Aw, God, why do I do this to myself?This is seriously one of the most depressing movies I've ever seen. I think it beats out Sophie's Choice to be in my top 5. I would absolutely hate it if it weren't so damn good.
The first time I saw it, I remember going cold at the pivotal moment like it was actually happening before my eyes. I thought I was going to be sick. This was my second viewing and it went a little better. Mostly because I was cleaning and I found excuses to be out of the room when the worst parts were being shown.
I'm not a sports person. Shocker, right? I'm not team-oriented or competitive by nature; neither do I feel a particular affinity for a geographical location and thereby that place's team. I just don't care. That being said, I do enjoy some sports movies. A League of Their Own was one of my favorites as a kid, as was Ladybugs (don't judge), I own Seabiscuit, and I've seen Rudy. I didn't like it, but I saw it. Based solely on the representative movies, I'd say that I like baseball, horse racing, soccer, and boxing. No doubt someone will claim that is a shallow and specious determination but fuck 'em. If somebody makes an awesome lacrosse movie, I'll totally watch it.
I'm not counting martial arts movies as sports movies because I am a HUGE fan of those and I'm pretty sure that would skew the results.
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