why is it so hard to make a good movie about sports?

Air Bud

>>79325008
any given sunday is pretty good.

>>79325008
The Sandlot
Friday Night Lights
The Natural
Bull Durham

>>79325008
Money Ball
Any Given Sunday
Friday Night Lights
Jerry Maguire
61*
Eight Men Out
Remember The Titans
Rudy
Major League


There are plenty of good sports movies, they're just not done very often.

>>79325008

Miracle

>>79325036
>>79325041
>>79325273
>>79325315
>>79325374
Drama with a sports setting.

* Moneyball is a legit sports film though.

>>79325008
Because you can't make a movie about "sports". Sports intrinsically have a narrative to them so any kind of scripted story is never going to carry the same weight as an actual real sporting event. The story needs to be about the characters themselves with the "sports" aspect being relegated as an accessory to the story, a tool the writer can use as a vehicle for character development.

Any good sports movie is inherently not about sports but about those around the sport. Someone running into the endzone to win the game at the last second during a film is completely void of meaning or weight, but a character learning to deal with conflict because of a sport isn't.

>>79325452
is this guy, dare I say it, anonkino?

>>79325452
thank you :3

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>>79325008
Since no one has mentioned it; Slap Shot.

>>79325008
Miracle
Slapshot
Rudy
Sandlot
Major League
Happy Gilmore
Moneyball

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