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Summary: How about the game itself?
Review: 5 stars for the movie and all aspects so nuff said. How about the actual game itself? I managed to tape the game several years after the Olympics but would really love to see this out on DVD. How about it, ABC? How about it, fans? What can we do to bring the actual game to DVD?
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Summary: Miracle is right.
Review: I took three little girls with almost no interest in hockey to see this movie. I'm a crazy hockey fan and a film buff, so to say that I loved it probably isn't going to convince anyone. One of the girls, a very opinionated nine-year-old, told me before we saw it, "I don't know about hockey because there's too much smashing!" By the end of the film, though, she was cheering like she was at a real hockey game. The next time I saw her, she announced, "I'm going to see Miracle again because I liked it so much! Jack O'Callahan was my favorite because he came right out and knocked the other guy over!"Not that I'm advocating children enjoying violence, but I think that shows that this movie isn't just for hockey buffs. I was definitely impressed with the realism--the boys playing the hockey team were all real-life players, so there were no long shots of stunt doubles, and yet they were all thoroughly convincing actors as well. "Miracle" is up there with the best sports movies ever made, and can be enjoyed by kids and adults alike.
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Summary: the best sports movie ever made
Review: Miracle- Is the best movie made about a historical moment in Olypic sports history.Kurt Russell: protreas Herb Brooks so well it real live like your on the ice being coached by him. And when you are watching the games, you really fill like you are a part of tell crowed yelling and cheering on the US Hockey team. And the kids who play the hockey players do such a good. It a great movie for familys with childern of all ages.
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Summary: Remember the titans of hockey
Review: I love movies, and hockey. so when i heard they were making this movie i was exstatic. this movie was very inspirational and cool. any one who liked Remember the Titans is sure to love this movie even if you don't like hockey you will love this movie. i give this movie 6 out of 5 stars. believe in miracles peace i'm outy.
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Summary: Miracle. Disney's best yet.
Review: To Nemo the Clown Fish, your review is revolting. I was there when it happened. As a young amature hockey player from Minnesota, I can only say how fortunate I am. Prior to the 1980 Olympics, I had the privledge of being on the ice with Bob Sutter and Ken Morrow. They came down and practiced with us. As a 12 year old kid at the time, these guys were bigger to me than the NHL. Herb Brooks took a group of college kids to the Olympics to beat the Russian national team, mind you, a professional team. Oh, back to the movie. A great hockey film, a breath of fresh air after Slap Shot II. The movie not only shows you the highs of being on a great team, but all the hard work and dedication it takes to get there. No actor alive today could have pulled of the stellar performance of Kurt Russell. Hat's off to Disney, I give this 6 stars. And to Nemo the Clown Fish, I guess the announcer's words "Do you belive in miracles" at the end of the final game, your answer was NO. Some day you will grow up and see that life is much more important than a cartoon.
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Summary: BEST HOCKEY MOVIE EVER
Review: As a hockey player, realism was the most important thing for me. I had heard that the realism was exceptional, so I had high expectations for it, all of which were exceded. By casting hockey players, they made this movie as realistic as possible. The history is also amazingly accurate, Mike Eruzioni's transformation from long-shot to captian, all the way to the infamous "Brooksisms." A must see for anyone, hockey fan or not.
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Summary: Complete over-rated rubbish
Review: Hey dude, before you decide to see this movie. Let me tell you something about it. This is one of Disney's biggest loads of crap I had ever seen in my life. The game "Miracle" was a great game, but I wasn't born when that game was around. There can be a few things that can be funny, but then it gets old. So I have to admit this movie is crap. "Finding Nemo" is my favorite movie and I really enjoyed "Brother Bear", but "Miracle" sucks and was like the opposite of them both. There was nothing to understand during the movie. When Herb Brooks was saying again and all the players were running around and getting tired, I really got annoyed that I was going to yawn again and again. The beginning didn't make any sense. This movie sucks. So, I aplogize to all the 5 star reviewers for this movie, but you are out of sight. It sucks.
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Summary: The Best Sports Movie Ever!!!!!
Review: I'm only 12, so I didn't live through the time of the Winter Olympics in 1980, but I have to admit that it explained the game very good. Other true sports movies like COOL RUNNINGS and THE ROOKIE are very good, but this movie is cooler. A must see for EVERYONE. I don't like hockey that much, but it is still an awesome movie.
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Summary: Beautiful Movie
Review: As a Minnesotan, and a lover of hockey, this subject is near and dear to my heart. Let that be a disclaimer -- I'm a bit biased. Miracle is, of course, the story of the 1980 "Miracle on Ice", when a smaller, more inexperienced U.S. team upset the Soviets to go on to the gold medal round against Finland. This is the event that ESPN determined to be the greatest sporting moment of the twentieth century. The movie is exceedingly true to the events that took place -- from Herb Brooks' exclusion of everything in his life except hockey, to the way Eruzione danced down the ice after scoring the game winner that would put the U.S. up 4-3 with 10 minutes left to play. The filmmakers, though, make the movie more that just hockey -- they put the movie into a historical context by showing us news clips (subtly and not-so-subtly) including things like the Iran Hostage Crisis, they put two characters in a car in a line waiting for gas, the styles, the music, even the language reflects 1979-1980. Rather than resort to body doubles, they found hockey players who had the ability to act, which lends a great deal of realism to the scenes on the ice. The characters are done decently, though they seem to focus largely on Mike Eruzione and Jim Craig (the goalie), perhaps because their stories are the ones that really stand out. The movie will run you the gamut of emotions -- laughter to tears, and in the end is worth watching repeatedly, just to experience the joy of hockey. The only thing they could do to make this DVD package better than the materials it includes is to package the actual game on DVD with it. (I was fortunate enough to catch it on ESPN Classic the night before seeing the movie, which only gave me more appreciation for the quality of the film.)
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Summary: The best movie I've ever seen
Review: Miracle truly is a wonderful and inspirational movie, and I highly recommend it to everyone else. What is so inspiring about the movie is how it illustrates that a goal is achieved through dedication (emphasized memorably by Kurt Russell as coach Herb Brooks) and lots of hard work (shown by the players). This is definitely a great story, supported by related sub-stories and lots of exciting action.
There are lots of good points about this movie, but a couple things that I liked about it were 1. the producers didn't jam unnecessary, distracting elements into the movie- they stuck to the real story; 2. they made an excellent decision to find real hockey players who could act, rather than try to teach actors how to play hockey. That really adds a lot to the authenticity of the movie. All of the hockey players did an OUTSTANDING job, all the more outstanding because most of them have not acted before. And, fortunately, all of them are likable, though different (ex. O'Callahan and McClanahan are pretty hot-tempered, while Jim Craig is a little more aloof and easygoing, and Eruzione is definitely the "nice guy," making him my favorite). I hope we see some of them again in future movies. Even though you know the United States wins at the end, this movie will still carry you through a variety of emotions: you cry, you laugh, you tense, you cheer, and you feel proud of the team and the wonderful nation they represented!
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