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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 3, 2021 15:30:14 GMT
I have the same 3. Though thought about The Natural or A League of Their Own. Those were 2 hard omissions for me. Scott Bakula-more believable in Major League III or as a old man college QB in Necessary Roughness??? I also really like A League of Their Own. The Natural - I'm sorry but I have to be that guy - the book is just so much better, and the changes the movie made to the ending really undercut the overall message and theme of the story. Normally I'm fine with looking at the book vs. the movie as being two entirely separate entities, but the filmmakers need to at least understand the point of the book that they're making into a film in the first place. Sorry, high horse rant over. Regarding Scott Bakula, that's a really tough call. I mean, in Necessary Roughness, he stayed in tip top game shape by throwing a football 10 yards at a scarecrow for 15 years or whatever it was. Sounds legit! This ties in to my appreciation for 'modern fairy tale' sports movies. You'll hate to find out The Natural is my favorite baseball movie because it's such a ridiculous fairy tale. It's practically the Sword and the Stone as a baseball movie. Likewise I'm a big fan of Necessary Roughness. Mostly because I think it's legitimately funny, but it does kind of have a fairy tale ending. The player he finds in the end zone in the final scene is wearing the same number jersey he was throwing at for 20 years. The flashback as he sees him in the end zone; it's so corny but I love it. It's as if everything that happened in his life was leading up to that moment. Like I said, corny but fun. Many of the best sports movies are fairy tales. The Sandlot, Field of Dreams, Major League, The Replacements (really just a Necessary Roughness knockoff), Tin Cup, the list goes on. Hell, the Rocky films.
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Post by mtbg on Aug 3, 2021 15:31:30 GMT
I have the same 3. Though thought about The Natural or A League of Their Own. Those were 2 hard omissions for me. Scott Bakula-more believable in Major League III or as a old man college QB in Necessary Roughness??? I also really like A League of Their Own. The Natural - I'm sorry but I have to be that guy - the book is just so much better, and the changes the movie made to the ending really undercut the overall message and theme of the story. Normally I'm fine with looking at the book vs. the movie as being two entirely separate entities, but the filmmakers need to at least understand the point of the book that they're making into a film in the first place. Sorry, high horse rant over. Regarding Scott Bakula, that's a really tough call. I mean, in Necessary Roughness, he stayed in tip top game shape by throwing a football 10 yards at a scarecrow for 15 years or whatever it was. Sounds legit! I never read the book. Always meant to but now I don't think I want to as it'll ruin the movie! Luckily for him the scarecrow wore the same jersey number as his pint sized WR at Texas State!
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Post by mtbg on Aug 3, 2021 15:33:08 GMT
A personal favorite of mine was Long Gone with William Peterson as a minor league manager/pitcher for the Tampico Stogies. Was an HBO movie and was on all the time when I was a kid. I always thought Soul of the Game (1996) was a good baseball movie on HBO. Also loved that movie! Underrated for sure.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Aug 3, 2021 15:46:18 GMT
mr. baseball = very good
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Aug 3, 2021 17:19:02 GMT
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 I haven't read the book, but I imagine there is at least a passing mention of Miguel Tejada. The movie doesn't need bottle scenes about all 25 guys on the team, but they don't even acknowledge the existence of any of the 10 best players. It's just weird. "Passing mention" might be generous. The book dwells on players brought in by Billy Beane. Tejada, Eric Chavez, Tim Hudson, not drafted by Beane. The central player that the book dwells on, fat catcher Jeremy Brown. They did shoehorn him in of course, the clip from Visalia that Jonah Hill shows Beane at the end.
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