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Summary: it was no miracle
Review: this is not an honest portrayal of what really happend. The whole subplot with how the soviets agreed to take a dive in order to ease relations between our nations was never there. Furthermore there were no scenes depicting how abusive this coach was with his family and what fueled him to be on the olympic team. The soviets deserve better treatment than how this movie treats them. To beleive the USA really won this match fairly is like saying disney's mighty ducks can really fly. pure, false, garbage.
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Summary: Not quite 100% factual
Review: The challenge cup they refer to in the movie between the NHL All-Stars and USSR, which was won by the USSR 6-0, was said to take place in October 1979. This is false. The NHL starts their season in October. Why would they play an All-Star game?The actual event was a three-game series played in February, 1979, in place of the league's annual All-Star Game. It was won by the Soviets 2 games to 1, with the final game being the aforementioned 6-0 result. Since Herb Brooks was named coach of the team in June 79, there is no way he could have been watching that sportscast showing highlights of the game at the airport with his team. Other than this blunder, the film was pretty good, utilizing real hockey players rather than actors to play hockey players. This gives the hockey scenes (and there are plenty) much credibility. And for a near two and a half hour movie, it didn't feel that long, as the hockey makes the movie fly. In fact, the ending feels kind of abrupt. They didn't expand much into the Finland game, which was the actual gold medal winning game. Historians seem to always neglect that game. It is a shame too, because if we don't win that game, we don't win gold. And what was up with the gray Finland jerseys? In the real game they wore white. The Finnish Ice Hockey Federation must not have given permission to use the exact jersey.
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Summary: A movie for all hockey fans
Review: A must buy for all hockey fans.
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Summary: Shame on you Disney and Buena Vista
Review: Great movie, bad DVD.
Look at the back of the package. Made in Mexico.
The greatest country and the greatest hockey team in history are disgrased by the foreign origin of this DVD and video.
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Summary: Well Done!!
Review: This movie was very good. It's based on a true story, so that makes it way more interesting then if it wasn't a true story. The movie is about a coach, who used to be a hockey player. He almost made it to the Olympics, but was taken out of the team on last notice. That team was the team that last won the Gold medal for hockey in the Olympics. Well, he gets this team together and they train together and then they end up winning the Olympics. The real miracle was not the last game that won them the gold, but it is the game that they beat the Soviet Union who had won the gold medal for hockey the prior years. That is the story. I can tell what happens at the end of the movie with my summary because everyone knows the story, also if you didn't know the story if you saw the previews you would know what happens at the end and that is the miracle. When I saw it I was mostly glued to screen. At sometimes it got a little slow because it was confusing. This is what I thought the problem was; for people who lived through the time period and actually lived through it will appreciate it more then a person who wasn't alive during that period. However, it was an excellent movie that I suggest everyone go see and own it also. I was extremely impressed.
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Summary: Takes you back to 1980
Review: The only thing better than this movie was the actual event! Rates right up there with other feel good movies about the underdog coming through, like "Seabiscuit" and "Vision Quest". Anyone who remembers the actual event and the feelings that this country felt at the time will get a spiritual uplift by watching it all happen again. And for those who are too young, it'll make you feel like you were there and give you a sense of American Pride at it's most intense. Hurray for the little guy who manages to sling shot a giant!
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Summary: A solid sports film.
Review: "Miracle" is like any other sport movie. The only difference that sets them apart is that their triumph is a remarkable true story. What can only be conceived from the minds of Hollywood is actually the story of the 1980 U.S.A. Olympic hockey team that shocked the world by defeating the insurmountable Russians in the semi-finals, known as "the miracle on ice," and then finishing off Finland for the coveted gold medal. "Miracle" is a typical sport movie but it still succeeds because it avoids most sport clichés. Another positive note to "Miracle" is that they treat the game of hockey pretty straight forward. The drills and games are shot realistically with no fanciful things. The opposing teams do not have a unique personality but simply ordinary players like the U.S.A. team with an urge to win. Nothing is ever overdone. Moreover, even though we know the fate of the team and the games, the movie does a fabulous job in maintaining suspense. What the movie does do a bad job on is that it knows where it is heading but leaves the audience behind. What stage are they in? What is the importance of this game? Are they qualifying or are they already in there? These were the sorts of question that I asked myself during the courses of their game. In spite of all the clichés and mismanagement of certain plot points, Kurt Russell alone is worth the price of admission. It is always fascinating to see an obsessive coach but even more intriguing knowing that he is a real person. "Miracle" certainly is a feel-good movie and it will leave a proud grin in your face. With the wonderful performance of Kurt Russell and a director (Gavin O'Connor) that did his best in directing an original film based on clichés, it is no "miracle" that this movie succeeds.
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Summary: Truly a Miracle...
Review: I had seen the HBO documentary about the 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team and heard a lot of interviews from the actual players. When I was told a movie was being made I could hardly wait until February 2004 to see it. It is amazing how exact the movie is in comparison to the documentary. And yes, like many others, I also teared up when the announcer counted down the last few seconds and then proclaimed those famous words..."Do you believe in miracles...yes!" The director did an excellent job. I am anxiously awaiting my copy of Miracle...which my brother is getting me for my birthday.
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Summary: Great movie - but release the game ABC!!
Review: This is a fantastic movie, especially for those who saw the game back in 1980 and know how big of a deal it really was. I can see how younger people may not really get it. And now with millionaire pros playing in the Olympics it is impossible for something this inspirational to ever happen again. The perfect DVD extra would have been to include the actual game. I taped it a few years ago from ESPN classic and have written to ESPN to request that they put it out on DVD. I don't understand why they don't. If they had packaged it with 'Miracle' they would sell tens of thousands more copies of it. This is one of the greatest marketing blunders of all time.
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Summary: Great Movie but missing some important points
Review: Being a hockey player I went into this movie a little biased and knew I was going to like it no matter what, and I did. Though I was fairly young at the time this event took place it's nice to know that I can say that I was around when it happened. Even though you know what the outcome of the final game is going to be, the moive makers did a very good job of creating the suspense of the slow moving clock in the last game. I'm a little dissappointed in the ending and how they just kind of glossed over the Gold Medal game against Finland like it was less important. There was probably just as much drama in that game that could've been shown as there was in the USA vs USSR game. If you ever get a chance, watch the HBO documentary special on the 1980 USA hockey team. That has interviews with Herb Brooks and a handful of the players and press people from both sides. It brings tears to my eyes each time I see the US players discribing for themselves how they beat the Soviets. In the HBO special, Herb Brooks talks about being cut from the 1960 USA hockey team at the last hours before the Olympics and how he was sitting with his Dad watching the US win the gold. His dad turned to him and said "It looks like the cut the right guy".
To me, a little flash back in the beginning of the movie showing that would have really played up that stoyline better then the 1980 players just talking about it the locker room.
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