
Great Football Movie !
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From our blog post of 12-21-06:
Invincible, (no not the upcoming Invincible Iron Man movie!), was recently released on DVD. It's the true story of South Philly native Vince Papale who played three season with the Philadelphia Eagles football team after winning a spot in an open camp.
Just checked it out yesterday at our local BlockBuster video store, (we own stock in the company), and viewed it last night.
Tina grew up in the greater Philadelphia area, so she's been an Eagles fan long before she was introduced to comic book collecting by me. She is a true fan, much like her Uncle John who helped raised her, so she knew all about Vince Papale. And yes, she's heard the stories of Eagles fans booing Santa Claus (although she was too young to remember it).
So how did it fare for a movie viewer like myself, who just recently became interested in the Philadelphia area and its football team?
Well it was pretty darn GREAT! It reminded me so much of the first Rocky Balboa film, who was from the same South Philly area, and also struggled to become a star. However, this was about a true person, not a fictional character, and it made me check out the bonus features, which included how this movie came to be, after it was first told in a 4 minute promo on an earlier Monday Night Football game. If you rent the DVD, I suggest you watch the bonus feature before you watch the movie.
The last time I was in Philly I had some fantastic cheesesteaks so, the street scenes made me hungry! Thank goodness we have "Philly Frank's" out here in San Diego area for when we're 'jonesing' for cheesesteaks!! Speaking of the street scenes, much of the movie was shot in Philadelphia. In fact, the daughter of a friend of Tina's served Mark Wahlberg several times at her Philly restaurant while they were in town filming the movie. (He was polite and a good tipper!)
The movie is definitely not to be missed... even if you are NOT an Eagles fan or even a football fan. It has an inspirational story and can been seen by a family audience.
Michael
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