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Five American sports films you should see

Old Mar 14th 2012, 3:44 pm
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
I'm on the verge of making one myself.
Quelle surprise.

I actually happen to agree with you by the way, than in the main Hollywood sport movies are pretty crap.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Quelle surprise.

I actually happen to agree with you by the way, than in the main Hollywood sport movies are pretty crap.
Yippee! I feel vindicated!
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
Yippee! I feel vindicated!
Good grief - you do have a high opinion of yourself, don't you? 'Twasn't why I said it, I was just trying to get back on topic again, as it were.
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Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Good grief - you do have a high opinion of yourself, don't you?
Yes. We can't all despise ourselves, you know.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
Hollywood seems unable to make a movie about "sport" (I use the word in its loosest possible sense), without a liberal sprinkling of schmaltz and the inevitable "feel good factor".
Did you ever see North Dallas Forty? There's a compilation clip on YouTube -- a great part is when ex-Oakland Raiders player John Matuszak goes nuts at about 3.48 on the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsL8Pey_l8
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Default Re: Five American sports films you should see

Originally Posted by Nutmegger
Did you ever see North Dallas Forty? There's a compilation clip on YouTube -- a great part is when ex-Oakland Raiders player John Matuszak goes nuts at about 3.48 on the clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGsL8Pey_l8
I'm afraid I'm allergic to American "sports". They make me come over all drowsy.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
Yes. We can't all despise ourselves, you know.
There's a balance that can be struck. At any rate, I'm at peace with myself, in general it is others I dislike ...
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There's a balance that can be struck. At any rate, I'm at peace with myself, in general it is others I dislike ...
Something we have in common, at last!
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Something we have in common, at last!
That and an aversion to American sports, it would seem! Not forgetting an appreciation of great blues as well, of course ...
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That and an aversion to American sports, it would seem! Not forgetting an appreciation of great blues as well, of course ...
Well, shit.
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Well, shit.
Don't worry - I'm still a bigger nerd, and all that crap.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
I'm afraid I'm allergic to American "sports". They make me come over all drowsy.
Funny, just what sweeping generalizations do to me!
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Funny, just what sweeping generalizations do to me!
Where's the sweeping generalisation? I find all American sports - "football", "hockey", baseball and basketball - deathly boring. It's a fact.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Ebenezer
Where's the sweeping generalisation? I find all American sports - "football", "hockey", baseball and basketball - deathly boring. It's a fact.
Inadequate citation on my part -- I was referring back to your original comment re Hollywood movies re sports all being crap!
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Originally Posted by Nutmegger
Inadequate citation on my part -- I was referring back to your original comment re Hollywood movies re sports all being crap!
They glorify sports I find boring and attempt (fail) to make them out to be interesting and all the players heroes. In my opinion, that makes them crap.
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