do something, do it to the best of your ability because you form habits.  You can't just make up your mind when you want to be great and when you want to slack off.  It doesn't work that way.  You work to be excellent in everything you do.  I feel like determination and excellence go hand and hand, so that's partly why I like both of them.