me when ball is life

me when ball is life

HEY LOOK I WATCHED THE MOVIE BEFORE I LEFT HOME! (three days before)

ok so i live ~20 minutes from the hoosier gym (where the hickory gym scenes were filmed, look out for the massive billboards on I-70 westbound advertising this), and for some reason i've never watched the flick. after insane pressure from levi and others, i have watched it. i have met the screenwriter of this. i don't know why i haven't.

my favorite part of this is the energy. the film starts with some insanely beautiful shots of autumn-time indiana, in places literally right by my home town, which gave me such an intense feeling of nostalgia and peace it was nearly overwhelming. the feeling of the basketball games is likewise intense. i've attended more than a few high school basketball games in my day (pep band 4 lyfe) and the unique emotions of a dark november friday night cannot be matched otherwise. this is DISTINCTLY hoosier cinema.

other than that, basketball movies aren't really my vibe but i ended up enjoying this more than i expected. i find the politics of the final game interesting: a good-old-fashioned farm town beats an integrated city team in 1951. if i see angelo pizzo around campus, i will need to dicuss this with him.

anyways. no one can bully me for not having watched this anymore. hiii bloomington team! dennis hopper is a national treasure. finally: IN CASE OF RAPTURE BUS WILL HAVE NO DRIVER.

HEY LOOK I WATCHED THE MOVIE BEFORE I LEFT HOME! (three days before)

ok so i live ~20 minutes from the hoosier gym (where the hickory gym scenes were filmed, look out for the massive billboards on I-70 westbound advertising this), and for some reason i've never watched the flick. after insane pressure from levi and others, i have watched it. i have met the screenwriter of this. i don't know why i haven't.

my favorite part of this is the energy. the film starts with some insanely beautiful shots of autumn-time indiana, in places literally right by my home town, which gave me such an intense feeling of nostalgia and peace it was nearly overwhelming. the feeling of the basketball games is likewise intense. i've attended more than a few high school basketball games in my day (pep band 4 lyfe) and the unique emotions of a dark november friday night cannot be matched otherwise. this is DISTINCTLY hoosier cinema.

other than that, basketball movies aren't really my vibe but i ended up enjoying this more than i expected. i find the politics of the final game interesting: a good-old-fashioned farm town beats an integrated city team in 1951. if i see angelo pizzo around campus, i will need to dicuss this with him.

anyways. no one can bully me for not having watched this anymore. hiii bloomington team! dennis hopper is a national treasure. finally: IN CASE OF RAPTURE BUS WILL HAVE NO DRIVER.

I was confused to why this is regarded so highly. But that last 45 was amazing. What an incredible and inspiring story.

I was confused to why this is regarded so highly. But that last 45 was amazing. What an incredible and inspiring story.

Jimmy was just chucking threes for the love of the game, because I’m pretty sure the three point shot hadn’t been established yet. 

Listen, is it a little generic and a little schmaltzy, yeah. But, there is just a certain type of magic in the formula of Sports movies that just hits every time. Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper are obviously the focal point, but it’s a fun movie with fun characters and odd techno score given that the movies set in the 50s.

Jimmy was just chucking threes for the love of the game, because I’m pretty sure the three point shot hadn’t been established yet. 

Listen, is it a little generic and a little schmaltzy, yeah. But, there is just a certain type of magic in the formula of Sports movies that just hits every time. Gene Hackman and Dennis Hopper are obviously the focal point, but it’s a fun movie with fun characters and odd techno score given that the movies set in the 50s.

I miss dad movies. You know what I mean. I feel like they kinda just disappeared. You can feel the motivation in this movie. I’m a sucker for these movies and I’m not ashamed of it.

I miss dad movies. You know what I mean. I feel like they kinda just disappeared. You can feel the motivation in this movie. I’m a sucker for these movies and I’m not ashamed of it.