One of the best things about a sports movie, aside from the fact that it’s about a sport, is that you’ll generally get a couple of scenes that are sure to motivate you in some way. I mean you can’t tell me that when Jimmy makes the final shot in Hoosiers that you don’t want to go out there and shoot free throws all night.
At least I know I did that when I first saw Hoosiers. Whether it’s a training montage, a one liner, or a series of events, I’ve looked around for ten scenes that in my eyes are sure to pump you up.
*Disclaimer
OK guys. Please read this before going into the comments section and blasting me for leaving stuff out. If you want to say “I liked this scene or that scene” that I may have left out, that’s cool. This list is not the defining list OK? Got it? Are we clear?
It’s just ten kick ass scenes so let’s leave it at that.
Alright folks. I’ve searched long and I’ve searched hard. And yes, I’m sure I’m missing some. But you try coming up with this list. It was not easy. And I’ll tell you why. Sports movies have hot chicks all the time. A cheerleader is easily considered to be a hot chick in a sports movie.
But what about a girl who actually has a reasonably significant role in the movie? Well that kind of narrows it down just a tad. So I scoured the earth to find 25 hotties of the sports movie genre. Bear in mind, they had real roles in the movies.
For example, it would have been nice to use the pornstars Jilly Kelly and Chasey Lain in He got Game but I just couldn’t.
In case you guys aren’t aware, it’s Rocky week on AMC. They are playing Rocky’s I through V. So naturally I’m very pumped to be seeing Rocky IV tonight. As a sidenote, I’m 99% sure I’ve seen Rocky III over 100 times making it my most seen movie ever. Back to the topic.
It’s my opinion that Clubber Lang is easily one of the best if not the best sports movie villains of all time. And it got me thinking. Have there been any sports villain lists? Yeah, there have. Joesportsfan came out with one a while back which I thought was decent. However, they included Teen Wolf. Is that really a sports movie?
Plus I think they forgot some key ones that I’ve included. And was Apollo really a villain in Rocky? He was more of a villain in Rocky II. Definitely took on more of an enemy tone. In the first one he was actually diplomatic (even though it was an act).
In any event, here’s my list of sports movie villains, all 16 of them.
One of the most classic underdog movies of all time was on AMC last night: Rocky. It’s one of those movies that whenever it’s on television I never turn it off. And as I watched it I started to also think about the movie Rocky Balboa (which I’m in the minority in thinking it wasn’t horrible).
And the reason I thought about Rocky Balboa is because of how far removed Sylvester Stallone’s face has gotten from what it once was. It truly makes me sad. Yuu don’t just get that way unless you’ve had considerable work done.
I’m 100% convinced that had he just left it alone he’d be a handsome 62 year old instead of someone starting to disturbingly resemble his own mother, which in this case is a very bad thing. And his body? The veins, the girth. It’s really just botox on steroids at this point.
But where did it all start? Well let’s take a look.
To understand the transformation we gotta go back, way back.
Just the other day I was watching one of the worst movies in history, The Comebacks. However, just after I turned it off (right at the stupid Field of Dreams scene) I was thinking about that final scene where Costner and his dad have that catch.
I then realized that there’s gotta be tons of awesome father/son scenes out there worth finding. And by all means, it’s well into the hundreds. So in the interest of saving time, I managed to find around 15 that I thought were either pretty funny or pretty significant.
It’s definitely a mix, and by no means is this a rankings of any kind. So please, people, shout out comments because I’m definitely interested in coming up with as many as possible.
Just the other day I was watching the tube and I scrolled around the guide for the movie channels. I then see that the movie Man on Fire is on. So I’m thinking “solid movie, haven’t seen it in a while, let’s turn it on.”
All of a sudden, I’m watching Danny Aiello and Dennis Hopper? Wait a second, they’re not in the movie Man on Fire. Actually. They are. They’re in a 100% crappy Man on Fire that was made in 1985. So here I am thinking I’d kill 2 hours with a great movie and I’m watching garbage.
Well, it’s happened to me before. And it’s happened more than once. Ever wonder why that is by the way? How can a movie have the same name? Slate actually posted a good article about this, and I’ll let that article do that talking.
Back to the subject. Here are 5 movies where I turn them on and get completely bamboozled by a crappier version that’s either a remake or just has the same name.
OK, we’re not talking about 80’s horror flicks or action movies here. That’s an entirely different subject. I’m talking about 80’s comedies or pseudo dramas that take place in college or high school.
You know, your Pretty in Pink’s of the world and your Some Kind of Wonderful’s. Most of these movies have some kind of enemy or villain that just gets under your skin. Nowadays it’s just high comedy for me.
And whether or not they have funny hair or drive a Corvette, all these guys have a defining quality that bonds them all.
Put it this way, you will inevitably see at least one of these characteristics on a high school or college villain in an 80’s movie. I’m not saying you’ll see them all in every guy, but these 5 are pretty static. (P.S. I’m leaving out actors names, so there)
