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Which sport translates worst on film?


I think hockey scenes are the worst to film. The sport moves too fast and every shot (not the camera shot) an actor takes looks incredibly weak. I think it's because since you don't have professional goaltenders in net, the actor will have to give them easy shots to save. The bodychecks also look weak and the skaters tend look slow and the stickhandling is sloppy.

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probably any sport that hasnt had its own big movie yet, lol. cant think of a single underwater basket weaving film.

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Strange because I'm currently writing it.

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baseball is the best one. hockey is bad because skating is something you can't fake.

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I'd say car racing cause they have to sensationalize the maneuvers of racecar driving so much it's no longer an accurate representation of the sport.

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There have been some well filmed car racing movies. Even Talladega Nights had some decent sequences.

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