Top 10 Greatest Football Movies Ever Made

[FirstTimer]

I like the movie Rudy also .

but I dont consider it a great sports movie. Its about a guy not good enough to make the team and got some trash seconds on the field as a charity.

LOL at someone who "likes" the movie completely missing the point behind the movie.

 

[ram29jackson]

LOL at someone who "likes" the movie completely missing the point behind the movie.

I didnt miss any point. I"m saying their idea of the point they are trying to make doesnt appeal to me.

ultimately, the fact is, the real dream the kid wanted to come true, did not come true. So, its a true life story about a failed dream.

You see MY point ?

its like watching the movie -Ghandi- who wants to sit through three hours of passive resistance ? haha

 

[ram29jackson]

IDK why so many people hate on Friday Night Lights.. such a good football movie IMO

its an over dramatized movie about high school kids.

I want to see adult scenarios.

 

[FirstTimer]

I didnt miss any point. I"m saying their idea of the point they are trying to make doesnt appeal to me.

ultimately, the fact is, the real dream the kid wanted to come true, did not come true. So, its a true life story about a failed dream.

He wanted to go to Notre Dame.

Mission Accomplished.

He wanted to play for Notre Dame.

Mission Accomplished.

He didn't want to be an All-American. So there's really nothing about his dream that he didn't accomplish.

 

[ram29jackson]

He wanted to go to Notre Dame.

Mission Accomplished.

He wanted to play for Notre Dame.

Mission Accomplished.

He didn't want to be an All-American. So there's really nothing about his dream that he didn't accomplish.

he didnt play for Notre Dame. he was a practice squad lackey. Who said anything about All american ? He really didnt MAKE THE TEAM. Its not a sports movie. Its about a guy who begged his way onto a campus.

As far as real life is concerned, the guy got a college education and thats great. But its not a sports movie. its a gloried failed dream.

 

[FirstTimer]

he didnt play for Notre Dame.

Odd. There's film and a stat line that showed him playing for Notre Dame. Odd.

He really didnt MAKE THE TEAM.

I wasn't aware guys that didn't make the team could practice with the team for 2+ seasons.

As far as real life is concerned, the guy got a college education and thats great. But its not a sports movie. its a gloried failed dream.

Nah. That'd be your "dream" of one day making a decent post.

 

[ram29jackson]

Odd. There's film and a stat line that showed him playing for Notre Dame. Odd.


I wasn't aware guys that didn't make the team could practice with the team for 2+ seasons.



Nah. That'd be your "dream" of one day making a decent post.

theres plenty of guys that played one play or were on the sideline for a year and never played in a game. who cares, you are missing my point entirely.

and I've already had countless posts intellectually superior and ground breaking compared to any of your second rate sports fan, lemming thoughts.

: )

 

[Fox1994]

RJ, you're an asshole. But I see your point. +rep. Maybe one day you'll have a green e-peen like your's truly.

 

[Sportsbuck]

its an over dramatized movie about high school kids.

I want to see adult scenarios.

How's it overdramatized?

It's based on the book (Which came about from an article written about a first-person experience by a newspaper writer). There are some differences of course (I.E. Boobie actually tore his knee up in a scrimmage at Texas Tech, the Dallas Carter game was a 14-9 loss in the state semis) but you ge tthe drift.

 

[FirstTimer]

theres plenty of guys that played one play or were on the sideline for a year and never played in a game.

Not the point.

His dream was he got to campus was to play for Notre Dame. He did. Mission Accomplished.

My point is that his dream was realized...when you are saying that it wasn't. Clearly it was.

and I've already had countless posts intellectually superior and ground breaking compared to any of your second rate sports fan, lemming thoughts.

: )

LULZ. I can't count any.

 

[Sportsbuck]

he didnt play for Notre Dame. he was a practice squad lackey. Who said anything about All american ? He really didnt MAKE THE TEAM. Its not a sports movie. Its about a guy who begged his way onto a campus.

As far as real life is concerned, the guy got a college education and thats great. But its not a sports movie. its a gloried failed dream.

He was on the team... thats kind of what the whole walk-on tryout was for.

He was 5'6, 165 pounds and he played nose tackle against some of the best offensive lineman in the nation everyday (The year before Rudy was accepted as a student ND won the national title). And in the end he's in the history books as having a sack at the University of Notre Dame. How many people can say that?

 

[Fox1994]

Ha. That's a good point.

 

[ram29jackson]

He was on the team... thats kind of what the whole walk-on tryout was for.

He was 5'6, 165 pounds and he played nose tackle against some of the best offensive lineman in the nation everyday (The year before Rudy was accepted as a student ND won the national title). And in the end he's in the history books as having a sack at the University of Notre Dame. How many people can say that?

which makes it an interesting but melancholy movie. What i want from a sports movie is someone in the actual heat of battle and win or lose it is some how poignant or interesting. A practice squad player who never improves enough to get a real chance doesnt inspire me.

this should probably be 10 best sports movies because I doubt there are 10 decent football movies up to this point.

 

[citizenerased]

theres plenty of guys that played one play or were on the sideline for a year and never played in a game. who cares, you are missing my point entirely.

and I've already had countless posts intellectually superior and ground breaking compared to any of your second rate sports fan, lemming thoughts.

: )

Was your mother a meth head?

 

[ram29jackson]

-Everybodys All American -...........anyone ?

 

[ram29jackson]

no one remembers, Everybodys All American ?

 

[dell71]

its an over dramatized movie about high school kids.

I want to see adult scenarios.

So, you don't like any movies about high school kids? Doubt it.

And Rudy is absolutely a football movie. Imho, the best sports movies aren't necessarily about the sports themselves but about the people who play them.

Radio is a bit manipulative but I really do like the movie.

Anyhoo, I've already copped to not seeing North Dallas Forty or Everybody's All American and a few others mentioned here, yet. I will. In the case of the former I plan on seeing it very soon since this keeps coming up.

 

[Madman55]

We are Marshall?

 

[dell71]

We are Marshall?

I thought it was decent, not great. Not a top 10er, imho.

 

[ram29jackson]

So, you don't like any movies about high school kids? Doubt it.

opnce you become an adult, movies about high school kids really are pointless.

especially when they try to paint them as smarter or more interesting than the adult characters around them.