Jay Baruchel's Top 10* Sports Movies7 of 12
Slap Shot
If you are a hockey fan and then you grew up with a dad of a certain age, Slap Shot is clearly a huge [influence]. Slap Shot is, depending who you talk to, still or was the goal-standard in hockey cinema. I tend to lean towards the “was” because, I mean the Goon films have taken its place. But I’ll take myself in Goon til the better of it. But there is nothing like Slap Shot. No other movie sounds mixed feelings like that. It is harsh and very heartfelt and very very funny. It is just authentic and does not have a bullsh*t bone in its body. Great bit of 70s cinema. Great bit of sports cinema. And just as funny of an afternoon as you can spend. it’s just lovely kind of melancholy that all of it lives on. There is a reason that it is still referenced the way it is.
If you are a hockey fan and then you grew up with a dad of a certain age, Slap Shot is clearly a huge [influence]. Slap Shot is, depending who you talk to, still or was the goal-standard in hockey cinema. I tend to lean towards the “was” because, I mean the Goon films have taken its place. But I’ll take myself in Goon til the better of it. But there is nothing like Slap Shot. No other movie sounds mixed feelings like that. It is harsh and very heartfelt and very very funny. It is just authentic and does not have a bullsh*t bone in its body. Great bit of 70s cinema. Great bit of sports cinema. And just as funny of an afternoon as you can spend. it’s just lovely kind of melancholy that all of it lives on. There is a reason that it is still referenced the way it is.
PeopleJeff Carlson, Steve Carlson, David Hanson
TitlesSlap Shot