Ethan Rayne ,'Potential'
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He went on to make Waterworld And then somehow he didn't learn his lesson, and then he made The Postman.
My Theory Of Kevin Costner is that he's good if he's making a sports movie. He's charming as hell in Tin Cup (which also has Cheech and Rene Russo), and I love him in Bull Durham and American Flyer.
Fandango deserves a lot of love.
I loved him in Bull Durham and A Perfect World and actually Dances With Wolves, although that started grate after it was the only movie ever shown on TV for years, it seemed. Oh, also No Way Out. That was the Navy one, right?
Yeah, I did like No Way Out a lot-- that was before Sean Young completely descended into the craxy and they had great chemistry.
American Flyers was great, but I generally like Costner best as some sort of rebel.
My Theory Of Kevin Costner is that he's good if he's making a sports movie. He's charming as hell in Tin Cup (which also has Cheech and Rene Russo), and I love him in Bull Durham and American Flyer
I have to toss Field of Dreams and For Love of the Game as counter arguments.
Yeah, but Field of Dreams wasn't really a sports movie.
perhaps not, but it is about the love of a sport. sports are inextricably linked to the movie. sports are played. I think it is a sports movie.
kind of like how "shawshank redemption" is a prison movie. It ain't Attica, but it's a prison movie.
Saw Public Enemies last night. Depp was great, the movie sure LOOKED good, and the Dillinger story is amazing, but it just didn't amount to much more than a light entertainment with lots of shooting. I still enjoyed it, though, because of the aforementioned Mr. Depp.
That's what one of the reviews I saw said, that it's just the story of Dillinger without the extra depth or commentary you'd be expecting.
perhaps not, but it is about the love of a sport. sports are inextricably linked to the movie. sports are played. I think it is a sports movie.
True. But while it's a catalyst, I don't necessarily see it as the central theme. And while it would make it a different story to a certain degree, I think you could take baseball and replace it with something else and have the same core story.