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Sports Movies That Were Not About The Sport
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:32 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:32 pm
I see these to be more about the person(s) than the sport...
Rocky
Brian's Song
Raging Bull
Field of Dreams
Hoosiers
I see these about even...
Tin Cup
Major League
Bull Durham
The Replacements
North Dallas Forty
Your thoughts on these or others?
Any that were more sport than person(s)?
Rocky
Brian's Song
Raging Bull
Field of Dreams
Hoosiers
I see these about even...
Tin Cup
Major League
Bull Durham
The Replacements
North Dallas Forty
Your thoughts on these or others?
Any that were more sport than person(s)?
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:33 pm to ksliman
The Fighter
Jerry Maguire
Million Dollar Baby
Kingpin
Jerry Maguire
Million Dollar Baby
Kingpin
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 7:44 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:35 pm to ksliman
Very rarely are good sports movies actually about the sport.
Just re-title the thread "Great Sports Movies" and you'll probably get the same results.
Just re-title the thread "Great Sports Movies" and you'll probably get the same results.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:38 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
Very rarely are good sports movies actually about the sport.
I agree.
What, however, were some of the good sports movies that were as much or more about the sport?
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:42 pm to ksliman
Remember the titans
It was more about race in that time than football, but still a good movie
It was more about race in that time than football, but still a good movie
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:43 pm to ksliman
Miracle In Lane 2 
Posted on 5/29/14 at 7:52 pm to ksliman
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This post was edited on 4/12/23 at 12:16 am
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:07 pm to ksliman
Coach Carter
Air Bud
Air Bud
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 8:09 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:12 pm to msutiger
Except the baseball story line was horrendous.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:26 pm to ksliman
Also in the most underrated thread, but Heaven Can Wait is a movie about the afterlife & reincarnation...of a pro QB.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:37 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
Very rarely are good sports movies actually about the sport.
What? Really?
Remember the Titans - 75% of the film is football. Football is the reason those kids segregated themselves. The schools were forced to but the kids came together as one unit, a team.
Cinderella Man - Depression, losing everything, down to the end of his rope...boxing brought him back. The sport gave him and his family a chance
We Are Marshall - Yep
Slap Shot - Funniest hockey movie of all time, easily. Classicly awesome. Perfect use of the sport.
Glory Road - See Remember the Titans Above
Bull Durham - It is about baseball, don't you dare take that away from me
Tin Cup - 90% of this movie is all golf
Moneyball - Changed the game of baseball
I am not saying you are wrong, I just think saying rarely is a bad move
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:39 pm to tadelatt
None of those movies were actually about the sports
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:40 pm to fleaux
quote:
None of those movies were actually about the sports
Ok, so if we get technical, none of them are, ever.
You would have to have a documentary about a sport to qualify I guess. But the sport is def a huge part
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:57 pm to tadelatt
quote:
Ok, so if we get technical, none of them are, ever.
You would have to have a documentary about a sport to qualify I guess. But the sport is def a huge part
This is the flaw with the idea of this thread. I can't even think of a movie that is actually at the heart of it completely about the sport. Then I start to ask myself if the reason why people really like sports is about the sports. It's about overcoming adversity, regional patriotism, etc. It's kind of a fuzzy path that you start heading down if you think about it that way.
ETA: The closest that comes to being completely about the sport that I can think of is Moneyball.
This post was edited on 5/29/14 at 8:58 pm
Posted on 5/29/14 at 8:59 pm to ksliman
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Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:06 pm to ksliman
Cobb
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:08 pm to TheWalrus
quote:Seriously this terrrible movie.
Except the baseball story line was horrendous.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:09 pm to tadelatt
quote:Great movie that was all about the sport.
Moneyball - Changed the game of baseball
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:25 pm to ksliman
Teen Wolf, thread closed
honestly though Win Win
honestly though Win Win
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