Friday Night Lights

[glenn beck]

Just finally watched this movie.


I thought this movie was supposed to highlight one of the greatest sport stories ever told? They lose at the end.....how is that a great sports story???? I'm all for the feel good movies that make you all misty eyed, but they loswt, the heck am I supposed to celebrate with these kids for?

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
Just finally watched this movie.


I thought this movie was supposed to highlight one of the greatest sport stories ever told? They lose at the end.....how is that a great sports story???? I'm all for the feel good movies that make you all misty eyed, but they loswt, the heck am I supposed to celebrate with these kids for?

I too was like WTF, they didn't win. I thought every Disney movie was supposed to end like that I want a refund.

 

[aswedc]

But that's what happened in real life.

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: aswedc
But that's what happened in real life.

yeha but that's not much of a story.

 

[EMPshockwave82]

great movie though... shows the pride and determination of how a team should become and why a team cant rely on only one person to win the season for them

they won the next year because of what they had learned that year... good story to never give up

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: EMPshockwave82
great movie though... shows the pride and determination of how a team should become and why a team cant rely on only one person to win the season for them

they won the next year because of what they had learned that year... good story to never give up

then they should have showed the next seasons team not these losers. I have no heart.

 

[aswedc]

The other point of the story was that you shouldn't put the hopes and dreams of a community on a high school football team putting the kids under impossible pressure when they should be out having fun.

From that point of view, the loss was fitting.

 

[meltdown75]

i had serious issues about the end of this movie. you gotta know when to give a happy ending here and there. let them win for pete's sake.

 

[RU482]

bubbadu, here you go

 

[glenn beck]

Originally posted by: aswedc
The other point of the story was that you shouldn't put the hopes and dreams of a community on a high school football team putting the kids under impossible pressure when they should be out having fun.

From that point of view, the loss was fitting.

I wish the movie was more about the kids, they really didn't go into a whole lot of depth about the kids outside of the field, it seemed to really jump to that championship game pretty quickly without knowing how the kids really felt about it all, minus you know like Boobie.

 

[myusername]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
Topic Summary: Am I a sour grape????

Neonerd might tell you if you ask nicely.

 

[BigJ]

Coming from a football town where we were expected to win a championship every year, I can relate to the story all too well.

The only difference is, we won a championship two years in a row.

 

[chrisms]

I'm sick of high school football movies. I liked Remember the Titans, but after watching about 20 minutes of Radio today it amazes me how they are all essentially the same. Radio really did suck more than these movies should, though.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: chrisms
I'm sick of high school football movies. I liked Remember the Titans, but after watching about 20 minutes of Radio today it amazes me how they are all essentially the same. Radio really did suck more than these movies should, though.

:thumbsup:

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: chrisms
I'm sick of high school football movies. I liked Remember the Titans, but after watching about 20 minutes of Radio today it amazes me how they are all essentially the same. Radio really did suck more than these movies should, though.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsdown:

 

[MrYAK]

Originally posted by: chrisms

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: chrisms
I'm sick of high school football movies. I liked Remember the Titans, but after watching about 20 minutes of Radio today it amazes me how they are all essentially the same. Radio really did suck more than these movies should, though.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsdown:

:evil:

 

[chrisms]

Originally posted by: MrYAK

Originally posted by: chrisms

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: chrisms
I'm sick of high school football movies. I liked Remember the Titans, but after watching about 20 minutes of Radio today it amazes me how they are all essentially the same. Radio really did suck more than these movies should, though.

:thumbsup:

:thumbsdown:

:evil:

:shocked:

 

[Albis]

i watched the movie and it didn't have the same touching effect as the book. go pick up the book and really get to know what the story is all about

 

[AmericasTeam]

Wasn't TO in Friday Night Lights?

 

[CVSiN]

Originally posted by: glenn beck
Just finally watched this movie.


I thought this movie was supposed to highlight one of the greatest sport stories ever told? They lose at the end.....how is that a great sports story???? I'm all for the feel good movies that make you all misty eyed, but they loswt, the heck am I supposed to celebrate with these kids for?

becasue they turned around and won it undefeated the next year..

 

[Injury]

It was just another boring-ass football movie to me :-\

 

[squeeg22]

Originally posted by: Albis
i watched the movie and it didn't have the same touching effect as the book. go pick up the book and really get to know what the story is all about

In actuality, the team didn't even make it to the championship game (only the semi-finals). They do this in the movie for drama. The book gets much deeper into the players lives, the racial tension in the town, and the economic hardships; the football games take a back seat. The author couldn't have possibly known they wouldn't win it all that season (or conversely that they would the next).

Everyone who watches this movie cannot/should not complain about the outcome. It's based on a true story. You can't adapt a new ending (ex: them winning the championship) just because it would make the story better. That would be like the creators of "Hoop Dreams" neglecting the fact that both players don't hit it big and choose to film a fake alternate ending where everything turns up roses.

 

[Merlyn3D]

Thanks you fvcknut, you just spoiled the movie for me and everyone else who hasn't watched it. Thanks for including that spoiler warning.

 

[vi edit]

What's the the coach say...

"Winning and losing are the same thing. It's just how the people around you react to it".

Or something very close to that.

That sums up the movie.