Goon (2011)
Doug Glatt, a slacker who discovers he has a talent for brawling is approached by a minor league hockey coach and invited to join the team as the "muscle." Despite the fact that Glatt can't skate his best friend, Pat, convinces him to give it a shot, and Glatt becomes a hero to the team and their fans, until the league's reigning goon becomes threatened by Glatt's success and decides to even the score.
This movie is nothing but a disgrace to the game of Hockey. It is well named because the actors in it all act as goons and goofs. Blood, gory and disgusting. It just promotes bullying and has nothing to do with hockey. There was no sportsmanship to it. Thumbs down.
I just came across this movie on the internet and decided to watch it. The first half seemed like it was a little bit funnier and the second half was a little more serious. Even if you're not a hockey fan it is still a good movie to watch.
There are plenty of classic sports movies. Rudy, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers and Rocky are some of the best of all-time. When it comes to hockey movies, none have been very successful. Perhaps the hockey movie with the highest accolades is Miracle, but the best “hockey†movie ever made is Slapshot. The biggest challenge in making a hockey movie is the audience; do you make it for hockey fans, or movie fans?
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