Figured ya'll would have an opinion on this one. I've got it stacked as "He Got Game," "Blue Chips," and "Above the Rim," in that order. Don't have much use for "Hoosiers," "Coach Carter," nor that post-Katrina basketball movie with Lil' Wayne. Is there a great basketball movie out there that I'm missing though?
I saw that with my den! It was the first time I used my official Cub Scout Brownie camera. We dropped popcorn over the balcony and some big boys came upstairs all angry looking and sat there the rest of the movie. We were too stupid to be scared. It starred Fred Murray and Flubber.
Haha... is that from the original Flubber? I've just been watching clips of Blue Chips, and man, that movie needs to be given more respect amongst basketball fans. Penny and Shaq suck as actors in other stuff, but in this they don't have to act, they just play basketball players. Bob Cousy and Larry Bird also have good bit parts in the film. The whole film is just well written and filled with some funny dialogue that only basketball fans would pick up on. It's outdated and for a niche market, but hell, if you're on this forum, you're apart of that niche market. Here is a young Popeye Jones and Tony Dumas reviewing the film - [video=youtube;hS142TJesAY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS142TJesAY[/video]
When I saw Flubber, I thought it was just men jumping around. There was no basketball at my school. Baseball was the sport.
Yes. Slightly surprised that "White Men Can't Jump" hasn't been brought up. I wouldn't say it's the "greatest", but it was iconic for a while
You know how sometimes you see some old school movies that are "too old school" for you to get into? "White Men Can't Jump" is that way with me. I know it only came one in 1992, but man, whoever directed that was going for some straight hokey 80's shit all around the board - clothes, music, casting, scenery, etc. It just sort of takes me out of the element because of that. That said, still watched it a lot and will probably wind up watching it a lot more in the future... I've just never connected with it the way I have with some of the really good basketball films. Never really though of "Finding Forrester" as a basketball movie though. It's more like a movie that involves basketball. The definition of a great basketball movie to me has always been Spike Lee's "He Got Game." Almost every time I watch this movie, I want to pick up a basketball and go to the park... can't say the same for any other bball movie. Love this scene right here, where Jake (Denzel Washington) explains where Jesus (Ray Allen) got his name from - [video=youtube;vdzfTA0jUUk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdzfTA0jUUk[/video] ....Not going to crowd this post with videos, but if you haven't seen the movie and want to see a pretty funny shit from it, just click on the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb5RUf5NcDQ Can't stop laughing... gotta love that shit...
Space Jam had Michael Jordan in it. Greatest player. Greatest movie. (Just kidding) I just saw "Forget Paris" with Billy Crystal and Debra Winger. It's not considered a basketball movie, I guess, but Crystal played an NBA ref and there were numerous scenes with him on the court interacting with players from about the time Kareem retired. His interaction with the actual players was amusing and the players were fun to see.
The air up there, basketball diaries, like mike and for a chick flick love and basketball isnt half bad. My favorites are definitely he got game and white men cant jump.
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117450/ It was the first movie I ever saw Don Cheadle in. It was made for TV, but it was really good. Sad story. The guy was amazing. But ya, "White Men Can't Jump," "Blue Chips," "Hoosiers" and "He Got Game" are all favorites.
This is actually the whole movie on youtube [video=youtube;xMPJouBxk0M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMPJouBxk0M[/video] It's worth a watch.
