OT: Down with COVID...Isolating myself....so.......RANK ‘EM

[Vanguard83]

Stuck in my room now for a few days going crazy.......

Rank your favorite Football movies of all time.....(gimmie your top three)
(If you want  goofy ones like GUS, Wildcats, Johnny Be Good, The Waterboy, or Little Giants, OR other...WRITE IN)

I may have missed a few, but heres a quick list:
your favorites: 3, 2, 1.     Also, WHY if youd care to elaborate

Brians Song ‘71
Longest Yard / Reynolds ‘74
Heaven can Wait ‘78
All the Right Moves ‘83
Johnny B. Goode ‘88
Any Given Sunday ‘99
Necessary Roughness ‘91
The Program ‘93
Rudy. ‘93
Jerry McGuire ‘96
Varsity Blues ‘99
Remember The Titans 2000
The Replacements 2000
Friday Night Lights 2004
Longest Yard / Sandler 2005
We Are Marshall 2006
Invincible 2006
Gridiron Gang 2006
The Express 2008
The Blind Side 2009
Undefeated 2011
Touchback 2011
Draft Day 2014
Greater. 2016
American Underdog 2021

[Guest]

Feel Better

1 - Brian Song - heartbreaker

2 - Rudy - underdog


Then the rest all rolled up in a ball of typical 

[Guest]

agree - on your top two

1. Brians Song
2. Rudy
3. Greater

[Guest]

1. Brian's Song - This movie was a regular on TV when my brother was dying of cancer. I hear the music and I'm wrecked. Fun fact: theme song was composed by the uncle of the singer of Beach House. 

2. Remember the Titans - Again, music. Great soundtrack. Also, I've always been a fan of books and movies dealing with civil rights history. 

Next would be Rudy I guess. The rest I either haven't seen or don't have anything good to say about them. There's been a lot of bad football movies. 

[Guest]

1.  Remember the Titans, music, actors but knowing it was mostly based on a true story.  On a side note the Corporation I was working for had team and career building classes, small group presentations, one of the "classes" used this movie.  Examined the forming, storming, norming and performing stages of team building, fun to break this down. 

2.  Brian's Song.  this came out as I was transitioning to Sr High and was not going tryout the next year.  Good movie but it's about DaBears. 

3.  Replacements.  Movie was good but the Band was way more fun

[Guest]

you guys bring up a great point - Film scores (Music) REALLY set the tone.
(Pardon the pun)

Those five simple notes on Brians song melody...  The deep orchestration of Rudy
The instrumental power of Remember the Titans.....mixed with the songs of the period.

You take away the music - You take away the EMOTION

[Guest]

Brian’s Song, Rudy, Titans are the elite. I know it’s hokey but I actually like Draft Day too. FNL movie is so-so, but the TV show was fun. 

[Guest]

North Dallas Forty

[Guest]

@"SouthCarolinaViking" said:
North Dallas Forty

shit...forgot that one

[Guest]

Remember The Titans 2000 -amazing movie on so many levels
Friday Night Lights 2004 - even better tv show
Invincible 2006
Draft Day 2014 - love the draft and they did a great job of capturing the essence of it