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      <title>Film:Hoosiers</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Hoosiers<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1986<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> David Anspaugh<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> An unexpected late-1986 box-office hit, Hoosiers tells the true story of a group of underdogs who become champions. Set in the 1950s, Hoosiers is about a hard-luck, unemployed college basketball coach (<a href="/players/P____29486/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Gene Hackman</a>) who gets a chance to coach a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team. Facing resentment from the community and the team itself, Hackman manages to inspire his young athletes, leading them to the state championship with the help of the assistant coach (<a href="/players/P____94825/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Dennis Hopper</a>), who happens to be a recovering alcoholic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 19<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 20<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 2<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:29:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Hoosiers</spout:Title><spout:Year>1986</spout:Year><spout:Director>David Anspaugh</spout:Director><spout:Plot>An unexpected late-1986 box-office hit, Hoosiers tells the true story of a group of underdogs who become champions. Set in the 1950s, Hoosiers is about a hard-luck, unemployed college basketball coach (&lt;a href="/players/P____29486/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Gene Hackman&lt;/a&gt;) who gets a chance to coach a small-town Indiana high-school basketball team. Facing resentment from the community and the team itself, Hackman manages to inspire his young athletes, leading them to the state championship with the help of the assistant coach (&lt;a href="/players/P____94825/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Dennis Hopper&lt;/a&gt;), who happens to be a recovering alcoholic. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>19</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>20</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>4</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>2</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Hoosiers/15847/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Could have been better</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/archive/2009/7/17/43144.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/148616/default.aspx'>The_MOW</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/the_mow/default.aspx'>The_MOW Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/17/2009 3:29:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Hickory, Indiana, is a small town with a fair team. New coach, "Norman Dale" (Gene Hackman) comes in and begins to ruffle feathers with everybody, including the team, with his style of coaching immediately. It is obvious that he is an outsider. He ruffles even more feathers with teacher, and acting principal, "Myra Fleener" (Barbara Hershey), who is taking care of the school's former star player (Maris Valainis). He also hires the town drunk (Dennis Hopper), whose son is on the team and, himself, is a student of the game. Despite all the problems he has brought to the team and town, he somehow gets what the team, and the town's residents, what they have been wishing for for a long time. Ok, the first thing I have to say is that it is very obvious how this movie ends as the movie is literally in its first five seconds. How they get there is interesting, but the performances are not that great for the most part. If you ask me, the script is not that strong. To me, the movie was pretty slow in many parts. There was also some character development problems, especially with the members of the team, and the romance subplot between the coach and the teacher/acting principal was horribly written. The only time we see the team is on the court in games and in practice. We get only a little taste of their on-screen personalities, but nothing more. We only get a couple of scenes of them off court, but those scenes add nothing to the characters, and barely helps any subplot. The only performances that are worth seeing are those of Hackman and Hopper. Hackman is nearly perfect as the couch who gets in trouble with the people of the town. Hooper, even though he's not in movie too much, is good as a guy who know just about everything about basketball, but fighting a deadly addiction to alcohol. I felt no chemistry between Hackman and Hershey on the romantic level. That is probably because the romance subplot is horribly written. When they finally have their on-screen kiss, I felt as if they were uncomfortable even doing the scene. As you can see, the writing is the biggest problem with this movie. "Hoosiera" can be a memorable "small town team goes to the state title" movie, but it really isn't in my opinion. Even the games shown in the film I found uninteresting. You just know the team is going to make mistakes, and slowly improve as the movie moves on. I also think that the games were not edited that great, and were pretty much an editing mess. A lot of the focus in these particular scenes are on the team's bench, but the result of the team's discussion on the bench are not presented in a nice way. I would not recommend this as a rental on Saturday night. If you see this on television, and you have nothing else to do, check it out. Just don't expect a Oscar-winning movie.