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This Movie was HORRIBLE!

posted 17 years ago by PugsNotDrugs
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The first 80% of the movie had no direction and wasn't interesting. So what if he was a bartender. Lots of people are, that doesn't automatically mean you have a hard life. After getting though the backstory and patiently waiting for something of substance to happen, the actual football playing scenes aren't exciting and don't give any insite into how it changed his life. We saw him play one football game. It gave the impression that he only EVER played one game.
I just didn't get it and I love football. I'm sure his real life story was really interesting and full of strife but the direction and writing did not do him justice.

[–] kingarthurup 17 years ago

you are a dork.

[–] bjchit-1 17 years ago

America wasn't very prosperous during the late 70's. Plus his wife left him, and he was fired from his sub. teacher job. So the part where it said he played for three years before the end credits roll didn't give you a clue as to how much time he played?

[–] tom40 17 years ago

I agree with you. I remember when Papale played. He was an emotional guy on the field. Not a bump on a log like Wahlberg. Greg Kinnear as Dick Vermeil? You never felt any joy at Papales accomplishments. This movie was DULL.

[–] patabarca 17 years ago

The movie was by no means dull. I loved it!

[–] waytoofast33 17 years ago

I was also unimpressed with this movie, especially considering I'm usually a fan of any football underdog movie. All of the characters seemed like caricatures of working-class nice guys. And that whole thing where Papale rediscovers his passion for the game when he plays with his friends again, I mean come on. So cliche.

Also, I wasn't a fan of the movie looking like it was filmed on the set of 300. Was Philadelphia dealing with bronze skies in the 1970s?

[–] bjchit-1 17 years ago

You sure you watched the same movie as the rest of us?

[–] showmanjkb 17 years ago

I would not say that the movie was horrible, but I can say that it wasn't as good as I thought it was gonna be.

[–] peace_out_88 17 years ago

I'm glad I wasn't the only one....I was hoping for a movie maybe somewhat on the same level as Remember the Titans, but this was just so bad! Direction was pretty bad - bored through most of it. And you get you're own movie if you score a touchdown? Not feeling it.

[–] bjchit-1 17 years ago

Yea, why should people get movies based on their lives for accomplishing their dreams in life? Afterall, Rudy only got one sack in his carrer, why should he get a movie, never mind he accomplished his biggest dream in life.

[–] peace_out_88 17 years ago

Do you know how many people they would have to make movies for?! Millions and millions. It's a nice story, I didn't like the movie.

[–] tjmeade-1 17 years ago

In the end credits, Vince Papale looked like an emotional, fired up type of guy. The kind of guy to excel at special teams. So who directed Wahlberg to play him like he was on downers the whole time. This movie WAS boring, and Greg Kinnear as a football coach?

[–] cinephyler 17 years ago

i think you missed the point. his mom was SICK and his dad worked A LOT. by definition, this makes it a good movie. and if you didn't notice, his WIFE left him and he was OLD. i can't believe this didn't win Best Picture. arlen specter should look into this.

[–] bullock607 17 years ago

This was one of the best sports theme movie I've seen since "Remember the Ttians"

http://thenononsenseman.com/

[–] stephan-128 16 years ago

i agree that walbeg wasnt fired up like papale, and when you see the shots of the real papale, you kinda go "why didnt walberg play him that way? where's the exuberance?

but to the OP, the movie CLEARLY shows him playing 2 games (dallas and giants), and then tells you he played for 3 years. Did you fall asleep ten minutes before the end?

agree that sepia look was a bit weird.

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[–] Chadmw 12 years ago

The point of the movie wasn't what happened to him once he got into the Pro's, the point of the movie was showing what he went through to get into the pro's

The only bad thing about the movie (and in real life) was the poor guy had to play for the Eagles, I wouldn't with that on my worst enemy

[–] coolaree 16 years ago

I agree OP, not horrible though
overrated on here, but I guess they are lots of American football fans or even people from Philadelphia.

I didn't see actual point of making a feature film on the person! Sure what he accomplished was somewhat notable and kinda unique I guess (rising from nowhere to get into the 'big, professional league though apparently in real life he was already in the "WFL"),
but besides making it onto the team the film doesn't cover anything much of note...

and Wahlberg was such a bore/bland so I didn't care for the character, making the entire movie (which was entirely about him, and not the team at all) bleh. In short if Wahlberg was better, this movie would be better.

A short doco with the real person would suit this subject material.

5/10 cause Elizabeth Banks was great and sexy.

[–] simonkevnorris 15 years ago

I am sure that if the Wahlberg character was 'on the up' in the whole movie it would not have the same uplifting effect as it did. I am sure that the idea was to show what a struggle he had to become successful. I think everything in his life was supposed to have been seen as a struggle (unemployed, his wife leaving him, his dead mother, the Eagles players not liking him etc).

If the Wahlberg character was as confident as Jamie Foxx was in 'Any Given Sunday' I don't think he would have appeared to be as such a sympathetic character.

I am not an American or even a big fan of Gridiron..... I did enjoy this movie. Although like many movies it is 'based on real events' - it is still a movie and not a documentary.

[–] david-holloway13 15 years ago

I just watched this, i found it quite dull as well 4/10.

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[–] celts1-623-796382 12 years ago

I really like football. This movie was like watching paint dry---BORING and S-L-O-W !