tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post110072425842457847..comments2023-10-26T06:19:35.938-07:00Comments on The American Mastodon: INDIANA WANTS ME - LORD I CAN'T GO BACK THEREUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100797180833311382004-11-18T08:59:00.000-08:002004-11-18T08:59:00.000-08:00You and Saffron are stupid. His move from Brennema...You and Saffron are stupid. His move from Brenneman piss-on to Brenneman ventriloquist only proves it.<br /><br />You've forgotten two of the best sports films.<br /><br />The first is "Vision Quest." The second is "Victory." Go rent them and get educated.Analogcabinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539348634113833433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100739858335283412004-11-17T17:04:00.000-08:002004-11-17T17:04:00.000-08:00I must chime in as a fellow Hoosier.
Our exciteme...I must chime in as a fellow Hoosier.<br /><br /><EM>Our excitement in retelling certain scenes from the film, and our shared reverance at the accomplishment of the filmmaking soon subsided, as we labored to identify the next films on our list.</EM>I love this statement because (a) <EM>Hoosiers</EM> is--and this is a totally objective statement--without any doubt the greatest sports movie of all time, (b) will always be the greatest sports movie of all time, and (c) any second will be a lesser film by leaps and bounds.<br /><br />Things I love about <EM>Hoosiers</EM>...<br /><br />1) The cinematography--it really captures Indiana at the most beautiful time of the year.<br /><br />2) Hackman and Hopper are two great actors and here are two of their best performances.<br /><br />3) Dare I say Jerry Goldsmith's best score...?<br /><br />4) Use of real Hoosiers--the guy who plays the sheriff works in my hometown and one of the members of the team has a car dealership somewhere close to there, too.<br /><br />5) Barbara Hershey. HOLLA!<br /><br />Regarding your "seconds"....<br /><br />Only a passing mention of "Bull Durham?" Faux pas! So much better than the mostly overrated "Field of Dreams." But maybe I think that because, like Bob Costas, "I'm a 'Bull Durham' kind of baseball fan, not a 'Field of Dreams' kind of baseball fan."<br /><br />I'm not crazy about Oliver Stone's work in general, but in support of your monumentally famous friend, I think that "Any Given Sunday" has its moments (love that John C. McGinley!).<br /><br />"Rudy" will always occupy a special place in my heart if, for no other reason, than because it gave "The Simpsons" one of their funniest gags in recent memory: when the men of Springfield take the bus to the Super Bowl and Rudy runs alongside the bus begging to come along and they won't let him.<br /><br />"Hoop Dreams?" Re'conize!<br /><br />"Eight Men Out?" "Jerry Maguire?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100734126697507642004-11-17T15:28:00.000-08:002004-11-17T15:28:00.000-08:00The father figure is consitently the figure to whi...The father figure is consitently the figure to which one must preve themselves, hence his being central to ALL sports movies. He still exists in sports movies with female protagonists. This is evidenced in "A League of Their Own". In "A League of Their Own" the team must prove themselves to their male coach. The lead sisters have lost their own father and the filmmakers have thus filled the role with coach Tom Hanks. <br /><br />But for the most part the protagonists are male in these films and they are a large part of a genre known as the "male weepie." <br /><br />P.S. Rudy rocksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100730537764256692004-11-17T14:28:00.000-08:002004-11-17T14:28:00.000-08:00Renew!Renew!Mathishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14476038719165077711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100728028103713412004-11-17T13:47:00.000-08:002004-11-17T13:47:00.000-08:00All I've got to say about Rudy is that my mechanic...All I've got to say about Rudy is that my mechanic, Corky Koors, was Rudy's roommate. He's got nothing bad to say about the guy so neither do I. Any thoughts on the line between sentimental and earnest? "Rudy" toes that line. <br /><br />I would say a more recent starting point for your Earnest Renaissance might be Max Fischer in Rushmore. <br /><br />I recently saw the best sports movie I've seen in a REALLY long time, "Friday Night Lights". I'd put it just below Hoosiers, primarily due to the notable absence of Kevin Costner. And, fyi, it too includes the father/son deal, Hoosiers-style.BK/CKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973092364301462495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100727890889001402004-11-17T13:44:00.000-08:002004-11-17T13:44:00.000-08:00I think that you would have to concede that the be...I think that you would have to concede that the best sports movie of all time is Logan's Run. <br /><br />Is it not the deadliest game of all?T.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15745703013751139450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7112981.post-1100727686202334282004-11-17T13:41:00.000-08:002004-11-17T13:41:00.000-08:00I think that you would have to concede that the be...I think that you would have to concede that the best sports movie of all time is Logan's Run. <br /><br />Is it not the deadliest game of all?T.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15745703013751139450noreply@blogger.com