Invictus

Well I finally went and saw Invictus. Well worth it. Its the story about the 1995 Sprinkboks run to the Rugby World cup. Or rather the Political side of it all. I blogged about it back in Nov here. Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) is released from Prison and sweeps to become the South African President Traditionally in South Africa the Blacks played Soccer and the whites played rugby. Indeed even the Sprinboks name and colours were associated with the Apartheid party and thus the blacks would cheer for the opposition.

Mandela together with the Sprinkbok Captain (played by Matt Damon) worked on uniting the country with rugby.

I really enjoyed this movie. I felt it was pretty balanced and had some great lines in it. You saw the changing of the attitudes of the people reflected in the presidents bodyguards (half black half white). It was funny, inspirational and very historically accurate- which I like) well worth seeing.

Some great quotes :

Jason Tshabalala: According to the experts, we'll reach the quarter-finals, and no further.
Nelson Mandela: According to the experts, you and I should still be in jail.

Francois Pienaar: I was thinking how a man could spend thirty years in prison, and come out and forgive the men who did it to him...

Nelson Mandela: Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.