Scattergood posted a MOVIE REVIEW item:
about 2 years ago

| Directed by: |
Jon Turteltaub |
| Written by: |
Lynn Siefert, Tommy Swerdlow, Michael Goldberg |
| Cast: |
Leon, Doug E. Doug, John Candy |
| Studio: |
Buena Vista |
| Genre: |
Sports, Comedy |
| Official Site: |
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Plot: Irving Blitzer disgraced himself when putting extra weights into his team's bob in the Olympics, resulting in his gold medal being taken away from him. Years later, Derice Bannock, son to a former fri...( read more read more... )end of Irv, fails to qualify for the 100-yard sprint for the Olympics due to a stupid accident. But when he hears of Irving Blitzer living also on Jamaica, Derice decides to go to the Games anyway. If not as a sprinter, then as a bobsledder. After some starting problems, the first Jamaican bobsledding team is formed and heads for Calgary. In the freezing weather Derice, Sanka, Junior and Yul are only laughed at, since nobody can take a Jamaican bobsledding team led by a disgraced trainer for serious. But team spirit and a healthy self confidence may lead to a few surprises in the upcoming Winter Games.
Review:
Cool Runnings is one of those films you used to watch and love as a kid. Everytime i watch it, it takes me back to that time, therefore its hard to say bad things about it. Cool Runnings has a charm, a charm that hardly anyone can get away from. It's lightheartedness makes the truth behind the story even more enjoyable.
Also for the type of film it was, there wasn't as many cliches as you would have thought. The ending shows that, you don't always have to win, its all about respect.

I did that once!! (but for the original 3 STAR WARS movies....doh!!) ;)
Good luck, sounds like a blast!