Top Ten Wednesdays (With a Twist)
So this weekend I saw Invincible. (Review to come in a day or two)
While sitting there this weeks TopTen came to mind
Ok. This week we are going to have a unique TopTen that may require a little thought.
The Subject is.....
TopTen sports Movie Cliches' and the movies that prove it.
I'll give you two as an example
#10
The Opposing team returns the opening kickoff in the big game for a touchdown behind a flurry of crushing blocks (Waterboy, Longest Yard)
#9
In a Baseball movie, The Best hitter on the opposing team will hit a monsterous shot in his final at bat that everyone thinks is a home run and yet will drift just foul (For the love of the Game, Major League)
Ok Boys...have at it.
While sitting there this weeks TopTen came to mind
Ok. This week we are going to have a unique TopTen that may require a little thought.
The Subject is.....
TopTen sports Movie Cliches' and the movies that prove it.
I'll give you two as an example
#10
The Opposing team returns the opening kickoff in the big game for a touchdown behind a flurry of crushing blocks (Waterboy, Longest Yard)
#9
In a Baseball movie, The Best hitter on the opposing team will hit a monsterous shot in his final at bat that everyone thinks is a home run and yet will drift just foul (For the love of the Game, Major League)
Ok Boys...have at it.
posted by Goose at 10:36 AM
20 Comments:
I saw Invicible also this past weekend. Pretty good flick. 3.5 out of 5 stars. Wahlberg did a good job, but I thought the movie was pretty cookie cutter overall... so I see how the Top 5 came about for today.
I'd have to include...
Running Montage: The training sequence is a staple in almost every sports movie. Papali even did the come home and go back out because it just wasn't enough running scene. (Rocky, Invincible, Above The Rim, etc.)
Nice Joe.
And thats how it is Done
Women that don't usually like jocks, but have a sudden change of heart
see: For the Love of the Game, Major League, Rocky, Necessary Roughness, etc...
There is an extremely fast Wide Reciever. Blazing Speed. that cant catch the ball
(Little Giants, Replacements)
Having clutch moments that fail, but they're the most important scenes.
to piggyback on Jimbo's...don't forget Tin Cup...
Football movies...
The kicker is always either a freak or a woman
ie: Replacements, Necessary Roughness
Or better yet a woman who is a freaky Freak...(See Remember the Tight Ass, and The Well Endowed Yard)
Joe. Why do you have the Montana State Bobcats team as your Icon?
he is trying to get me worked up because Montana St. beat CU over the weekend.
or he might just be bandwagon jumping again..
Oh that's right.
I figured it was a bandwagon thing
Maybe his nickname should be captain bandwagon...
nice call with Tin Cup Dude, amazing that Rene Russo was that woman in both Major League and Tin Cup...
The ultimate sports movie Chick
Trying to get a rise out of Train with the Bobcats logo. I mean, Montana State!?! Seriously, I didn't even know that was a University until last Saturday.
Seriously it's not going to work.. I didnt even know they played on saturday...
And you never heard of the Brawl of the Wild??? you have to know who MSU is come one get your head out.
Why is it that most sports movies (especially ones that revolve around high school and college sports), seem to always have some type of coaching controversy?
Maybe the people in the town don't like your new style and you have a hidden past...and then the local boy hero steps up to defend him (Hoosiers).
Maybe your a jackass that pushes his players too hard (Varsity Blues) ...and sometimes the players can't take it (Friday Night Lights).
Maybe you're a female coaching a bunch of gorillas (Wildcats).
Maybe you're the first guy to start a team full of african americans (Glory Road).
Maybe you are one of the first african american coaches to integrate a team in the south (Remember the Titans).
The list goes on and on....there's always got to be a crazy coaching situation. That's just good theater.
Nice 4th quarter addition to the topTen. Seatown....you were missed
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