My favorite sports movie is an oldly from my childhood, but I sure could relate to it. The Disney Channel movie "Double Teamed" is a basketball movie about two twin girls who had an obvious height advantage when it came to athletics. Heather, one of the twins, played volleyball and was seen as the "MVP" child and this always bothered Heidi, her sister. Heidi always prefered participating in plays or school drama functions. That all changed when they were forced to move schools in order to better have an opportunity for college scholarships. The movie goes on to show both girls being asked to play basketball for a southern California high school team and growing together more than ever before.
The ending of the movie shows the girls ending up playing in the WNBA, which I even as a young child first watching this movie did not believe. This sense of overall perfection in cinema comes through in this part of the movie. In addition, the movie inspired and brought me hope. This movie spoke to me because I saw myself doing what they were doing in the movie one day. It sparked an interest in a young girl's heart that she could defeat the odds and acquire anyhting she dreamed. Although this movie sugar-coated many aspects of life as do so may American films, the cinematic reality of shined through still and let me know that I could do whatever I set my mind to.
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