All of the sports movies nowa days r either kids movies or rather cleashea. So we have to go back a bit to look at truly great sports movies. I'll start with the oldest ones I can remember and thats Hoisiers good movie but I found it rather slow. Similiarly Rudy is equally inspiring but also rather slow. Another one to that good but rather slow category is Field of Dreams.
More recently was Glory Road another great movie however wasn't the least bit original. It was just another movie about overcoming racism in sports. In fact if it wasn't for the fact that it was a different sport you could just say its Remember the Titens. I don't mean to knock Remember the Titens in anyway because it is quite possibly my favorite sports movie. It shows not only the overcoming of racism from the outside culture but also amongst teammates and coaches. One thing is for sure it is the greatest sports movie dealing with racism.
Now when you talk about inspiring and motivating there is only ones title of sports movies that should come to mind and that is Rocky. I'm not talking about the latest Rockies and Sylvester Stalone's apperant midlife crisis destroying evry good movie title he ever made I'm talking about the first 4 and more particularly the first 2. I remeber the first time I saw Rocky I was so pumped I wanted to fight the world and later that day I picked a fight with my younger brother and won by way of knockout (Dad walking in). But seriosly thats the true underdog story right there not every new sports movie trying to imitate just because its based on a true story like Cinderalla Man.
Sticking with boxing how bout Million Dollor baby. Not even close to my favorite but its not hard to see why people like it, it brings situations completely unknown to sports movies such as being Euthanized. If u like differnt scenerios than u might like In a League of their own but lets face it women were never supposed to play baseball professionally. The final movie that is definatly worth a mention is Cool Runnings its different and is the only true sports movie that is comical and no Dodgeball doesn't count as a sports movie in my opinion.
There are plenty of movies I'm leavin out for sure probably because I don't remember it or never saw it. Unless its really bad.
So whats your favorite sports movie?
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Cool Runnings was pretty awesome. I've watched it about 5 or 6 times I think. Dodgeball, also great, but I would classify it differently. I also thought Rudy was a pretty good movie.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough to say what my favorite sports movie is though, since I usually don't like sports movies, because of the reasons you mentioned. Either the fact that they are cliched or too childish. I am still waiting for a truly brilliant sports movie to come along, as they hasn't been one released in a while.
You got me thinking now, though, and I will come up with my favorite sports movie soon. I need to think about it for a little bit.
How can we forget Talladega Nights? More about the comedy than the racing, but still a good movie. I have to agree with Billy on Glory Road and Remember the Titans. Both fantastic films.
ReplyDeleteI say by far Remember the Titans. The only Disney film I can say that was serious and completely amazing. From the acting of Denzel to the story and characters were spot on and engaging of a troubled time. Whenever something really sad happens I refer back to the last scene and always end up singing, "Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah hey hey hey goood bye."
ReplyDeleteWell, I saw Rocky, anyway. And loved it, of course. I'm glad you got such good feedback considering I'm so pathetic on this one.
ReplyDeleteActually I just remembered an actual answer: The Sandlot. Although it is probably more of a movie exploring the glories of childhood, baseball was a central character of that film. I defy you to find somebody that doesn't like The Sandlot.
ReplyDelete61* was a spectacular film accurately depicting the difficult times following Roger Marris and Micky Mantle in their chase for Ruth's homerun record.
ReplyDeleteYea Sandlot is a great suggestion but I am still gonna stick with either Remember the Titans or Rocky
ReplyDeleteA few really good baseball movies if you are interested are Major League, The Natural, and A League of their own. Even though Rosie Odonell is in the last one, its still good. Also The first two Rocky films were really good, but the fifth was terrible, The 3rd was ok, and as cheesie and propaganda filled 4 was I really like it. Balboa wasn't bad at all though, far better than 5.
ReplyDeletedefinetly baseketball jk even though i love that movie For me its really close between the sandlot and rudy
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