Hackman-Great Actor, Terrible Bench Coach
Added 2/5/2010
Hoosiers could be the greatest sports movie ever that's not named Raging Bull. Hackman does a great job selling Norman Dale as the disgraced college coach who moves to the middle of nowhere to escape his past. His coaching techniques and the basketball styles of the players are period appropriate and the ending, though predicatble, is still immensely enjoyable.
My only complaint reality wise is Hackman's ineffectiveness as a bench coach. For a guy who seems to be considered an Xs and Os guy, Norman Dale doesn't get into the nitty gritty. I think I would have done a little more zone to force the guys from South Bend to shoot from the outside. I also probably would have done a little more pick and roll and back cut a la Pete Carrill and Princeton.
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Blu Ray transfer is awful
Added 1/29/2010
This Blu-ray transfer is just awful for such a great film. The colors are all washed out and the color contrasts are no different than what I would see on DVD. It actually looks a bit worse as you can see all sorts of color problems in the darker locker room scenes. If anything, the high definition blu ray actually accentuates how poor the transfer is! I would almost think that I'm watching an old VHS tape.
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Not worth getting a BD version
Added 12/22/2009
As with every Blu-Ray title, the review is in two pieces. The movie part, and the BD part.
The Movie is dated, and should be regarded as such. You cannot purchase this and expect modern editing or storylines. Story and everything is very trite, and somewhat contrived at times. Not sure why many consider this to be such a classic, since I found the story somewhat lacking and unconvincing. Still, being a classic it does have its moments and thus the okay rating.
The Blu-ray, well, is DVD-like at best. No reason to get the BD version unless of course you are in a region where it's not released for your region, namely Asia. No supplements of notice or worth, so no gain here whatsover by purchasing it in BD (or even in DVD) form.
I'd only recommend this for people who love the original movie and wish to own it, or people like me who just like collecting basketball movies.
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2.5 stars out of 4
Added 3/26/2009
The Bottom Line:
Hoosiers might have been considerably more novel when it came out, but like many a good film it has been weakened by its imitators--after 20 years it appears just as formulaic and tired as all the clones it spawned, and thus it's not very interesting as a film.
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Good but not wonderful
Added 1/19/2009
I enjoyed this movie, but it appeared to show it's age. On the same genre, I prefer "Miracle" or "Rudy".
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Hackman-Great Actor, Terrible Bench Coach
Added 2/5/2010
Hoosiers could be the greatest sports movie ever that's not named Raging Bull. Hackman does a great job selling Norman Dale as the disgraced college coach who moves to the middle of nowhere to escape his past. His coaching techniques and the basketball styles of the players are period appropriate and the ending, though predicatble, is still immensely enjoyable.
My only complaint reality wise is Hackman's ineffectiveness as a bench coach. For a guy who seems to be considered an Xs and Os guy, Norman Dale doesn't get into the nitty gritty. I think I would have done a little more zone to force the guys from South Bend to shoot from the outside. I also probably would have done a little more pick and roll and back cut a la Pete Carrill and Princeton.
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Blu Ray transfer is awful
Added 1/29/2010
This Blu-ray transfer is just awful for such a great film. The colors are all washed out and the color contrasts are no different than what I would see on DVD. It actually looks a bit worse as you can see all sorts of color problems in the darker locker room scenes. If anything, the high definition blu ray actually accentuates how poor the transfer is! I would almost think that I'm watching an old VHS tape.
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Not worth getting a BD version
Added 12/22/2009
As with every Blu-Ray title, the review is in two pieces. The movie part, and the BD part.
The Movie is dated, and should be regarded as such. You cannot purchase this and expect modern editing or storylines. Story and everything is very trite, and somewhat contrived at times. Not sure why many consider this to be such a classic, since I found the story somewhat lacking and unconvincing. Still, being a classic it does have its moments and thus the okay rating.
The Blu-ray, well, is DVD-like at best. No reason to get the BD version unless of course you are in a region where it's not released for your region, namely Asia. No supplements of notice or worth, so no gain here whatsover by purchasing it in BD (or even in DVD) form.
I'd only recommend this for people who love the original movie and wish to own it, or people like me who just like collecting basketball movies.
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