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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 money this is 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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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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