Young Shot Goon

Hockey films. I've seen a few and never really been that impressed. Some of my hockey buddies seem to love these films, they see something in them that I clearly don't. Maybe its my inability to suspend my belief for that long.

Take Slap Shot, hailed as one of the greatest hockey movies of all time. I'd heard a lot about this film, how good it was and how funny. So I was expecting to be blown away by it, but I wasn't. I was disappointed. The second and third films weren't much better. Well, actually, the third film was terrible.

Youngblood. A promising young hockey player goes into a minor league in Canada and he gets his leg-over the coach's daughter. That's all I can remember about that one.

The latest offering on the sliver screen was Goon. I went into the cinema so full of hope, but alas, I was disappointed. It was a film about a guy who could fight and was as thick as two short planks. A stereotypical hockey player.

It appears that these films have one main theme in common, violence. Those involved in hockey know that fighting, benches clearances and beating up mascots don't happen every game. Bench clearances happen less often, and beating up mascots.....well, I've never heard of it.

Maybe its just me, but I think films like this probably don't do much good for hockey in countries like the UK, where hockey is a minority sport.
It would be nice to watch a hockey film and it not be filled with violence or stereotypical hockey players.

Why don't I write one myself I hear you say! Well judging on the writing of this of this blog, mine wouldn't be much better than the films already out there.

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