tannerall 24,588 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Maybe a more suitable thread for the off topic, but I'll post it here anyways. Iconic sports films. Thinking about it ain't been many, which is surprising given the global strength of sport, whether it be American football, and baseball, cricket in India/Packistan or of course the biggest sport of all, and the one which has had a huge cultural affect on every one on RM, football. So what are the greatest (or worst) sports films ? Which get your Oscar nomination and which get your rotten tomatoes ? I'll start with this. I am not a boxing fan, but this gets my vote way ahead of most others. Fred H Crawford and hawkfalcons like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
born a blue nose 65,512 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Remember the Titans ForeverAndEver, Gazzalivesforever, LaudrupsPatrickBoots and 1 other like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan_1 1,085 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 4 minutes ago, born a blue nose said: Remember the Titans What a film. Top three for me. ForeverAndEver and born a blue nose like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan_1 1,085 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 Rocky films 1-4 are timeless classics. Really liked Draft Day aswell, don't think it got the ratings. berkshirebear and B1872 like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superallysbears 1,094 Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 A shot at glory HG5, B1872, TheFamousPigeon and 1 other like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter huistra 1,123 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 LaudrupsPatrickBoots and barrymorrison1 like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan_1 1,085 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Not a film, however Bobby Robson Documentary is brilliant. dee9 and hammer93 like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter huistra 1,123 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Escape to victory - Pele's overhead kick (with a broken arm no less) Goal 1 , 2 , 3 - was totally shite iirc , started off as a player at Newcastle then moves to Real Madrid then by the third movie I think he wins the world cup. When Saturday Comes - was decent , starred Sean Bean . Unlike most football films the editing is shite but in this one Bean can actually play a bit . Don't think there is any real classic football films unless you can count I.D Zappa6995 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tannerall 24,588 Posted May 7, 2020 Author Share Posted May 7, 2020 Just now, peter huistra said: Escape to victory - Pele's overhead kick (with a broken arm no less) Goal 1 , 2 , 3 - was totally shite iirc , started off as a player at Newcastle then moves to Real Madrid then by the third movie I think he wins the world cup. When Saturday Comes - was decent , starred Sean Bean . Unlike most football films the editing is shite but in this one Bean can actually play a bit . Don't think there is any real classic football films unless you can count I.D "The Damned United" Brian Clough one was okay, but the book was 10 times better. There's been a few really good football documentaries but I don't count them as films. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
peter huistra 1,123 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, tannerall said: "The Damned United" Brian Clough one was okay, but the book was 10 times better. There's been a few really good football documentaries but I don't count them as films. Watched that recently , Sheen is totally convincing as Clough not much football in it , when he phones Revie it's both brilliant and sad at the same time . Yeah I'd say that was one of the better football movies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malvern 10,951 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Coach Carter Escobar likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roboscot 964 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 It's a documentary but "I Believe In Miracles" about Clough's Nottingham Forest winning the European Cup twice is excellent. AlCapone and peter huistra like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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ForeverAndEver 45,627 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Mighty Ducks are the best, and not one person will make me believe otherwise left winger, born a blue nose, TheFamousPigeon and 1 other like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFamousPigeon 4,780 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 41 minutes ago, left winger said: I totally forgot that existed 33 minutes ago, ForeverAndEver said: Mighty Ducks are the best, and not one person will make me believe otherwise I became obsessed with Ice/Street hockey after that. Our whole area did. We had inter-area teams and played in tournaments amazing what a film could do. I still can't believe that came out in 1992.... wild! 28 years ago... Then SpaceJam came out and everyone from 15-25 had a basketball. ForeverAndEver likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
left winger 4,904 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 1 hour ago, ForeverAndEver said: Mighty Ducks are the best, and not one person will make me believe otherwise Good shout. Watched all three with my boys in the last month. ForeverAndEver, j1mgg and TheFamousPigeon like this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheFamousPigeon 4,780 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, left winger said: Good shout. Watched all three with my boys in the last month. Sons or... 'the boys'? Imagining 'the squad' sat watching Mighty Ducks together with some cans! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ForeverAndEver 45,627 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 8 minutes ago, left winger said: Good shout. Watched all three with my boys in the last month. Done it myself when Disney+ was released mate left winger likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
left winger 4,904 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 12 minutes ago, TheFamousPigeon said: Sons or... 'the boys'? Imagining 'the squad' sat watching Mighty Ducks together with some cans! Sons. My mates aren’t as intellectual as me 😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j1mgg 3,222 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 3 hours ago, TheFamousPigeon said: I totally forgot that existed I became obsessed with Ice/Street hockey after that. Our whole area did. We had inter-area teams and played in tournaments amazing what a film could do. I still can't believe that came out in 1992.... wild! 28 years ago... Then SpaceJam came out and everyone from 15-25 had a basketball. Another two that were about at that time were slapshot and youngblood. We had an ice rink opened at the same time as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BouncyBluenose87 899 Posted May 7, 2020 Share Posted May 7, 2020 Cool Runnings and McFarland, USA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B1872 11,471 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Friday Night Lights or something it’s called. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullies_bowly_legs 2,781 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Loved Goon , with Seann William Scott. What an animal. and Moneyball. Based on a true story. HG5 likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eejay the dj 30,360 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Rush . is best Formula 1 film out there . Superb movie Gandalf the Blue likes this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SuperPapac05 3,383 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Mean Machine. Jason Statham was a fucking god in that film. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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