Bad News Bears (1976)
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 12:47 AM)
Baseball movies, such as Bad News Bears, rarely hit it out of the ballpark and reach home base with a fast ball. This movie happens to be one of the few exceptions, not falling into the usual set of cliches where the protagonists win just because the writing demands it. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing about the remake, since Billy Bob Thornton didn’t fit the role.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 12:55 AM)
While it would certainly make it onto my top 5 list for the best sports movies of all time, I don’t know if I would say that it’s my favorite. Rocky, and maybe the Sandlot at least rival head to head with this one.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 01:15 AM)
I’d pitch my straight ball through her curves into her direction at 360 miles per hour.
https://m.famousfix.com/topic/shari-summers
I can’t find a better photo; however, those eyes of her’s will certainly be the lights of any baseball stadium. She still looks semi-attractive, too.
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Lilith — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 01:35 AM)
Pardon my temporary foray, but these are probably my favourite 2 sports movies:
And based on the true story:
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Lilith — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 01:43 AM)
I own AGS on DVD. I love that movie!
Miracle, that is exceptional. They did an almost play-by-play and shot-for-shot recreation. They cast actors based on their hockey skills first and foremost vs just trying to get "actors" in general.
They brought it together nicely at the end by showing the actual players and coach. It was a brilliant movie! Highly recommended.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 02:19 AM)
The ending was what made Any Given Sunday a high rating from me, with Jamie Foxx throwing an impeccable spiral while making it seem conceivable that he can potentially be a first string quarterback. The ending was worth the two hours and 42 minutes.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 01:32 AM)
You do raise a good point there, especially considering how they literally rendered a scene with him driving the children while he was drunk behind the wheel without any of them wearing a seatbelt. This was before the bill for The National Minimum Drinking Age took into effect though, with media portrayal towards alcohol being in portrayed in a more innocuous light. They even shown kids smoking Tobacco, lol.
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Damien Thorn 666 — 6 years ago(June 14, 2019 05:04 AM)
If we are going by the textbook definition of what the key components of what signifies a Baseball movie, then it fits the criteria. Despite that, the sole focus around the ball in that movie wasn’t entirely about baseball. Nonetheless, it was certainly worth the catch. I may have to rewatch it now.
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phantomparticle — 4 years ago(March 15, 2022 11:53 PM)
Not big on sports movies, but I love this one.
Matthau is superb as the boozing coach, the kids talk like real kid's do, complete with offensive language and opinions, and the energy is electric.
Billy Bob Thornton is one of my favorite actors, but even he could not make me see the remake/sequel…whatever it was.
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