SEABISCUIT
This inspiring and moving story tells the Depression Era triumph of the horse Seabiscuit. The movie demonstrates how this one horse not only brings hope to fans in these trying times, but tells how this horse brings together the owner, jockey, trainer and everyone else involved. It has a couple great scenes of Toby McGuire alone riding the horse, and one gets an insight into how important the chemistry between a horse and a jockey truly is. A great movie.Quote: "You know everyone thinks we got this broken down horse and fixed him. But we didn't. He fixed us. Every one of us. And I guess in a way, we fixed each other, too."
CADDYSHACK
What do you get when you mix, Rodney Dangerfield, Billy Murray, Chevy Chase, a gopher and golf…one heck of a movie. Danny Noonan is a young caddy who tries to sure up his future by getting a caddying scholarship. Al Czervik is a rude, and overly eccentric millionaire who has interests in purchasing Bushwood. Judge Smails shows a quick disliking towards Al and soon there is a conflict between the Judge and Al, the Judge and Danny, and even between the Judge and Ty Webb the charming golfer who is slowly helping Danny figure out his real goals. On the outside of this is Carl Spackler the Golf Course Grounds keeper, who's goal is eliminate a rampaging gopher who is chewing up holes throughout the golf course.Quote:
---“License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote” Carl Spackler.
---“IT’S IN THE HOLE!!!” Carl Spackler.
COOL RUNNINGS
A movie that combines John Candy, bobsleding, and the word "mon" (man), has to be a hit right? We'll this comedy sure was, and was based on the true story of the Jamaican bobsled team that went to the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Will they do not end up winners, the team bonds together as brothers and brings pride and some Winter Olympic glory to island in the caribbean. It combines comedy, pride and sport to make one of the funniest PG movies around!Quote:
"Our Father, who art in Calgary, Bobsled be thy name. Thy kingdom come, gold medals won, on Earth as it is in Turn Seven. With Liberty and Justice for Jamaica and Haile Selassie. Amen."
ROCKY
In 1975, virtually unknown actor Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky in three days after going to a boxing match between the underdog Chuck Wepner (Rocky) and the great Muhammad Ali (Creed). Inspired by this unique fight, Stallone captured and created on of the most beloved characters in movie history.Rocky is the only movie that we have covered this week that won the Oscar for Best Picture. Stallone plays the bum from Philly, Rocky Balboa. The southpaw slugger was at “rock” bottom and was an out of shape club fighter with a dead end career. Then luck finds him when showboat boxing champ Apollo Creed decides to give an unknown a shot at the title. Creed played by former NFL player, Carl Weathers who delivers a great Muhammad Ali impression.
Rocky knows he can’t beat the champ but he declares that winning is taking everything he’s got and going the distance. He has unorthodox training routines such as pounding meat, lifting logs and of course running up the “Rocky Stairs” (Philadelphia Art Museum). But nothing is more inspiring to him than the support of his love interest Adrian. He goes the distance and gives hope to all of the underdogs in the world. He came at the perfect time for the country that was still in despair, he still to this day personifies the city of Philadelphia. Who hasn’t run up the steps?
Quote: “Yo Adrian!”
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