OT: Favorite football movie?
Just rewatched "Any Given Sunday" for the umpteenth time. Love that film's camera shots, it's gritty realism, and Al Pacino's speech at the end. That Jamie Foxx can ball.
Hoping to get another few football movies in before Saturday. Any recommendations?
August 28th, 2014 at 1:05 PM ^
- Brian's Song
- Remember the Titans
- Waterboy
Not one of my favorites, but Last Boy Scout was good in a ridiculous action movie sort of way. Any idea about the new de la Salle movie that just came out? They say it's "inspired by" the true story, so I'm sure it's all overwrought with goodness and emotion and wonderful protagonists overcoming all odds...
I resisted watching the Blind Side for a long time, but it was pretty good.
I thought this movie was funny as hell - specifically from a football fan's perspective.
August 28th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 1:29 PM ^
Bubba Gump Shrimp at QB
Woody Harrelson as a QB-turned-slot
Goldie Hawn's boobs
LL Cool J rapping "Football".
August 28th, 2014 at 1:32 PM ^
that I would call great. This one:
This won the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary film. I know a lot of people zone out when you mention the word "documentary," thinking it's a one-way trip to Boresville. Please trust me on this-- this is better and more dramatic than most fictional films you'll ever see.
August 28th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^
Not every hit de-cleats someone, they don't win the big game, and Craig T. Nelson
Is just spot-on as a hardass, small town football coach.
August 28th, 2014 at 2:21 PM ^
The Program. The dirty underbelly, with the "win at all costs" coach turning a blind eye to recruiting violations, and steroid use. A little unrealistic considering an obvious SEC team travelling up to Michigan for an early season showdown of Heisman hopefuls.
August 28th, 2014 at 2:57 PM ^
I love Any Given Sunday. "Well, I don't drink beer, Tony."
But Remember the Titans is by far my favorite football movie of all time.
August 28th, 2014 at 4:16 PM ^
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August 28th, 2014 at 4:36 PM ^
The classic scenes with Alex Karras, John Gordy, Lem Barney etc.., Alan Alda lining up to take the snap from the right guard, old lions uniforms. A great look at training camp in the 60's.
August 28th, 2014 at 6:18 PM ^
August 28th, 2014 at 9:03 PM ^
It used to show up quite often on the Late Late show movies back in the 70's and 80's. Kind of like Brian's Song. I once owned a VHS copy of it. If you are a big Lions fan, I highly recommend hunting it down somewhere.
August 28th, 2014 at 4:48 PM ^
Did anyone see the Lock Up? Remember the football scene in the mud? And the hit at the end from the blind side? That was awesome!
August 28th, 2014 at 5:01 PM ^
I thought Any Given Sunday was OK, but then came the second to last play of the big game.
9 seconds left. Ball is either at the 40 or 45 yard line.
Willie Beamen takes the snap and starts running left. He puts on the brakes and takes off right for an option play with LL Cool J. He runs about 10-15 yards (it's been a while since I've seen it) and pitches it to LL. LL takes the ball and runs it down to the 5 yard line before stepping out to stop the clock. I'm pretty sure each player did some shake-and-bake to avoid being tackled in bounds.
The play ends, AND THERE'S STILL 4 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK!!! Are these guys the Flash and Superman, respectively???
August 28th, 2014 at 5:50 PM ^
The part where they all gather around to watch the Michigan-MSU game.
August 28th, 2014 at 9:43 PM ^
I have never seen this (or known anyone who has), but Hollywood made this movie in the 1940's shortly after he won the Heisman. I think I've seen an old poster for it somewhere. Tom Harmon starred as himself.
August 29th, 2014 at 9:50 AM ^
A great documentary is They Could Be King, about two rival high school teams merging in the wake of Philadelphia budget cuts.
We Are Marshall is also worth seeing. It's about the rebuilding of the Marshall University football program after a plane crash killed most of their team in the early '70s. Based on a true story.
Then there's Paper Lion, for obvious reasons, and, though not a football movie per se, Robert Altman's MASH.