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Joe Kingman
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Disney plus the Rock plus Football equals…..well it equals a Football movie that isn’t much about Football, nor does it feature a Dwayne Johnson that is very interesting. As Joe Kingman, Johnson is a star Quarterback who is a playboy (though Disneyfied), and beyond a few cute scenes, we aren’t given much here. It is a lot better than the “Tooth Fairy” at least.
Joe Kane
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Usually the Quarterback is the star of the show, but despite being the football character with the most screen time in the Program, Joe Kane did not feel like the main guy. Maybe it was because the actor playing him (Craig Sheffer) never really had any other major role, or maybe it was because he started out as a Heisman candidate, and flamed out due to personal demons. Perhaps it was because this was not a film with a standard Hollywood sports ending, and that the attempt to go into the seedier side of College Football didn’t go far enough.
Here is our initial thought; “The Program” may eventually get an inductee into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, but we are not sure we would bet on Joe Kane.
Joe Bob Priddy
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
It is a little hard to watch the racist “good ole boy” Joe Bob Priddy in North Dallas Forty without cringing at his backwards thoughts and misogynist actions; yet he is a form of guilty entertainment, and every time he was on the screen we couldn’t wait to see what he would do next. That makes him a worthwhile candidate for the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame.
Henry Rowengartner
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Although the premise of an unathletic twelve year old suddenly having the ability to throw a wicked fastball due to a freak arm injury, it was easy to overlook because the film was clean fun, and reminded us that Baseball is supposed to be a game that we enjoy and not take so damned seriously. Maybe we are also giving it a pass because the twelve year old in question (Thomas Ian Nicholas), gave oral to a pre-train wreck Tara Reid in American Pie.