Blue Chips (1994)

[inactiveuser501 168]

Has anyone else seen this? If the gang is holding off on Steel and Kazaam, Shaq's film debut may be the remedy. Nick Nolte is playing basically a Bobby Knight character and is involved in bribing kids to join his team? Shaq's performance as a basketball player, aka what he does for a living, is mind boggling, and there is just so much insanity that needs to be discussed!

[HipGuide 196]

No.

[inactiveuser501 168]

No.

 

Gotta be clearer than that.

 

I really am just amazed by this scene. Does Shaq call Mary McDonnell a bitch RIGHT IN FRONT OF HER?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUnaFhIJ17Q

[thestray 361]

I remember virtually nothing from this movie, but anything with Shaq in a lead role I'm going to say is HDTGM worthy.

[PlanBFromOuterSpace 3138]

I don't recall the reaction to the film at the time, but it strikes me as one of those movies where people would say "This athlete/singer/dancer/other non-acting personality is surprisingly good" when they're essentially playing themselves and doing the only thing they know how to do.

[inactiveuser501 168]

I don't recall the reaction to the film at the time, but it strikes me as one of those movies where people would say "This athlete/singer/dancer/other non-acting personality is surprisingly good" when they're essentially playing themselves and doing the only thing they know how to do.

 

Shaq plays a Basketball player about as well as Mariah Carey played a singer.

 

But Shaq is far from this film's only problems. Nick Nolte's freakout in the first scene, Ed O'Neill as the reporter who wants to take down Nolte, but is gone for 1 hour of film time and doesn't even do anything? J.T. Walsh killing it as the protagonist? It just is amazing.

[SlidePocket 707]

Directed by William Friedkin and written by Ron Shelton, this could've been a success but just didn't quite gel.

[MLSESQ 0]

This movie is so viscerally bad I got up and left the theatre when it came out... I'm shocked it isnt an episode already with the stellar acting... the well is deep with this one...