Inspired by Brad seeing Miracle yesterday.

What was your favorite sports movie?



Last edited by Colin at Feb 9 2004, 02:59 PM

Brian's Song even though it wasn't really a "sports movie".

Cool Runnings. :lol:

I first thought of Rudy but gotta go with Rocky.

Close between Slap Shot and Bull Durham
I was also pleasantly surprised by The Rookie (the Dennis Quaid movie, not the Robert Redford one, though that is a great flick too)

That's a great one.

Bad News Bears

Caddyshack!! :P

There is a whole bunch of good ones.

Rudy
Tin Cup
Field Of Dreams
Bull Durham
Beyond The Mat

could list a bunch more good ones...

cant believe noone has mentioned Days of Thunder :yowsa:

hmm... maybe because its terrible?



Bloodsport?

All American movies.

Boring. :zzz:

easy fix, dont watch them

easy fix, dont watch them[/b][/quote]
Let me be a little more specifiic... All American studio flicks.

I just find it interesting that nobody named one non-American film. I guess most Americans just watch whatever over-hyped, big budget garbage is served up to them in their local megaplexes.

Grand Prix
Rocky
Caddyshack

That arm-wrestling movie Stallone was in... "Over the Top"?

Either that or "every which way but loose"... uh wait, is that a sports movie?

Let me be a little more specifiic... All American studio flicks.

I just find it interesting that nobody named one non-American film. I guess most Americans just watch whatever over-hyped, big budget garbage is served up to them in their local megaplexes.[/b][/quote]
yeah, I'd much rather watch an aussie film about soccer or cricket...

Let me be a little more specifiic... All American studio flicks.

I just find it interesting that nobody named one non-American film. I guess most Americans just watch whatever over-hyped, big budget garbage is served up to them in their local megaplexes.[/b][/quote]
I would agree, I live in the USA, and pretty much watch what they show here, please enlighten me :)

I'm waiting on you(anyone) to add some aussie(insert your country here) flicks to this thread.

yeah, I'd much rather watch an aussie film about soccer or cricket...[/b][/quote]
When is David Lynch going to make a sports movie?

I watch a lot of foreign films, but I have to admit I've not watched a "sports" themed one. As Michael said, please enlighten us (and not just Aussie flicks, since apparently liking movies from the country you live in is blase) - Netflix awaits. :P

When is David Lynch going to make a sports movie?[/b][/quote]
I dunno,but I'd be the first in line to see that movie ;-)

he made a G-rated movie about a man driving cross country on a riding mower interesting ;-)

but, if there are some good aussie flicks out there, share the wealth

I'm always looking for new stuff...hell, I've grown quite rabid in my appreciate of the latest asian horror flicks coming out...I'm always looking for something new and unique

isnt mad maxx a aussie film :ph34r:

Yes it is.

I will get back to you all on sports themed non-American films later. Have to go out and run some errands right now.

Bull Durham for baseball...

North Dallas Forty for football...

Chariots of Fire would be only EU movie that comes to mind (Britian)... Had
good score if you can get past that whole my god can run faster than your
god thing...

Lots of wonderful sports movies (in no particular order)... just depends on
the sport:

Football:
Brian's Song
Any Given Sunday
Longest Yard
Rudy
Remember the Titians

Baseball:
Field of Dreams
8 Men Out
League of Their Own

Hockey:
Mystery AK
Miracle

Basketball:
White Men Can't Jump
Hoosiers

Golf:
CaddyShack
Tin Cup

Auto Racing:
Greased Lightin

Boxing:
Raging Bull
Rocky
UFC #2 (Pat Smith destroying Scott Morris's face is CLASSIC full contact moment)

Pool:
The Hustler

Rodeo:
8 Seconds

Running:
Prefontaine

Hunting:
The Ghost and the Darkness

The Program is a great football movie :)

:yowsa:

Damn Mark, the question was "What was your favorite sports movie?" Not "Please list all sports movies......". :unsure:

You expect a male to read and follow instructions/directions? :P

Casablanca

And then they try to tell us we don't tell them what we want, hehehehe. :okthumb:

:lol:

The Last Boy Scout - great flick.

Remember The Titans. Probably my favourite sports movie of all time, but one of my favourite movies in general, too.

