Teary

I just watched Glory Road before I have to go to rugby practice. Man, I am a sucker for a good sports movie. Corey came home from work to find me sitting on the edge of the sofa with an afghan in my mouth, terrified that Scoops was gonna die or else Big Daddy would have something bad happen to him.

I literally weep at the end of each of these films when the appropriate team wins the big game. Rocky. Rocky II-VI. Hoosiers. Remember the Titans. A League of Their Own. Wildcats. I get totally pulled into the plot, involved in the action. It's cuz I'm so damned competitive. I feel the burn of these athletes. I live their sacrifice. I yearn to be them, under the pressure of victory, feeding off the energy of my teammates. I need it!

Why aren't there more such films surrounding female athletic achievements? My college rugby coach hated that our team loved A.L.O.T.O. because he felt the ending was anti-competitive and that Dotty let Kit win. He might be right.

Also, Bend it Like Beckham is kind of a sports hero movie for girls, only the victory is tied into the central love story of the movie which, in a male movie, would have its place as an appropriate back story. Take Glory Road. Bobby Joe and Tina weren't central to the plot. Nor was Coach Haskins' love for his wife. Man, I want to see a movie where girls are trying for the big game because they're competitive and driven and hard and mean and want to win.

I don't want this win to be dimmed by a love story, either. Sports! Victory! Aggression!

Somebody get out there and make a girls' sports movie. Stat! I command you! Then, I can cry both because I'm into the plot and because I'll final see a model of my own life legitimized on the silver screen.