Bad news Bears (1976) WAS the original underdog sports movie. Every movie from the mighty ducks to dodgeball is technically a ripoff. Youve got..
A. A sports team of geeky misfit kids that have no business playing sports constantly getting creamed by the more athletic teams.
B. Their coach is an ex-athlete who never made it past the minors and has always been sore about it
C. The team decides they want to get better and recruit
A) The tomboy with the golden arm who's always the sole girl on the team
and B) The cool kid in town who wouldnt ever be caught dead hanging around with any of them
The only thing the clone movies do differently is Win their championship at the end.
Bad News Bears crafted the ideas, and every film that followed turned them into cliches. Mighty Ducks is insanely unoriginal, give me a break! Little giants is better, and funnier.
I love the little retardy kid who blows the snot bubbles!
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