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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    Go beyond sports movies and get into sports anime! You get strong character development, training arcs, game arcs, and tournament arcs! It's great!

    Haikyuu's probably the best out there and is on Netflix and Crunchyroll.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aNg8cV65Os

    Ping-Pong the Animation is also great, albiet a shorter and more focused show with some fantastic visuals and a really well done examination of hard work and effort, natural skill, and the implications of them.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcSuAhbtIFg

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    Ok movie thread, here's something I've never seen brought up. I need a list of great sports movies. My gf hates sports, and I always try to show her the magic of them. There's great moments and inspirational stories. Like Rudy! I need some movies to show her. Right now I'm thinking

    Rudy
    The rocky series
    Major league and maybe part 2
    Slapshot
    Bull durham
    Field of dreams

    I'm trying to think of more and especially more emotional movies. I'm sure she'd enjoy any given sunday and the program, but I'm trying to look at movies that are more about the sport and inspiring, instead of the negative side of sports and side effects.

    I wonder if she's ever seen the sandlot or mighty ducks, although I'm not sure those count.

    Does it have to be a movie? Because Hajime No Ippo is good boxing shit but it’s no movie

    Edit: also Creed is basically the best of all of these

    And Rudy is terrible

    You sir, have no heart. Go and watch the grinch saves Christmas and have your heart grow 5 sizes

  • SiliconStewSiliconStew Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    RickRude wrote: »
    Ok movie thread, here's something I've never seen brought up. I need a list of great sports movies. My gf hates sports, and I always try to show her the magic of them. There's great moments and inspirational stories. Like Rudy! I need some movies to show her. Right now I'm thinking

    Rudy
    The rocky series
    Major league and maybe part 2
    Slapshot
    Bull durham
    Field of dreams

    I'm trying to think of more and especially more emotional movies. I'm sure she'd enjoy any given sunday and the program, but I'm trying to look at movies that are more about the sport and inspiring, instead of the negative side of sports and side effects.

    I wonder if she's ever seen the sandlot or mighty ducks, although I'm not sure those count.

    Does it have to be a movie? Because Hajime No Ippo is good boxing shit but it’s no movie

    Edit: also Creed is basically the best of all of these

    And Rudy is terrible

    You sir, have no heart. Go and watch the grinch saves Christmas and have your heart grow 5 sizes

    If the grinch had just stayed home and maintained social distancing he wouldn't have wound up with that Covid-related myocarditis.

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  • CoinageCoinage Heaviside LayerRegistered User regular
    Rudy is the epitome of the toxic bullshit that needs to be purged from sports culture

  • ThirithThirith Registered User regular
    I'm afraid Tenet was wasted on me. It's definitely fine craftsmanship, but I found the story and characters to be hollow and unengaging, and IMO it's the worst-written Christopher Nolan film to date.

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  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    What am I missing about Rudy that makes it bad? It's a story of a walk on no talent normal person who makes it on notre dame back when they were good. He overcame all these odds and played in a game. What's bad about it?

  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Watching kickboxer right now. It's cheesy as fuck but I love it as much as I did when I was a kid still.

  • knitdanknitdan In ur base Killin ur guysRegistered User regular
    Too reverential toward ND.

    I mean, they don’t even once mention legendary Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant

    How dare they.

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  • AtomikaAtomika Live fast and get fucked or whatever Registered User regular
    RickRude wrote: »
    What am I missing about Rudy that makes it bad? It's a story of a walk on no talent normal person who makes it on notre dame back when they were good. He overcame all these odds and played in a game. What's bad about it?

    It lionizes tribalistic sports culture and turns a story about a unqualified athlete with poor grades who only played about two minutes his whole career during times when it didn’t matter into a hagiography.

    Also the real Rudy is a conman and grifter and a total piece of shit.

  • PiotyrPiotyr Power-Crazed Wizard SilmariaRegistered User regular
    Atomika wrote: »
    RickRude wrote: »
    What am I missing about Rudy that makes it bad? It's a story of a walk on no talent normal person who makes it on notre dame back when they were good. He overcame all these odds and played in a game. What's bad about it?

