What sport makes the best material for movies?

[kairos12]

I say boxing.

[we can do it]

1. Baseball

[jberryhill]

2. War

[CaliforniaPeggy]

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[Wounded Bear]

23. The specific sport is like the settings on stage...

what matters is the story and the characters. Great acting, great directing, all the things that go into good story telling.

[Solly Mack]

4. Football, baseball/boxing, basketball, and hockey.

In that order, with baseball/boxing being just about a tie.

Or not.

[neeksgeek]

5. I vote for jousting.

The music's great too.

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[elleng]

6. BASEBALL!

[spiderpig]

7. Baseball for comedies, football for tragedies

On second thought - The Natural, Pride of the Yankees, North Dallas Forty...
thank you for messing up my weekend, kairos.

[lunasun]

8. Boxing!

Raging Bull, Million $ Baby, Rocky, Hurricane, Ali, Cinderella Man,
Great White Hope, Requiem for a Heavyweight. There are others I haven't thought of
Edit to add a list link ...I started thinking about all the boxing movies
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls000414801/

[Lochloosa]

9. I WIN!

https://vimeo.com/25931145

[librechik]

10. mountain climbing

no effin leagues!

[kairos12]

11. With that in mind. This film is quite good.

I have climbed around the world. I was on the Eiger in 1979, but not on the North Face. I've always thought the story of Tony Kurz is the greatest story in mountaineering history.

[librechik]

12. saw that--awesome movie!

my hubby has climbed the Eiger 1000 times--in his mind! I think it's a great sport for films, but I am scared to watch most of them!

[jmowreader]

13. Buzkashi, of course

It is a very simple game: A beheaded goat is placed on the ground and the players are all on horseback. All one needs to do to win the game is to pick up the dead goat and haul it across the goal line. Whoever does it wins the game.

There are, of course, a few complications...there are hundreds of other people on the field trying to do the same thing, the goal line is a mile away, and buzkashi has absolutely no rules so if an opponent wants to kill you to get the goat away, he can.

[malthaussen]

14. Curling. Definitely curling.

-- Mal

[dawg]

17. Sweep! Sweep! Sweep!

[Floyd R. Turbo]

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[LeftInTX]

16. Golf!!!!

Action packed!
I love the sound effects!

[WinkyDink]

18. Since the BEST sports movie evah is "Hoosiers," I'd say basketball!

[flying rabbit]

19. Has to be dodgeball

on The Ocho.

[kairos12]

20. If you can dodge a wrench...

[bluedigger]

21. Fishing.

"You're gonna need a bigger boat."

[eppur_se_muova]

22. No contest -- ROLLERBALL !!

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