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Top 5 football movies. I got 3. Convince me of the other two.

SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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Facing the Giants is really good.
 
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SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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Sort of football...."The Fortune Cookie".
 
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Nitt1300 said:
no love for The Replacements? yeah, there were many really obvious mistakes on the actual football stuff, but it was hilarious
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Couple friends here in Baltimore were in the flick as opposing or bench guys.
 
The Longest Yard

Rudy (makes me cry every time... when he comes out of that tunnel and his dad is finally proud of him)

Invincible
 
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SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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5 that's more like 11, But who's counting? ;)
 
SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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What about Jerry Maguire? That's a pretty good football movie.
 
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IANit said:
It's actually Necessary Roughness, with Scott Bakula as QB of the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos and Kathy Ireland as the placekicker.

so as to avoid a flag but not violate copyright, here's the link to Google Images if you're interested in a picture:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sxsrf=ACYBGNR92dHOHcq71_QXcAxe-puGj_xopg:1569882392929&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=937&ei=GIGSXZ_pNYnUtQXispWAAg&q=kathy+ireland+necessary+roughness&oq=cathy+ireland&gs_l=img.1.2.0i10l10.1447.5439..7054...1.0..0.71.865.14......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0.0-48mA0TF-s
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Saw Kathy Ireland about ten years ago in the Crystal Palace in Disney World. Absolute knockout. Just having lunch with her non-descript husband and kids.
 
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SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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All the Right Moves????
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liex26 said:
Terrible rating but I always liked Johnny Be Good

Another I didn't see listed was All The Right Moves

On the negative side you also have Concussion
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I liked Johnny Be Good. Surprised it rated so low (4.6 IMDB - probably a 7 or so for me). All the Right Moves was first on his list. It gets a 5.9 on IMDB, but probably ranks higher among people who grew up in Western Pa. I give it more like a 7-8. Kind of predictable, but a good cast and it gave a pretty good feel for growing up in a depressed area of Western Pa. and showing why football can be such a big deal to some. Remember reading the call for extras and wanting someone to take me, but it was about 90 minutes away or so and no one wanted to take me. I don't remember if it mentioned Tom Cruise or Lea Thompson were going to be in it. It just sounded cool that they were doing a football movie in Johnstown. It was one of the first leading roles for both. If any of you were in it I'm jealous.
 
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Cosmos said:
1. Invincible
2. Silver Linings Playbook
3. Friday Night Lights
4. Remember the Titans
5. Rudy

The first two because they cover the neurosis of Philadelphia Eagles fans. Thank you.
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Can you believe I have never seen SLP. I have to check it out.
 
Fibes said:
All the Right Moves????
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Oh I think that is a great flick highlighting Pennslyvania high school football in the fading glory era of coal and mill towns. Cruise and Nelson are perfect adversaries. Oh and Lea Thompson was a little cutie also. I have it over Varsity blues and Friday night lights in the high achool movie category.
 
IANit said:
I liked Johnny Be Good. Surprised it rated so low (4.6 IMDB - probably a 7 or so for me). All the Right Moves was first on his list. It gets a 5.9 on IMDB, but probably ranks higher among people who grew up in Western Pa. I give it more like a 7-8. Kind of predictable, but a good cast and it gave a pretty good feel for growing up in a depressed area of Western Pa. and showing why football can be such a big deal to some. Remember reading the call for extras and wanting someone to take me, but it was about 90 minutes away or so and no one wanted to take me. I don't remember if it mentioned Tom Cruise or Lea Thompson were going to be in it. It just sounded cool that they were doing a football movie in Johnstown. It was one of the first leading roles for both. If any of you were in it I'm jealous.
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I sat down to catch up on some work (I'm a night owl) and Prime Video had Johnny Be Good. This scene outside Johnny's home had me laughing hard:

Alabama Booster: Alabama is where you should be.
Penn State Booster: Penn State is always in the Top 10. We kicked Alabama's butt last year. (shove Bama booster in chest)
Alabama Booster: That was one game (shoves back). It's freezing at Penn State. (another shove)
Penn State Booster: It's a normal climate. (shoves back)
Alabama Booster: Normal? Normal if you're a seal or an eskimo! (shoves back)
Penn State Booster: (Grabs jacket) It's good to see the seasons change. It's GOOD TO SEE THE SEASONS CHANGE! (both grabbing at the other)
 
