Off Season Topic; Top Sports Movies.

[Kitaman]

Is Southpaw any good?

 

[mauconnfan]

Is Southpaw any good?

While I am sure it will get rave reviews Jake and Rachel ain't making me run to the theatre for this one sorry.

 

[sledog]

What the hell. Revenge of the Nerds. The javelin toss was superb.

 

[Tommyboy]

Hoosiers, The Natural, Field of Dreams, Dogtown and Z-Boys, and my all-time favorite sports movie: Victory.

Just missed the cut: Bad News Bears, Diggstown, Miracle, Friday Night Lights, Lords of Dogtown, Rudy, Talladega Nights, Sandlot, Rocky, Remember the Titans, Cool Runnings, We are Marshall, Slap Shot, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, Major League, etc.. Could probably add a bunch more to this. I am a sucker for a sports movie.

 

[raf46]

These are my top five and my reasons for picking them. I can't imagine a top ten without them though are are surely many, many other candidates.

1. Slapshot. Just a great all around movie. The insanity of minor league and the iconic Hansen Brothers headline a deep cast of crazy characters. Entertaining from the opening frame until the end. Almost as many memorable lines as the Big Lebowski.

2. Bull Durham. Funny. Bitterseet. Touching. Eccentric but believable. Great performances. The love triangle of Crash, Nuke and Annie matches any in cinema. Another deep cast.

3. Field of Dreams. Not only a great movie but this thing is beautifully shot. The interplay of the real and surreal is done to perfection. This movie always has a surprise around the next corner and a ton of heart.

4. Rocky. Much more of a formula movie than the ones ahead of it on this list. But it uses the formula perfectly. The down and out fighter with one last chance, two wounded people healing each other, the climatic fight, all brought home by an amazing score and a song that has become sports legend.

5. Hoosiers. More formula but the story telling is beautiful, as clean and sparse as the Indiana scenery. A small and intimate portrait of small town Americana driven by the coach and team that defy the odds. It is never over reaches or overplays its hand. Its modesty touches every scene in the film.

Field of dreams. Then two oldies. THE HARDER THEY FALL. BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY.

 

[mauconnfan]

Remember the Titans, Miracle, We Are Marshall, Field of Dreams, Major League, Mr Baseball, One on One, Bull Durham

 

[Gurleyman]

Is Southpaw any good?

It was ok - the boxing scenes were pretty good. The main character's inevitable personal growth transformation as he rises from rock bottom was too simplistic. They took a lot of short cuts or cut scenes or something.

 

[Scoe]

Any Given Sunday, the Program, Major League, He Got Game, Blue Chips, Above the Rim, All the right moves, Vision Quest.

 

[Palatine]

He Got Game should be mandatory on any UConn fan's list.

 

[uconndoit]

Warrior