TDMMC Movie Madness, Round 1 - Bull Durham vs Coach Carter

[Brian Fein]

Round 1 Matchup:

BULL DURHAM

Released: 1988
Directed by: Ron Shelton
Starring: Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon
A fan who has an affair with one minor-league baseball player each season meets an up-and-coming pitcher and the experienced catcher assigned to him.

VERSUS

COACH CARTER

Released: 2005
Directed by: Thomas Carter
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Rick Gonzalez
Controversy surrounds high school basketball coach Ken Carter after he benches his entire team for breaking their academic contract with him. 

Poll is posted above.  Voting is open until March 10th.

Go!

[Sunstroke]

oach Carter was a good movie, but Bull Durham is an all-time classic. If this was a seeded bracket, this match-up would have to be a 1 vs 16 or 2 vs 15.  This also has nothing to do with the Kevin Costner tattoo I have on my left butt cheek.


"Come on meat, show me that million dollar arm of yours, 'cause I got a good idea about that five cent head..."

[Brian Fein]

This is a seeded bracket...  Coach Carter is rated higher than you would think...

[Dave Gray]

I have actually not seen Coach Carter, but I'm not in love with Bull Durham like everyone else.  I found the relationship between Costner and Sarandon (and the other dude) to be disturbing for some reason.

[Brian Fein]

I haven't seen either of these.  I may try to see one or the other before voting.

[Sunstroke]

^^^ You're a baseball fan and HAVEN'T seen Bull Durham? 

Mind = Boggled

[Landshark]

oach Carter was a good movie, but Bull Durham is an all-time classic. If this was a seeded bracket, this match-up would have to be a 1 vs 16 or 2 vs 15.  This also has nothing to do with the Kevin Costner tattoo I have on my left butt cheek.


"Come on meat, show me that million dollar arm of yours, 'cause I got a good idea about that five cent head..."

Any school sports movie will get my vote over a non school one, and Coach Carter is one of my top ten sports movies of all time. 

"You got jokes to go with that ugly jump shot of yours?"

[AZ Fins Fan 55]

I liked both of these movies a lot...this one was tough!