tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post2994415692687555232..comments2024-03-28T03:28:59.634-07:00Comments on The Ace Black Movie Blog: Movie Review: Hoosiers (1986)aceblackblog.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-8693756025582492692022-03-03T20:47:40.442-08:002022-03-03T20:47:40.442-08:00I just wish we got to know the kids better. There ...I just wish we got to know the kids better. There were bit players in their own movie. It's a feel-good movie, but the papered-over cracks are visible.aceblackblog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-23568480337938521192022-03-03T08:00:42.810-08:002022-03-03T08:00:42.810-08:00It's mildly fascinating to me that this is a m...It's mildly fascinating to me that this is a movie that gets us to root for the white kids against the inner city Black kids, but it's hard not to. It does this in the right way, though--we want this kids to win because we like them and not because we dislike the other kids.<br /><br />Dennis Hopper is awfully good in this. He was when he was given good material to work with.<br /><br />My brother co-authored a book about the guy who actually took the last shot in the game this was based on. He is, not surprisingly, a folk hero in Indiana.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com