Bull Durham for me, with Fields of Dreams a close second.
I thought Draft Day was atrocious.
Nuke: I want to bring the heater. Announce my presence with authority.
Crash: To announce your what?
Nuke: Announce my presence with authority!
Crash: To announce your fucking presence with authority?! This guy's a first-ball, fastball hitter, he's looking for the heat.
LOL...I actually like that dumb movie. And Postman also
For the love of the game was horrendous.
+1
I'm not sure I ever saw Stealing Home start to finish. I will have to check that one out.
Bull Durham was excellent though.
When I first saw that movie.. I thought the same thing. Then, I wondered if it was just great research on their part. It is possible they caught and threw the ball differently way back then. Those leather gloves I do not think had pockets that grabbed the ball so easily and you may have needed to use two hands.
Bull Durham, Field of Dreams and For the Love of the Game. As much as I really liked Tin Cup, his swing was iffy for a pro golfer.
"They will come, Ray, they most certainly will come." One of the best monologues ever.
Tin Cup maybe my favorite of them, but his non-sports movies are much better (other than the spectacular failures). Untouchables, No Way Out, Robin Hood, Open Range, even his TV work (Hatfield & McCoys and Yellowstone) are all better than any of his sports movies IMO.
Billy Chapel. Future HOF'r, WS ring, learned how to finesse after arm trouble, not afraid to brush guys back, stays at the Waldorf on NY road trips, rents Porsche droptops during same, ends his career with a perfect game, great ski house, asks somebody from NYC "What, I don't have enough black on?", and gets Kelly Preston.
What the F else is there in this world. Movie is the American Dream......
I'm not sure I ever saw Stealing Home start to finish. I will have to check that one out.
Yeah, I was totally wrong. It was Mark Harmon in Stealing Home (with Jodie Foster and Helen Hunt). It's also not really a "sports movie" but more of a coming-of-age drama with some baseball sprinkled in.
I didn't grow up with baseball and never played catch with my dad, so Field of Dreams isn't for me. Give me Bull Durham, which is still probably one of the most realistic sports movies (apart from Tim Robbins trying to throw like Fernando Valenzuela). I think Costner is at his best when he gets goofy, I wish he did more of those roles.
I honestly liked Waterworld
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in For Love of the Game. That needed to be mentioned here.
Billy Chapel. Future HOF'r, WS ring, learned how to finesse after arm trouble, not afraid to brush guys back, stays at the Waldorf on NY road trips, rents Porsche droptops during same, ends his career with a perfect game, great ski house, asks somebody from NYC "What, I don't have enough black on?", and gets Kelly Preston.
What the F else is there in this world. Movie is the American Dream......
Haha, so true. He was perfect in that role too, just nails the Chapel character. Also, special nod to John C Reily and JK Simmons.
Boom.
Jesus.
Just watched it tonight it was excellent
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Just watched it tonight it was excellent
Yes. A good flick.