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:29:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>The_MOW</spout:postby><spout:postto>The_MOW Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/17/2009 3:29:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Hickory, Indiana, is a small town with a fair team. New coach, "Norman Dale" (Gene Hackman) comes in and begins to ruffle feathers with everybody, including the team, with his style of coaching immediately. It is obvious that he is an outsider. He ruffles even more feathers with teacher, and acting principal, "Myra Fleener" (Barbara Hershey), who is taking care of the school's former star player (Maris Valainis). He also hires the town drunk (Dennis Hopper), whose son is on the team and, himself, is a student of the game. Despite all the problems he has brought to the team and town, he somehow gets what the team, and the town's residents, what they have been wishing for for a long time. Ok, the first thing I have to say is that it is very obvious how this movie ends as the movie is literally in its first five seconds. How they get there is interesting, but the performances are not that great for the most part. If you ask me, the script is not that strong. To me, the movie was pretty slow in many parts. There was also some character development problems, especially with the members of the team, and the romance subplot between the coach and the teacher/acting principal was horribly written. The only time we see the team is on the court in games and in practice. We get only a little taste of their on-screen personalities, but nothing more. We only get a couple of scenes of them off court, but those scenes add nothing to the characters, and barely helps any subplot. The only performances that are worth seeing are those of Hackman and Hopper. Hackman is nearly perfect as the couch who gets in trouble with the people of the town. Hooper, even though he's not in movie too much, is good as a guy who know just about everything about basketball, but fighting a deadly addiction to alcohol. I felt no chemistry between Hackman and Hershey on the romantic level. That is probably because the romance subplot is horribly written. When they finally have their on-screen kiss, I felt as if they were uncomfortable even doing the scene. As you can see, the writing is the biggest problem with this movie. "Hoosiera" can be a memorable "small town team goes to the state title" movie, but it really isn't in my opinion. Even the games shown in the film I found uninteresting. You just know the team is going to make mistakes, and slowly improve as the movie moves on. I also think that the games were not edited that great, and were pretty much an editing mess. A lot of the focus in these particular scenes are on the team's bench, but the result of the team's discussion on the bench are not presented in a nice way. I would not recommend this as a rental on Saturday night. If you see this on television, and you have nothing else to do, check it out. Just don't expect a Oscar-winning movie.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Holiday DVDs 12/23 &amp;12/30 -- Wes Anderson, Johnny Depp, and more Ninja movies than you'd ever want to see</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/Holiday_DVDs_12_23_12_30_Wes_Anderson_Johnny/216/38864/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2126/default.aspx'>spout</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Coming_Soon/216/discussions.aspx'>Coming Soon</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 12/26/2008 4:58:29 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong>   Did you get gift cards for Christmas? Here's how to spend them over the next two weeks.  SkyPIlot's Top 3 December DVD Picks  1. Bottle Rocket is in the Criterion Collection! Watch the trailer.  For those who haven't seen Bottle Rocket, it's a quirky slacker comedy/heist flick, like...Reality Bites meets Ocean's 13. No wait, is there really anything like early Wes Anderson (except later Wes Anderson)? This edition has loads of special features including eleven deleted scenes and the original 13-minute, b&amp;w Bottle Rocket short from 1992.  