A MAJOR slap in the face to football fans anywhere.

Rating: 1/10 (1 October 2014)

I am a major Denver Broncos fan, and when I went to see this film, I was with plenty of other Broncos fans in the theater. I don't know what they thought of it, but I strongly feel this is a slap in the face to football fans anywhere. All that happens in the film is the Cleveland Browns GM Sonny Weaver (Kevin Costner) felt under pressure to make a splash in the draft, so he trades 3 first round picks for the 1st overall pick to draft Wisconsin QB Bo Callahan. My problem with this part so far is that GM's are supposed to do what's best for the team; they're team first executives. But here's the film's biggest problem. Between the time the NFL draft starts and when Sonny made that trade with Seattle, and that is quite a lot of the film's running time I will add, he does more research on Bo. He even says in the film "We're still gonna have to take another look at this kid and everything there is to know about him before I can feel good about what we just risked." So he traded 3 first round picks to draft a player he doesn't know much about, and after doing more research on him he decides not to take him. NO YOU STUPID WRITERS!!!!! GM'S SHOULD ALREADY KNOW TO DO MUCH RESEARCH ON PLAYERS BEFORE TAKING THEM IN THE DRAFT, LET ALONE TRADING UP FOR THEM!! Draft Day is a badly paced coming of age story which doesn't work for my stated reason. Sure, there's a subplot about a pregnant girlfriend and his dead dad, but those subplots go absolutely nowhere. You could edit them out of the film completely and it wouldn't change a thing. We also have the draft where Sonny cons other stupid GM's, and even gets his draft picks he traded to Seattle back. How did he do that? He got the 6th pick in the draft while Seattle had 7, Bo Callahan was still there, and Seattle traded 3 firsts to move up ONE SPOT. MORONS!!! THIS FILM IS SO UNREALISTIC. There's also another element that annoys me. They have made-up players as well. The Cleveland Browns starting QB in real life as of October 2014 is Brian Hoyer. In this film, it's Brian Drew. All the players in the draft are made-up as well. Even Arian Foster, an ACTUAL NFL player, is playing a fictional character known as Ray Jennings, and the Browns draft him. (Yes, they end up putting Arian Foster on the Cleveland Browns. BITE ME!!) If this happened 40 years later in 2054 or something like that, I could excuse that. But the film's biggest error in this step is their continuity and lack of football knowledge. They have a scene where they blatantly mention Peyton Manning. They then talk about the Denver Broncos and say we have a made-up player at QB named Harrett. Contradictory much? Why not have New England or Green Bay with Harrett? Neither Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers were mentioned in the film, so by their logic, they can not exist. They mentioned Peyton, then acted like he doesn't exist. This film is pathetic, stupid, and really didn't need to be made. This isn't just one of the worst movies of 2014, nor is it just one of the worst sports movies ever made, it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen PERIOD. Skip this trash and watch Moneyball.