    It lionizes tribalistic sports culture and turns a story about a unqualified athlete with poor grades who only played about two minutes his whole career during times when it didn’t matter into a hagiography.

    Also the real Rudy is a conman and grifter and a total piece of shit.

    On the other hand, Sean Astin is a national treasure.

  • KetarKetar Come on upstairs we're having a partyRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    RickRude wrote: »
    Watching kickboxer right now. It's cheesy as fuck but I love it as much as I did when I was a kid still.

    @RickRude Watch the new Kickboxer movies - Kickboxer: Vengeance and Kickboxer: Retaliation. Vengeance is a reboot that has Van Damme playing the old master who has to train someone out to avenge his brother, and Alain Moussi in JCVD's original role of Kurt Sloane. Alain Moussi is great, and they stack the cast with Dave Bautista as Tong Po in Vengeance and a ton of MMA folks like Georges St Pierre and Cain Velasquez among others. I streamed them for friends over the last couple of months and everyone loved them. Retaliation is its own thing that just follows on as a direct sequel from Vengeance.

    They're both on Netflix and totally worth watching. Just go into the second one as blind as possible so you can be surprised by all of the changes to the cast. There will be some great "holy crap, he's in this?!" moments if you do.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    I'm gonna throw in Rush to the racing end of the sports movie recommendations (but listed after Senna).

  • HedgethornHedgethorn Associate Professor of Historical Hobby Horses In the Lions' DenRegistered User regular
    Diggstown is more of a heist movie than a boxing movie, but it's still my favorite boxing movie.

    But watching it involves supporting James Woods, which makes me feel uneasy these days.

  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    Diggstown is more of a heist movie than a boxing movie, but it's still my favorite boxing movie.

    But watching it involves supporting James Woods, which makes me feel uneasy these days.

    We watched White House Down again last week and realized James Woods wasn't actually playing a character in that movie.

    Also White House Down continues to be awesome.

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  • DanHibikiDanHibiki Registered User regular
    edited September 2020
    i'm just gonna take the opportunity to plug Arena - 1989
    https://youtu.be/fHKnU-YkOE4

    Not only is it a great cheezy 80s monster mash that looks like a Sega Genesis game come to life but it's also an unofficial Babylon 5/Deep Space 9 crossover.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    I'm a sucker for romantic sports films, seeing as how the only two I own fall under that category(Love & Basketball and Save The Last Dance).

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  • GiantGeek2020GiantGeek2020 Registered User regular
    I can't believe nobody's recommended A Knight's Tale.

  • Vic_HazardVic_Hazard Registered User regular
    Goon was a lot of fun.

  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    What's that one with Matt LeBlanc and a chimp and he plays baseball?

    LeBlanc, I mean

    I can't remember if the chimp plays

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  • matt has a problemmatt has a problem Points to 'off' Points to 'on'Registered User regular
    What's that one with Matt LeBlanc and a chimp and he plays baseball?

    LeBlanc, I mean

    I can't remember if the chimp plays

    Jesus. I remember that movie. Because it came out while I worked at Blockbuster, and there was trivia on the trailer tapes played in store constantly about how they shot a scene where he catches a ball in reverse, including having him say his lines in reverse.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    What's that one with Matt LeBlanc and a chimp and he plays baseball?

    LeBlanc, I mean

    I can't remember if the chimp plays

    If the chimp did play, one would assume you'd remember it.

  • LordSolarMachariusLordSolarMacharius Red wine with fish Registered User regular
    Thirith wrote: »
    I'm afraid Tenet was wasted on me. It's definitely fine craftsmanship, but I found the story and characters to be hollow and unengaging, and IMO it's the worst-written Christopher Nolan film to date.

    I made the mistake over the last few days of thinking about the timey-wimey shenanigans.

    'Cause at first watch it felt like they had really tried to stay internally consistent.

    But nope, a lot of it falls apart.

  • Doctor DetroitDoctor Detroit Registered User regular
    Comedy sports movies?

    Happy Gilmore
    Talladega Nights
    Blades of Glory

  • AlphaRomeroAlphaRomero Registered User regular
    Caddyshack

  • NobeardNobeard North Carolina: Failed StateRegistered User regular
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    Diggstown is more of a heist movie than a boxing movie, but it's still my favorite boxing movie.

