Sports Film Tournament

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Round 1, Set 3

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)

Watchlisted:
Rocco and His Brothers + Death Race.



Bright light. Bright light. Uh oh.
Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
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Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)
I haven't seen either movie yet.

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)
I haven't seen The Fighter (2010) yet.

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
I haven't seen Breaking Away (1979) yet.

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)
I haven't seen The Long Run (2001) yet.

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
I haven't seen Rocco and His Brothers (1960) yet.
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Round 1, Set 2 Ties

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) vs Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Damn Yankees (1958) vs Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Journeyman (2017) vs Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

American Flyers (1985) vs Rush (2013)

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) vs The Set-Up (1949)



Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)



Let the night air cool you off
Round 1, Set 2 Ties

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) vs Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Damn Yankees (1958) vs Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Journeyman (2017) vs Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004)

American Flyers (1985) vs Rush (2013)

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) vs The Set-Up (1949)
Awesome, thanks for breaking these ties!



Round 1, Set 3

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)
+ Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
Rocco, powerful and harsh Italian drama, didn't really feel like a 'Sports film' to me.



Women will be your undoing, Pépé
Round 1, Set 3

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
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You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
@jiraffejustin, NOTE: The matches in GREEN are new votes, the matches in BLUE are previous votes, and the matches in RED are not done yet.

Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)
I haven't seen either movie yet.

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)
I'm not really a fan of either movie, but I just found most of the characters in The Fighter annoying.

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away has been on my watchlist for years. I'm glad I finally watched it.

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)
The Long Run was a nice hidden gem.

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
I haven't seen Rocco and His Brothers (1960) yet.



Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)
(Seen neither.)

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)
(The Fighter is very good, mostly thanks to Bale's great performance, but Rocky is as iconic as they come.)

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)
(Love Death Race 2000, but I just watched The Longest Yard and might now consider it the best football movie I've seen. Great cast, the football game feels authentic, the understated humor is effortless, tons of great characters, Burt once again proves why he was the quintessential man's man. It reminded me some of Cool Hand Luke, as well.)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)
(Yet to watch the former, although it's been on my watchlist for awhile. Rollerball is solid if unspectacular.)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)
(Cinderella Man is a great movie that never got proper recognition. I like Field of Dreams, but not as much as most seem to given its iconic stature.)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
(The Color of Money is one of my least favorites from Scorsese, although it's been awhile since I watched it. I mostly just remember Tom Cruise twirling his pool stick in seemingly every scene. Yet to see Breaking Away.)

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)
(I love White Men Can't Jump. Woody and Snipes have great chemistry, the dialogue is surprisingly strong, and it's the only time I've ever found Rosie Perez somewhat sexy. Haven't heard of The Long Run.)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
(Not sure I've heard of the former. The Karate Kid has remained one of my favorite movies since I was a child.)
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Women will be your undoing, Pépé
@jiraffejustin, NOTE: The matches in GREEN are new votes, the matches in BLUE are previous votes, and the matches in RED are not done yet.


The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away has been on my watchlist for years. I'm glad I finally watched it.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Remember seeing it quite a few times back in the day and watched it a few years back and chuckled at seeing such a YOUNG Dennis Quaid.



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it. Remember seeing it quite a few times back in the day and watched it a few years back and chuckled at seeing such a YOUNG Dennis Quaid.

Dennis Quaid looked so young in Breaking Away that I actually looked up to see if that was his first movie. (It wasn't.)



Women will be your undoing, Pépé
Dennis Quaid looked so young in Breaking Away that I actually looked up to see if that was his first movie. (It wasn't.)
wow, he did do several before this. And, seeing Long Riders the next year, I had forgotten he played in that one.



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
@jiraffejustin, NOTE: The matches in GREEN are new votes, the matches in BLUE are previous votes, and the matches in RED are not done yet.

Round 1, Set 3

The Damned United (2009) vs This Sporting Life (1963)
I wasn't really a fan of either movie.

The Fighter (2010) vs Rocky (1976)
I'm not really a fan of either movie, but I just found most of the characters in The Fighter annoying.

Death Race 2000 (1975) vs The Longest Yard (1974)

North Dallas Forty (1979) vs Rollerball (1975)

Cinderella Man (2005) vs Field of Dreams (1989)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away has been on my watchlist for years. I'm glad I finally watched it.

White Men Can't Jump (1992) vs The Long Run (2001)
The Long Run was a nice hidden gem.

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)
I haven't seen Rocco and His Brothers (1960) yet.


Does anyone have a link for Rocco and His Brothers (1960)?



Let the night air cool you off
Winners:

This Sporting Life
Rocky
The Longest Yard
North Dallas Forty
Field of Dreams
White Men Can't Jump


Currently Tied:

The Color of Money vs Breaking Away
Rocco and His Brothers and The Karate Kid



Let the night air cool you off
Need these ties to be broken, if you haven't voted in a match listed here, you can break the tie:

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) vs Angels in the Outfield (1951)

Bang the Drum Slowly (1973) vs The Set-Up (1949)

The Color of Money (1986) vs Breaking Away (1979)

Rocco and His Brothers (1960) vs The Karate Kid (1984)


Round 1, Set 4

Eight Men Out (1988) vs The Bad News Bears (1976)

Major League (1989) vs Real Steel (2011)

Rudy (1993) vs Cool Runnings (1993)

Eddie the Eagle (2015) vs 42 (2013)

Bull Durham (1988) vs The Wrestler (2008)

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) vs 8 Seconds (1994)

Pawn Sacrifice (2014) vs The Rookie (2002)

Any Given Sunday (1999) vs Kingpin (1996)



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
Currently Tied:

Rocco and His Brothers and The Karate Kid

I'm sure that I would have voted for The Karate Kid because it's been a favorite movie of mine for many years, but I couldn't find a link for Rocco and His Brothers.



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
Round 1, Set 4

Eight Men Out (1988) vs The Bad News Bears (1976)

Major League (1989) vs Real Steel (2011)

Rudy (1993) vs Cool Runnings (1993)
I haven't seen Cool Runnings (1993) yet.

Eddie the Eagle (2015) vs 42 (2013)

Bull Durham (1988) vs The Wrestler (2008)

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) vs 8 Seconds (1994)
I haven't seen Bend It Like Beckham (2002) yet.

Pawn Sacrifice (2014) vs The Rookie (2002)

Any Given Sunday (1999) vs Kingpin (1996)
I haven't seen Any Given Sunday (1999) yet.



You can't make a rainbow without a little rain.
I probably shouldn't say anything, but this has been slowly eating away at me for about a week now.

It seems like I'm the only person watching any movies for this tournament, and it's kind of upsetting. I've always thought of these tournaments as a way to get some of our favorite movies out there for people to watch, but while I've been watching everyone else's nominations, almost nobody has been watching my nominations. I don't expect everyone to like the movies that I nominated, but it would have been nice if a few people at least tried to watch them. Sadly, this has been a very disappointing tournament.



Sorry, can't vote in any of these matches.