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.
shareProbably golf. There's a reason why it's almost solely used in comedies (Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore).
shareI am not agree.
The quiet moments allow the director to develop the dynamics between the characters and present the rivalry between them in a reliably way.
This is what I would say as well. It might be okay to play, but what's the joke? The only thing more boring than golf on tv would be golf on the radio.
shareHmmm.
Well, I can't think of any narrative films that have successfully or realistically captured (Association) football/soccer. There are some perfectly good films about football culture, the stuff going on around the sport. But even in an otherwise decent football-related film, the onfield scenes - the bits depicting the game itself - tend to be the weak spot.
There may be examples that prove me wrong, but I can't think of any of the top of my head.
I want also to mention football/soccer, something just doesn't translate, It was boring to watch football in movies.
On other end, american football translate probably the best on film. The cinematic shooting angle is perfect for american football, also in my opinion it is a combination of American culture around the profession that adds 'color' to the occurrences, and the physical and mental risks that athletes take that we can almost be defined as heroic.
I think a lot depends on the actors portraying the athletes. Robert Redford who had a college baseball scholarship looked great in the Natural where as Anthony Perkins looked silly in Fear Strikes Out as did Tim Robbins in Bull Durham.
shareI think baseball is one of the easier ones to capture in film. A mediocre movie like Angels in the Outfield did a decent job. The catches, pitches and hits all looked realistic. Except for the literal angels stuff.
shareSkiing
Unless it’s a Warren Miller film
I don't think I've seen any skiing films to know how well it looks on film.
shareMolly’s Game. Not great depiction of mogul skiing
Better Off Dead. The difficult hill at the end doesn’t look difficult at all.
Hot Dog. Cheesy ski porn
Working Girl. Just one scene. Not much skiing seen in it.
A View To A Kill and other Bond movies. Good for stunt scenes, but not much about the sport.
Soccer
shareTetherball
shareSurfing, esp in older films. The green screen shots are just painful.
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