I liked Miracle.

I also liked Mystery, Alaska.

Never saw Slapshot and I haven’t heard anything that makes me want to see it - not my type of movie.

I can’t even wrap my mind around Keanu Reeves and Jean-Claude van Damme in hockey movies - thank the hockey gods at least they weren’t on film at the same time.  *shudders in horror*

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/19/08 at 02:58 PM ET

I really liked Mystery, Alaska, too. But geez, Baroque, you HAVE to see the original Slapshot. Like it or not, I think it’s a requirement for hockey fandom, or something.

Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 06/19/08 at 03:15 PM ET

I hated Miracle also! The movie is cheesy water-down crapola. It used skates and helmets and stuff that were not even in use in 1980. It mis-portrays events in the game against Russia, in particular the third Russian goal, which in actuality came on a breakaway as opposed to someone plowingd own Jim Craig. And also, it pays no attention whatsoever to whether or not any given player was actually a right-handed or left-handed shot--see Kenny Morrow. That movie was a disgrace of American propoganda.

P.S. I play for (gasp gasp groan) United States of America (gasp gasp)

Posted by Dan from New Jersey on 06/19/08 at 03:53 PM ET

P.S. I play for (gasp gasp groan) United States of America (gasp gasp)

Yeah, I hated that movie quite a bit.  It was a bigger version of the Mighty Ducks movie without the excuses.

Posted by Earl Sleek from Los Angeles, CA on 06/19/08 at 04:21 PM ET

Mystery, Alaska is a better flick than I thought it’d be.

Slapshot is the sports movie all other sports movies are destined to be compared to.  I forced my wife to watch it with me earlier this season, so she could finally “get it”.

As for Youngblood… it’s fine for some mindless entertainment.  And it’s a riot to see those guys in their younger years…

Posted by Primis on 06/19/08 at 05:21 PM ET

I saw Miracle with a bunch of friends, so I’m actually not sure of how much of the “like” is because of the movie and how much is because of the company, though - it’s not like I loved it, but I didn’t think it was all that bad.

Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 06/19/08 at 05:28 PM ET

The best hockey movie ever is “Net Worth”. It is about the formation of the NHLPA and gives an inside view of how things were run back in the day. Kinda like how Gary.Ass is screwing around right now with the Rangers. It is by far the best hockey movie I have ever seen. It’s an oldie and if I’m not mistaken, was a CBC made for T.V. film. I’ll find out where to get it. My own version is on a vcr
tape, that’s how old it is.

Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/20/08 at 07:28 AM ET

I liked Miracle too, but it probably helps that 1) I’m American, and 2) I was born the year after it happened, so it didn’t distort history I lived through.

I’ve only seen the first 20 minutes or so of Slapshot.  I want to see the rest, not because it “drew me in,” but because I want to see what all the fuss is about.

Posted by K24 from NYC on 06/20/08 at 08:28 AM ET

You can now find Net Worth on DVD. It is really worth watching.

http://www.sportsposterwarehouse.com/warehouse/networth95dvd.htm - 6k

Posted by Kate from Pa. on 06/20/08 at 10:19 AM ET