I'm not really a sports fan, but I've seen a few good sports films now and then. I just watched Bang The Drum Slowly for the first time and found it interesting, though it took awhile for Michael Moriarty and Robert DeNiro to really stand out for me.
I liked Raging Bull a great deal. Same for The Natural, Field Of Dreams and Nine Men Out.
Over a few days before each baseball season starts we break out out the baseball movies and watch 2-3 a night until opening day. Although Sandlot is a family comedy it's the first thing we watch, it's probably my favorite baseball movie.
@Torchsong - I gave Slap Shot a mention, but tried to steer clear of the pure comedy type movies.
@Chuck_Melville - I'm definitely with ya on Field of Dreams. Basically any sports movie with Kevin Costner is a keeper ... Bull Durham, Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game. Plan on checking out "Draft Day" at some point as well.
I actually like DC's vision of its proprieties. I'd like to see each character get the time to develop instead of delaying movies to steamroll toward a JLA movie.
1) Big Bang Theory 2) The Middle 3) Community 4) Parks and Recreation 5) Modern Family 6) New Girl 7) About a Boy 8) Surviving Jack 9) Eh, I guess there are only 8
Consider my weekend made and nothing is bringing it down. Wrote up a piece on Red Sonja for my blog last night. Then find that Gail Simone reblogged it on tumblr this morning. :D
1) Big Bang Theory 2) The Middle 3) Community 4) Parks and Recreation 5) Modern Family 6) New Girl 7) About a Boy 8) Surviving Jack 9) Eh, I guess there are only 8
I am looking at your list and not sure there is even 8!!
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Other near misses for me were:
We are Marshall
Rocky
Field of Dreams
Friday Night Lights
Invictus
(Note: For the most part I'm leaving out the true comedies like Caddyshack, Slapshot,
To say nothing of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh. :)
I liked Raging Bull a great deal. Same for The Natural, Field Of Dreams and Nine Men Out.
@Chuck_Melville - I'm definitely with ya on Field of Dreams. Basically any sports movie with Kevin Costner is a keeper ... Bull Durham, Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, For Love of the Game. Plan on checking out "Draft Day" at some point as well.
D'oh!
I knew I was forgetting something.
Victory,
The Wrestler,
Caddyshack,
Karate Kid,
Dodgeball,
and Rocky III
What about the Big Green, that was maybe the first or second best soccer movie.
I'll go with "Victory" as my top soccer movie.
Shaolin Soccer by a mile.
Vision Quest
Breaking Away
American Flyers (another Kevin Costner flick)
You did it to yourself, man. You did it to yourself.
Didn't see any "cutters" though.
Or Italians.
I liked it.
Who doesn't like Tom Selleck?
Sorry @Matt.
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1) Big Bang Theory
2) The Middle
3) Community
4) Parks and Recreation
5) Modern Family
6) New Girl
7) About a Boy
8) Surviving Jack
9) Eh, I guess there are only 8
:P
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