Snowflake Challenge: Day Three

[tangeriner]

Day 3

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

So on day one I mentioned one of my happy place movies is Draft Day. It is legit a movie about the NFL draft. That's it. It was a giant flop. But the cast is amazing: Chadwick Boseman, Jennifer Garner, Terry Crews, Kevin Costner, Tom Welling, Sam Elliot, Ellen Burstyn and more. I spend half the movie going, "oh hey, it's that guy, oh hey, it's her, oh hello there."

The movie fills me with inexplicable happiness. The whole thing, but especially one scene.

"Draft Day (2014) - The NFL Draft Scene (6/10) | Movieclips" (Watch on YouTube)

I feel like this has the most impact if you've watched the entire movie, but this is the moment I fell in love with Chadwick Boseman. He's just absolutely amazing, in this scene and in the rest of the movie. Vontae Mack remains one of my favourite all-time characters. THE FEELS.

Also, the editing and the music for this movie are way better than they probably should be.
 

Comments

[copracat]

I'm guessing the blonde guy was the favourite to go first? I feel I should recognise him. Oops :)

But other than that, omg what a cast just in that 3 minutes!

[tangeriner]

Yup, he was! It's all very dramatic. Character is Bo Callahan, played by Josh Pence. Who apparently played the Winklevoss twin that Armie Hammer's head was pasted onto in "The Social Network." Huh.

But yeah, seriously! What a cast! I didn't even recognize Tom Welling until I forced a friend to watch it with me, and she was all, "Smallville!" He's great in it, too.

[bookofdays]

This post speaks to my soul. I LOVE Draft Day and that is my favorite scene of the entire movie. I don't understand why the movie was such a flop because I enjoy it a lot. I've watched it several time. I think I should watch it again soon.

[tangeriner]

YES! It's mystifying that it barely made its budget back! It's just SO GOOD. That look on Vontae's face when he realizes what Sonny's done. I can't even... I need a rewatch, too. (SO GOOD).

[bookofdays]

it is! I was so happy to have seen it in theater. I think I cried a little at the look on Vontae's face.

[tangeriner]

Ahhh, me too. And then that slightly later scene when Sonny calls him up, and Vontae can barely speak? My heart. That basically did me in.

[bookofdays]

yes! You can't help but feel the emotions he's feeling and be all "You deserve it!"

[tangeriner]

I ended up re-watching the movie, haha. Vontae deserves every good thing.

[spikedluv]

I haven't seen this movie, but that clip was great!

[tangeriner]

I heartily recommend. It's basically sports fluff.

[onthecyberseas]

That movie does have a great cast. I actually got the chance to read the original script when I interned in Hollywood for a couple of months, and they definitely improved the movie from the draft I read.

[tangeriner]

Oh, wow, that is so awesome. Small world! I love it so much. Thanks for letting me know. I'm delighted!

[fjbryan]

I missed this in the cinema, but caught it on a plane flight some time later. And since then, I have watched it on a plane about five times crossing the Atlantic! I love the slow-build of the film and then the payoff when the first pick is made...draft for talent and character! Brilliant explanation of why this movie works for me, too.

I don't understand why it didn't become a favorite at the box office. Sometimes it is about marketing, sometimes it is timing during the year and the competition at its release, sometimes stars won't do the legwork on the talk show circuit, so failures happen for all kinds of reasons after the film is in the can. But you're right, it's a bit of a mystery to me why a good film is so little known.

[tangeriner]

The slow-build is just perfection. You can't help but love Vontae from basically the first scene, but then the owner meddling! the fan pressure! the Browns legacy! So many little things than when they all finally come together, it's just so satisfying.

That's such a good point. I'm not even sure why I ended up seeing it in theatre, except I probably saw a trailer while seeing something else and I, weirdly, love football movies (I'm not sure I've ever watched a game of football from beginning to end) and, more than that, I love sports drafts. I remember coming out of the theatre so pleasantly surprised, because holy smokes, it was good.