Y'know those historical/biopic films where someone turns to the main character early on and says something like "You're gonna go down in history!" and you just *cringe* because it's so thuddingly obvious? Well... that's how the Jackie Robinson movie 42 looks to me. From the TV spots it looks like Every. Single. Line of Dialogue is like that. I hope that's not the case, but it opens Friday and there are still no reviews on the internet -- if they haven't shown it to anyone that is NOT a good sign.
Spike Lee tried for 10 years to get a Robinson biopic made but couldn't get it off the ground (even with Denzel attached), so here comes 42, directed by a white guy -- Spike must be very pissed. Of course, he's always pissed, but still.