Friday Night Lights

Hard not to come away thinking of Hoosiers. Billy Bob did a very credible job but he's no Gene Hackman or Dennis Hopper. Still, I can't recall a better movie about high school football. I think I'd be a little embarrassed if I were from Odessa. All of the beautiful, aerial views of desolate, empty desert must have been to help us understand that "football is all they have" in small, West Texas towns. My favorite line (this probably isn't verbatim) was: The future is getting ready to start in a few minutes. "Forever's about to happen in just a few minutes." Sound track was great. And the movie was shot in what I've come to think of as the "Saving Private Ryan" effect. Very effective. [IMDB]