The Last Dance
Certainly one of the few highlights of 2020, an infamous year for the history of the world but also media, as major motion picture releases got pushed to a later date and we were stuck with made-for-TV, unmemorable films that all of us who had letterboxd gave way too high of a rating at the time (I’m guilty of this as well). We were so desperate for exciting new movies and shows but it’s safe to say that The Last Dance was and is still deserving of its hype. Those who are <PERSON> fans like me know the feeling of biased sports media slandering their favorite player (whose peak, around ‘01-‘08 range, I’d put up against any NBA player), yet I have absolutely no issue with <PERSON> being the goat as he actually really is. By the time you completely the documentary, you’re going to be barking at imaginary refs who obviously made the wrong call as well as encouraging teammates to catch your perfect alley-oop passes.
It’s oddly a really comfort miniseries, you can throw it on at any part of any episode and be completely sucked in, not since Hoop Dreams has a sports doc been this intoxicating. Each <PERSON> reaction of memorable moments of his playoff runs are priceless (him smirking, chuckling and straight up belly laughing at <PERSON> and <PERSON> are hilarious far beyond their apparent meme potential). 223
“I took that personally” also became a meme, but it really is the engine that drove a competitor like <PERSON> to be the best that ever played the game of basketball (pretty much the only sport I give a damn about, to be honest with you. The parallels that great players have with great film actors are more than you’d think. I got <PERSON> as <PERSON> and <PERSON> as <PERSON>, by the way). <PERSON> and <PERSON> get the short end of the stick here, but it was strictly facts as <PERSON> wasn’t afraid to reveal some of his toxic habits as well. Inspiring and honest stuff.
2020 Ranked 585