REFLECTIONS

Football movies are especially popular on the BIG SCREEN as we head toward another Super Bowl, XLVII.

Released just days before the big game, this movie, called 80 for Brady features four aging women who idolize former New England Patriot and Tampa Bay star quarterback, Tom Brady, No. 12.

The elderly women in the sports movie are Sally Field, Wayne State University; Rita Moreno, age 91 (she doesn’t look a day over 60); Lily Tomlin, Birmingham University and Jane Fonda, college dropout. All are over with the exception of Sally Field. She is 75.

The movie takes you through the antics of these women who face adversity (fighting cancer, family challenges).

The movie is not very deep in meaning, but it is a comedy that will have you chuckling out loud. The football scenes on the field pitting New England vs. Atlanta are real. The Patriots made an unbelievable comeback to win the game.

At the end Brady is seen on the beach weighing retirement once again. He did make it official last week.

“80 for Brady” was actually inspired by a real-life group of women. The movie was clean with very little profanity.

Football movies don’t just appeal to sports lovers. They appeal to movie goers desiring a movie with a GOOD plot. Sunday’s game between Philadelphia and Kansas City will be the best thriller ever in Super Bowl times.

How many football movies have you seen? Try to remember.

Here’s just a few of my favorites:

• Brian’s Song
• Remember the Titans
• The Blind SideThe Longest Yard
• Rudy
• Jerry MaguireFriday Night Lights
• North Dallas Forty
• Heaven Can WaitFighting Back, life story of Rocky Bleier of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Paper Lion