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Does anyone agree that this is the best football movie ???

posted 18 years ago by tyler_roughnecks
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There are no GREAT football movies, but I'd put Paper Lion just ahead of North Dallas Forty and The Longest Yard (1974) as the "best of the very good".

[JUST ONE MAN'S OPINION]

[–] imelda_marcos 17 years ago

What about "Invincible", "The Bad New Bears", or "Fearless"?

[–] tyler_roughnecks 17 years ago

The Bad New Bears is a football movie ??????

[–] thepartydjz 15 years ago

"Brian's Song" was a decent football movie, and how bout "All the right moves".

[–] KennethJoel 15 years ago

What about The Waterboy? Best football movie ever!

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[–] snepts 8 years ago

Invincible is ok, but I wouldn't watch it more than once.
However, I wouldn't mind wall-papering my home with pictures of Elizabeth Banks.
She's gorgeous, funny and I hope she's a likable person in real life.

I'm not a woman much less Deanna Durbin, but the old-time glam-shot appeals to me.

[–] yeahsee33 15 years ago

It's absolutely the best football movie. Alex Karras is great.

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[–] tommyuk 14 years ago

Varsity Blues was good.

[–] SurvivorAlpha23 14 years ago

So many good football movies depending on what you're looking for. Remember the Titans is a great feel good movie. The Replacements and Necessary Roughness both hilarious movies. Varsity Blues and Friday Night Lights grittiness. Invisible sucked and so did We Are Marshall. I fell asleep during both.

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[–] bigsoundp 12 years ago

We Are Marshall is very good.

[–] snepts 8 years ago

I liked Marshall but it has it's flaws. Invincible is ok but dumb. I don't like comedy football movies, but ironically one of my favorite films is Slap Shot, so idk.
And let's not forget Against All Odds. Maybe I like that for personal reasons.

I'm not a woman much less Deanna Durbin, but the old-time glam-shot appeals to me.

[–] MrSiegal 12 years ago

I guess I'd put Paper Lion and North Dallas Forty neck and neck.

[–] lmiller2000 12 years ago

Rudy ftw

[–] Sparky48 10 years ago

Pretty good movie, but definitely not the best football movie ever made. Football movies such as "Remember the Titans," "Brain's Song," and "North Dallas Forty" were much better, at least in my opinion.

[–] snepts 8 years ago

This is an unusual football movie. It's almost like a documentary but it's obviously not. Mostly it's a comedy, but it's meant to be taken seriously. Being a Lions fan, I love this film, and I like Alda so I really like this film. But it's a little hard to categorize.
Lately I've seen We Are Marshall. That's an important story, and I like how Matt Mac's energy interrupts how sad the whole thing is, so along with Paper Lion and Brian's Song, I guess these are my favorite Football movies. Marshall is a bit over-blown and maudlin, but it still works, imo.

I'm not a woman much less Deanna Durbin, but the old-time glam-shot appeals to me.