I was optimistic when I rented this movie. I love Dawson's Creek and so I assumed that James Van Der Beek would be good in this one. However, Varsity Blues was one of the biggest disappointments. It was your typical sports movie about teenagers who drink and have sex. I did not like these kind of jocks in high school and I did not like them in the movie. I respected Moxon and Billy Bob because they were not like the others.
I was also disappointed with the scene where Billy Bob is shooting at his trophies and Moxon comes to comfort him. this scene, in my mind, was only added to try and make the movie somewhat serious. The ending was way cheesy too. How many times have we seen the hero let the underdog win the championship game? Too many times I think. The only really good thing about this movie was Moxon's little brother who was quite funny with all of his religious costumes. I do not think the actors did bad jobs but I think the plot has been done before. I also think that it was unrealistic for Jon Voight's character to just quit after the team told him off. If he was so hardcore on football, he would not have quit and become nice all the sudden. Overall I think MTV needs to stop making these kind of idiotic movies that just glamourize typical jockish-male-dominated-sex-drinking movies. I give it a 3/10. booooo hisssss
I was also disappointed with the scene where Billy Bob is shooting at his trophies and Moxon comes to comfort him. this scene, in my mind, was only added to try and make the movie somewhat serious. The ending was way cheesy too. How many times have we seen the hero let the underdog win the championship game? Too many times I think. The only really good thing about this movie was Moxon's little brother who was quite funny with all of his religious costumes. I do not think the actors did bad jobs but I think the plot has been done before. I also think that it was unrealistic for Jon Voight's character to just quit after the team told him off. If he was so hardcore on football, he would not have quit and become nice all the sudden. Overall I think MTV needs to stop making these kind of idiotic movies that just glamourize typical jockish-male-dominated-sex-drinking movies. I give it a 3/10. booooo hisssss