There’s nothing better than a bucket of buttered popcorn and a good baseball movie . I’ve seen a lot of them and up until a month ago my very favorite was probably “For Love of the Game” with Kevin Costner. Who wouldn’t love Costner in a baseball movie? He’s such a “guy” as Kelly Preston tells him in the movie. It’s about the perfect game and except for some flashbacks the entire story takes place in one day on a quest for the perfect game. I’ve seen it at least seven times and will undoubtedly watch it seven more.
Jonah Hill in "Moneyball"
But on November 24 this year I could hardly contain myself waiting for “Moneyball” to open. I waited for it with excitement and anticipation like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting for Christmas morning, especially after reading the book. And I wasn’t disappointed. I’ve seen it three times and will definitely buy the DVD and then I’ll watch it some more. As expected, Brad Pitt did a great job as Billy Beane, but I was taken back by the bean counter character played by Jonah Hill. I still chuckle thinking about the deadpan one-liner’s that he slowly rolled out, one after another with precision timing. But the kicker was the scene in Beane’s office when he was trying to negotiate for a player via telephone at the direction of Beane (Brad Pitt). The exaggerated fist pump was perfect ~ if you saw it you know what I mean.
So I’m seriously wondering what the average reader would consider the best movie. Let me know what you think. I’ll publish the “best of the best” on a later blog. Here you go:
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So many great choices, my choice is the Natural but I wrote in Field of Dreams just because it should be on the list, too! Love the blog as always, thanks and merry xmas!
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But of course! I started with a list of over 45 movies that included Field of Dreams ~ it should absolutely be on the list. It is now :)) Merry Christmas Andrew and thanks for the Comment.
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1. Eight Men Out
2. Moneyball
3. 61
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