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Be Cool ....

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Yep that's the one

The fuck is COLOR="gainsboro"? :lol

edit: nevermind. I see what you did

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lol didn't know you were an Ants newb

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:lol guess so

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1. Mystery, Alaska
2. Miracle
3. Mighty Ducks
4. Slap Shot

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Everyone does realize D2 was far superior to the original, right?

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Uhhhh no.

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Uhhh yes

By a lot

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You don't say or do many wrong things, Barbs. But you did here. This will take me a long time to get over. I just need time.

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:lol :lol

They are about even for me. I've never seen D3, and I don't plan on remedying that anytime soon.

D2 certainly has its moments: "Greenland is full of ice. But Iceland is very nice." The knucklepuck. The game of three-bar between Bombay and Wolf the Island coach.

Think about that for a second. Can you imagine Mike Sullivan and Peter DeBoer suddenly engaging in a game of one-on-one in the middle of practice, with DeBoer ending it by slashing Sullivan in the knee?

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The Mighty Ducks and Mystery, Alaska are the only hockey movies I've ever seen.

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i highly recommend seeing Miracle and Slapshot

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Look, I'm not saying the first one isn't awesome (it is) but the second one is much better for me. Junior Goodwill Games, that team with tie dye jerseys, Russ Tyler, the stuff Dramageek mentioned, etc etc etc.

It's just better

I can't help that I'm the only enlightened one about this

We can at least all agree D3 is unwatchably bad, yes?

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#9 on Trinidad & Tobago = dangle. snipe. celly.

Team's goal celly is UNMATCHED to this day.

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D3 is hilariously bad. This scene still makes me laugh out loud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqV_dBPc4XY

(Key hilarious moment at 1:20)

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See this is what I'm talking about

D2 is just better

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Miracle is the most accurate hockey movie I've seen in terms of play. They used actually hockey players who they taught to act, instead of using player doubles, and that really adds to the film. Pretty damn inspiring too. I get teary in AT LEAST four parts of that movie every time I watch it.

Goon is more light-hearted, but totally nails the hockey team and locker room culture. It is this generation's Slap Shot.

Slap Shot needs to be seen just because of its legendary status.
Pretty atrocious, and not just on a hockey movie level. Like, on a film level.

Plus, Charlie is such a bitch in that one. Which I also attribute in part to Bombay's coddling of him over the years.

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:lol hell yea i forgot all about that

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This is definitely a highlight of the film.

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:lol The back body drop through the glass! OH MY GAWD HE'S BROKEN IN HALF!!!!!

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Barbs, barbs, barbs. Or Bob if I may. Yikes.

D1 is way superior. And I like D2.

Haven't seen Goon. Still hate Slap Shot. With that, I'll go:

1. Miracle
2. D1
3. Mystery, Alaska
4. D2

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whenever i watch that scene, all i can think is "someone got their face sliced in half by one of those skates"

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Love the hockey movie talk.

To cover the backread:

I really really like Goon.

D2 > Original

Mystery, Alaska is fantastic.


Miracle is still the best hockey movie of all time.

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:lol you may

And again, I'm totally fine being the only one who holds this enlightened and correct opinion. The first one is awesome. I love it. But I own a combo set on DVD, and D2 gets a ton more action

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Take a second to watch Goon on Netflix this weekend. You will not regret it. When Mini Lads is asleep preferably.

EDIT: And perhaps Mrs. Lads too, depending on how she is with F-words and face-punching violence (their sound effects guy deserves an award for that film).

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You are now my new favorite Penns fan. Congratulations

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holy shit there is like a million non-calls in that short video. :lol :lol :lol

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:: bookmarks this post ::

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My favorite part of Miracle is how well they shot the actual hockey. They synced it up with the play-by-play so damn well.

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Exactly. Like I was saying, the actual hockey in that movie is completely unmatched by any other hockey film I've seen. If you watch the "making of" stuff on that movie, it's really cool to see how closely they studied footage from the actual games, then how meticulously they rehearsed to make the onscreen action look as close to the real thing as they could.

And I think the non-actors thing helped. Being able to show the actual players' faces playing just makes it more impactful.