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Top 10 basketball movies

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by pressboxer, Mar 19, 2008.

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  1. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    Wither Fast Break?
     
    Bubbler, Mar 19, 2008
    #13
  2. mike311gd

    mike311gd Active Member

    How about The Basketball Diaries? It didn't have a ton of basketball in it, but it was probably a hell of a lot better than Air Bud (which I didn't see ... hence the probably).
     
    mike311gd, Mar 19, 2008
    #14
  3. Hammer Pants

    Hammer Pants Active Member

    The Basketball Diaries and He Got Game should be on the list.

    And I'd have no problem with Love and Basketball going higher on the list. It's my sister's favorite movie, and I enjoy it, as well.
     
    Hammer Pants, Mar 19, 2008
    #15
  4. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    hoosiers sucks monkey balls.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 19, 2008
    #16
  5. DemoChristian

    DemoChristian Guest

    I'm going to pretend you didn't write that...
     
    DemoChristian, Mar 19, 2008
    #17
  6. friend of a friend

    friend of a friend Guest

    Where's Porky's II, or was it III?
     
    friend of a friend, Mar 19, 2008
    #18
  7. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty Guest

    i stand by my original statement: monkey balls.
     
    Tom Petty, Mar 19, 2008
    #19
  8. BigSleeper

    BigSleeper Active Member

    "Love & Basketball" should be much higher. I enjoyed it more than any other basketball movie I have seen, including the vastly overrated "Hoosiers."
     
    BigSleeper, Mar 19, 2008
    #20
  9. Fenian_Bastard

    Fenian_Bastard Guest

    That list was compiled by idiots.
    Glory Road?
    And He Got Game should be in there just for what Spike did with Copland's music in the opening credits.
     
    Fenian_Bastard, Mar 19, 2008
    #21
  10. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    The Basketball Diaries is surprisingly good. So is the song, People Who Died, from it.

    Has not place on this list, but for pure unintentional comedy value, I have to throw out One On One, starring the incomparable Robbie Benson and G.D. Spradlin.

    I never understood how Robbie Benson could be cast as ANYTHING -- a hassidic jew, a DI college basketball player, an American Indian. And for years, whenever the script called for a sadistic coach, Spradlin got the call.

    Not basketball, but one of my chestnut impersonations is of Spradlin: "Pheeeel, ya got the best haaaaaands in the game! It's yer childish aaaaaaaatitude...."
     
    The Big Ragu, Mar 19, 2008
    #22
  11. Chef

    Chef Active Member

    Damned communists.
     
    Chef, Mar 19, 2008
    #23
  12. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Tom, give me three specific things about Hoosiers that you did not like.

    I want to see if you can convice me that Hoosiers should not be on the list.
     
    93Devil, Mar 19, 2008
    #24
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