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re: Rocky is the Greatest sports movie of all time

Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:16 pm to
Posted by kingbob
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 8:16 pm to
You say that with both Major League and The Replacements as possibilities?
Posted by The Midnight Rider
Where the River Empties
Member since May 2015
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Posted on 8/29/19 at 10:43 pm to
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Rocky is the Greatest sports movie of all time


Rocky is barely even a "sports movie."
Posted by FLObserver
Jacksonville
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 6:42 am to
Gonna go with the bad news bears for me ! Loved Walter Matthau. Been dead 20 years now dang!
Posted by TheCaterpillar
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 7:18 am to
I’m going to get blasted because it’s horribly cheesy and historically inaccurate, but...

Remember The Titans
Posted by TheCaterpillar
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 7:20 am to
And I fricking love Rocky. It’d probably be my #2.

Sandlot, Tin Cup, and Hoosiers are all up there.

Loved me some Blue Chips too, but Shaq is my dude so I’m biased.
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 7:58 am to
The whole Rocky series is such a great thing. Not only sports, but about life.
Posted by Aubie Spr96
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:01 am to
Not only is Rocky a bad movie that is terribly cast and acted, with the exception of Carl Weathers, Stallone stole the movie. I developed a new hatred from him after I watched the ESPN documentary on the story behind the movie: Chuck Wepner Story
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 8:01 am to


Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 9:28 am to
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I read Bernard Malamud's novel The Natural long after I had seen the Robert Redford movie several times. I was surprised at how much darker it was, especially the end. It's a great movie, but I liked the novel better.





Will be ordering today
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 9:31 am to
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I’m going to get blasted because it’s horribly cheesy and historically inaccurate, but...

Remember The Titans




Nothing wrong with that. Thats a fun movie with some heart. I think it mainly gets blasted bc of how inaccurate it is.
Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2010
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 9:39 am to
I don't disagree. Idk if Hoop Dreams counts, but that would also be pretty high up there for me
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 10:19 am to
quote:

The whole Rocky series is such a great thing. Not only sports, but about life.


All except Rocky 5, that one is just pure garbage.

Posted by Speedy G
Member since Aug 2013
3984 posts
Posted on 8/30/19 at 10:45 am to
The boxing scenes in Rocky are ridiculous. Most of those punches would have but the other guy into a coma.

Cinderella Man is better than any Rocky movie.
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 11:09 am to
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Please, it's not even the greatest Rocky movie...


Fify
Posted by Aubie Spr96
lolwut?
Member since Dec 2009
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 1:24 pm to
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Will be ordering today


Just ordered the used copy off Amazon. Thanks
Posted by PurpleandGeauld
Florence, TX
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 3:32 pm to
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Now, the best one on a Louisiana sports board is a Louisiana based sports movie.
I was at the game when they filmed the football scenes during halftime =) '86 or '87 I think.
Posted by madmaxvol
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 3:38 pm to
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Go on, disagree with me and be wrong, just stand there in your wrongness and be wrong.



Shut up...it isn't even close...


























....nah...I'm just messing with you. It absolutely is.
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 3:52 pm to
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 8/30/19 at 4:52 pm to
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Cinderella Man is better than any Rocky movie.




Cinderella Man is a fricking horseshite smear campaign against Max Baer, who was a wonderful human being.

Posted by Amadeo
Member since Jan 2004
4880 posts
Posted on 8/30/19 at 5:09 pm to
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Cinderella Man is a fricking horseshite smear campaign against Max Baer, who was a wonderful human being.

I never could understand why Ron Howard took such gross liberties with his characterization of Baer.
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