Miracle Full Screen Edition
November 3, 2009 by 11 Forgotten Laws
Filed under Success
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From the studio that brought you THE ROOKIE and REMEMBER THE TITANS comes the movie everybody loves — MIRACLE. Filled with exhilarating nonstop hockey action and heart-racing suspense, it’s the inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in sports history — the 1980 United States ice hockey team’s triumphant Olympic victory against the Soviet Union. Kurt Russell gives a brilliant performance as the dynamic and determined coach Herb Brooks, who had an impossible dream — beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of 26 undisciplined kids, Brooks coached them to play like they never played before, and turned 20 of them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable — and in the process, united a nation with a new feeling of hope.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Rousing, ‘come from behind” hockey movie
I am not a sports fan. Period. I’ll watch the occasional few minutes of Michael Jordan in a tense playoff or a fantastically close Super Bowl on occasion, but beyond that, I have no interest.
I do find few movies about the fanatics who drives themselves to excel interesting or the fanatics who drive people to excel, to go far beyond what they themselves thought possible.
That’s what “Miracle” is all about, a coach named Herb Brooks who drove a group of mostly collegiate hocky players to fuse into an Olympics winning team, trumping the Soviets, who had won four consecutive championships.
Kurt Russell plays Herb Brooks. What we see is a narrow, driven man who has only one goal: to produce an Olympics winning hockey team through his coaching. And Russell conveys that image beautifully, leaving us with an impressiona of a guy we probably wouldn’t want to spend any time with (and, likewise, we would be of no interest to him) who ignored his family and browbeat 20 some kids into submission until they became a functioning team.
It’s a great movie about a coach. The players, as they were in the real incident, were submerged to the coach’s will and ego. The hockey scenes are exciting. I don’t know enough about hockey to comment on their authenticity and, frankly, I don’t care.
In the end, it is the story of a driven, selfish man demanding that his recruits obey his every order and become, to a large extent, automatons until they fuse into a single whole, a team. Look closely and you will see the techniques of every successful army since the beginning of time: slavish obediance while preserving the capability to make individual decisions. It worked for Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, George Patton and Herb Brooks, when he applied it to hockey.
A lot of the film centers on rah-rah American patriotism which needed a boost after feckless Presidency of Jimmy Carter who cancelled American participation in the 1980 Summer Olympics to “protest” the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is a nice feeling to see the United States portrayed positively in a Hollywood movie, for a change.
Overall, “Miracle” is an entertaining movie about an eccentric coach, the team he built and the results they acheived. Best of all, it’s a true story.
Jerry
5 Stars BEST MOVIE
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES THAT REMINDS US ALL HOW GREAT THE REAL AMERICAN SPIRIT CAN BE, EVEN AGAINST ALL ODDS!!!!!!!!!!
4 Stars Very Realistic Hockey Scenes Help Make This A Winner
This was a pretty nice movie overall. I appreciated the realistic hockey scenes and the inspiring true-life story of an amazing underdog sports team pulling off the “miracle.” That, of course, was the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team winning the gold medal and along the way becoming the first team in 20 years to defeat the Soviets.
The story also is about Herb Brooks, the coach of the team. Everything in here centers around him. Kurt Russell does a nice job playing him, although I don’t understand the Polish accent Russell used. Why would Brooks have a Polish accent?
Over the years, sports movies - as in other genres - are becoming more and more realistic. This was about as good as it gets in that regard. A number of the actors are players, meaning they know how to skate. A documentary with the DVD shows the great lengths they went to in filming this in order make the action look realistic. It’s not fake; these guys know how to play the game and the camera-work, along with the sound, is outstanding.
The only part of the film that was totally unnecessary was the typical cheap shots against Republican Presidents while airing an inspirational speech by Democrat Jimmy Carter. Even if a hockey film, Disney Liberals just have to be in the viewers face with political bias. Too bad because otherwise it’s a good sports movie that even non-hockey fans should enjoy.
5 Stars It Really Was A “Miracle”
What an amazing journey this team had. Herb Brooks is one of the greatest people who ever lived, not to mention an incredible hockey coach! This movie was such a fine recollection of the team, the work they did and the sheer glee that was felt nationwide when the did the impossible…great story, great movie.
5 Stars Hockey movie
Just what I expected. Quick shipping. I was very pleased with my transaction.
