Favorite sports movie?
Train_of_Thought said:
DaveSchmidt said:
Starsong said:
boy this is a trip down memory lane!! funny this should be asked, as we just as a family watched Rocky last night! Who remembers that it was such a dramatic work of art/ so raw, true and gritty. and the directing, well he should have used same one for all Rocky's but I digress...I tried to explain to my kids, things were slower in movies then, we weren't so easily distracted or in need of constant "things happening"..like when he was walking along train tracks for like 10 seconds of movie time...not sure that would happen in today's movies.
It’s only an aside, and barely audible at that, but his response to the neighborhood girl’s “Screw you, creepo” after he walks her home gets me every time.
My favorite movie line of all time, bar none. "Where's your hat?" I'm not kidding. I truly believe it is the most fitting line at the most fitting moment, summing up the character I spent the preceding two hours learning to love in three perfect words.
My son had seen the climactic fight sequence several times during flip-arounds, but he was surprised how good the story was when you actually watched it from the start. Another little line that I love: Right before they get together, Paulie is ripping into Rocky and Adrian because they are in their thirties and alone. Rocky replies, "I don't see no crowd around you."
Stoughton said:
Train_of_Thought said:My son had seen the climactic fight sequence several times during flip-arounds, but he was surprised how good the story was when you actually watched it from the start. Another little line that I love: Right before they get together, Paulie is ripping into Rocky and Adrian because they are in their thirties and alone. Rocky replies, "I don't see no crowd around you."
My favorite movie line of all time, bar none. "Where's your hat?" I'm not kidding. I truly believe it is the most fitting line at the most fitting moment, summing up the character I spent the preceding two hours learning to love in three perfect words.
It was that sense of humor, as much as being an underdog, that made him Philly.
you know, you all made me realize how poignant some of those lines are. I was so busy hoping my kids would love. Well, so much in fact that last night at the edges of their seats, they watched Rocky II. one cried twice!
Slapshot. We quote that movie so much
Favorite part is after the big fight while the national anthem plays when the ref tries to scold the Hanson brothers https://youtu.be/86QRAw1FiUo
Field of Dreams is not only my favorite sports movie, it's one of my favorite movies, period.
A League of Their Own - although I find the character of Kit rather annoying.
Tennis. Features a scene in the old Penn Station as one character travels out to Forest Hills.
drummerboy said:
could be. What's the sport?
ml1 said:
does Strangers On A Train qualify as a sports movie?
There's also a brief reference to a tournament in South Orange in the mid-1940's, presumably at Orange Lawn Tennis Club.
ml1 said:
Tennis. Features a scene in the old Penn Station as one character travels out to Forest Hills.
drummerboy said:
could be. What's the sport?
ml1 said:
does Strangers On A Train qualify as a sports movie?
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