Rudy, Rudy, Rudy....
by Paragon SC on Dec 16, 2011 3:43 PM PST
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You know Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger as the guy who, with good old-fashioned hard work, overcame dyslexia and his small stature to play football for Notre Dame, and inspire this movie. But if you thought that was an uplifting tale, get ready for this: Ruettiger is now paying over $380,000 to the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle claims that, using a little ingenuity, he artificially inflated the stock value of Rudy Nutrition, his sports drink company, to something much, much bigger – $11 million in phony profits, to be exact!
This clown made a cottage industry out of his boring story, (I have never even seen the flick...and I refuse to) so of course this clown abuses his notoriety.
Fitting...
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I saw a screening of that movie in Westwood
They had a former team captain of the Irish there to comment on how Rudy inspired the team during his tenure with the Irish. The team captain regretfully admitted that he had no idea who Rudy was, and didn’t remember him at all.
"Rudy"
The most overrated sports movie ever!
by Chicago Wolverine on Dec 19, 2011 7:05 PM PST reply actions
The only good thing about that movie
is the soundtrack. It’s by Jerry Goldsmith, who went to USC before dropping out to enroll at Los Angeles City College.
It’s a lovely score. And it’s in movie trailers all the time.
Proud to say, NEVER have seen the film.....
that’s how strong my anti-Iwish feelings are, guess scar tissue still hasn’t healed from 51-0.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
I saw the film
and yes its a Notre Dame movie, but it was enjoyable to watch. The most startling thing for me about the movie is that Rudy’s Notre Dame, and JC education was a means to an end, which was to play for the Irish. He was going to class and getting his degree because he wanted to play football. He was a kid with no professional football talent, and he has a chance to go to Notre Dame and get a degree, but he never talks about the school, or what it was like going there. His entire focus was football. When the movie came out Rudy was a gardener. The dramatic license taken with the movie was fairly egregious. Every ND player that played on Rudy’s team seemed to not even remember him. I think he got to play in a game, as a walk on for one stinking play. No crowd cheering his name, no teammates cheering his name. Its all probably 98% dramatic license.
HolllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyWooooooooooood!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
-R. Zimmerman
, hooray for
“Based on a True Story” means squat. There’s little moral weight and less legal weight behind the phrase. If I have a dream where I sprout bat wings and live in a cave on the Moon, I can say “Based on a True Story” – it’s a true story that I had this dream . . . as far as you know.
The ND footballers never placed their jerseys on the desk. The janitor didn’t really exist. Coach Devine had no qualms about putting Rudy in, he planned to play all the seniors in the final home game.
That being said, Rudy worked his ass off to stay on the team and he did get a sack. Most memorably, at Chuck Weis’ request Rudy spoke pre-game to the 2005 ND squad and then ran out the tunnel on to the field to in the great 34-31, 4th and 9 Trojan victory.
The message that people should pump up their accomplishments and abilities to create a false yet highly marketable image is wrong. The message that people should believe in themselves and never give in to adversity is one worth believing in. It should either be delivered via a truthful vehicle, or one that is admittedly fictionalized, but not a confusing hybrid of both.
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