sports film you most identify with

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I'm going with "tin cup" here. as usual, probably coz i just watched it. can't think of the plot of *every* sports film off the top of my head but i def admire the costner attitude more than the sandler or the dangerfield as far as golf films go.

― Secundus Clover (s_clover), Friday, 5 August 2005 03:56 (twenty years ago)

field of dreams

― Dr. Glen Y. Abreu (dr g), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:00 (twenty years ago)

bring it on

― shine headlights on me (electricsound), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:00 (twenty years ago)

that mighty ducks movie where they all quack at the teacher

― Seuss, Friday, 5 August 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

breaking away (even though i hate bicycling)

― the goulash archipelago (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Haha -- I just watched Tin Cup too! in a bar with no sound. (they had the Braves game on TBS then just left it on when Tin Cup came on.) Great flick. even without sound.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:21 (twenty years ago)

Does When It Was A Game count?

― milozauckerman (miloaukerman), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:22 (twenty years ago)

point break

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:27 (twenty years ago)

haha damn i'm feeling twangs of indie-guilt now for picking tin cup and the beautiful loser cult of the perfect shot over caddyshack.

― Secundus Clover (s_clover), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:31 (twenty years ago)

Slapshot?

Field of Dreams?

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:33 (twenty years ago)

some awesome scenes from the movie:

http://image.www.rakuten.co.jp/knet/img1021242062.jpeg

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

well Caddyshack is the greatest movie of all time, but who do you really *identify* with?

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:36 (twenty years ago)

Lucas :(

― Hurting (Hurting), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:38 (twenty years ago)

Was point break really a sports movie though? Sure it had surfing and sky diving, but the true focus of the film was the bank-robbing and the explosions, and that one shot of titty at the bikers house.

― phil jg, Friday, 5 August 2005 04:40 (twenty years ago)

well, that's why danny's there, no? but who wants to be THAT kid? the sweet awkward one with a good heart who always finally gets a chance to shine in every movie ever. nobody WANTS to be that kid. because that entails wanting to be awkward and shy and blahblah. whereas in tin cup the dude's cool even when he's a loser.

― Secundus Clover (s_clover), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:41 (twenty years ago)

North Dallas Forty.

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:46 (twenty years ago)

if caddyshack is a sports movie then point break is a sports movie.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)

Gleaming the Cube then

― Seuss, Friday, 5 August 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)

(given the Tin Cup love, I'm surprised no one's mentioned Bull Durham yet.

Or Slap Shot.

Or Kingpin.)

― rogermexico (rogermexico), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:48 (twenty years ago)

oh i guess we all forgot that final climactic sequence in point break where keanu wins the big surf-off and gets the girl from the cool rich surfer kid who's really an asshole.

― Secundus Clover (s_clover), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:49 (twenty years ago)

and the rich surfer kid goes "wh-wh-what?! this can't be happening! this is OUTRAGEOUS!" and then keanu punches him out!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:51 (twenty years ago)

"Oh and here's a summons..."

"Keep it."

I kinda identify with Chevy there!

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:52 (twenty years ago)

so fucking funny.

― Stormy Davis (diamond), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:53 (twenty years ago)

also -- most generic sports movie ever!? (i go with "hot dog")

― Secundus Clover (s_clover), Friday, 5 August 2005 04:54 (twenty years ago)

hot dog the movie?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 5 August 2005 05:08 (twenty years ago)

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. Sigh.

― emil.y (emil.y), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:42 (twenty years ago)

The Bad News Bears (original)

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:44 (twenty years ago)

OMG Gleaming the Cube!

― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 5 August 2005 11:45 (twenty years ago)

better off dead

any surfing or skating documentaries

& I saw the Replacements by mistake & it was actually not as bad as most sports movies

― autovac (autovac), Friday, 5 August 2005 12:54 (twenty years ago)

american flyers.

― not-goodwin (not-goodwin), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:12 (twenty years ago)

king pin (except the gross bit with the landlady)

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:28 (twenty years ago)

unfortunately the American version of Fever Pitch

― Lupton Pitman (Chris V), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:35 (twenty years ago)

bad news bears (orig.). i identify with walter matthau.

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:42 (twenty years ago)

Amadeus (stretching the concept here slightly, I know, but it was basically a heads-up between Mza and Salieri. I identify with Salieri btw)

― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

Wrestling With Shadows

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

not "all the marbles," dom?

― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 5 August 2005 13:57 (twenty years ago)

Nobody's going to mention Rudy, then? They were always playing this in Health class in high school when there was no health to teach.

― carly (carly), Friday, 5 August 2005 14:07 (twenty years ago)

The Bad News Bears (original)

otm. i'm changing my answer.

― the goulash archipelago (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 5 August 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

If...

― Anti-Pope Consortium (noodle vague), Friday, 5 August 2005 21:21 (twenty years ago)

haha am i really the first to say raging bull?

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 5 August 2005 23:26 (twenty years ago)

Le Mans or A Man and a Woman.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 5 August 2005 23:30 (twenty years ago)

what about le mans and a woman? you could have the best of both worlds!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 6 August 2005 00:16 (twenty years ago)

HOOSIERS

(before the 1989 class aa western pennsylvania boys basketball final, my point guard actually said, "let's go out and win this for all the small schools that never had a chance." he was joking, but it was good.)

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Saturday, 6 August 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

As far as specific characters go in the Bad News Bears, I wish I could say Kelly Leak or Tanner, but the real answer is probably Ogilvie or maybe Rudy Stein.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Saturday, 6 August 2005 02:57 (twenty years ago)

Miracle

― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 6 August 2005 03:06 (twenty years ago)

Air Bud

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 6 August 2005 03:32 (twenty years ago)

As far as specific characters go in the Bad News Bears, I wish I could say Kelly Leak or Tanner, but the real answer is probably Ogilvie or maybe Rudy Stein.

Lupus.

Or maybe that red-headed kid who never got named or really had any lines.

― The Yellow Kid, Saturday, 6 August 2005 04:02 (twenty years ago)

Oh! Wait, I totally fucking change mine to ...

― Remy (x Jeremy), Saturday, 6 August 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

Chariots Of Fire all the way. It's even about my sport.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Saturday, 6 August 2005 04:57 (twenty years ago)

http://www.unzeit.de/poster/Over_the_Top/Over_the_Top_72.jpg

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:14 (twenty years ago)

awww, I knew that would happen!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:15 (twenty years ago)

http://www.kinokunst.de/poster_d/Title_O/OverTheTop_G1_ED01.jpg

http://www.totalobscurity.com/mind/outbursts/gfx/mvp1.jpg

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Saturday, 6 August 2005 05:17 (twenty years ago)

Barton Fink

― Beth Parker, Saturday, 6 August 2005 15:59 (twenty years ago)

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