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Summary: The Best Movie In The World
Review: This movie was the best one I had ever seen! I saw it twice and theaters, and when i bought it one day i watched it twice. Kurt Russell and all of the actors did a wonderful job and it will be around for a long time- it's about the greatest moment in sports' history!
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Summary: The best movie and DVD ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: In the movie, Kurt Russell does an amazing job portraying Heb Brooks. My dad is a hockey coach and knew Herb and he says Kurt is just like Herb when you watch him on screen. Another great thing about this movie is the way director Gavin O'Connor chose hockey players to play the role of the team. They do an excellent job of recreating this memorable moment and acting at the same time. The DVD is loaded with great bonus features like outtakes, a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the movie, and a short fearture about the journey of the hockey players to become actors. My favorite feature though would have to be the talk that Russell and the filmmakers had with Herbbie himself. This gives you a behind-the-look into the personality of the man who inspired the movie. You learn his ways of motivating his players and get to see how much Russell and him are alike. This is a great DVD that I loved and I think you will too!!!!
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Summary: I remember; I believed
Review: In 1980, I was living in Washington, DC. I had graduated from the University of Wisconsin, which back then was only known sports-wise as a hockey school, two years before. I remember seeing Mark Johnson practice on the ice at Camp Randall, and I knew that Bobby Souter was "the enforcer." This film, MIRACLE, brought it ALL back. In 1980, I remember watching ALL of those games lying on my bed in something like the fetal position because the stress was so overwhelming --- eventhough Walter Cronkite had announced the outcomes--victories-- during his news broadcast before the games were shown on television. As I watched, I always was afraid that Walter had made a mistake. Those final seconds for all the games were too much. I must have aged years in those seconds. When Al Michaels said those historic words, "Do you believe in miracles?" I remember screaming to the television screen, "YES, I DO." I got to do that over and over again tonight as I watched the film, . . and then watched the final scene over again. There are at least a few times in the 20th century when I know without a doubt that feeling of great pride that we all could have in saying that "Yes, I AM an American." I think that when our troops liberated Paris must have been one of those times. Lake Placid was another. I wish I could have been there both times. Seeing this film is as close as any of us --except for those members of the team who were, of course, there -- get to have that feeling even if it's only fleeting. I'm buying the DVD, though, just so that I can feel it again and again.
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Summary: "The Mystery of the Miraculous" Lake Placid, 1980
Review: There are living witnesses out there to this event in the Winter Olympics of 1980. I am one of them. I shall not describe the film but attempt to make you understand the scope of this success. It was as if you and I were just regular high school types who played football and were perhaps minor stars in college and we decided to put a team together to challenge the Super Bowl champions and end up beating them 21 to 14. When you see team USA line up against the Russians in this film, look at the faces of our team versus the Russians and you will realize what I mean. Time is spent showing you the background to producing the final team product and how a coach operates. It is a good film and does not romanticize the game. You also will come to understand that Jim Craig blocked a LOT of shots to hold off the Russian juggernaut and keep them from tying the game in the late stages of the hockey miracle. It is inspiring, interesting and well worth a view. A story, when reporting a real life event and struggle is greater than any fiction!
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Summary: Very Well Done
Review: This is a movie that accurately portrays an event I remember very well. When the 1980 USA hockey team played, I watched...I don't even think I blinked while watching any of their games. Miracle is a great film. It is a tribute to everyone who has attempted to do the impossible, an awesome adventure in human achievement, and a fun film the whole family can enjoy. This is one of those MUST-SEE films. Buy it; it is worth every penny!
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Summary: action packed, inspiring, exciting...........a.k.a.PERFECT
Review: i wasnt born wen the US beat the U.S.S.R, but i had heard about it. after watching this movie, i really understood y it was so important.
this movie was inspiring in many ways. it teaches about self determination, respect, and how hard work pays off.
also, it was filled with excitement. there was constantly something important going on. even whe there was no hockey being played, there was a problem that had 2 be solved.
i am a big hockey fan, so i really enjoyed this movie. they are almost alwasy playing it, so it had me interested the whole time.but even if u dont like hockey, u will like this movie. it is not only about hockey, it is about how a team overcame huge odds 2 win a game. just not knowing what will happen next will have u loving this movie
this movie also had more than 1 big thing happening. it also talks about herb brooks and his own personal promlems. that way, u r alwasy being entertained.
i absolutely LOVED this movie. it is very inspiring . if u like hockey, or if u just like good mives, even if u dont like anything, u will like this movie . so wat r u doing being lazy reading this review?
