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.
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Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:38:11 am PDT #2881 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Frankenbuddha - Jul 05, 2009 8:54:51 am PDT #2882 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 8:58:22 am PDT #2883 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, but Field of Dreams wasn't really a sports movie.
le nubian - Jul 05, 2009 9:06:49 am PDT #2884 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
Scrappy - Jul 05, 2009 9:41:50 am PDT #2885 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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.
Polter-Cow - Jul 05, 2009 9:48:42 am PDT #2886 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
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.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 10:05:32 am PDT #2887 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
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.
Amy - Jul 05, 2009 10:14:41 am PDT #2888 of 30000
Because books.
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.
I agree. The movie uses baseball to tell the story, but it's not really *about* baseball.
I can't believe I forgot that one, too. Cranky!James Earl Jones is on of my favorite things about it.
Dana - Jul 05, 2009 10:18:17 am PDT #2889 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I agree to an extent, but I think there's also a nostalgia and a sense of baseball as "America's game", as a family game, as something that brings together parents and children.
Barb - Jul 05, 2009 10:21:55 am PDT #2890 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I agree to an extent, but I think there's also a nostalgia and a sense of baseball as "America's game", as a family game, as something that brings together parents and children.
True, but as I was thinking about it, it occurred to me that one of the other central nostalgic themes is that of the road trip. It could have just as easily revolved around a vintage car and Route 66 and the idealized family vacation.
Which... might make for a neat story. Hmm...