Michael Owen offers marks out of 10 for each movie he is ever seen… having memorably claimed to have solely watched EIGHT in his life
- Michael Owen once claimed he ‘hated’ films and had only ever watched eight
- The former Liverpool star was tasked with rating the few films that he has seen
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Throughout his nearly 500 games as a professional footballer, Michael Owen had seen it all on the pitch.
After emerging from Liverpool‘s academy, the pacey striker quickly became one of English football’s brightest prospects as he netted 23 goals in his first full season at Anfield.
The teenager quickly became a key feature at international level, and scored one of England‘s most famous goals with a sensational individual effort against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup.
Owen would go on to score more than 200 goals in all competitions across his 17-year senior career before becoming involved in his other sporting passion, horse racing.
However, one thing the 45-year-old is decidedly less keen on is the world of the silver screen.
In 2014 Owen infamously claimed on the social media platform then known as Twitter that he had been forced to endure a movie on a long flight back from China.
Michael Owen was tasked with giving his verdict on the only eight films he claims to have seen
Former Liverpool star infamously expressed his disdain for the silver screen on social media
But it appears the 45-year-old has a soft spot for the 1984 martial arts classic The Karate Kid
He wrote: ‘Watched my eighth ever film on the flight home. Must have been bored. #HateFilms.’
Owen later claimed that there were just a handful of films he had ever begrudgingly sat through throughout his life.
‘Rocky, Heat, Ghost, Jurassic Park, Cool Runnings, Seabiscuit, Karate Kid, Forrest Gump.’ He added.
In a recent interview shared on the Premier League’s social channels, Owen was tasked with doing his best Barry Norman impression and reviewing the limit selection of movies that he has seen.
Tasked with giving his verdict on Sylvester Stallone’s 1976 Academy Award Best Picture winning classic Rocky.
‘Oh, Rocky 1? That was an average one,’ he said. ‘They got better with Rocky’s, I’ll go 3 out of 10.’
Asked for his opinion on the 1995 crime drama Heat Owen replied: ‘You know I’ve only watched a handful of films and you got these spot on well played.
‘Heat, I’ll go with five out of ten.’
Other beloved films fared even worse with the former Man United and Real Madrid star, with Seabiscuit receiving only a four out of ten.
1984’s The Karate Kid was the only picture labelled ‘good’ by Owen, with him giving the first installment in the martial arts franchise an eight.
