Same old thing. Either its an inspirational coach that comes in and whips up the team and takes them to the championship or it's a single talented player that joins the team and takes this losing team to the championship. And of course they'll always win.
Anyone else tired of sports movies?
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As much as I like watching football there's been way too many football movies and shows lately. I'm staying away from them for awhile.
Inspector Jihad
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Is it different than others?
Possible Spoiler:........ Doesn't the star QB get injured in the pilot episode... same thing as Varsity Blues. Maybe it is varsity blues I'm thinking of.
But yeah, OP I am tired of the same thing every time as well. Now I just saw a preview for some football movie with Matthew Mcconnaughey. Looks the same as the rest.
I can say I absolutely dislike sports movies. I dislike sports video games as well. It's the same thing over, and over, and over again.
Sports movies and military movies are the worst at that though. They deserve to be singled out, because they are so formulaic and jingoistic. Sort of like the "New Country" of the motion picture industry.
It's been a bad few years for hollywood in general though. Other than the big comic book blockbusters, very little quality fare. pleh.
GasX
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Here are a few other sports movies that don't follow your cliche:
Baseball:
The Rookie
For The Love Of The Game
Eight Men Out
Bull Durham
Field Of Dreams
The Natural
Football:
Brian's Song
Heaven Can Wait
Radio
All The Right Moves
Boxing
The Hurricane
Raging Bull
When We Were Kings
Million Dollar Baby
Soccer
Fever Pitch
Victory
Bend It Like Beckham
Other:
Chariots of Fire
Breaking Away
The Hustler
Prefontaine
Cool Runnings
The Big Blue
Murderball
Baseball:
The Rookie
For The Love Of The Game
Eight Men Out
Bull Durham
Field Of Dreams
The Natural
Football:
Brian's Song
Heaven Can Wait
Radio
All The Right Moves
Boxing
The Hurricane
Raging Bull
When We Were Kings
Million Dollar Baby
Soccer
Fever Pitch
Victory
Bend It Like Beckham
Other:
Chariots of Fire
Breaking Away
The Hustler
Prefontaine
Cool Runnings
The Big Blue
Murderball
Ehh I loved Friday Night Lights, but mostly because I was able to relate to it as I played HS football and spent many a times focusing only on that preparing for the next season and during that season. So I guess that's why it is my favorite sports movie.
Can Karate Kid be classified as a sports movie... I mean, it has a coach, an untrained kid and a tournament
mugs
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SPOILER
That's because the guy who wrote the book followed the team around for a year, and that year they just happened to make it to the state semi-finals and lose. If he followed them around the next year, it would have been a different story (I think they won the championship the next year).
That's because the guy who wrote the book followed the team around for a year, and that year they just happened to make it to the state semi-finals and lose.
If he followed them around the next year, it would have been a different story (I think they won the championship the next year).TRENDING THREADS
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