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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 3, 2021 3:17:21 GMT
3. Moneyball. Somewhat factually based, often heavily dramatised. Take out the whole daughter plot line, and focus on the baseball aspects - it has some very well scripted and very well acted scenes. Hill and Hoffman are fantastic and I think Chris Pratt played his role perfectly - given many actors would overact that part into oblivion. 2. Major League. It has some major flaws (the old guy pitching barely capable of throwing, the crowd scenes) but it also has some classic scenes - especially everyone that involves Charlie Sheen as Ricky Vaughan. The 3rd strike at a Ryanesque 102 clicks is killer. 1. Bull Durham. The perfect mix of on and off field sports, humour and romance. And two of the best character names of all time - Crash Davis and Nuke LaLoosh. Robert Wuhl, Sarandon and Robbins are all terrific - but it’s Costner’s show and only a true fan of the sport could produce a performance like he did. I love Moneyball as a movie. It's entertaining, Pitt and Hill are both great in it as you said, but it completely ignores the fact that this particular A's team, despite losing Giambi, Damon and Isringhausen, had an MVP of its own in Miguel Tejada, a HR hitting, slick fielding 3B in Eric Chavez, quality lineup cogs in Ray Durham, Jermaine Dye and Mark Ellis, a rotation consisting of Tim Hudson, Barry Zito, Mark Mulder and Corey Lidle and All-Star closer Billy Koch. Not one of those guys is even mentioned in passing once during the movie, instead the movie attributes the team's success to the likes of Scott Hatteberg (a quality addition, for sure, but not the panacea as he is depicted) and Chad Bradford. That’s a flaw but you couldn’t talk about all 25 of the A’s. Did you ever read the book? Dry as a fart. I still can’t believe that an entertaining movie could have been made from Moneyball. I would have thought a HS yearbook would have been better material |
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