Author Topic: The Sports Guy's Top Sports DVDs (Read 7717 times)

gonz · « **on:** Dec 22, 2001 at 02:07 AM »

You're a guy. You like DVDs. You like sports. Then you must read this:

The Boston Sports Guy is one of the funniest sports columnists alive. You don't believe me? Then what else would you call the man who is writing the biography of Russian Olympic boxing hero Ivan Drago, entitled "I Must Break You: The Life and Times of the Siberian Express"? If that isn't pure comic genius, I don't know what is.

And now The Sports Guy weighs in with his top 15 sports DVDs.

It's all good, man.

(Thanks, Titus)

kakabanas · « **Reply #1 on:** Dec 22, 2001 at 07:58 AM »

Oh thanks for sharing gonz. I immensely enjoyed the article.

Rak-Rak · « **Reply #2 on:** Mar 05, 2002 at 07:47 PM »

I'm hot off the rtrail for Jerry Maguire, hinihintay ko lang yung special edition.
During my Elementary/ HS day I used to play Football at lagi itong Victory and pinapanood sa amin para ma inspire kami sa game. Pele then was our Michael Jordan sa sports namin.

Gonz, kakaaliw itong link na ito. salamatski.

Godfather · « **Reply #3 on:** May 27, 2001 at 01:56 AM »

Hi Guys,

What are the great sports movies out there. The common ones are there (Any Given Sunday, Tin Cup, etc.) but how about the old ones. Here are the ones I really want:

One On One (Robbie Benson)
Hoosiers
Bad News Bears
The Natural (yeah it coming out already

)
Major League
Slap Shot

Phobos · « **Reply #4 on:** May 27, 2001 at 05:34 AM »

I'm not really into sports but I'm a sucker for predictable sports movies. My Remember The Titans DVD is one of my favorite DVDs. The following is a list of sports themed movies I've enjoyed but don't have on DVD. I guess it's something about sports and feel good endings that make me want to turn off my brain for a few hours:

The Natural
A League Of Their Own
The Mighty Ducks Movies (Sorry, can't help it.)
Gleaming The Cube
Any Given Sunday
Major League.

That's just a partial list I can come up with. I hope that some of the other guys here can remind me of other good sports movies.

gonz - I'm still not sure if this topic belongs here or in the Film & TV Talk forum. I guess we should wait and see how the thread progresses before deciding.

coletrickle · « **Reply #5 on:** May 27, 2001 at 06:16 AM »

Hi guys,

How about autosports? I'm a fan of car racing so I would recommend Days of Thunder with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. It's a has great action as you would expect from any Bruckheimer film. Plus the racing scenes make good use of your surround speakers and subs.

I would also recommend a DVD IMAX film called Super
Speedway which is a great way to test your 5.1 system. If you haven't seen it then I highly suggest you check it out.

gonz · « **Reply #6 on:** May 27, 2001 at 07:15 AM »

The best basketball movie ever is Hoop Dreams. The filmmakers followed two talented inner-city high school basketball players for five years -- as they went through college ball and the wild wooly world of the NBA draft. This film is an unflinching look at how the urban poor cling to their hoop dreams as a way to rise up from the gutter, and the things they will endure to achieve their dreams.

Unfortunately it's not on DVD yet.

Some other sports movies and documentaries I've enjoyed:

The Fish That Ate Pittsburgh - Dr. J
When We Were Kings - Leon Gast's 22 years-in-the-making documentary on the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman
Larry Bird: A Basketball Legend - bow your heads in awe and respect for the greatest basketball player who ever walked the earth
Breaking Away - a great coming of age/cycling movie
Greatest Moments in Superbowl History
Tin Cup - allow yourself to be cheaply manipulated, and you will get caught up in this one
Amazing Grace and Chuck - not really a sports movie, more of a movie with sports stars, but in what other movie will you see Alex English star? Touching.

kakabanas · « **Reply #7 on:** May 27, 2001 at 11:32 AM »

Best baseball movie ever, Bull Durham
Best sports themed romantic movie, The Cutting Edge
Best boxing movie ever, Raging Bull
Best golf movie ever, Tin Cup

Godfather · « **Reply #8 on:** May 27, 2001 at 11:50 AM »

Was the Larry Bird movie a documentary? If so where have you seen it? Larry bird is my ultimate idol.

gonz · « **Reply #9 on:** May 27, 2001 at 12:18 PM »

Hi Godfather, and welcome to the forum! Always glad to meet another Bird fan.

Larry Bird: A Basketball Legend was a 1991 documentary produced by NBA Entertainment Inc. and released by Fox Video. It's not on DVD yet, but with the rash of recent NBA DVD releases, we can only hope that older NBA films will be re-released in the format as well.

My wife's family and I were all huge Larry Bird fans, so naturally that video is in our collection of Bird/Celtics memorabilia.

In the meantime, you can order the VHS from Amazon:

Larry Bird: A Basketball Legend

As a Bird/Celtics fan, you might also want to check out NBA Dynasty Renewed 1981, NBA Pride and Passion 1984 and Bosto
n Celtics 86-87: Home of the Brave/Sweet Sixteen.

Larry rules!

kakabanas · « **Reply #10 on:** May 27, 2001 at 02:41 PM »

Other sports themed movies :

The Rocky series
Girlfight
Chariots of Fire
Ice Castles
The Mighty Ducks
Jerry Maguire (story of a sports agent)
Field of Dreams

Godfather · « **Reply #11 on:** May 28, 2001 at 04:25 AM »

Is Ice Castle out on DVD already? Sure would like that title.

