View Full Version : Game of Their Lives - 1950 US Soccer movie
Eddie26
23 Apr 2005, 07:40 PM
Hey,
I know I am the biggest proponent of less threads BUT I just got back from seeing "The Game of Their Lives". I am up in North Jersey and found a theater showing it up here. Check their website for a theater near you. http://www.gameoftheirlivesmovie.com/
It's F'N good. Really, really well done. Well worth seeing. For those that don't know, it's about the US World Cup team in 1950 that shocked England 1-0. Incredible upset, incredible movie. The movie theatre I was at, people started cheering after the US scored. It was brilliant. Great movie, highly recommend it. I liked most that the actors they chose, could actually play the game. The movie seemed realistic, all the clothing and materials looked authentic, they played with a brown "blob" of a ball. Just an excellent movie. I know it'll pain Clan, Dr I and the other Brits who will probably try to discredit the US' win but it really is a good movie. It's not totally "RaaaaRaaaa USA either". It's just a good soccer movie. Even my girlfriend liked it. Anyways, my plugs for the movie are over, I just wanted to recommend it to EVERYONE.
Achtung
25 Apr 2005, 04:47 PM
I've been meaning to check this one out. The reviews are very so-so, but the acarcity of good soccer movies in this country means I'll probably enjoy it by default. I hear the soccer scenes are very well-done, but some of the plot points are a bit contrived. Unfortunately there are only like three theaters in all of Chicagoland showing it.
jjayg
25 Apr 2005, 04:55 PM
Watched it at the Lincolnshire here in north suburban chicago. It wasn't bad. Wasn't great either though. I enjoyed it but I could see why someone who isn't a soccer nut would be somewhat dissapointed. It really reminded me a lot of a very well done after-school special. Believe me I wanted to report that it was INCREDIBLE but it was just ok for me.
Detective40oz
25 Apr 2005, 04:56 PM
Good soccer action scenes.....terrible dialogue and acting, that pretty much sums up the movie.
jjayg
25 Apr 2005, 05:00 PM
For the soccer scenes, though they were not bad, didn't you guys get the feel that they really condensed things? I mean everything was tight, the fields looked small even.
gomez
25 Apr 2005, 05:15 PM
I'm waiting on "Kicking and Screaming." It may not have the dramatic value of "Game of Their Lives," but Will Farrell is effin hilarious.
Teso Dos Bichos
25 Apr 2005, 05:27 PM
Film snubs Scots World Cup hero
"A Scots footballer's famous achievement in leading the USA to victory over England in the 1950 World Cup has been ignored in a new American movie." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4482901.stm
DISGUSTING :mad:
gomez
25 Apr 2005, 05:47 PM
Cheer up Teso. We cut Scots out of all movies.
EDIT: Braveheart was your token film.
Teso Dos Bichos
25 Apr 2005, 05:53 PM
Do think Mel Gibson is acceptable? :eek:
Eddie26
26 Apr 2005, 12:21 AM
Film snubs Scots World Cup hero
"A Scots footballer's famous achievement in leading the USA to victory over England in the 1950 World Cup has been ignored in a new American movie." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4482901.stm
DISGUSTING :mad:
Believe it or not, I actually knew that. Being as Bahr and McIlvenny both were from Philly.
The soccer scenes were superb, it was because they actually got actor who can play a bit.
The one thing that really pissed me off was that they did go into the decision to let Gajaens (sp) play. Even if we were mostly an amateur side. All the movie had was that the manager said no, the players disagreed and got him. I really thought that focusing on that part of the story was important. It was a pretty radical decision in 1950 to let a black play for the US. I mean this was only 3 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Hell, it took another 15 years for blacks to get full rights to VOTE in this country. Think about that. They really should have covered it more.
yossarian
26 Apr 2005, 08:37 AM
I'm sure I'll go see it but Grant Wahl didn't give it a very good review. He says it was too Disneyesque and inaccurate in some areas with no real need for it.
Achtung
26 Apr 2005, 10:16 AM
I'm sure I'll go see it but Grant Wahl didn't give it a very good review. He says it was too Disneyesque and inaccurate in some areas with no real need for it.
Yeah, sometimes they have to do that for a bit of dramatic effect, but Wahl felt they went too far. *shrug*
usscouse
26 Apr 2005, 10:16 AM
Believe it or not, I actually knew that. Being as Bahr and McIlvenny both were from Philly.
The soccer scenes were superb, it was because they actually got actor who can play a bit.
The one thing that really pissed me off was that they did go into the decision to let Gajaens (sp) play. Even if we were mostly an amateur side. All the movie had was that the manager said no, the players disagreed and got him. I really thought that focusing on that part of the story was important. It was a pretty radical decision in 1950 to let a black play for the US. I mean this was only 3 years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Hell, it took another 15 years for blacks to get full rights to VOTE in this country. Think about that. They really should have covered it more.You actually expected to find meat in your bowl of bread and milk..?
My wife and I enjoyed it very much.
Eddie26
26 Apr 2005, 04:37 PM
My wife and I enjoyed it very much.
Yeah, I was surprised that my girlfriend liked it too.
It was a bit Disney-ish but was still good. I think if you liked Miracle, you'll like Game of Their Lives.
yasik19
26 Apr 2005, 04:43 PM
Yeah, I was surprised that my girlfriend liked it too.
It was a bit Disney-ish but was still good. I think if you liked Miracle, you'll like Game of Their Lives.
I hated the miracle... for obvious reasons.
gomez
26 Apr 2005, 05:19 PM
I hated the miracle... for obvious reasons.
Kurt Russell's haircut irritated me too.
Eddie26
26 Apr 2005, 05:21 PM
Kurt Russell's haircut irritated me too.
You cannot give Reputation to the same post twice.
yasik19
26 Apr 2005, 05:23 PM
Kurt Russell's haircut irritated me too.
ffs Gomez, stop it. my workers must think i'm an idiot cuz I'm laughing my @ss off.
Eddie26
26 Apr 2005, 05:24 PM
ffs Gomez, stop it. my workers must think i'm an idiot cuz I'm laughing my @ss off.
Nice commie talk...MY workers. Marxist pig!