Friday Night Lights

[patriotposse98]

saw it last night. It was good and the hitting was smashmouth all the way. but I liked Titans better. Can't get any better than Big Julius and Gerry.

[SliderSport]

great movie the scene where they were playing bull in the ring was great

[patriotposse98]

bull in the ring.....boy do I miss those days.

[JC4life]

I thought that the movie did a good job showing the pressure that is put on kids when they play for a traditionally strong football program. I acutally laughed out loud during the movie when I recognized some of the characters as people I have seen around Jefferson Co football. There were some real classic moments in the movie, the guys going into the coaches office, the former players with championship rings asking the players if they were going to get one, the leeches(as I call them) hanging around during practice. My favorite scene in the entire movie was when Boobie Miles's uncle was describing him during that first practice, I won`t tell you why. The 25 year old men they tried to pass off as high schoolers really cracked me up, can`t they find some real high school age kids to cast as players? I thought it was a great movie.

[cherries]

Those movies had to much Hollywood in them.

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i love any given sunday it did have alot of hollywood though

[Whs_Kt]

I saw Friday Night Lights lastnight. Everyone had tears in their eyes in some parts of the movie. It's one of the best football movies ever. Remember The Titans was great also. I haven't seen Any Given Sunday yet. But Friday Night Lights just wasn't all about football. It had alotta good points in it. thumb

[OR nole]

Minor correction to a previous post: Burt Reynolds played for Florida STATE and was a running back. Lee Corso was one of the quarterbacks on that team.

 

In FNL, I kept waiting for the quarterback to tell his coach "I like the way you talk" (Slingblade).

[HEATHHELTON]

I thought that the movie did a good job showing the pressure that is put on kids when they play for a traditionally strong football program. I acutally laughed out loud during the movie when I recognized some of the characters as people I have seen around Jefferson Co football. There were some real classic moments in the movie, the guys going into the coaches office, the former players with championship rings asking the players if they were going to get one, the leeches(as I call them) hanging around during practice. My favorite scene in the entire movie was when Boobie Miles's uncle was describing him during that first practice, I won`t tell you why. The 25 year old men they tried to pass off as high schoolers really cracked me up, can`t they find some real high school age kids to cast as players? I thought it was a great movie.

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Haven't seen the movie yet, but have read the book. I hope the movie can compare to the book...it was one of the best i've ever read. I can definately see where you're coming from JC4life, being around Jeff Co football for as long as I have, you can see the same type guys that are seen in the book. Jeff Co was in its glory days around the same time Permian High was in theirs. I think the similarity of the two teams is what stood out to me more than anything when reading the book. Jeff Co did not have the deep seeded racism that i know of, but the importance of one team to one town (or county) was definately strikingly similar. The players ruled the town and the school, and Jeff Co, like Odessa, hung on the teams every move. I can still remember as a little kid traveling to every '87 Patriot game and dreaming of playing for the Pats one day myself.

[GHSKees5008]

The book FNL was amazing! Definitly the best book I have ever read. (Thanks for the recommendation Coach Grissom!) It sort of reminds me of my high school but most people in my town don't go to those extremes. I am so excited about going to see the movie and I hope it does justice to the book. If it's better than Remember The Titans I will be extremely impressed because Remember the Titans is my all time favorite football movie. Me and my best friend watch it every Friday. I know every line and song in that movie by heart. And I still cry when Gerry and Julius are in the room together after the car wreck! Although Hometown Legends comes in a close second along with Varsity Blues.

Edited October 11, 2004 by GHSKees5008

[dlu07]

this was in Odessa, TX right? I lived pretty close to Odessa for acouple of years.

[HEATHHELTON]

this was in Odessa, TX right? I lived pretty close to Odessa for acouple of years.

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Permian High School in Odessa Texas. Story about the 1988 Permian High Panthers (at least thats the team the book is written about).

[dlu07]

yeah I lived only a couple of hours from Odessa from ages 13-15, i sure hope it is good, i would go see it tomorrow, but the braves playing and all will put a hold on that.