Just watching “We Are Marshall” for about the 5th time, & it still gets me all inspired & lends the misty moments as the 1st time I saw it, & then noticed Jerry MacGuire on a channel opposite, & knew I could watch that again too, for the 4th time.
These movies never seem to get old & there are others, so I started to wonder, which one of them sits at the top?
I think maybe it’s this one on the Marshall team, most likely as it’s based in a true incident, but it’s also well put together & McConaughey plays one of his best roles in it.
So throw up some nominations & we can make it a poll, & vote, for THE Greatest Sports Movie… Ever!"
I’ll open with a few which might not be so popular. Everyone can else can nominate the obvious ones.
Golf movies are a dime a dozen but I reckon that Tin Cup and Bagger Vance are both really good movies as far as they explained why so many people love that particular game. They had faults as movies but their portrayal of golf obsession was really good, IMO. Particularly the final hole scene in Tin Cup.
Not sure if it's the greatest sports movie ever...but I've always loved "Remember The Titans"
Based on a true story and showed how sport could be used to overcome inbuilt prejudices....I've watched it many times and have never got tired of it.
Yep this is one of my favourites also…and Phar Lap
I enjoyed the F1 movie about Lauda and Hunt but can’t remember the name. The hospital scenes where Lauda has his throat and lungs scraped were really good especially. Epitomises what sports people will go through to be successful.
Coach Carter was better than I thought it would be.
Do dramatically focused docos count? If so “Hoop Dreams” beats them all, gritty, honest and full of suspense and without the confected finale that even the best movies feel compelled to tack on.
And, if spelling is a sport, add “Spellbound” for basically the same reasons.
Of the big screen movies, I reckon “The Damned United” is excellent (And it’s Leeds not Manure).
Most disappointing? Definitely “The Natural”. THE classic baseball novel, so why change the ending? He struck OUT! Live with it.
I enjoyed the F1 movie about Lauda and Hunt but can’t remember the name. The hospital scenes where Lauda has his throat and lungs scraped were really good especially. Epitomises what sports people will go through to be successful.
Coach Carter was better than I thought it would be.
I enjoyed the F1 movie about Lauda and Hunt but can’t remember the name. The hospital scenes where Lauda has his throat and lungs scraped were really good especially. Epitomises what sports people will go through to be successful.
Coach Carter was better than I thought it would be.
The boxing one about Hurricane was good.
Lauda & Hunt would be Rush, directed by Ron Howard,
My all time fave sport movie is Field of Dreams, with Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster and James Earl Jones, ‘If you build it, he will come.’