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Topic: OT - TV shows and Movies

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Riffraft

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #84 on: June 11, 2019, 10:56:48 AM »
I may have to give Ozark another look.  I tried it and got bored and quit.

I found a Bosch series I had missed somehow and enjoyed watching Season 4.  I now have read most of the books, all the ones the library had.  The TV series has some interesting twists and changes relative to the books.  I enjoy both.

I'm reading a history entitled "Salt" now, which is informative but not terribly well written IMHO, it's OK.

I have enjoyed Ozark and am waiting for the new season. I am kind of forced to watch it, it is one of the show that my nephew does the music editing, though there are a number of other shows that he works on and has worked on that I wouldn't watch like Mozart in the Jungle.

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« Reply #85 on: June 11, 2019, 12:14:31 PM »
I've begun to lose interest in Ozark.  Characters just arent very complex or that interesting to me anymore.  My wife likes it and Bloodlines. 

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #86 on: June 11, 2019, 12:23:51 PM »
Favorite sports movies. 

1. For love of the game. 
2. Warrior. 
3 Hoosiers
4. One on One. Not sure how many people have seen this. Old basketball movie with Robbie Benson. Very hard to find Fantastic
5. The Natural
6. Take Down. Another fantastic very hard to find movie
7. Remember the Titans
8. Bull Durham
9. Vision Quest
10. All the Rocky’s 

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #87 on: June 11, 2019, 12:27:16 PM »
Welcome, Briguy.
U RAH RAH! WIS CON SIN!

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #88 on: June 11, 2019, 12:42:15 PM »
Sports movies I liked that were decent but not great movies:

Major League (both)
The Replacements
Mystery Alaska (this is close to being a great movie I think)
Bang the Drum Slowly (No, probably the worst sports movie ever)
Cinderella Man
Million Dollar Baby (devastating ending)
Rudy
Friday Night Lights (I liked the series better than the movie)
A League of their Own
White Men Can't Jump
Caddyshack
Tin Cup
The Rookie
Brian's Song
Cool Runnings
Breaking Away
The Longest Yard
Raging Bull

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #89 on: June 11, 2019, 01:01:24 PM »
Seabiscuit
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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #91 on: June 11, 2019, 01:28:12 PM »
https://www.vulture.com/article/best-sports-movies-ever.html
Re #50, there's been some historian push-back against the "Ty Cobb was an awful human being" story line.
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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #92 on: June 11, 2019, 04:08:11 PM »
Really good sports movies from my perspective:
Agree on Mystery, Alaska. That's lots of fun.
Miracle was really well done, capturing hockey for people who aren't hockey fans.
Seabiscuit: yup, good movie.
Rocky. Not the sequels, which were popcorn blockbusters, but the original, which is truly a great movie.
Breaking Away
The Million Dollar Baby
Chariots of Fire
Bull Durham
(Full disclosure, I've never seen Raging Bull.)


And then a whole bunch more that are lots of fun, but probably not great movies, adding to the lists above:
Slap Shot (the king of hockey movies for hockey players)
Talladega Nights
Cars
The Natural
Happy Gilmore
Dodgeball


And then there are the documentaries:
A Sunday in Hell
Hoop Dreams
Do You Believe in Miracles
The Endless Summer



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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #93 on: June 11, 2019, 04:09:57 PM »
Heh, this was the OT tourney many moons ago.  Maybe 2011?

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #94 on: June 11, 2019, 05:36:42 PM »
Welcome, Briguy.
Thank you sir!
just a long time Buckeye fan that loves movie and football fellowship! 

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #95 on: June 11, 2019, 05:51:03 PM »
Some good ones mentioned.  I also enjoyed North Dallas Forty and Semi Tough back in the day.

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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #96 on: June 11, 2019, 10:41:58 PM »
Some good ones mentioned.  I also enjoyed North Dallas Forty and Semi Tough back in the day.
I couldn't get past my disappointment that neither of those were as good as the books that inspired them.  If I hadn't read the books, I probably would have liked them a lot more than I did.
SFBadger mentioned The Endless Summer upthread.  It's been a long time since I have thought about it.  That was a great one.
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Re: OT - TV shows and Movies
« Reply #97 on: June 11, 2019, 10:55:26 PM »
I read "North Dallas Forty" in my youth
"Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport."

 

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