2. Burn After Reading -- Watch the trailer. It won't convert any unbelievers into the Coen cult, but a lot of it's worth watching over and over again (especially the parts with Brad Pitt). 3. And it goes without saying that everyone should pick up one copy of The Dark Knight, a second copy to keep in your glove box, and a third to keep in your hope chest. Watch the trailer. Check out Kevin Kelly's DVD gift guide for documentary and box set recommendations. Dec. 23 DVD releases 1. The Johnny Depp Triple Feature -- It's just one of those cheapie 3-sets, like the ones you find at Target, but get a load of this playlist:   Edward Scissorhands -- Watch the trailer. Wow, I was not ready for this when I was 9 years old.  Benny &amp; Joon -- Watch the trailer. Looks funny, sweet, and sad. From Hell -- Watch the trailer. In this gritty, hallucinatory murder mystery, Depp is an opium-addicted detective on the trail of Jack the Ripper. Dark stuff, but worth a look. 2. The Jake Gyllenhaal Triple Feature is definitely worth some consideration as well. Donnie Darko -- Watch the trailer. The movie that made befuddled teens everywhere watch a film commentary for the first time, Donnie Darko is charming, touching, and strange. Very good, but in my opinion the real gem of this set is the The Good Girl.  The Good Girl -- Watch the trailer. In this very under-appreciated dark comedy, Gyllenhall is a sensitive teen obsessed with J.D. Salinger (what sensitive teen isn't?) and has a short-lived affair with Jennifer Aniston. Aniston is unhappily married to a pot-smoking John C. Reilly. Great minor role from Tim Blake Nelson. The Day After Tomorrow -- Watch the trailer. Bombastic and boring, but hey--two good films out of three ain't bad! Other new triple features: Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning), Tom Hanks (Bachelor Party, The Man With One Red Shoe, That Thing You Do!), Kevin Costner (Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, No Way Out). 3. Hamlet 2 -- Watch the trailer. Steve Coogan is really talented, but the trailer doesn't quite sell me on it. Does anyone recommend it? 4. Death Race -- Watch the trailer. Jason Statham, as usual, is threatening and very watchable, but this fair car action thriller doesn't come close to matching the crazed, exhilarating original -- Death Race 2000. Watch the trailer to Death Race 2000.    Dec 30 releases  1. Towelhead -- Watch the trailer. In this coming-of-age story, 13 year old Jasira has to deal with American racism and the romantic attentions of Aaron Eckhart (yikes!). It's written by the author of American Beauty, and it looks really good.  2. Strangers With Candy -- Watch the trailer. This is a big-screen prequel to the mind-bending comedy series that starred Amy Sedaris and a pre-fame Stephen Colbert. (He played the science teacher Mr. Noblet, remember?)  3. Ghost Town -- Watch the trailer. Ricky Gervais (of The Office and Extras) can see ghosts, and one of them is Greg Kinnear. I've heard some good things about this film. 4. Bangkok Dangerous -- Watch the trailer. This is the one where Nic Cage uses a boat propellor to cut off a guy's hand.  5. An American Carol -- Watch the trailer. Kelsey Grammar plays the Scrooge character in this spoof of the classic Christmas tale. 6. Babylon A.D. -- Watch the trailer. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Michelle Yeoh would kick Vin Diesel's butt.  7. The Love Guru -- Watch the trailer. Paul Moore saw this Mike Meyers vehicle, and Paul said that although it's not bad per se, we've seen all these jokes before in the Austin Powers series.  Re-releases 1. Lost in Translation (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. Includes deleted scenes, a conversation with Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola, plus the "City Girl" music video from Kevin Shields. 2. Atonement (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. Includes some making-of featurettes and commentary from director Joe Wright. I haven't seen this one yet.  3. A Beautiful Mind (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. I still haven't seen this one yet either! Includes deleted scenes with commentary from director Ron Howard, plus feature commentaries from Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldman. 4. History of Ninja, Volume 1 -- Ten ninja movies on three discs means over 15 hours of "entertainment." Contents: Ninjitsu, Ninja, Ninja Hunt, Purple Hood Ninja, Purple Hood Ninja 2,  The Hero of Swallow, Ninja Power Force, Ninja Kids Phantom Force, Golden Ninja Invasion, and last but not least, Cyber Ninja.  I like how you can just switch around the words in the titles to get ideas for new ninja movies: Phantom Cyber Force, Golden Hood Hunt, Ninja Kids Invasion, Golden Hunt of the Purple Cyber Swallow. If we're lucky, those will appear in History of Ninja, Volume 2.  By the way, Cyber Ninja reminds me of Dr. Ronald Chevalier, author of all ten Cyborg Harpy trilogies. Watch Dr. Chevalier's tips on inspiration.