GO BUY IT!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Relive the Sporting Event that Energized a Nation in 1980.
Review: In 1980, at the Winter Olympic Games in Lake Placid, NY, the American men's ice hockey team, comprised of young college players, took on the best ice hockey team in the world, the Soviet Union's, and won. The U.S. men's team went on to win Olympic Gold that year, for the first time since 1960. I remember watching that game. I wasn't a fan of ice hockey, but neither were most of the viewers glued to their television sets. Only someone living in isolation could have been unaware of the U.S. men's hockey team's unexpected performance at the Olympic Games that year. They had earned a spot in the medal round, against the Soviet Union. This was just as the Cold War was heating up. The U.S.S.R. had invaded Afghanistan. Americans were being held hostage in Iran. There was a feeling of national malaise. A young hockey team with more heart than experience had become unlikely heroes, at least in the minds and hearts of Americans. Even so, no one expected them to beat the Soviet Union. We only hoped they would put up a good fight. But win they did, in one of the most memorable televised sporting events ever. "Miracle" is a dramatization of that team's journey to the Olympic games and it's triumphant conclusion twenty-four years ago. I wonder what took Hollywood so long.Coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) is the hero of the story. He had coached the University of Indiana Men's Ice Hockey team to 3 NCAA championships when he was hired to coach the U.S. Olympic team. He proposed to employ a hybrid of the Soviet and Canadian styles of play, and to rely on teamwork instead of individual talent. The U.S. team had nothing to lose after several dismal Olympic performances, so they hired him. He spent only one day assembling the right players. And he trained them longer and harder than seemed reasonable to accomplish what seemed unreasonable: to win. "Miracle" is shot in the color palette, and to some degree the style, of 1970s cinema, which gives the film a nice period air. The climactic hockey game, however, employs more modern cinematographic and editing techniques, which help make it exciting. "Miracle" spends a lot of time on that game, and director Gavin O'Conner , cinematographer Dan Stoloff , and editor John Gilroy deserve praise for making it suspenseful, even for those of us who remember the real thing. Kurt Russell splendidly transforms himself into a middle-aged, stoic, stubborn and very determined Coach Brooks. Patricia Clarkson and Noah Emmerich turn in very nice supporting performances as Brooks' wife Patti and the team's assistant coach Craig Patrick, respectively. There is an awful lot of training footage in this film, some of which should have been cut to trim some length off of "Miracle"'s slightly bloated two hours and ten minutes. But this is still a nice film. The first half is a little sluggish, although informative. The pacing improves in the second half, and the final hockey game exhibits a lot of skill and delivers a lot of excitement.
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Summary: Takes you "back" to a golden moment
Review: By some instinct, I turned on my tiny black-and-white TV during the 1980 Olympics and, completely by accident, caught the last 15 minutes of the U.S.-Russia hockey game--the one most prominently featured in the movie "Miracle." Watching the movie brought back the rush, the physical THRILL of watching that last, winning puck shoot into the net. I was in my last year of college in Boston (where Eruzioni was a local hero), and thus the same age as many of the hockey players depicted in the film. My kids, still young, didn't need the memories to find this movie appealing; for them, it was a great addition to the "sports underdog" genre of movies. (Although I have to admit they did not at first believe that people ever wore their hair like that; I had to show them my high-school yearbook to convince them). An admirable sports film and a good choice for families.
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Summary: So what !
Review: Save yourself time and energy, find an old news articles describing the events that took place 2 decades ago and don't bother purchasing or renting this stinker. What was KURT RUSSELL thinking? What could have made KURT opt to jump on board this DISNEY TRAINWRECK. Wonder if KURT did it due to his loyalty towards his old studio (Disney) or simply that he needed the cash and was not getting any credible scripts offered to him. This film plays out like a bad movie of the week on ABC (also Disney based). The film did not ignite up the screens nor did it shake up the Box office. A main reason for the total lack of box office magic is the predictable dialogue. The musical soundtrack is interesting but not enough to make you run out and purchase this cheesy stinker. Sports fan may want to relieve a moment in time but the average movie buff will find the screen play predictable and the acting rather card board. Another recent stinker from the folks at Disney, Mickey get out some wine cause this is some first rate old cheese.....really really bad!
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Summary: so one dimensional
Review: Hockey is about more than the game on the ice and this movie is only about the game on the ice. It could have been so much more. Seriously, I don't think I've seen an honestly good hockey movie. I've seen Mystery Alaska, Mighty Ducks, Slap Shot, and nothing has impressed me.
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