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Varsity Blues
$14.00
Hot factor: 10
Mox: James Van Der Beek
Coach Kilmer: Jon Voight
Lance Harbor: Paul Walker
Billy Bob: Ron Lester
Tweeder: Scott Caan
Wendell Brown: Eliel Swinton
Directed by Brian Robbins. Written by W. Peter Iliff. Running time: 100 minutes. Rated R (for strong language, sexuality and nudity, and some substance abuse).
This movie was made by MTV, so you can imagine what's in it. Yes, there is some nudity and silliness, but overall this was a very poignant and touching movie. There are some smutty scenes in a strip club involving one of their female teachers. ("That's a pretty nice car for a teacher..") There are some other entertaining moments involving his overly spiritual brother who inspires a following of disciples and the antics of drunken football players.
The movie is narrated by Mox (James Van Der Beek, HOT!!!!) a motivated student torn between his values and his success on the field. Coach Kilmer (Jon Voight) leads the team with fear and his control over the small hick town located in west Texas. When the star quarterback is injured as a result of his abuse of painkillers, which was encouraged by the coach. Mox is a skilled player; when replaces the former quarterback, he leads the team to victory with his original strategies. Coach Kilmer wants him to stick to their old ways of playing. He even goes as far as to threaten Mox's academic scholarship to Brown to keep him from rebelling. Finally, at the end of the movie, the conflict boils down to the final game of the championship.
Mox is tempted by an archetypal slut cheerleader, who chooses only to seduct the current quarterback on the team, whomever that may be.. She seduces him with a whipped cream bikini, but is stunned when he rejects her advances. He was planning on consummating their "friendship." In the end his conscience intervenes. Mox, in fact, has a girlfriend, Jules, with whom he is in love. When the slutty cheerleader kisses him in the hall, Jules sees him and later breaks up with him, saying he has let his star quarterback fame get to him. He is struggling with himself throughout the movie, questioning the kind of person he wants to be. Football doesn't mean much to him, he just wants to get out of the town.
All in all, this was thoroughly enjoyable movie. It could get a little bit sappy with Mox's struggle against the coach, but it's all good. Ummm...If you're like us and you know nothing about football, you might find some of the scenes a tad confusing. Some of the complicated football procedures and terms just went right over our heads.
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