AmScray 355 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Mine are: Field of Dreams Bull Durham Bad News Bears Mr Baseball (That's right, jotos. Mr. Baseball in the top 5) A League of their Own. Honorable Mention: The Sandlot Bang the Drum Slowly The Natural Pride of the Yankees Eight Men Out In the history of the cinema, there has never been a baseball movie ever made that is worse than 'average', demonstrating the the baseball movie sub-genre is a P4P movie great. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I'd ship Sandlot and Eight men out for Field of Dreams and Mr Baseball, but a solid list. Also, ever seen Ed, with Matt Leblanc and a monkey? Or Major League 2? There are bad baseball movies. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 major league a league of their own sandlot bull durham field of dreams Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 not to mention little big league and rookie of the year. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,312 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I was 12 and playing Little League when Bad News Bears came out so it'll always have a special appeal to me 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 In a side note, my pops was a big field of dreams fan. My grandfather ( who died long before I was born) was a semi pro pitcher back in the old days, pitching the barn stormer circuit, so FoD was particularly salient to him. We actually travelled to the farm that it was filmed at, near Dyersville, Iowa. It was actually filmed over two properties. At the time, they were having some dispute about splitting the tourism money, so part of the outfield was just a corn field.. it was like a regular baseball diamond, center filed and part of right field ( I think) were just cut short into corn field, it was pretty funny. It was like a religious experience going there for my dad Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 I'd ship Sandlot and Eight men out for Field of Dreams and Mr Baseball, but a solid list. Also, ever seen Ed, with Matt Leblanc and a monkey? Or Major League 2? There are bad baseball movies. Major League II only suffered in relation to the first one, "Ed" I have not seen however if its a baseball movie, I'm betting strong its no worse than average. Angels in the Outfield- new and old- deserves mention as well. I've been to Field of Dreams, it's worth going. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 I was 12 and playing Little League when Bad News Bears came out so it'll always have a special appeal to me I have a pretty decent movie poster collection, the problem with them is that they're big and there's just never enough room to put many up. That's one that is non-negotiably in the permanent rotation, between The Breakfast Club and Neverending Story. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Major League II only suffered in relation to the first one, "Ed" I have not seen however if its a baseball movie, I'm betting strong its no worse than average. Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 you know, i'm not afraid to admit i enjoyed fever pitch. i hate the red sox but that movie was alright. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) My top 5: HM) Eight Men Out 5) League of Their Own 4) The Sandlot 3) Major League 2) Moneyball 1) Field of Dreams I liked Major League 2, Angels in the Outfield, AND Fever Pitch. Edited August 8, 2013 by brvheart Link to post Share on other sites
SuitedAces21 2,722 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 fever pitch had heart. i knew my man brvy would get that. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I enjoyed the book fever pitch, it was about Arsenal not the red sox Link to post Share on other sites
Dubey 1,035 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 1. Bull Durham 2. Sandlot 3. Moneyball 4. A League of their own 5. Field of Dreams Link to post Share on other sites
Dubey 1,035 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Trouble with the Curve is probably the closest thing to a bad baseball movie that I've seen, and I still didn't hate it. Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Bull Durham is pretty much the perfect baseball movie. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 1. Bull Durham 2. Sandlot 3. Moneyball 4. A League of their own 5. Field of Dreams I knew I forgot one when I made my list. Moneyball is #2 for me. Everything else is officially moved down a spot. Link to post Share on other sites
Cha! Cha! 628 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The Sandlot Bull Durham Moneyball Major League The Natural Honorable mention: Eight Men Out, Field of Dreams I always watch Mr. Baseball when it's on TV. I remember liking Bang the Drum Slowly and A League of Their Own, but I haven't seen those in many years. Sugar was good too, but it's not a highly rewatchable movie like those above. Did anybody here see the Jackie Robinson movie that came out this year? Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Cobb is an underrated movie. Tommy Lee Jones as a crazy, racist cobb is pretty great. Link to post Share on other sites
brvheart 1,752 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I haven't seen The Natural. I've been meaning to, but I just really hate melodramatic 80's movies, and I feel like Robert Redford didn't make anything else in the 80's. It makes me think of Out of Africa, which I also haven't seen for the same reasons. Of course, this is all based on just assumptions that might be wildly wrong, and only based on the movie posters. Link to post Share on other sites
Dubey 1,035 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Did anybody here see the Jackie Robinson movie that came out this year? I did. It's ok. Not enough actual baseball scenes. Felt like a made for TV movie at times Link to post Share on other sites
BigDMcGee 3,352 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The natural does have a lot of cool old timey baseball scenes. It's melodramatic, sure, but it's also stylized. IT's better than out of africa Link to post Share on other sites
Cha! Cha! 628 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 The scene with the Whammer at the carnival might be my favorite baseball scene out of all these movies. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 Bull Durham is pretty much the perfect baseball movie. It is. My only problem with it is its become the Citizen Cane of baseball movies, where so many people have repeated its status as #1 in the genre for so long now, it being the best baseball movie is accepted as though it were some sort of pretentious douchebag truism. Is it a great film? Yes. Is if the best baseball film ever made? Maybe. Field of Dreams would have something to say about that, but maybe. It may be. Does every **** who knows nothing about baseball films start any conversation about baseball films with Bull Durham because critics have been fellating it for a couple decades? Yes. Another potential GOAT that actually loses desirability because of hysterical overrating. Link to post Share on other sites
AmScray 355 Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 I haven't seen The Natural. I've been meaning to, but I just really hate melodramatic 80's movies, and I feel like Robert Redford didn't make anything else in the 80's. It makes me think of Out of Africa, which I also haven't seen for the same reasons. Of course, this is all based on just assumptions that might be wildly wrong, and only based on the movie posters. I too hate Robert Redford but it's a very good baseball movie. I wish they would've cast a dozen other actors that were a similar age during that time, but he did a fine job and the screenplay is very strong. Link to post Share on other sites
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