Tuesday Ten: Sports Movies

Who is excited about the Olympics? Only three days away but I'm not counting or anything! I love every minute of the summer Olympics. My favorite sports are all up: tennis, swimming and sailing. Until then, some of my favorite sports movies to help those three short days pass faster!

10. Cutting Edge

9. The Mighty Ducks

8. Angels in the Outfield

7. Eddie the Eagle

6. Wimbledon

Even if you don't like tennis, just watch to hear Paul Bettany talk. He has the best accent.

5. The Blind Side

4. The Game Plan

So I'm a sucker for kids movies...this one is super cheesy but I love it!

3. Remember the Titans

2. A League of Their Own

There's no crying in baseball!! Tom Hanks at his finest. Ha ha!

1. Miracle

We watch this movie all year long. We quote it. We even picked out some of the players names at the Olympic Village in Colorado Springs.

Of course it's my favorite sports movie! Only the best!

Someone needs to make a swimming movie because that's missing on my list. Enjoy!

Let the countdown to Rio begin!

Do you hear the people sing?

Last night, my dad and I finally got to see Les Miserables.  It was by far one of the best movies I had ever seen and the music, as expected was phenomenal!  From the beginning, I was literally drawn into the French Revolution and sat wide-eyed for the entire movie, never even touching my snack or drink because I was so connected to the film.

 

My love of Les Miserables started in eighth grade when I first read the classic by Victor Hugo.  For a 14-year-old the book should have been intimidating but I was fascinated by the characters and the plot lines and the music, which we heard in the special anniversary video that our teacher played for us to help us understand the book better.

 

From the moment I finished the book, I wanted to see the musical.  The next year it came to Pittsburgh and I used my hard-earned library paycheck to buy tickets.  I went with my friend Kristin and we sat up in peanut heaven but just to hear the music was amazing.  Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to see it again but some day.

 

Since then I have just been listening to the music a lot...especially when I had long drives.  When I found out their was going to be a movie last summer, I can honestly say I COUNT NOT wait wait until Christmas Day.  Just watching the commercials I got chills and very excited!  I knew my dad wanted to see it too, so I gave it to him as part of his Christmas gift and then I got to go to!

 

If you haven't seen it, I would highly recommend it.  I know its not for everyone but just to hear the music or see the story or say you saw an Oscar-worthy performance or to make fun of Russell Crowe singing.  Ha ha!  It's worth it!  Then go to the library and get the book and the musical CD!  Those are free and totally worth it as well!

 

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