Friday Night Lights - VGF

Brandon2390 · 10-09-2004, 10:19 PM

A decent football movie. It's a little slow at first, but the pace picks up. Pretty suspensful toward the end, and it's a real realistic type of movie.

Parrakarry · 10-16-2004, 09:18 PM

It was pretty good. Saw it today, and I liked it... although

*spoilers*

they actually lost in the semifinals not in the finals. Oh well, whatever. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

imported_Andrew · 10-16-2004, 11:00 PM

^ The list like that goes on and on... Boobie was actually hurt in a preseason game, Permian's final game was played in Texas Stadium, not the Astrodome, etc...

If you read the book, the movie was a major major dissapointment. The movie was made about the team, more specifically 4 players, while the book is about the town of Odessa, Texas and how they glorify these 17 year olds who have the weight of a whole town on their shoulders. Plus, they never had any shot anywhere near similar to the beautiful picture on the front of the book and on the movie posters, of the team captains walking out onto the field under the heavenly glow of the friday night lights.

So what you ended up with was a typical football movie with over emphasized bone crushing hits on every play and halftime speeches that were obviously trying to be with the other great speeches like in Rudy and Hoosiers.

[ October 16, 2004, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: ShyGuy727 ]

Parrakarry · 10-16-2004, 11:33 PM

But the bone-crushing hits are cool.

Well, I haven't read the book, though I probably will at some point, so I can't comment. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Phenom · 11-04-2004, 01:35 AM

It was a pretty good movie, but the previews glorified it as the second-coming of all sports movies. Obiously, a little bit of a letdown albeit a good movie.

10-09-2004, 10:19 PM	#1
Brandon2390 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Connecticut Posts: 10,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts Points: 35,814.66 Bank: 757.83 Total Points: 36,572.49 Donate	A decent football movie. It's a little slow at first, but the pace picks up. Pretty suspensful toward the end, and it's a real realistic type of movie.

10-16-2004, 09:18 PM	#2
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,625.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,223.36 Donate	It was pretty good. Saw it today, and I liked it... although spoilers they actually lost in the semifinals not in the finals. Oh well, whatever. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

10-16-2004, 11:00 PM	#3
imported_Andrew Banned Join Date: Dec 1969 Posts: 0 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 7,896.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 8,396.00 Donate	^ The list like that goes on and on... Boobie was actually hurt in a preseason game, Permian's final game was played in Texas Stadium, not the Astrodome, etc... If you read the book, the movie was a major major dissapointment. The movie was made about the team, more specifically 4 players, while the book is about the town of Odessa, Texas and how they glorify these 17 year olds who have the weight of a whole town on their shoulders. Plus, they never had any shot anywhere near similar to the beautiful picture on the front of the book and on the movie posters, of the team captains walking out onto the field under the heavenly glow of the friday night lights. So what you ended up with was a typical football movie with over emphasized bone crushing hits on every play and halftime speeches that were obviously trying to be with the other great speeches like in Rudy and Hoosiers. [ October 16, 2004, 11:03 PM: Message edited by: ShyGuy727 ]

10-16-2004, 11:33 PM	#4
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,683 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 8,625.81 Bank: 597.55 Total Points: 9,223.36 Donate	But the bone-crushing hits are cool. Well, I haven't read the book, though I probably will at some point, so I can't comment. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

11-04-2004, 01:35 AM	#5
Phenom Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Canada Gender: Posts: 7,888 Thanks: 0 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts Points: 4,072.84 Bank: 853.44 Total Points: 4,926.28 Donate	It was a pretty good movie, but the previews glorified it as the second-coming of all sports movies. Obiously, a little bit of a letdown albeit a good movie.