For joe. Hmm. Foreign sports films. I watched Australian Rules last night. Was pretty good. Mostly about racism, though. Mean Machine, starring Vinny Jones is also fantastic. Can't really think of many great sporting films to be honest.

Peaches and Lisa,

Leave it to women to not pay attention to me saying it picking a favorite
depends on WHAT sport... grumble... Bunch of damn FEMDOMs here... lol

hmmm... spank me some more, you know I like it!! :moon:

Vick,

KNEW you were going to say that... Gambling is a sport, poking fun at the
French is GREAT sport... it qualifies! ...lol

gladiator

http://www.moviemarshal.com/ausweek05-02-04.html

Look at the top 20 movies in Australia right now. That's a pretty heavy dose of Hollywood. News for ya, Joe. American movies form the baseline for much of the world.

The one with jamaican bobsled dudes

So? Doesn't mean they're good. I really can't say I agree on many things with the general population anyhow.

So? Doesn't mean they're good. I really can't say I agree on many things with the general population anyhow.[/b][/quote]
Completely subjective and also not the point.

What Joe should have said is "I guess most people just watch whatever over-hyped, big budget garbage is served up to them in their local megaplexes". His prejudice prevents him.

No. If I don't like something, it's bad.

Completely subjective and also not the point.

What Joe should have said is "I guess most people just watch whatever over-hyped, big budget garbage is served up to them in their local megaplexes". His prejudice prevents him.[/b][/quote]
I think you missed the point, or maybe I just wasn't clear.

Sure we watch the same over-hyped, big budget garbage... mostly. But when Americans watch American films they are watching films about their own culture and lifestyle. When Australians watch American films, as familiar as we might be with American popular culture, they are still essentially foreign films. I would be worried about Australia if we only watched movies about ourselves. It's a little too insular for my liking. The rest of the world knows America is obsessed with it's own culture. I often wonder why. Maybe you can enlighten me.

Why do Americans feel more comfortable watching films about themselves do you think?



Last edited by Joe Sixpack at Feb 10 2004, 04:59 AM

"Fever Pitch" was a good English movie about soccer.

I think you missed the point, or maybe I just wasn't clear.

Sure we watch the same over-hyped, big budget garbage... mostly. But when Americans watch American films they are watching films about their own culture and lifestyle. When Australians watch American films, as familiar as we might be with American popular culture, they are still essentially foreign films. I would be worried about Australia if we only watched movies about ourselves. It's a little too insular for my liking. The rest of the world knows America is obsessed with it's own culture. I often wonder why. Maybe you can enlighten me.

Why do Americans feel more comfortable watching films about themselves do you think?[/b][/quote]
Are you saying that Americans predominantly watch American films because they are over-hyped and big budget but Australians watch them because they like "foreign films"? That can easily be proven wrong. Where are all the French, Japanese, and Italian films in that Australian box office top 20? They're not there. Why? Because Australians are watching over-hyped and big budget American films just like Americans are.

By the same extension of your logic, are you going to tell me that the Australian box office 20 proves Australians are more obsessed with American culture than their own? Come on, Joe. We can both read that "In America" is the 20th most popular film in Australia right now. It's not even in the top 20 here.





Last edited by Colin at Feb 10 2004, 08:32 AM

Best sport movies, hhmm, I guess Happy Gilmore, Iron Ladies (Thai film about trannies that won the Thai male volley ball championship, pretty funny!) and Raging Bull :rokk:

I have to admit, while there are some good American movies, I really love foreign films. The actors look real instead of having undergone years of reconstructive surgery, the acting is better, and there's just more "heart" in them - all IMHO of course. :okthumb:

Then again, there are always the Bollywood movies which seem to be the exact same movies rehashed to me! :rolleyes:

Yeah, they say that there are only 4 movie scripts in the world or something like that, well Bollywood only knows about 1 of them :lol:

Foreign films are as different as they are many, just like the Hollywood ones. I bet you that the % of good foreign films, looking at the total number of them, is just the same as the % of good Hollywood films.
The thing is that we only ever hear about the good foreign films, rarely do they promote bad foreign films exet in the country they were made in (although I've seen my fare share of bad foreign films...). But Bad Hollywood films still get over promoted, so a lot of people think that all that comes out of Hollywood is automatically garbage. Which of course is not true