OK, I'm a wimp

[gridlore]

The Natural has one of the cheesiest, most predictable, Hollywood, endings in the history of film. It uses every cliche, every camera trick, every sound trick.

It is pure Hollywood schmaltz.

And I tear up every time.

Second best baseball movie ever made.

For 25 penguin points, guess my favorite baseball movie of all time.

Comments

[katster.livejournal.com]

Well, if Field of Dreams is close, I'm going to go with the other Black Sox movie, Eight Men Out.

-kat

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Winner! I love that film! Well acted, the baseball footage is great, and a compelling script deftly handled by both director and cast.

[jeffreyab.livejournal.com]

Something I like about Eight Men Out is the grittiness of the whole movie.

The way they showed professional baseball players' lives back in the teens.