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 21:58:29 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>spout</spout:postby><spout:postto>Coming Soon</spout:postto><spout:postdate>12/26/2008 4:58:29 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>  Did you get gift cards for Christmas? Here's how to spend them over the next two weeks.  SkyPIlot's Top 3 December DVD Picks  1. Bottle Rocket is in the Criterion Collection! Watch the trailer.  For those who haven't seen Bottle Rocket, it's a quirky slacker comedy/heist flick, like...Reality Bites meets Ocean's 13. No wait, is there really anything like early Wes Anderson (except later Wes Anderson)? This edition has loads of special features including eleven deleted scenes and the original 13-minute, b&amp;amp;w Bottle Rocket short from 1992.  2. Burn After Reading -- Watch the trailer. It won't convert any unbelievers into the Coen cult, but a lot of it's worth watching over and over again (especially the parts with Brad Pitt). 3. And it goes without saying that everyone should pick up one copy of The Dark Knight, a second copy to keep in your glove box, and a third to keep in your hope chest. Watch the trailer. Check out Kevin Kelly's DVD gift guide for documentary and box set recommendations. Dec. 23 DVD releases 1. The Johnny Depp Triple Feature -- It's just one of those cheapie 3-sets, like the ones you find at Target, but get a load of this playlist:   Edward Scissorhands -- Watch the trailer. Wow, I was not ready for this when I was 9 years old.  Benny &amp;amp; Joon -- Watch the trailer. Looks funny, sweet, and sad. From Hell -- Watch the trailer. In this gritty, hallucinatory murder mystery, Depp is an opium-addicted detective on the trail of Jack the Ripper. Dark stuff, but worth a look. 2. The Jake Gyllenhaal Triple Feature is definitely worth some consideration as well. Donnie Darko -- Watch the trailer. The movie that made befuddled teens everywhere watch a film commentary for the first time, Donnie Darko is charming, touching, and strange. Very good, but in my opinion the real gem of this set is the The Good Girl.  The Good Girl -- Watch the trailer. In this very under-appreciated dark comedy, Gyllenhall is a sensitive teen obsessed with J.D. Salinger (what sensitive teen isn't?) and has a short-lived affair with Jennifer Aniston. Aniston is unhappily married to a pot-smoking John C. Reilly. Great minor role from Tim Blake Nelson. The Day After Tomorrow -- Watch the trailer. Bombastic and boring, but hey--two good films out of three ain't bad! Other new triple features: Gene Hackman (The French Connection, Hoosiers, Mississippi Burning), Tom Hanks (Bachelor Party, The Man With One Red Shoe, That Thing You Do!), Kevin Costner (Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, No Way Out). 3. Hamlet 2 -- Watch the trailer. Steve Coogan is really talented, but the trailer doesn't quite sell me on it. Does anyone recommend it? 4. Death Race -- Watch the trailer. Jason Statham, as usual, is threatening and very watchable, but this fair car action thriller doesn't come close to matching the crazed, exhilarating original -- Death Race 2000. Watch the trailer to Death Race 2000.    Dec 30 releases  1. Towelhead -- Watch the trailer. In this coming-of-age story, 13 year old Jasira has to deal with American racism and the romantic attentions of Aaron Eckhart (yikes!). It's written by the author of American Beauty, and it looks really good.  2. Strangers With Candy -- Watch the trailer. This is a big-screen prequel to the mind-bending comedy series that starred Amy Sedaris and a pre-fame Stephen Colbert. (He played the science teacher Mr. Noblet, remember?)  3. Ghost Town -- Watch the trailer. Ricky Gervais (of The Office and Extras) can see ghosts, and one of them is Greg Kinnear. I've heard some good things about this film. 4. Bangkok Dangerous -- Watch the trailer. This is the one where Nic Cage uses a boat propellor to cut off a guy's hand.  5. An American Carol -- Watch the trailer. Kelsey Grammar plays the Scrooge character in this spoof of the classic Christmas tale. 6. Babylon A.D. -- Watch the trailer. I've said it before and I'll say it again: Michelle Yeoh would kick Vin Diesel's butt.  7. The Love Guru -- Watch the trailer. Paul Moore saw this Mike Meyers vehicle, and Paul said that although it's not bad per se, we've seen all these jokes before in the Austin Powers series.  Re-releases 1. Lost in Translation (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. Includes deleted scenes, a conversation with Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola, plus the "City Girl" music video from Kevin Shields. 2. Atonement (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. Includes some making-of featurettes and commentary from director Joe Wright. I haven't seen this one yet.  3. A Beautiful Mind (limited edition) -- Watch the trailer. I still haven't seen this one yet either! Includes deleted scenes with commentary from director Ron Howard, plus feature commentaries from Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldman. 