Top 5 baseball movies??

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by novakjr

... Fever Pitch(the movie is funny as hell, BUT it's direct tie to the '04 Red Sox season really gives this movie a little something extra that NO other sports movie will EVER be able to replicate).

Being in St. Louis a lot of people I know hate this movie for the very reason you love it. I love it for the same reason. I am (always have been) a baseball fan and don't have an allegiance to any logo or colors so much that I can't appreciate the history that took place that year. I like the fact that they had to edit the movie because the Red Sox won, which they did not expect to happen.

[the 'stache]

My list changes occasionally. And let me say that having to narrow it down to five is really, really hard, because I'm a real sucker for baseball movies. But here's where I'd have it right now:

1. The Natural
2. Moneyball
3. Eight Men Out
4. 61*
5. Field of Dreams

I loved 42, and at some point, I'm sure it will creep into this list. Right now, though, I just have no clue which movie I'd swap it for. This is like being asked "what's your favorite 5 Beatles albums?"

After Field of Dreams, 42, Cobb, Chasing 3,000, Trouble With the Curve and Fever Pitch would be my next five right now.

I kept an open mind going into "Fever", and ended up really liking it. I wasn't going to hate it, because I have a thing for Drew Barrymore. But I totally identified with Ben's Red Sox obsession (I'm the same way about my Milwaukee teams). I liked Trouble With the Curve a lot, too.

Let me say that I love how many great baseball films there are!

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Being in St. Louis a lot of people I know hate this movie for the very reason you love it. I love it for the same reason. I am (always have been) a baseball fan and don't have an allegiance to any logo or colors so much that I can't appreciate the history that took place that year. I like the fact that they had to edit the movie because the Red Sox won, which they did not expect to happen.

The timing of everything, and the fact that the results forced them to edit the ending of the movie is exactly what I was talking about..

[jiw98]

Narrowing it down to 5 is tough, so I'll go with
1) Eight Men Out
2) Trouble With The Curve
3) Field Of Dreams
4) Pride Of The Yankees
5) Bull Durham

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

Being in St. Louis a lot of people I know hate this movie for the very reason you love it. I love it for the same reason. I am (always have been) a baseball fan and don't have an allegiance to any logo or colors so much that I can't appreciate the history that took place that year. I like the fact that they had to edit the movie because the Red Sox won, which they did not expect to happen.

nothing like the original Nick Hornby book about soccer

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

nothing like the original Nick Hornby book about soccer

Or the original movie. Again, back to what makes it special, is that the Red Sox weren't supposed to win. In real life, or the film. That was what was going to make this re-make different from the original, which is one of the reasons that they picked the Red Sox... But by divine fate, the Red Sox delivered the exact same ending as the original film, and book...