    But watching it involves supporting James Woods, which makes me feel uneasy these days.

    We watched White House Down again last week and realized James Woods wasn't actually playing a character in that movie.

    Also White House Down continues to be awesome.

    Wait what's wrong with James Woods?

  • DeadfallDeadfall I don't think you realize just how rich he is. In fact, I should put on a monocle.Registered User regular
    Goon is my favorite sports movie.

    And holy cow Arena. If it's the one I'm thinking of don't they use red and blue lights to boost or weaken each fighter so they're basically the same strength? What a movie.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Nobeard wrote: »
    Hedgethorn wrote: »
    Diggstown is more of a heist movie than a boxing movie, but it's still my favorite boxing movie.

    But watching it involves supporting James Woods, which makes me feel uneasy these days.

    We watched White House Down again last week and realized James Woods wasn't actually playing a character in that movie.

    Also White House Down continues to be awesome.

    Wait what's wrong with James Woods?

    Have you looked at his Twitter any time in the last few years? He's gone full alt-right reactionary goon. It's a real shame, too.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Some very... odd choices coming in December.

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    Amores Perros is great, though.

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  • AlphagaiaAlphagaia Registered User regular
    Thirith wrote: »
    I'm afraid Tenet was wasted on me. It's definitely fine craftsmanship, but I found the story and characters to be hollow and unengaging, and IMO it's the worst-written Christopher Nolan film to date.

    I said this before, but I feel the first time is just taking the ride, and understanding what is happening, and the second time you can focus more on the motivations of characters. Especially Neil's character gets way more interesting the second time around. Especially if you connect the dots.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Moderator, ClubPA mod
    I recall loving Best of Times when I was a kid, which stars Robin Williams as a guy who fucked up a key play in a football game in high school and has never lived it down, and Kurt Russell as the football star who had his promising career ended as a result. Williams tries to get together a redo of the critical game as an adult.

    It's less a sports movie and more a sports adjacent movie, but it's fun and it has Kurt Fucking Russell in it.

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  • TenzytileTenzytile Registered User regular
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    Some very... odd choices coming in December.

    (NSFW)
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    What a sick cover

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    It's the other film called Crash that's the really bad one, is my understanding.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    ElJeffe wrote: »
    I recall loving Best of Times when I was a kid, which stars Robin Williams as a guy who fucked up a key play in a football game in high school and has never lived it down, and Kurt Russell as the football star who had his promising career ended as a result. Williams tries to get together a redo of the critical game as an adult.

    It's less a sports movie and more a sports adjacent movie, but it's fun and it has Kurt Fucking Russell in it.

    I thought that was an episode of the Simpsons

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    It's the other film called Crash that's the really bad one, is my understanding.

    Yeah, this is not the shitty Crash everyone knows about

  • Smaug6Smaug6 Registered User regular
    Sports movie?

    Vision Quest.

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  • NobeardNobeard North Carolina: Failed StateRegistered User regular
    Robot Jox counts as a sports movie, right?

  • BlackDragon480BlackDragon480 Bluster Kerfuffle Master of Windy ImportRegistered User regular
    edited September 2020
    Nobeard wrote: »
    Robot Jox counts as a sports movie, right?

    I always make sure to set my visor to maximum opacity.

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  • PhillisherePhillishere Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    It's the other film called Crash that's the really bad one, is my understanding.

    Yeah, this is not the shitty Crash everyone knows about

    Oscar-winning Crash is about Hollywood striving and failing to be relevant on racism.

    David Cronenberg's Crash is about car crash injury fetishists.

    Very different films.

  • RickRudeRickRude Registered User regular
    Nobeard wrote: »
    Robot Jox counts as a sports movie, right?

    I think I remember this. It's a bad mechwarrior movie right ? Think I loved it as a kid.

  • DarkPrimusDarkPrimus Registered User regular
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    DarkPrimus wrote: »
    It's the other film called Crash that's the really bad one, is my understanding.

    Yeah, this is not the shitty Crash everyone knows about

    The film called Crash that won all the awards is actually the bad one, shocking, I know.

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