Anyone else find it hilarious that the so called "NCAA Championship Game" and the game prior to that were played out in what looked like my old high school's gymnasium?
I mean....the sports caster in the voice-over even called it an "arena"...it was a gym, c'mon.
Talk about skimping on production budget. I guess all the money went to the talent.
Plus, in the first game when Forest Whitaker's character asks his little brother to win, but to "win by less than 8 (points)", doesn't that mean that Forest Whitaker's character "took (bet for) the other team 'plus 7 (points)'"? To me, that part didn't seem to fit the story very well.
I agree with one of the reviewers here though: The story did seem predictable. I do, however, think that the main actors/actresses did a pretty good job with the acting (and let's face the facts: Carla Gugino, as well as being a great actress is just, as usual, simply h@w+ !!!). Kelsey Grammer's part (character), IMO, fell short though. I felt like it was more a weakness in the writing of the character itself, not particularly any sub-par performance from the actor himself. The part itself just wasn't written well enough / strong enough for Kelsey to be able to work with. Let's face it, you simply can't make filet mignon out of PB&J.
I also liked it how the same guy on each team scored every basket, how every basket was either a layup or slamdunk, and how no team in any of the games shown stopped the offense on a single possession, except when the kid missed the shot at the very end of the first big game. Combined field goal percentage of all teams shown was about 98%. :D
Worst sports footage ever shot.
Also, you never see a basketball game where both teams wear dark uniforms. One was in dark maroon and the other was dark green. One team almost always wears white.
shareThey weren't playing for the NCAA championship, it was a game to determine if they were gonna go. The movie was still crappy and a waste of time i feel bad for tim roth and forest both are great actors and shouldn't be assosiated with such garbage.
shareit was the Northeast Conference Championship game.
shareThe kid banked in a 3 to win the game...bank shot from 3...I havent seen someone try to do that in a real game ever and the kid was supposed to be a superstar? haha
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