In the 2008 movie about Ernie Davis, The Express, Paul Brown doesn't even exist and the game in which he was introduced in Cleveland was supposedly televised nationally--which it wasn't.lastcat3 wrote:If you want to watch a historically accurate football movie 'We are Marshall' would probably be the one you would want to go for. 'Friday Night Lights' is fairly accurate also.
Which was my point about James Caan. He looked silly doing some of his jukes in Brian's Song ...bachslunch wrote:Reynolds looked the part for a good reason — he at one time was a promising RB for Florida State. He opted for an acting career after injuring his knees and spleen in accidents both on and off the field.BD Sullivan wrote:North Dallas Forty was considered fictional, even though the depictions of key players and coaches mirror the Cowboys to a T. It was pretty good, while Semi-Tough was horrible.
When it comes to The Longest Yard, I want to vomit anytime someone brings up the remake. At least Burt Reynolds looked the part. Adam Sandler? Please.
Heston said he worked twice as long to try and resemble an NFL quarterback as he did to learn how to ride a chariot in Ben-Hur. All that extra work went for naught.JeffreyMiller wrote:One that I enjoyed because of the action scenes but hated because of the bad edited and acting was Number 1 with Charlton Heston. When the action scenes cut from him to Kilmer, it's laughable!
BD Sullivan wrote:In the 2008 movie about Ernie Davis, The Express, Paul Brown doesn't even exist and the game in which he was introduced in Cleveland was supposedly televised nationally--which it wasn't.lastcat3 wrote:If you want to watch a historically accurate football movie 'We are Marshall' would probably be the one you would want to go for. 'Friday Night Lights' is fairly accurate also.
Monday Night Mayhem is another movie with countless inaccuracies.
In the Will Smith movie, Concussion, there's a scene in which allegedly Andre Waters is confronted by an angry Dave Duerson, the latter doubting that a problem exists. That may or may not have taken place, but it fits neatly with the plot since both ended up committing suicide due to the effects.lastcat3 wrote:Yeah very few sports movies would be very interesting at all if they tried to be very historically accurate. Reason they were able to be (for the most part) historically accurate with movies like 'We Are Marshall' and 'Friday Night Lights' was because the films focus more on real life issues than they do the actual season. 'We Are Marshall' deals more with the plane crash and how the surviving members of the team and the community dealt with it. And Friday Night Lights focuses more on how crazy Texas is about highschool football.
I just watched Concussion. Decent movie, not great. But probably one that needed to be made. Will Smith's acting was excellent.In the Will Smith movie, Concussion, there's a scene in which allegedly Andre Waters is confronted by an angry Dave Duerson, the latter doubting that a problem exists. That may or may not have taken place, but it fits neatly with the plot since both ended up committing suicide due to the effects.
Until I saw that, I had no idea that Mike Webster lived in an SUV for the last few months of his life, and was shocking himself with a stun gun in order to give himself temporary pain relief. The movie made it appear like he might have shocked himself one time too many and his heart gave out, but I guess the authorities determined that from finding the stun gun in his hand when he died, and finding the burn marks all over his body.ChrisBabcock wrote:I just watched Concussion. Decent movie, not great. But probably one that needed to be made. Will Smith's acting was excellent.In the Will Smith movie, Concussion, there's a scene in which allegedly Andre Waters is confronted by an angry Dave Duerson, the latter doubting that a problem exists. That may or may not have taken place, but it fits neatly with the plot since both ended up committing suicide due to the effects.
With Webster, it was clear that something was wrong with him when he was inducted into the HOF. While every other inductee showed up in a standard suit, he showed up dressed like he was going out to pick up groceries.Rupert Patrick wrote:Until I saw that, I had no idea that Mike Webster lived in an SUV for the last few months of his life, and was shocking himself with a stun gun in order to give himself temporary pain relief. The movie made it appear like he might have shocked himself one time too many and his heart gave out, but I guess the authorities determined that from finding the stun gun in his hand when he died, and finding the burn marks all over his body.ChrisBabcock wrote:I just watched Concussion. Decent movie, not great. But probably one that needed to be made. Will Smith's acting was excellent.In the Will Smith movie, Concussion, there's a scene in which allegedly Andre Waters is confronted by an angry Dave Duerson, the latter doubting that a problem exists. That may or may not have taken place, but it fits neatly with the plot since both ended up committing suicide due to the effects.