Has anyone seen Varsity Blues? I wonder if its good....

kakabanas · « **Reply #12 on:** May 28, 2001 at 06:06 AM »

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Is Ice Castle out on DVD already? Sure would like that title.

Has anyone seen Varsity Blues? I wonder if its good....

I don't think Ice Castles is out on DVD yet.

Varsity Blues was ok .. not that great. I had a great time watching James Caan's son in his nakedness though. He is such a hottie.

DVDiva · « **Reply #13 on:** May 28, 2001 at 07:36 AM »

Ice Castles was just released by Columbia/TriStar on Region 1 DVD a couple of weeks ago. Here's the link to buy it at Amazon:

Ice Castles

kakabanas · « **Reply #14 on:** May 28, 2001 at 07:38 AM »

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Ice Castles was just released by Columbia/TriStar on Region 1 DVD a couple of weeks ago.

Whoops ! I stand corrected ...

Godfather · « **Reply #15 on:** May 28, 2001 at 07:53 PM »

Thanks DVDgurl I'll look up Ice Castles (I'm such a sucker for these movies)

The other day I was watching Any Given Sunday on DVD. The first time I watched it was at Glorietta 4 and I must say it's so much more bone crunching at home than at the theater. Excellent DVD

Kahon · « **Reply #16 on:** May 29, 2001 at 10:05 AM »

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Thanks DVDgurl I'll look up Ice Castles (I'm such a sucker for these movies)

i just saw ice castles dvd at astrovision! r3 nga lang

bently · « **Reply #17 on:** May 31, 2001 at 08:48 PM »

varsity blues!
gotta love that bikini whip cream....

oh!....and the football game too...

gonz · « **Reply #18 on:** Jan 16, 2002 at 01:47 AM »

Mentioned this before, but with the release of Michael Mann's Ali, sports fans are well advised to check out When We Were Kings, an Oscar-winning documentary about the 1971 Ali-Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, Zaire, an all-time classic heavyweight fight that ushered in the glamor years of pro boxing.

bently · « **Reply #19 on:** Jan 18, 2002 at 02:16 PM »

caddyshack...
happy gilmore...
The Legend of Bagger Vance...
tin cup...

bently

barrid · « **Reply #20 on:** Jan 18, 2002 at 06:33 PM »

Muhammad Ali- The Greatest Collection
Ultimate Jordan
Rollerball
White Man Can't Jump
Running Man

espace · « **Reply #21 on:** Jan 18, 2002 at 07:34 PM »

Here's 3 more about American Football:

dzone23 · « **Reply #22 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 02:52 AM »

speaking of larry bird (who by the way has the same birthday as i do) there was this instructional video that i watched "red on roundball" where red aurbach (legendary celtics coach) teaches the basic of basketball.

of course his demo person is larry bird.

u get to see larry bird teach shooting and u can marvel at his amazing accuracy!

he even shows 6 angle shots off the backboard standing in the same spot!! WOW!!!

dunno if it's still available though.

Grail · « **Reply #23 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 06:12 AM »

Here's another one about American football: Necessary Roughness starring Scott Bakula of Quantum Leap (tv series).

penny · « **Reply #24 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 07:10 AM »

The Replacements. Funny football movie, and as Phobos says, you can shut down your brain for this one.

Michael Jordan to the Max. IMAX documentary on MJ, DVD version is nice but was really made for the 100 foot IMAX screens to be enjoyed fully

slowhand · « **Reply #25 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 09:11 AM »

Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese directed Robert De Niro (in his Oscar-winning role) who played Jake La Motta who fought Sugar Ray Robinson and all his (La Motta's) demons.

The Color of Money - Wouldn't have called this a sports-themed film two years ago, but with pool in the sports limelight I suppose that's what it can also be called now. I consider this bare-bones DVD a real gem. No one ever talks about it, but it satisfies the movie lover in me more than several special editions. Features Paul Newman at the absolute peak of his powers. Well, what do you know, I just looked at it and it's also from Scorsese.

I have a stack of NBA DVDs, and the best one is NBA's 100 Greatest Plays. If you like the weekly top 10 plays, well, here's more than a hundred of them. Havlicek stole the ball, Bird stole the ball, Dr. J does the impossible, etc. They still missed a number of my favorite plays, but it's a good disc.

kakabanas · « **Reply #26 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 09:54 AM »

I think most sports themed dvds,or movies for that matter deal with baseball. It is a popular sport in Hollywood and in America.

I hope Bull Durham gets a decent DVD treatment next time around.

SiCkBoY · « **Reply #27 on:** Jan 19, 2002 at 12:08 PM »

for me, the best is RUDY. it also stands as one of the most inspiring movies ever made (for me, at least).

keng001 · « **Reply #28 on:** Feb 17, 2002 at 12:25 PM »

Has anyone seen 61*? It's an HBO original movie now available on DVD. It's a story of Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle and their chase for Babe Ruth's home run record. Thomas Jane from Deep Blue Sea and Barry Pepper from Saving Private Ryan are the leads. A fine movie even if you don't understand anything about baseball.

Mo®pHeOu$ · « **Reply #29 on:** Feb 21, 2003 at 06:34 PM »

This is one good sports DVD.

Cool Runnings - that's what you call winning!!