*** Cyclone Fanatic Sports Movie Tournament: Round of 64 ***
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Yeah Vision Quest in a wrestling state should be higher, also just the production of the movie is above average. It’d be in the running for best soundtrack of any of these movies.
Not complaining at all because this is cool and took a lot of work…
But my own #1 seeds and in order purely as a “sports” movie.
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
Remember the Titans
Major League
But my own #1 seeds and in order purely as a “sports” movie.
Hoosiers
Bull Durham
Remember the Titans
Major League
Yep, putting personal preferences aside during seeding wasn't easy. I had The Natural as a #1 seed on my list, and had several on my list that didn't make the final 64... Running Brave, Searching for Bobby Fischer, The Great White Hype, Goon, One on One, Little Giants, The Fighter. I'm 52 so many of my picks skewed older, and I'm a lifelong boxing fan so I had more of those on my list. But we wanted to make it reflective of what was more deserving/popular among the masses and I know a lot of mine aren't.
I would have the natural and raging bull easily in top 4 for just overall quality movie.
Hoosiers is probably the one that checks the box for pure sports movie but also is just outstanding timeless filmmaking. I don’t know what if any Oscar nominations it got but it should have had some across several categories.
In that case I defer to if they have an actor(s) that I can't standI’m embarrassed by how many matchups I had to abstain from voting in because I have not seen either movie. Now…I haven’t seen them for a reason though. Most of the ones I haven’t seen looked cheesy as F, so I couldn’t bring myself to watching them in the first place
I absolutely love Major League. My one beef with it is how weirdly they jammed that love story into it. Everything else about it is hysterical awesomeness.
For whatever reason baseball makes for good movies and “42” is a somewhat recent movie I think is a little underrated.
Part of me wants to dismiss it as “low brow” then you glance at the Oakland A’s and it’s like a realistic Ken Burns documentary. Unlike some other hilarious movies on the list it’s also just a good sports movie.
Rene Russo has been oddly shoved into quite a few movies. She must have had some dirt on on a few people back in the day. She is married to a screenwriter, I suppose.
The woman in the right background needs a better supportive bra.I don't entirely disagree, but she was smokin'...
I like the love story and her in Tin Cup but not really in the other two. I like that movie in general too, it’s like golf Bull Durham . I think the committee did well not to include the other baseball movie she’s in.
I don't entirely disagree, but she was smokin'...
Oh my, that hair.
Shame that Oscar winners like Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby and Chariots of Fire are going to get smoked, but I think they were seeded properly given the quality of the films. But BASEketball > Million Dollar Baby? LOL, only on CF.
