General: Greatest Sporting Movie Ever
June 28th 2008 13:39
There have been many posts as to what the greatest sporting movie ever made has been. While this is an interesting topic, one question arises above all others: should Kevin Costner ever be allowed to play a golfer or baseball player in a movie ever again?
My own personal favourite is the original Rocky. The film depicts the underdog overcoming all odds to get to the top.
Cool Running is in the same vein, and is another that I liked.
Of the documentary style, When We Were Kings, about the Ali-Foreman Rumble In The Jungle boxing comes to mind.
Fictional: Robert Redford as a baseball pitcher in The Natural leaves Kevin Costner for dead.
Comedy: Caddy Shack with Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield. Or maybe Happy Gilmore, with Adam Sandler.
Real Life: Chariots of Fire is the only contender in my mind, and a classic in it’s own right..But there are other notables. Bend It Like Beckham or Phar Lap are memorable.
A great Aussie sporting film is The Club, despite the fact it is about Collingwood. On the plus side, Graham Kennedy showed he could actually act, and John Williamson showed why he is Australia’s greatest playwright.
Sporting films come in many genres – comedy, drama, action, or whatever. The point is, sport reflects life, and the fact that sport is portrayed in so many different genres is proof that sport is an integral part of the lives of almost everybody, to varying degrees. It also shows that sport means different things to each of us.
And Kevin Costner really isn't that bad...
My own personal favourite is the original Rocky. The film depicts the underdog overcoming all odds to get to the top.
Cool Running is in the same vein, and is another that I liked.
Of the documentary style, When We Were Kings, about the Ali-Foreman Rumble In The Jungle boxing comes to mind.
Fictional: Robert Redford as a baseball pitcher in The Natural leaves Kevin Costner for dead.
Comedy: Caddy Shack with Bill Murray and Rodney Dangerfield. Or maybe Happy Gilmore, with Adam Sandler.
Real Life: Chariots of Fire is the only contender in my mind, and a classic in it’s own right..But there are other notables. Bend It Like Beckham or Phar Lap are memorable.
A great Aussie sporting film is The Club, despite the fact it is about Collingwood. On the plus side, Graham Kennedy showed he could actually act, and John Williamson showed why he is Australia’s greatest playwright.
Sporting films come in many genres – comedy, drama, action, or whatever. The point is, sport reflects life, and the fact that sport is portrayed in so many different genres is proof that sport is an integral part of the lives of almost everybody, to varying degrees. It also shows that sport means different things to each of us.
And Kevin Costner really isn't that bad...
Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa
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Comment by JohnDoe
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I love Raging Bull, my other favourite boxing movie would be Somebody Up There Likes Me with Paul Newman as Rocky Graciano...When We Were Kings is an amazing Doco.
For sports comedy I can't go past Slapshot, again with Paul Newman.
A few other favourite sports movies I love:
Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday
Le Mans with Steve McQueen
John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix
Eight Men Out
Downhill Racer with Robert Redford
Robert Alderich's The Longest Yard with Burt Reynolds