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Any Given Sunday (1999)

Rate: 2
Viewed: 6/04, 4/08

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4/08: Any Given Sunday is the modern version of North Dallas Forty about the chaos and lifestyle of professional football.

The violent editing simply rapes my eyes and has me thinking of scheduling an appointment with the ophthalmologist sometime soon. On the DVD cover, there's an exclamation, "AS GOOD AS MOVIES GET" when it should be "AS BAD AS MOVIES GET."

However, believe it or not, I do think of Any Given Sunday at times because I'm a fan of the NFL and see the relevance and similar parallels. Sometimes, there are moments that are uncanny in real life which makes me wonder if Oliver Stone knew ahead of time.

Of the performances, I love Lawrence Taylor's whose bit in the sauna is scary good. It's reminiscent of Marlon Brando when he was covered in shadows at the end of Apocalypse Now. Unfortunately, the rest is unwatchable, leading to this foregone conclusion: nobody had seen a football game before.

All in all, there isn't a difference between watching Any Given Sunday and banging my head repeatedly against a wall.