Fav. sports film(huh?)

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NEON MERCURY

July 27, 2003, 09:09:19 PM
Man...nobody seems to talk much about them ..I guess they are few and far between..I think most are not the athletic type (maybe?)...But  two films one based on baseball and one based on football are hallmarks in this cheese-ed out genre.

1.)Any Given Sunday-Stone did this film just like the game of ootball itself Fast, and hardcore , and loud, full of adrenaline..loved this film really good stuf here.

2.)Field of Dreams-this film needs to be revisited ......criterion.... or the studio should put out a 2-disk se...


what about you guys?
or could you care less?

or maybe you tried out sports and you sucked and since then you have a vendetta out against anything sports? :wink:

MacGuffin

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July 27, 2003, 09:22:30 PM


Others:
Raging Bull
He Got Game
Pride Of The Yankees
Hoosiers
Rudy
The Rookie
Eight Men Out
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NEON MERCURY

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July 27, 2003, 09:26:36 PM
Man..as soon i saw that MacGuffin  responded i was surely expecting a redirect..but good call- Hoop dreams :yabbse-thumbup: ...and forgot to mention the film raging bull you can sandwich that between any given Sunday and Field of dreams.......

aclockworkjj

#3
July 27, 2003, 09:42:24 PM
I like Caddyshack.... :lol:

Others I like...The Program, Bull Durham, 61, Bend it Like Beckham, The Bad News Bears..

Field of Dreams is probably my fav though, and yes, they really need to re-release that.

NEON MERCURY

#4
July 27, 2003, 09:46:28 PM
Caddyshack was great....but the sequel landed right in the bunker(i am funny would you agree....::standing in front of a microphone w/ a crowd of millions::  "thank you ..I will be here all week" )

ono

#5
July 27, 2003, 09:55:25 PM
I didn't care too much for Hoop Dreams, myself.  Thought it was bloated and a bit manipulative (something documentaries shouldn't try to be, IMO -- I'm more of a cinema verite kind of guy).  Among my favorites are The Sandlot, Pistol: The Birth of a Legend, and White Men Can't Jump.  Rudy, Hoosiers, and Bend it Like Beckham are great, too.

oakmanc234

#6
July 27, 2003, 10:17:47 PM
happy gilmore
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EL__SCORCHO

#7
July 27, 2003, 10:17:52 PM
Bull Duram, there's an H in the title somewhere.

Ernie

#9
July 28, 2003, 12:09:28 AM
I have always wanted to see Hoop Dreams...hope it gets a dvd soon. Ebert always gets me all pumped up to just go for the vhs...he's a very powerful man.

raging bull
the bad news bears
big wednesday (surfing a sport?)
he got game
white men can't jump
happy gilmore
the sandlot
remember the titans

Pwaybloe

#10
July 28, 2003, 08:40:20 AM
Some favorites:

The Natural
Ali
Raging Bull
Any Given Sunday
Super Surfer Sluts 3

rustinglass

#11
July 28, 2003, 08:51:01 AM
I like point break.
and there is another about surf : a an ex-surfer is in a cave telling his grand-kids about how surfing was cool before the nuclear winter.....what's the name?
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SoNowThen

#12
July 28, 2003, 11:51:58 AM
I don't really think of Raging Bull as a boxing movie so much....

so: Major League, Tin Cup, Slap Shot, Necessary Roughness, Rudy, Field Of Dreams, Hoosiers
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July 28, 2003, 11:57:02 AM
Quote from: NEON MERCURYMan...nobody seems to talk much about them ..I guess they are few and far between..I think most are not the athletic type (maybe?)...But  two films one based on baseball and one based on football are hallmarks in this cheese-ed out genre.

1.)Any Given Sunday-Stone did this film just like the game of ootball itself Fast, and hardcore , and loud, full of adrenaline..loved this film really good stuf here.

2.)Field of Dreams-this film needs to be revisited ......criterion.... or the studio should put out a 2-disk se...


what about you guys?
or could you care less?

or maybe you tried out sports and you sucked and since then you have a vendetta out against anything sports? :wink:

You took the words out of my mouth man.  Field of Dreams must be revisited.  And let's not forget The Natural.  

I just blind bought Any Given Sunday on VHS....I'll get to it one of these days.  

Oh, and Major League is one of my guilty pleasures.  :)
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Alethia

#14
July 28, 2003, 12:00:36 PM
surf ninjas!!!!!!!!!
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