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The TVClubHouse: Archives: Movies & Library 2003 -2004: Movies: May 2003 - April 2004: Miracle users admin

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Jbean
Member

01-05-2002

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 7:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i saw this movie yesterday and it was awesome! it was 2 hours and 20 minutes long and doesn't seem like it at all. by the end of the movie i was crying tears of joy, it was that powerful and emotional. i loved it! i didn't know going into it that it was a true story. that made it even better.

oh yeah and the sportscaster from one of the local new stations was in our audience. that was kind of cool.

if you like hockey at all i would highly recommend this movie!


Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I also highly recommend this movie. Kurt Russell
is very good. When the game vs. USSR was played it was tape delayed in Milwaukee. One of the anchors of the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee came on & told the outcome before the game was over.

Be sure to stay after the movie ends.

Mamie316
Member

07-08-2003

Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 3:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm glad to hear it was so good. I really want to see this one and I know I can get my dh to go to a movie! I remember when this all actually happened and to relive that excitement will be great.

Carlpsmom
Member

01-03-2004

Monday, February 09, 2004 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I went to see this yesterday. Absolutely loved it! Even though I had seen some of the events in real life, I still got so involved. My DH thought it was funny watching me get into the games! lol
Talk about a fantastic show. I did feel badly for the Ralph Cox character, but this is a true story. The changes in the Russian players were well done.Don't want to say too much and ruin it, though.
I will be buying this one for my nephews if/when it comes out on DVD.

Fabnsab
Member

08-07-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 1:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Finally, a movie that my husband chose! He never chooses! It was good but I admit I got a little bored with it. I think I wanted more player character involvement or something.

I was only 6 when it happened so I have no recollection. I like how they told us what the guys were up to at the end. Is that what you mean, Ketchuplover, or was there more that I missed?

Kurt Russell was good. He wasnt the least bit hot in this movie so that shows how well he did. LOL

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You got it fab :-)

Jagger
Member

08-07-2002

Tuesday, February 10, 2004 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
In Minnesota this movie is a must see, especially seeing as how Herb Brooks just died recently and there are so many Minnesotans involved in this movie. From what I hear is that most of the actors in it are real life hockey players and the acting part comes second to the hockey ability. I will definitly get this on DVD when it comes out.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 21, 2004 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Saw it yesterday. I thought it was just a mediocre movie, although the event was uplifting for the USA at the time. I forgot this was the movie KL said to stay past the end for. I wondered why everybody else was not piling out of there. So, somebody tell me what I missed.

Marysafan
Member

08-07-2000

Monday, March 01, 2004 - 9:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw this movie yesterday and LOVED it. I could have stayed and watched it again! I was the goofball, cheering every goal by raising her arms in the air and saying "YES!" right out loud, and had a really hard time to keep from chanting "USA USA USA!" I wanted to jump out of my seat when they beat the Russians...but didn't want to embarrass my children or my grandchildren who were watching it with me. (Imagine a movie for three generations!)

My 12 year old grandson sat between his mother and me. When my daughter asked him if he cried, he replied, "No, but you two did about 22 times!"

In real life, I was very involved following this team from it's inception to the it's arrival at the Olympic's. I loved these boys. I watched every game I could on TV. When I watched the Russian game that day, I was sitting on my living room floor holding my breath. With only 10 seconds left to go in the game, and the US with a one goal lead, I allowed myself to believe that we could possibly tie the Russians. My brain just couldn't accept that it was possible for these boys to beat them. I swear those last 10 minutes were the longest 10 minutes of my life...and that is saying something considering I once gave birth without any anesthetic.

I have also visited the US Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, MN where they had a display of some of the memorabilia including one of the Gold Medals. They also had a bank of Tvs where you could sit and watch the games...I sat and watched and USA'ed to my heart's content. I'm telling ya...I LOVED these guys!

I could still name most of the players even all these years later. So I just couldn't understand how they could possibly show Ken Morrow without his beard. It was his trademark. I wonder what their reason was for leaving it out. Until the last Olympics, Ken Morrow was the only person to win the Gold Medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year.

I knew who was on the team, so it was heartbreaking for me to know who was going to be the last man cut from the team. Oh, yeah, I cried.

The only thing about this movie that disappointed was that I wanted MORE! I wanted to see the gold medal game...with the closed door between period speech where Herb told the team..."You lose this game...and you will take it to your ****ing graves."

I wanted to know each and every story. How each of these guys came to be on this team, where they came from, and why they were doing this. (I think I need to go and find a book or two!)

After all these years, these guys are still "my boys" and I have a very special place in my heart for them.

Juju...what you missed was at the end they showed a picture of the actor gave his name and the name of the guy he played and where the guy is now and what he is doing. Buzz Schneider was played by his son.

I am going to have to own the DVD...so that I can play it again and again. I will even go out and buy a DVD player for that express purpose...for now I will singing "Dream On" in my head for days.

If anyone doubts the rivalry between the East Coast players and the western players, you should know this. In a recent article, one of the western players said that he would like to see them make "Miracle 2" where all the Eastern guys had their lines cut and western guys got the major storylines. Aww...you just gotta love hockey rivalries, they never die!

I know this is already long, but I have an interesting ending to the Russian/American conflict. On the Detroit Red Wings team, one of the hottest pairings in the NHL right now is Brett Hull, the outspoken American (yeah I know he is also Canadian) paired with the quiet, shy, but amazing Pavel Datsyuk. A reporter noticed a poster of the pair with the words "Brain Trust" hanging above Pavel's locker.

He asked Pave to explain it. Pavel who struggles with English pointed toward the ceiling and said, "It's for up there." Not understanding the reporter asked him to clarify. Pavel went to get Brett. Brett told the reporter that the poster was something they did for the space station.

"It is because he is American and I am Russian.", explained Pavel. "No it isn't." chimed in Brett. "It's because we are the two smartest guys on the team!"

Hockey players, you just gotta love 'em. But who could have dreamed that this would even be possible in 1980. We have come such a long way.




Curious1
Member

08-31-2002

Saturday, March 20, 2004 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Mary, what a great post! I was only 8 years old when this all happened and I don't remember much of it but my hubby does. We both went and saw this movie and LOVED it. Being that I'm a even bigger hockey fan now than he is I have to admit that I embarrassed him a few times with the "YEAH!" cry of mine ever time a goal was scored. The only thing I didn't like is that I wish the movie would have been longer so we could have seen even more actual hockey played. Loved the end though where it showed what each player is doing now. I will most certainly buy this as soon as the DVD comes out!

GO RED WINGS! :-)