I've been putting a lot of thought into sports movies lately. Which ones are good. Which are total crap. Which ones deserve to be considered the greatest films of all time.
My issue with many of the lists and rankings that are out there is the "selection committee's" bias to a particular sport. One list I saw had Raging Bull, Ali, Million Dollar Baby and When We Were Kings in the top 10. Just taking a guess here, but that dude loves his boxing.
Same goes for golf. Tin Cup is a good flick, but one golf-junkie had it Top 3!
So instead of a rebuttal list of my own (which would be admittedly baseball heavy) I'm going to go sport by sport. No debate over whether SlapShot is greater than Caddy Shack. Two different sports = Two different lists. Apples and Oranges.
So please enjoy the forthcoming posts about sports movies and their greatness based only on my opinion. If your favorite is not on there it's probably because I haven't seen it.
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