Friday Night Lights

[Cole]

So, anyone checked it out yet? We've had three episodes so far, I've loved them all.

It's not a huge carry on from the movie which is good, but so far it does seem that the basic characters are the same (the cocky running back, the backquaterback with the crazy grandmother (in the movie it was the starter) the drunk running/fullback, etc)

Thoughts?

[ACCBiggz]

Watched it, didn't like it. The movie was overrated as well. This could be a lot better. Ratings haven't been mindblowing either, so not sure of its life span at NBC.

[wCwCreator]

Leno brought up the fact that if its "Friday Night Lights" why is it on a Tuesday?

I give it another month at best.

[ACCBiggz]

Everyone has brought that up... but that still has no barring on anything. It's not on Fridays because that is death to television. It's just the fact hardly anyone has interest in it.

[YI]

Watched it, didn't like it. The movie was overrated as well. This could be a lot better. Ratings haven't been mindblowing either, so not sure of its life span at NBC.

[Liam]

Is the film actually any good? I bought it a while ago, just not got around to it yet.

[ACCBiggz]

Nope.

[HailtotheYo]

I have to admit, I'm a bit biased as I live in Texas, and played HS and College ball here as well.

That said, I don't see why people say that the film sucks. Sure, it isn't a landscape changing documentary, or a blockbuster by any means. It wasn't supposed to be either. It was a re-telling/screen adaption of a writers personal/first hand account of what he saw when he went to Texas to find out for himself what the big deal was (Friday nights in Texas are known nationally as damn near religious days).

The movie was a pretty good adaption of the book, with very little 'hollywooding' .... I've read the book, so yes I know.

What were you expecting it to be ? or, what were you expecting from it ?

[ACCBiggz]

I was expecting it to be good, it wasn't.

[A-Dub]

I watched it, but I didn't like it for lack of realism...nothing is how HS football really is, except the players to a certain extent. But the acting is dece, it's just to overall presentation of HS football that I don't like. It's the only pure version of the game left, I just hope it remains so.

[TheSqauredCircleMessiah]

Friday Night Lights was a GREAT movie. I bought the football scenes and I bought the emotion. The part with the Billignsleys at the end damn near drove me to tears. The book is even better and tells a whole other story that the movie ignored.