tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post8148828313400905744..comments2023-11-09T02:34:09.980-06:00Comments on 3B Theater: Micro-Brewed Reviews: Giving Them What They Want :: A 20 Vid-Cap Look at George Roy Hill's Slap Shot (1977)W.B. Kelsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-34444409252084668972013-02-15T18:43:45.108-06:002013-02-15T18:43:45.108-06:00With a script that hollow off the ice, you're ... With a script that hollow off the ice, you're right, Crouse did deserve better, and Warren could have used more screen time, too. Still, I'll stand by the ending.<br /><br /><br />However, I will amend my list and place DIGGSTOWN third on my list of favorite sports movies.W.B. Kelsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-56673474516171823532013-02-15T14:14:16.920-06:002013-02-15T14:14:16.920-06:00Slap Shot is in the pantheon of great sports movie...Slap Shot is in the pantheon of great sports movies of the 70's along with Bad News Bears, The Longest Yard, and North Dallas Forty. In fact, I would agree with Chad that it's the best, until the last 15 minutes or so. I thought the least interesting character was Ned, Lindsay Crouse deserved a lot better.Hot Cornernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-58939982906304880222013-02-08T15:38:56.947-06:002013-02-08T15:38:56.947-06:00"Oh this young man has had a very trying rook..."Oh this young man has had a very trying rookie season, with the litigation, the notoriety, his subsequent deportation to Canada and that country's refusal to accept him, well, I guess that's more than most 21-year-olds can handle... Ogie Ogilthorpe!"W.B. Kelsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488705562652550244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1019017536875409609.post-87776933098934161562013-02-08T15:04:58.234-06:002013-02-08T15:04:58.234-06:00I really love the announcer who says something lik...I really love the announcer who says something like "He's an American citizen AND a college graduate!" about one of the never-gonna-bes on the team. He sounds so proud.<br /><br />The greatest sports movie ever made, however, is DEATH RACE 2000.Tim Lehnerernoreply@blogger.com