There was the Ripping Yarns film.
The Keeper, biopic about Bert Trautman, Man City keeper in the 50s who broke his neck in an FA Cup final but carried on playing.
Quote from: cdbullyweefan on July 22, 2019, 07:59:00 PMThe link isn't about football films? The best I can think of, off the top of my head, is The Damned United.Considerjng rge popularity of the sport, there are relatively few decent football films. I can think of more baseball films that I enjoy and I don't even like baseball. Boxing seems to be the best sport for cinema.I think one of the reasons The Damned United was so good was because to the best of my recollection it didn't show that much football. It is the on pitch action sequences which usually lets down a football film.
The link isn't about football films? The best I can think of, off the top of my head, is The Damned United.Considerjng rge popularity of the sport, there are relatively few decent football films. I can think of more baseball films that I enjoy and I don't even like baseball. Boxing seems to be the best sport for cinema.
Quote from: Damo70 on July 22, 2019, 11:36:05 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on July 22, 2019, 07:59:00 PMThe link isn't about football films? The best I can think of, off the top of my head, is The Damned United.Considerjng rge popularity of the sport, there are relatively few decent football films. I can think of more baseball films that I enjoy and I don't even like baseball. Boxing seems to be the best sport for cinema.I think one of the reasons The Damned United was so good was because to the best of my recollection it didn't show that much football. It is the on pitch action sequences which usually lets down a football film.That is exactly my take on it too. The football scenes were the weakest part of the Damned United, which was a great film.The live action is so unrealistic in most sports films that it renders them comedic. The way that Stallone takes a punch in the Rocky films is hilarious . I've never managed to get beyond 20 minutes of any of those films.
Quote from: Pat McMahon on July 23, 2019, 06:39:09 PMQuote from: Damo70 on July 22, 2019, 11:36:05 PMQuote from: cdbullyweefan on July 22, 2019, 07:59:00 PMThe link isn't about football films? The best I can think of, off the top of my head, is The Damned United.Considerjng rge popularity of the sport, there are relatively few decent football films. I can think of more baseball films that I enjoy and I don't even like baseball. Boxing seems to be the best sport for cinema.I think one of the reasons The Damned United was so good was because to the best of my recollection it didn't show that much football. It is the on pitch action sequences which usually lets down a football film.That is exactly my take on it too. The football scenes were the weakest part of the Damned United, which was a great film.The live action is so unrealistic in most sports films that it renders them comedic. The way that Stallone takes a punch in the Rocky films is hilarious . I've never managed to get beyond 20 minutes of any of those films.Raging Bull, The Fighter and Million Dollar Baby are all classics, IMO.I'm not sure how realistic any of them are but they're all great films.