MCW: Best Sports Movie

Finally an opportunity to insert Burt Reynolds into a MCW. Because, let's face it, he's not likely to come up in any "best ofs" unless the category is "best compound bow kill shot of creepy country inbred buggerer".

I would be excommunicated out of the Peach State if I didnt choose "The Longest Yard" as my best sports movie. It was filmed at the Georgia State Pen - a former cotton farm prison down in Reidsville - with an awesome opening scene car chase filmed in Savannah and Brunswick. Actual prisoners in the Pen were used as extras to be on the Mean Machine team, headed by Burt, a former Florida State football player.

It's the classic set-up: corrupt warden (played by Eddie Albert of Green Acres fame) offers prisoner early release to throw football game between convicts and prison guards. The hero finds his soul along the way and trades freedom for integrity.

This clip, coming in at a merciful 31 seconds, shows how our disgraced point shaving football "hero" starts off a string of bad behavior that lands him in prison to begin with: roughs up girlfriend, steals her car (which he says he has earned it, presumably for putting up with her shite) drives car off bridge, and beats up cops.



It's just a good old fashioned violent, extremely un-PC movie from a time before the movie industry, and the US in general, became a bunch of over-groomed geldings. Enjoy and

Gobble Gobble!

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MCW: Worst Sequel

Morpheus prepares to blow away Joel Silver and the slags at Fox

Surprise, surprise. This is something Hollywood excels at: damaging original works of art with sequels in order to capitalize on stupidity. McDonald toy tie-ins, DVD's, t-shirts, action figures, posters, and cheap schwag of all manner fill the isles of Wallyworld et al with tributes to bad cinema. If you don't know what I am talking about think "Twilight"; Hell there is even Twilight lipstick now. And when sequels alone arent bad enough? Then its on to 3D!

Good Movies that had Bad Sequels:

Jaws
The Sting
Rocky
Wall Street
Blues Brothers
Halloween
Nightmare on ELm Street
Men in Black
Grease
Lethal Weapon
Caddyshack
and my pick for most damaged movie:

The Matrix.

I won't be posting a clip from any of the lame ass sequels which i think i may have tried to watch (on TV, for free) but apparently slumped into a coma while doing so. The Matrix was a darkly gorgeous allegory for the increasingly oppressive state in which we find ourselves. It ended correctly; the heros triumph happens in the same way it has gone down in myths through the ages. Sequels remind me of dogs that return to their own puke: a slimy poor relation of a once delicious meal. Nuff said.

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Movie Clip Wednesday is a game that is open to all. To Play, visit Milk RIver Madman to find each week's assignment, then post your entry by wednesday.