I watched Paterno on HBO. I thought that they did an excellent job, though it deserved more than 2 hours. IMO, this is a story that required 4-6 hours to tell.
For those who felt that HBO might be trying to cover for anyone in this movie - watch it. They pulled no punches. They closed the movie with a phone call in which a victim called the reporter who broke the story. The victim tells the reporter that he told Paterno about being abused by Sandusky in 1976 and Paterno shut him down, telling him that Sandusky was a good man and that he shouldn't say things like that about such a good man.
The movie left me with a lot of questions about our society. The fans at PSU (as portrayed in the film) acted exactly as we see them - with no regard for the victims at all.
Worth your time if you are interested in this sort of thing, but it isn't about football. They spend almost no time on the game.
For those who felt that HBO might be trying to cover for anyone in this movie - watch it. They pulled no punches. They closed the movie with a phone call in which a victim called the reporter who broke the story. The victim tells the reporter that he told Paterno about being abused by Sandusky in 1976 and Paterno shut him down, telling him that Sandusky was a good man and that he shouldn't say things like that about such a good man.
The movie left me with a lot of questions about our society. The fans at PSU (as portrayed in the film) acted exactly as we see them - with no regard for the victims at all.
Worth your time if you are interested in this sort of thing, but it isn't about football. They spend almost no time on the game.
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