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Hands down the BEST football movie EVER made is "GREATER"


Then "Friday Night Lights"


Then "Rudy"


Then "Blind Side"


Then the ORIGNAL "Longest Yard"
 
Sorry if I missed it on the 2 pages here, but has nobody ever taken the young child to the movies?
C’mon!
Little Giants....classic was alka-seltzer for the lineman to create foaming at the mouth.
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OL
 
SEPATOPTEN said:
My Top three are in Alphabetical order. "All the right moves". "Everybody's All American". "Remember the Titans". "Any Given Sunday" was good also. "Brian's Song" has to be considered. "Friday Night Lights" also is in the mix. Of couse many around the country would consider "Rudy". You have "North Dallas Forty". "The Waterboy". How about "Heaven can wait". "The Longest Yard". Wow there goes one that I might put in my top five that I was not thinking about.
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"Football movies"
Do you mean movies about football, or movies set against the backdrop of football? Invincible is a football movie. Silver Linings Playbook is not.
It's like calling Titanic a disaster movie instead of a love story set against the backdrop of a disaster.
 
IANit said:
It's actually Necessary Roughness, with Scott Bakula as QB of the Texas State University Fightin' Armadillos and Kathy Ireland as the placekicker.

so as to avoid a flag but not violate copyright, here's the link to Google Images if you're interested in a picture:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sxsrf=ACYBGNR92dHOHcq71_QXcAxe-puGj_xopg:1569882392929&source=hp&biw=1920&bih=937&ei=GIGSXZ_pNYnUtQXispWAAg&q=kathy+ireland+necessary+roughness&oq=cathy+ireland&gs_l=img.1.2.0i10l10.1447.5439..7054...1.0..0.71.865.14......0....1..gws-wiz-img.......0.0-48mA0TF-s
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Does posting a picture from a website violate copyright laws?
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do short movies count?? One of my favorites and it is a football movie...
 
SEPATOPTEN said:
Oh I think that is a great flick highlighting Pennslyvania high school football in the fading glory era of coal and mill towns. Cruise and Nelson are perfect adversaries. Oh and Lea Thompson was a little cutie also. I have it over Varsity blues and Friday night lights in the high achool movie category.
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I lived in the Johnstown area when it was made. It was big news locally, but it was a horrifically bad movie. Yes, Lea Thompson was a hottie, but her choice of scripts is questionable, given that she also appeared in Howard The Duck.;)
 
Rudy is South Bend Community College propaganda, worthy of something Joseph Goebbels or the former Soviet Union would produce. Everything about that sh*t hole is as hypocritical and phony as the Catholic Church itself (I say that as a former catholic).

F*ck Rudy, and f*ck SBCC.
 
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IANit said:
I sat down to catch up on some work (I'm a night owl) and Prime Video had Johnny Be Good. This scene outside Johnny's home had me laughing hard:

Alabama Booster: Alabama is where you should be.
Penn State Booster: Penn State is always in the Top 10. We kicked Alabama's butt last year. (shove Bama booster in chest)
Alabama Booster: That was one game (shoves back). It's freezing at Penn State. (another shove)
Penn State Booster: It's a normal climate. (shoves back)
Alabama Booster: Normal? Normal if you're a seal or an eskimo! (shoves back)
Penn State Booster: (Grabs jacket) It's good to see the seasons change. It's GOOD TO SEE THE SEASONS CHANGE! (both grabbing at the other)
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That has to be one of the worst movies ever made. Hall and Downey Jr were horrible actors as kids.
 
Fibes said:
Rudy is South Bend Community College propaganda, worthy of something Joseph Goebbels or the former Soviet Union would produce. Everything about that sh*t hole is as hypocritical and phony as the Catholic Church itself (I say that as a former catholic).

F*ck Rudy, and f*ck SBCC.
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In that case, I suppose "Knute Rockne All American" is totally out-of-bounds,
 
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