tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post1509338528422250114..comments2024-03-27T21:42:56.131-05:00Comments on 1001plus: Myth RepresentationSJHoneywellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-49553861960937658652014-12-06T08:58:14.952-06:002014-12-06T08:58:14.952-06:00Baseball is one of those things that is so wrapped...Baseball is one of those things that is so wrapped up in American culture that there seems to be no end of movies about it and thus no end of good ones. <br /><br /><i>Eight Men Out</i> is really underrated.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-73196692209694622272014-12-04T17:18:58.816-06:002014-12-04T17:18:58.816-06:00I can never decide between Eight Men Out and Pride...I can never decide between Eight Men Out and Pride of the Yankees as my favorite baseball film.<br /><br />And then there's Rhubarb, a 1951 film about a cat who owns a baseball team ...Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921029597363212734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-52321805280793113632014-03-31T14:40:14.787-05:002014-03-31T14:40:14.787-05:00I may well be in the minority here. I like more ba...I may well be in the minority here. I like more baseball movies than I dislike, but this one seems so geared toward obvious mythmaking that I couldn't get behind it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-37518173968182180102014-03-31T13:20:25.581-05:002014-03-31T13:20:25.581-05:00I see how you feel, although I disagree to some le...I see how you feel, although I disagree to some level. I had to use the urban dictionary to figure out what "glurge" is. Your use of it in the form of "Glurgefest" is approved. I view the movie differently, but I am a sentimentalist, I liked Warhorse.Richard Kirkhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428986542891346618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-12337336471807314462013-04-06T08:06:11.082-05:002013-04-06T08:06:11.082-05:00Word. You're angrier about it than I am, but w...Word. You're angrier about it than I am, but we think as one on this. <br /><br />In a way, it made me think of <i>War Horse</i>. I'm mildly surprised Spielberg didn't have a hand in it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-349087183678564802013-04-05T20:19:49.857-05:002013-04-05T20:19:49.857-05:00What the eff was this movie? What the HELL was up...What the eff was this movie? What the HELL was up with Bump Bailey's RIDICULOUS death? WHAT THE HELL WAS ALL THE GODDAMN CHRIST SYMBOLISM?!?!? Roy Hobbs is a baseball player, not frickin' Christ Almighty - but the movie disagrees with me there. Talk about completely unnecessary deification. this isn't just baseball-as-myth, this is baseball-as-religion. <br /><br />Take a shot for every slow-motion shot. Take a shot every time a character is backlit. <br /><br />I would pick Field of Dreams over this in a heartbeat. A HEARTBEAT.siochembiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487373396181856763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-9171071796247483412013-03-12T12:48:37.698-05:002013-03-12T12:48:37.698-05:00I'm not at all a sports fan these days, and if...I'm not at all a sports fan these days, and if I had to pick one, it would be football. That said, my all-time favorite sports film is <i>Field of Dreams</i> followed by <i>Bull Durham</i>. <br /><br />As it turns out, I don't think <i>The Natural</i> would make my top five baseball movies, since I'd certainly pick <i>Pride of the Yankees, Bang the Drum Slowly, Eight Men Out, 61*,</i> and others ahead of it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166297507174717122.post-20768790819352494712013-03-12T11:02:24.802-05:002013-03-12T11:02:24.802-05:00I'm a big baseball fan and it is still my numb...I'm a big baseball fan and it is still my number one sport. I don't ever see football or basketball supplanting it with me.<br /><br />Having said that, I didn't really get into this movie. I didn't think it was bad, but I also didn't think it was all that. You mentioned Field of Dreams. I'd definitely swap that onto the list in place of The Natural.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com