Sure, “There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble” is predictable, but it is done so well that you don’t care if you know what is coming at every turn. Newcomer, Lewis McKenzie is perfect in what we think was his only role as Jimmy Grimble, a diehard Manchester City fan in a school of Manchester United fans, whose awkward nature makes him a natural target for bullying. This changes when he receives a pair of shoes once worn by a former Man City star, and confidence soars for young Grimble on the pitch. Again, very predictable, but you can’t help but cheer for him all the way!
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You don’t normally think of James Franco in an athletic role, nor if you saw the trailer for Annapolis, would you think of it as a boxing film, but despite the poor reviews and formulaic plot, Franco as James Huard, a cadet at Annapolis does not do a bad job. For us, we were content to fast forward through most of the film with the exception of the boxing, where Huard using the sport to gain respect from his peers and father. Ah, sports teaching us lessons again!
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If we can include Clyde the Orangutan and the Gopher from Caddyshack (both of which made the semi-finals in the Contributor section in the site’s opening year) than we have to have Herbie the Love Bug, the racing car that comes “alive” and can drive itself when necessary. As laughable as it sounds, this generated multiple movies for Disney and made them millions. Saying that, do you really that a Volkswagen Beetle is winning race, mind of its or not? Let’s see it beat KITT in a race!
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From the fun, though poorly reviewed boxing film, Grudge Match, we have Sylvester Stallone again donning boxing gloves, playing a former Light Heavyweight Champion of the World. Inspired by the Joe Kapp/Angelo Mosca debacle that occurred when the two former (and senior citizens) Canadian Football legends fought in a video that went viral on YouTube, the scenario was replicated in a boxing forum, thus leading to an inevitable fight between the two geriatric pugilists. We won’t spoil the ending if you haven’t seen it, but the boxing match shown on the film did not do a bad job in entertaining.
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Yep. A Field Goal kicking mule from Yugoslavia that is capable of making it through the uprights from 100 Yards. As ridiculous as it sounds, this movie made money for Disney in 1976, and it was likely loosely based on the European soccer players who were starting to find their way into American Football. Still, the field goal kicking mule is more believable than Don Knotts as a Football Coach. The Bullet Points: Movie Appeared: Gus (1976) Actor: Some random Mule Position Played: Place Kicker Played for: California Atoms Why You Should Vote For Him: A 100 Yard Field Goal shatters the current NFL record. Why You Should Not Vote For Him: Let’s again reiterate…it’s a mule.
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We are a little torn on this nomination. As much as we enjoyed the coming of age Scottish film, “Gregory’s Girl”, the lead character (played by John Gordon Sinclair in what we believe was his only movie) lost his starting position to the object of his affection, Dorothy, who proved to be the star of the soccer team. Still, in terms of young characters, it is hard to find one better than this one.
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A former Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the world had his most famous fight in Springfield when he got out of prison to face none other than…Homer Simpson. Sure, he was a Mike Tyson parody, but we respect anyone who can have conversations with Charlie Sheen about sea bass.
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It may not have been one of the great teen 1980’s “coming of age” films in the United States, but Gregory’s Girl was just that in Scotland, and in the United Kingdom in general. The “girl” in question is Dorothy, the object of Gregory’s affection and the best player on the soccer team. We have to respect anyone who is the best player on a certain team, but is this film really about the sport? Not really.
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Simon Pegg has made a good living in the United Kingdom as the socially unaware, never fulfilled comedic character that you don’t know whether to love or give a backhand to for wrecking his life. In Run, Fatboy, Run, Pegg plays Dennis Doyle a slightly overweight man, who left his fiancé at the altar and has been trying to get her back ever since. When she gets engaged again, it is to an American who will be running the Nike River Run, so Dennis decides even though he is out f shape that he will do the same. The film is more of a British style RomCom, so we get a few laughs, saw enough of a training montage for a ports film, and he completes the task at the end. Maybe not good enough to make the Hall, but definitely good enough for the ballot!
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The English soccer version of the 1974 Burt Reynolds classic, The Longest Yard, saw former English soccer star, Vinnie Jones taking on the main role. For those who are not familiar with Jones, he was a very popular soccer player, known for his toughness and charisma, which translated into a successful film career. As Danny Meehan, in “Mean Machine”, he was a former English Soccer Captain, who found himself in jail due to match fixing. The plot is identical to the ’74 version, but of course with a British flavor making it unique all on its own.
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