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Post by Reduntildeath on Apr 8, 2020 16:00:50 GMT
Thought I’d create this thread as I’m under “House Arrest “ for the foreseeable due to this bloody awful virus and ,although there’s (obviously) no sport, there’s an awful lot of great films about same, so here goes:
Too Big To Go Down on BT Sports last week regarding our relegation in 1974 ,not seen it before but remember it as though it were yesterday-
My God we played some great football that season after under the Doc-went to EVERY home game as a kid- and we went straight back up as Champions.
George Best On His Own- On BBC iPlayer- Wonderful and tragic, no further explanation necessary.
Death Of A Gentleman- On Amazon Prime- Concerned with Cricket and the (gradual) slow death of Test Cricket in favour of ODI’s and 20-20, and the power and influence that the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) now have over the game- A really interesting film even for non-Cricket fans, and made by a couple of young journo/bloggers.
Had a quick scroll through Amazon earlier, who look to have loads of different genres of sports films to look at ,including Golf, Rugby/Both forms of the game, Baseball, Gridiron etc, etc
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Post by Monty on Apr 8, 2020 17:40:40 GMT
30 for 30 documentaries are brilliant. I think I've watched all of them. I don't give a single shit about any American sport, but I'll happily sit down for an hour+ and watch a story about the fierce rivalry between the Louisville Stink Bugs and the Gatlinburg Fentanyls or whoever, and all the shady or inspiring or interesting stuff that happens in the background.
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Post by king nothing on Apr 8, 2020 17:57:11 GMT
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Post by Reduntildeath on Apr 10, 2020 11:09:03 GMT
“Fastball” really good film about who was/is considered the fastest baseball pitcher of all time, on the same subject Ken Burns’ documentary series “Baseball” is utterly fascinating, even if you don’t like the sport.
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Post by ratbag on Apr 15, 2020 5:15:53 GMT
Tin Cup...
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Post by Stew on Apr 17, 2020 6:58:21 GMT
This is dropping on Netflix this Monday. 2 episodes a week for 5 weeks. One of the undisputed greatest teams of all time in any sport, the 90s Bulls. There’s already buzz that this is one of the best sports documentaries in many, many years.
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Post by Stew on Apr 17, 2020 7:20:14 GMT
“Fastball” really good film about who was/is considered the fastest baseball pitcher of all time, on the same subject Ken Burns’ documentary series “Baseball” is utterly fascinating, even if you don’t like the sport. Burns could make a documentary about paint drying on walls and it would be compelling. |
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Post by Reduntildeath on Apr 17, 2020 10:38:16 GMT
Currently watching “The Test” on Prime about the rebuilding of the Australia Test side, under Justin Langer, following the (horrendous) ball tampering episode in 2018 involving Steve Smith,David Warner and Cameron Bancroft , who I think, had Richie Benaud had still been alive at the time, would never have represented their country at test level ever again.
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Post by Sméagol on Apr 20, 2020 11:36:06 GMT
This is dropping on Netflix this Monday. 2 episodes a week for 5 weeks. One of the undisputed greatest teams of all time in any sport, the 90s Bulls. There’s already buzz that this is one of the best sports documentaries in many, many years. The first 2 episodes were superb, as expected. Can't wait for the rest! And it really made me miss basketball and sports in general even more. |
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Post by Stew on Apr 20, 2020 11:37:52 GMT
This is dropping on Netflix this Monday. 2 episodes a week for 5 weeks. One of the undisputed greatest teams of all time in any sport, the 90s Bulls. There’s already buzz that this is one of the best sports documentaries in many, many years. The first 2 episodes were superb, as expected. Can't wait for the rest! And it really made me miss basketball and sports in general even more. We’re going to watch them tonight. My youngest son in particular is really looking forward to it. He’d started playing this year and really misses it.. |
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Post by redcase on Apr 20, 2020 11:48:46 GMT
This is dropping on Netflix this Monday. 2 episodes a week for 5 weeks. One of the undisputed greatest teams of all time in any sport, the 90s Bulls. There’s already buzz that this is one of the best sports documentaries in many, many years. The first 2 episodes were superb, as expected. Can't wait for the rest! And it really made me miss basketball and sports in general even more. Yeah. Blown away by the 2 episodes. I was expecting to anyway, but still, blown the fuck away. What a ride it's going to be for the next 3 weeks. |
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Post by redcase on Apr 20, 2020 12:38:47 GMT
Something that genuinely blew my mind was that Pippen's deal in 1991 was 18 million for 7 years.
This is THE Scottie Pippen. Second best player in the NBA arguably. But not even second highest paid player on his team. Not even top 100 in the NBA.
I had to pause for about 2 minutes just to try and grasp that. That's not underrated that's a criminal offense.
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Post by RAZ on Apr 20, 2020 13:01:51 GMT
Something that genuinely blew my mind was that Pippen's deal in 1991 was 18 million for 7 years. This is THE Scottie Pippen. Second best player in the NBA arguably. But not even second highest paid player on his team. Not even top 100 in the NBA. I had to pause for about 2 minutes just to try and grasp that. That's not underrated that's a criminal offense. i watched a documentary last week about rodman and the story how he got to the bulls. also really worth a watch. rodmans story is incredible, one of a kind that man. wasnt really friends with anyone, bulls players hated him prior to joining them but jordan and the rest still decided to get him when asked as they thought he is kind of the missing piece in the team. but he was pretty much doing his own thing, going to las vegas to party the night before play off games, flying back in the morning to be on the court. billy corgan from the smashing pumpkins went to joe rogan a while back and talked about his friendship with rodman the times back then, really good stuff. still incredible to think back about the fact rodman was man marking shaq back in the day and did a hell of a job. |
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Post by Stew on Apr 20, 2020 14:41:03 GMT
I just finished Lazenby’s book on Jordan, which is up there with the very best sports books I’ve read. As Jordan himself has said, some people are going to hate him after this show, certainly if it’s as honest as the book was. Because he was a prick an awful lot of the time. He was an amazing talent but also a merciless bully. It motivated his team but others have had success (Bryant, Curry, Bird, Magic) without carrying on the way he did. He’s matured now by all accounts and fair play to him for participating because I can’t imagine it was easy to look back on himself being such a wanker.
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Post by Stew on Apr 20, 2020 14:42:05 GMT
Something that genuinely blew my mind was that Pippen's deal in 1991 was 18 million for 7 years. This is THE Scottie Pippen. Second best player in the NBA arguably. But not even second highest paid player on his team. Not even top 100 in the NBA. I had to pause for about 2 minutes just to try and grasp that. That's not underrated that's a criminal offense. Krause special. |
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