4. History of Ninja, Volume 1 -- Ten ninja movies on three discs means over 15 hours of "entertainment." Contents: Ninjitsu, Ninja, Ninja Hunt, Purple Hood Ninja, Purple Hood Ninja 2,  The Hero of Swallow, Ninja Power Force, Ninja Kids Phantom Force, Golden Ninja Invasion, and last but not least, Cyber Ninja.  I like how you can just switch around the words in the titles to get ideas for new ninja movies: Phantom Cyber Force, Golden Hood Hunt, Ninja Kids Invasion, Golden Hunt of the Purple Cyber Swallow. If we're lucky, those will appear in History of Ninja, Volume 2.  By the way, Cyber Ninja reminds me of Dr. Ronald Chevalier, author of all ten Cyborg Harpy trilogies. Watch Dr. Chevalier's tips on inspiration.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Weekly Theme for September 15: This Sporting Life</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/Re_Weekly_Theme_for_September_15_This_Sporting_Li/625/35176/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Weekly_Theme/625/discussions.aspx'>Weekly Theme</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 9/15/2008 6:03:09 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The Bad News Bears was classic. I also liked the remake.  I really liked Field of Dreams. But I thought Hoosiers was a bit better for a dramatic sports movie. Adam Sandler's done a few sports movie, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy. As far as I'm concerned, football and baseball are just filler sports to get me through until basketball season starts. Hoop Dreams and Through the Fire are a couple of good roundball documentaries.  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:03:09 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Weekly Theme</spout:postto><spout:postdate>9/15/2008 6:03:09 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The Bad News Bears was classic. I also liked the remake.  I really liked Field of Dreams. But I thought Hoosiers was a bit better for a dramatic sports movie. Adam Sandler's done a few sports movie, Happy Gilmore, and The Waterboy. As far as I'm concerned, football and baseball are just filler sports to get me through until basketball season starts. Hoop Dreams and Through the Fire are a couple of good roundball documentaries.  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: AFI's 10 Top 10: Sports</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/shaunhuston/archive/2008/6/19/31401.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/63637/default.aspx'>ShaunHuston</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/shaunhuston/default.aspx'>ShaunHuston filmblog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/19/2008 1:01:19 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> The sports Top 10 is a difficult list to assess. How many truly good sports movies are there, and I ask this as a sports fan? Raging Bull (1980) is arguably the greatest film of the 1980s, and Rocky (1976) was a little labor of love, far from the semi-joke blockbuster that it is often remembered as in light of its sequels. They likely deserve their places at the top of the list, especially Raging Bull. As to the rest of the films, I have a lot of affection for Breaking Away (1979) and really, it's a lovely little film that I'd put higher on the list. I also like Hoosiers (1986) and Bull Durham (1988), but they both have obvious flaws (as Anne-Marie noted, the basketball film falls short in its depiction of the on-the-court action; the final is especially poorly paced and shot and edited in an oblique way. I've always thought that Bull Durham's final act stretched on a little too long, needlessly deferring Annie and Crash's final settling in together). For the remainder, well, I don't have much good or much bad to say about any of them; I can see why each ended up on the list, with the possible exception of Jerry Maguire (1996), which seems a stretch as a sports film even by the AFI's definition (“a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition” - I don't see how either of the leads meet this standard). However, I would struggle to find a replacement. Tin Cup (1996)? Cross-apply Field of Dreams (1989) from the fantasy list? How about Downhill Racer (1969) or Slap Shot (1977)? (And I'll just admit right now that I have nothing to say about football films as I don't care or know much about the game). I dunno. I think that this genre is doubly cursed for being both a genre and about sports, two aspects of American life that are seen as culturally “lesser” in many circles. So, as a result, you get films that are either goofy comedies or fairly predictable dramas. The best films on the AFI Top 10 do better than that, but only Raging Bull, I think, can be considered great cinema.

