Our 10 Favorite Football Films
Posted by admin | Posted in Favorite Films | Posted on 09-02-2010-05-2008
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It’s that wonderful time of the year again, when families and friends festively convene over fried foods and alcoholic beverages to celebrate the end of another season. It’s not Christmas, Labor Day or New Year’s Eve I’m speaking of – it’s Super Bowl Sunday!
There’s a reason why the Big Game is a near religious holiday in the United States. Football has become the new national pastime – a game of brains and brawn that inspires, excites, upsets and causes debate amongst the masses. Teams develop devoted fans and critics, much like another favorite American amusement: movies.
And so, now that the New Orleans Saints are Super Bowl champions, we want to talk about the best of both worlds – our favorite football films.
 Varsity Blues
There are few corners of the country that live for the gridiron quite like Texas. Many residents of the small towns within the nation’s largest state put their unrealized hopes and aspirations on the shoulder pads of the youth, placing enormous pressure on students in high school and college. There have been numerous films that tackle this subject and setting, but one of the most enjoyable is Varsity Blues, which follows a second-string quarter back who has to step up after the school’s star suffers an injury. And no, we don’t want your life. |
 Little Giants
What would football be without steep rivalry? This-oft overlooked comedic gem centers on two brothers’ never-ending quarrel that trickles down into their local peewee football league, prompting the younger and less athletic sibling to challenge his ex-Pro Bowler older brother. The unenthusiastic Little Giants battle the superior Little Cowboys, adding a hint of real-life rivalry to the fictional film. Read the rest of this entry » |
