Like a fine Wine

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2009)

I am someone who does not especially like college football. Nor do I like Notre Dame over any other college team.
That said, I will state that I found RUDY to be inspirational in many aspects. The fact that he did not quit or give up when all seemed futile.
Watching the movie, almost anyone would have thought that his chances at actually playing in a game were about the same as hitting the mega lotto.
I was saddened that any football program would "use" guys as little more than tackle dummies in practice. Watching the movie, I was actually surprised that any team used "walk-on" guys to make the "real team" prepared for the game.
Watching the character take the repeated hits, day after day, I found that I was rooting for him to get his chance.
I found that the team actually wanting him to suit up for one game a real joy.
It was an added bonus when they were ahead and chanted for him to actually play at the end. Personally, I found it somewhat a turn off to have the coach portrayed as someone that "had" to be pressured by the crowd and other coaches to play when it was assured that no matter what, they could not lose.
Maybe I was just thinking about my thoughts of my own HS coach who was a hard ass that I would NEVER want to run till I dropped like in the movie. That is why I told him "not interested" when he begged me to play ball. Yeah, and this was the same guy that acted like a DI the day before in gym class.
Oh well, in any case, RUDY is a film that is really good. This is coming from someone that does not especially like football movies.