Link to introduction. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:01:19 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>ShaunHuston</spout:postby><spout:postto>ShaunHuston filmblog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/19/2008 1:01:19 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>The sports Top 10 is a difficult list to assess. How many truly good sports movies are there, and I ask this as a sports fan? Raging Bull (1980) is arguably the greatest film of the 1980s, and Rocky (1976) was a little labor of love, far from the semi-joke blockbuster that it is often remembered as in light of its sequels. They likely deserve their places at the top of the list, especially Raging Bull. As to the rest of the films, I have a lot of affection for Breaking Away (1979) and really, it's a lovely little film that I'd put higher on the list. I also like Hoosiers (1986) and Bull Durham (1988), but they both have obvious flaws (as Anne-Marie noted, the basketball film falls short in its depiction of the on-the-court action; the final is especially poorly paced and shot and edited in an oblique way. I've always thought that Bull Durham's final act stretched on a little too long, needlessly deferring Annie and Crash's final settling in together). For the remainder, well, I don't have much good or much bad to say about any of them; I can see why each ended up on the list, with the possible exception of Jerry Maguire (1996), which seems a stretch as a sports film even by the AFI's definition (“a genre of films with protagonists who play athletics or other games of competition” - I don't see how either of the leads meet this standard). However, I would struggle to find a replacement. Tin Cup (1996)? Cross-apply Field of Dreams (1989) from the fantasy list? How about Downhill Racer (1969) or Slap Shot (1977)? (And I'll just admit right now that I have nothing to say about football films as I don't care or know much about the game). I dunno. I think that this genre is doubly cursed for being both a genre and about sports, two aspects of American life that are seen as culturally “lesser” in many circles. So, as a result, you get films that are either goofy comedies or fairly predictable dramas. The best films on the AFI Top 10 do better than that, but only Raging Bull, I think, can be considered great cinema.

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      <title>Spout Post: ANOTHER Sports Movie. Oh joy.</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/archive/2007/10/9/20511.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/98071/default.aspx'>JakeStevens</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/jakestevens/default.aspx'>JakeStevens Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/9/2007 12:26:07 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I&#39;m not real big on sports, let alone sports movies. But this was suggested to me by a friend, so I gave it a watch. Although slightly formulaic and a bit sentimental, I thought this story (loosely based on Milan High School&#39;s underdog basketball team) was well acted, specifically by Gene Hackman (who is good even when a film itself is bad) and Dennis Hopper (who garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination). My gripes are the sucky synth score (also nominated for an Academy Award, for some unfathomable reason) and the completely unbelievable attraction between Barbara Hershey and Gene Hackman, who have no chemistry whatsoever. Your average feel-good sports flick.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:26:07 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>JakeStevens</spout:postby><spout:postto>JakeStevens Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/9/2007 12:26:07 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I&amp;#39;m not real big on sports, let alone sports movies. But this was suggested to me by a friend, so I gave it a watch. Although slightly formulaic and a bit sentimental, I thought this story (loosely based on Milan High School&amp;#39;s underdog basketball team) was well acted, specifically by Gene Hackman (who is good even when a film itself is bad) and Dennis Hopper (who garnered a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination). My gripes are the sucky synth score (also nominated for an Academy Award, for some unfathomable reason) and the completely unbelievable attraction between Barbara Hershey and Gene Hackman, who have no chemistry whatsoever. Your average feel-good sports flick.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: My high school gym teachers wife is a cheerleader in this flic...</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/mikeperry/archive/2006/3/6/295.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u39816ducdt.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2128/default.aspx'>MikePerry</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 3/6/2006 4:10:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Ya, thats it, thats my story and im sticking with it...<br/>
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