To: Jakarta ex-pat; kevkrom
I agree with kevkrom that Hoosiers is probably the best Sports movie. It was much deeper than Glory Road, which I just saw last week.
From a pure exhilaration standpoint, I recall that Breaking Away made me cheer and feel great about the title character's accomplishment when he won the race at the end. The last lap scene is excellent. In the shot, the director doesn't cut away from a high angle point of view as the two cyclists battle all the way around. (And I believe it was the actor's themselves, not stand-ins). They were going at full speed. It's really well done.
19 posted on
08/18/2006 8:07:45 AM PDT by
GreenAccord
(I just spell-checked MOONBAT. Shouldn't that be in the FR lexicon as a valid word?)
To: GreenAccord
Good call on Breaking Away -- I can't believe I forgot that one.
22 posted on
08/18/2006 8:08:54 AM PDT by
kevkrom
(War is not about proportionality. Knitting is about proportionality. War is about winning.)
To: GreenAccord
"agree with kevkrom that Hoosiers is probably the best Sports movie. It was much deeper than Glory Road, which I just saw last week."
I thought Hoosiers was pure fiction?
To: GreenAccord
I'll put in a vote for the made on a credit card classic "Breaking Away" as well.
And "Rocky".
91 posted on
08/18/2006 12:25:16 PM PDT by
MrEdd
(More cheep than a flock of baby chickens.)
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