cman: Hoban Washburne: GAT_00: FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad ass movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

Also, it's way better than Rocky.

Nope, not even close. Sorry.

I am with GAT_00 on this one.

Sorry, but Rocky is just too farking boring.

Forever Stallone.

I guess they didn't feel the rhythm.

Slaxl: cman: Hoban Washburne: GAT_00: FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad ass movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

Also, it's way better than Rocky.

Nope, not even close. Sorry.

I am with GAT_00 on this one.

Sorry, but Rocky is just too farking boring.

Exactly. Cool Runnings has everything, it's got John Candy... it probably has other redeeming features... Rocky has sweaty men hugging. It's no contest. Cool Runnings is the best film ever made.

I was going to say "No way dude, sweaty men hugging was during Rocky III", but then I remembered the "no rematch" part of Rocky. Is there a sweaty hugging scene in each movie?

I guess posting the list is too much trouble.

Hoban Washburne: cman: Sorry, but Rocky is just too farking boring.

That's just how movies were paced in the 70s. I personally like it. Rocky is iconic, an Oscar winner, and a classic. I think Cool Runnings is likeable but ultimately forgettable fairly hackneyed 90s schlock.

But hey, that's just my opinion. I'm not going to fight you over Rocky vs. Cool Runnings.

Also in the 70's the Oscar voters loved schmalz: All the President's Men, Bound for Glory, Network and Taxi Driver and Rocky is better than all of them??

Even ignoring the sequels, it's a fine "root for the underdog" movie and it no way deserved an oscar.

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I was thinking of Chariots myself.

Do gladiator movies count as sports films?

FunkOut: Why does Rocky sound like he's mentally disabled? Is he supposed to be?

He's an Italian-American Boxer. That combination accounts for maybe half a dozen brain cells.

FunkOut: Why does Rocky sound like he's mentally disabled? Is he supposed to be?

Sorry, M.B., but I'm having trouble with this character. Is he supposed to have some sort of neurological impairment, like "Rain Man" or "Awakenings"? I mean, what the hell am I doing here?

UK voters,

Really, so no one knows that 'Sly got his nickname from his porn career?

Pfft...

/SHAAAAME!

FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad add movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

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So, I assume from that list that Breaking Away never came out in the UK.

rhiannon: 1. Rocky (1976) - 28 per cent

2. Cool Runnings (1993) - 15 per cent

3. Million Dollar Baby (2004) - eight per cent

=4. Raging Bull (1980) - seven per cent

=4. The Wrestler (2008) - seven per cent

6. The Blind Side (2009) - six per cent

7. The Damned United (2009) - five per cent

=8. The Fighter (2001) - four per cent

=8. Invictus (2001) - four per cent

That's the UK list? Jesus H. Christ, where the fark is this?



/hot like Parminder

I once saw a CBC production of "The Walter Gretzky Story" in a bus full of geriatrics on a 5 hour bus ride back from a Casino where I had lost all of my money in 90 minutes while feeling queasy from a questionable buffet. It was a terrible movie.

Born to Die: rhiannon: 1. Rocky (1976) - 28 per cent

2. Cool Runnings (1993) - 15 per cent

3. Million Dollar Baby (2004) - eight per cent

=4. Raging Bull (1980) - seven per cent

=4. The Wrestler (2008) - seven per cent

6. The Blind Side (2009) - six per cent

7. The Damned United (2009) - five per cent

=8. The Fighter (2001) - four per cent

=8. Invictus (2001) - four per cent

That's the UK list? Jesus H. Christ, where the fark is this?

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/hot like Parminder

Well, sure...
If you like THIS sort of thing?

What no mention of the Eddie The Eagle movie?

Rocky IV was the best of the series, though you could probably convince me of Rocky III's superiority, too. The first movie was technically the best-made and certainly the best "film," but if we're talking rewatchability and entertainment value, nothing can top James Brown in a blue jumpsuit, a transsexual talking robot, Rocky evading the KGB by running up a 4000-foot mountain, and then subsequently winning the Cold War for the U.S. while brain-damaged and draped in the American flag. It might be our nation's cultural high point.

I'm sorry, but THIS is the best sports movie ever made:



Honorable mention:

What can I say, I'm a sucker for monkey athletes.

Born to Die: rhiannon: 1. Rocky (1976) - 28 per cent

2. Cool Runnings (1993) - 15 per cent

3. Million Dollar Baby (2004) - eight per cent

=4. Raging Bull (1980) - seven per cent

=4. The Wrestler (2008) - seven per cent

6. The Blind Side (2009) - six per cent

7. The Damned United (2009) - five per cent

=8. The Fighter (2001) - four per cent

=8. Invictus (2001) - four per cent

That's the UK list? Jesus H. Christ, where the fark is this?

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/hot like Parminder

I was a fan of the sexiest tomboy beanpole on the planet, myself. But, yes, a UK list without BILB? Fail.

Not to mention:

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.

I guess the UK is not into baseball:

Bull Durham
The Pride of the Yankees

Pool:

The Hustler
The Color of Money

Cycling:

Breaking Away

Golf:

Caddyshack
Tin Cup

I'd add Rollerball as futuristic sport

FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad add movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

It also has color.

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I was thinking of Chariots myself.

Do gladiator movies count as sports films?

Only in Turkish prisons.

With naked men.

GAT_00: FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad ass movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

Also, it's way better than Rocky.

Of course it is to you. Both are stories about an underdog, but only one is palatable to a liberal.

hint: choose any underdog but a white guy. Seriously.

Don't you get tired of being an asshole, or do you get paid for it?

cman: Hoban Washburne: GAT_00: FishyFred: You say that like Cool Runnings doesn't merit serious consideration. In reality, it has pride. It has power. It is a bad ass movie that won't take no crap from nobody.

Also, it's way better than Rocky.

Nope, not even close. Sorry.

I am with GAT_00 on this one.

Sorry, but Rocky is just too farking boring.

Maybe, but Rocky tells a real story, and is a real film. It's not about gratuitous macho scenes (of course, neither is Cool Runnings). Anyway, I've always given Sly a pass on his terrible paycheck shiat because the original Rocky is genuinely a great film. Who can't identify with the character, unless everything in life was given to you?

Hell, he even lost the fight and you still felt great about it. Boxing is just the metaphor.This is what good movies do.

/bringing up the sequels will cause me to pull a knife on this thread and get stabby
//I hear retards love the zoo

No mention of Rudy? Really?

My favorite sports films are Rudy, and "Ken" (1964).

hammettman: Pool:

The Hustler
The Color of Money

Pool? Really? I'll give you that it involves quite a bit of skill but it's certainly not a sport.

/I'd consider golf borderline but that's just personal opinion

/Yo barkeep! Jobu needs a refill!