Miracle Widescreen Edition
April 21, 2009 by 11 Forgotten Laws
Filed under Success
From the studio that brought you THE ROOKIE and REMEMBER THE TITANS comes the movie everybody loves — MIRACLE. Filled with exhilarating nonstop hockey action and heart-racing suspense, it’s the inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in sports history — the 1980 United States ice hockey team’s triumphant Olympic victory against the Soviet Union. Kurt Russell gives a brilliant performance as the dynamic and determined coach Herb Brooks, who had an impossible dream — beat the seemingly unbeatable Soviets at their own game. Starting with a handpicked group of 26 undisciplined kids, Brooks coached them to play like they never played before, and turned 20 of them into a team that believed they could achieve the unachievable — and in the process, united a nation with a new feeling of hope.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Hockey movie
Just what I expected. Quick shipping. I was very pleased with my transaction.
5 Stars Rousing, ‘come from behind” hockey movie
I am not a sports fan. Period. I’ll watch the occasional few minutes of Michael Jordan in a tense playoff or a fantastically close Super Bowl on occasion, but beyond that, I have no interest.
I do find few movies about the fanatics who drives themselves to excel interesting or the fanatics who drive people to excel, to go far beyond what they themselves thought possible.
That’s what “Miracle” is all about, a coach named Herb Brooks who drove a group of mostly collegiate hocky players to fuse into an Olympics winning team, trumping the Soviets, who had won four consecutive championships.
Kurt Russell plays Herb Brooks. What we see is a narrow, driven man who has only one goal: to produce an Olympics winning hockey team through his coaching. And Russell conveys that image beautifully, leaving us with an impressiona of a guy we probably wouldn’t want to spend any time with (and, likewise, we would be of no interest to him) who ignored his family and browbeat 20 some kids into submission until they became a functioning team.
It’s a great movie about a coach. The players, as they were in the real incident, were submerged to the coach’s will and ego. The hockey scenes are exciting. I don’t know enough about hockey to comment on their authenticity and, frankly, I don’t care.
In the end, it is the story of a driven, selfish man demanding that his recruits obey his every order and become, to a large extent, automatons until they fuse into a single whole, a team. Look closely and you will see the techniques of every successful army since the beginning of time: slavish obediance while preserving the capability to make individual decisions. It worked for Alexander the Great, Julius Ceasar, George Patton and Herb Brooks, when he applied it to hockey.
A lot of the film centers on rah-rah American patriotism which needed a boost after feckless Presidency of Jimmy Carter who cancelled American participation in the 1980 Summer Olympics to “protest” the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. It is a nice feeling to see the United States portrayed positively in a Hollywood movie, for a change.
Overall, “Miracle” is an entertaining movie about an eccentric coach, the team he built and the results they acheived. Best of all, it’s a true story.
Jerry
5 Stars BEST MOVIE
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES THAT REMINDS US ALL HOW GREAT THE REAL AMERICAN SPIRIT CAN BE, EVEN AGAINST ALL ODDS!!!!!!!!!!
4 Stars Very Realistic Hockey Scenes Help Make This A Winner
This was a pretty nice movie overall. I appreciated the realistic hockey scenes and the inspiring true-life story of an amazing underdog sports team pulling off the “miracle.” That, of course, was the 1980 United States Olympic hockey team winning the gold medal and along the way becoming the first team in 20 years to defeat the Soviets.
The story also is about Herb Brooks, the coach of the team. Everything in here centers around him. Kurt Russell does a nice job playing him, although I don’t understand the Polish accent Russell used. Why would Brooks have a Polish accent?
Over the years, sports movies - as in other genres - are becoming more and more realistic. This was about as good as it gets in that regard. A number of the actors are players, meaning they know how to skate. A documentary with the DVD shows the great lengths they went to in filming this in order make the action look realistic. It’s not fake; these guys know how to play the game and the camera-work, along with the sound, is outstanding.
The only part of the film that was totally unnecessary was the typical cheap shots against Republican Presidents while airing an inspirational speech by Democrat Jimmy Carter. Even if a hockey film, Disney Liberals just have to be in the viewers face with political bias. Too bad because otherwise it’s a good sports movie that even non-hockey fans should enjoy.
5 Stars It Really Was A “Miracle”
What an amazing journey this team had. Herb Brooks is one of the greatest people who ever lived, not to mention an incredible hockey coach! This movie was such a fine recollection of the team, the work they did and the sheer glee that was felt nationwide when the did the impossible…great story, great movie.
