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Summary: 'Sometimes you win,sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains
Review: "Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose and sometimes it rains." - Nuke
Would anybody care to discuss this quote with me? I think it's very interesting. It sort of emcompasses the baseball fanatic's thought process. Baseball is life, it rains today, so you play your game tomorrow. Or I could just be missing the point entirely. Someone please provide some insight.
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Summary: Superb Feature Film
Review: "You've got fungus on your shower shoes!" I love that bit. This movie is incredible. Not as good as Eight Men Out, but very close. Much better than Costner's Field of Dreams, which is overrated and inaccurate. Bull Durham features some great performances, especially from Costner. Crash Davis is just a wonderful character. And Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are great too. I can't say enough good things about this film. If you haven't seen this film, watch it.
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Summary: A fantastic script in a dated film.
Review: 4.5 stars. Time passes, and what was once a sparkling 5-star film in the year 1987, shows its age. However, the script is still spectacular! There is so much quotable dialogue here as to seem ridiculous. But there is also a fine cast of excellent actors who bring the words and characters to life, even though they have eighties haircuts and wardrobe. This is a charming film about baseball, romance, (...) baseball, breathing through you eyelids, and baseball. This is smart filmmaking in every respect.
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Summary: BUll Durham remains a thoughtful baseball classic...
Review: I recently saw Bull Durham for the first time, and I must admit, I was touched by something very profound within it, something that is of almost unspeakable power, a certain quality that only a few movies have: the ability to tell you something about yourself, something about all men, something about the world, and something about life, all at once. Something About Yourself- I played baseball for six or seven years when I was younger, and it still remains my favorite game. I remember collecting cards, discussing the undefinable "potential" some rookies had and others did not, and reading scores of books on the subject. I had a child's lovely obsession with the game. This obsession also drove me to learn a painful lesson, when I was caught shoplifting baseball cards one summer day. Yet even this did not kill the dream. I remain in love with the game to this very day. Bull Durham reminded me of all this and more. It unlocked memories of baseball camp, of the boyhood dreams of "making it", of feel of the bat, the smell of the grass, the look of the dirt, the sound of the sky... Bull Durham reminded me what baseball was all about, and brought back memories spanning the vast spectrum of my soul, both pleasent and not. Something About All Men- In Bull Durham there are several different characters, all driven by one force- ambition, the search for success, the need for glory. All the men in the movie want to reach "the show"- the major leagues. You see, Bull Durham tells the story of a minor league team, with all the men hoping they will make it big one day. This aspiration is the core of all men and women, and is almost distinctly human. Do wolves constantly search to better themselves? Do whales? All men have ambition, and the pain and pleasure is causes is what Bull Durham is all about. Something About The World- Some people say the world isn't fair. They are the right ones. The main character in the movie, Crash Davis, perennially has his dream defeated, after 12 years of waiting, while the young pitcher he is assigned to train, Nuke, makes it after not even one. Nuke has talent, the movie says, and the world loves talent. No amount of Crash's humility, his intelligence, his love for the game can deliver him, though by all means he deserves to make it. To be even crueller, life tempts him by allowing him 21 days in the major leagues, years ago. This taste of victory haunts him for the rest of his life. Bull Durham also shows that there is no sadder cathedral than a minor league ballpark, for it is there that the prayers of thousands of men die quietly into the night. It is there that these men watch there dreams rot and decay before them. It is there that the lucky few who ascend are less deserving than the damned who aspire rightly. It is there that the world is least fair. Bull Durham is one of the most profound movies I have ever seen, raising questions of Man's futility and the constant frustration at the unfairness of life. Throughout this review I have told almost nothing about the plot, the characters, the story. That's because they all take second place to the moral implications, and the themes this movie brings forth. Summary=I heavily recommend this movie to anyone who loves baseball, anyone who loves movies, and anyone who loves poetry and philosophy. A fantastic movie. Fans should check out Costners others baseball flick, Field of Dreams. Review= Evan Stephens END
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Summary: No Bull Here!
Review: An adult baseball movie with a love triangle to annoy some and to thrill others. Snappy dialogue, good characters (major and supporting) all with the science,philosphy, and religion of baseball in the foreground and background. The film that's one of Kevin Costner's signature roles as an intelligent, macho, aging baseball player is the highlight of the film, also bringing Tim Robbins into the forefront, and lastly, gave Susan Sarandon one of her final "sexy leading" performances. Good support performance from Robert Wuhl and from the game of baseball itself . Note: One interesting scene in the film... Kevin Costner's character, Crash Davis states (in one of his witty rants during one of the awkward "love triangle" scenes) "...I believe that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone...!". A few years later, Kevin Costner plays Jim Garrison in JFK in which this character believes in the conspriracy theory of the John Kennedy assassination.
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Summary: What a unique, accurate and inspiring movie about baseball!!
Review: Anyone who loves baseball will definitely enjoy this funny and inspirational story about a down and out team with quirky personalities and superstitions, trying to come together and win a championship. The writing and acting are superb. I would absolutely recommend it!!
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Summary: The sexiest baseball, no sports, film ever
Review: Back when Kevin Costner made good films, this terrific one about America's two favorite pastimes and the people who love them came out. With an onscreen heat you can practically feel, the film just screams sexy. The minute the opening monologue begins, it's a fascinating and funny insight into human emotion, sex and of course, baseball. Susan Sarandon proves the older woman is eternally sexy with her baseball groupie Annie Savoy. It's not that she's easy, she just picks one player a year to 'mature'. This year there are two promising candidates. One is a fiesty, talented but inexperienced pitcher who is not that bright; the other a seasoned catcher brought in to straighten the rookie out. Ultimately she chooses Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh (Tim Robbins, brilliant as an idiot), the dim but wild (hence 'Nuke') pitcher. The love triangle takes a backseat to baseball but always remains in the foreground. As the film progresses, a winning streak leaves Annie without a man and she soon begins to regret her decision. Finally a wildly sexy and romantic fling with Crash (a volcanic Kevin Costner), the rugged catcher, arrives. While it is the film during which Susan fell for Tim and she shares extraordinary chemistry with both men, the real attraction on-screen is the slow seduction between Annie and Crash. The film is so hot, it usually takes a nice shower afterwards to cool off. Good for those winter nights when baseball isn't in season. And hey, any film that makes baseball this sexy can't be that bad.
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Summary: An Excellent Interpretation of Americas Two Pastimes
Review: Baseball and Sex. Two Pastimes that have been present in America since the 1800's. Well sex went back even further than that. Anyway, this adaptation of the life of minor league baseball players and a woman who is drawn to rookies is both funny and in alot of ways true. You don't have to be a big baseball fan to love this movie as the comic wit of Costner, Sarandon, and Robbins will keep you hooked. Also, the storyline is very interesting. Most definitely a video that is worth repeated viewings.
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Summary: Absolutely Wonderful
Review: Baseball is the best sport and "Bull Durham" is one of the best films about that sport. What is not to love? The dialogue is great, the cast (Tim Robbins, Kevin Costner and Susan Sarandon) are all terrific, and it's about two of the greatest things in the world: baseball and love. The latter being superior to the former, of course. "Bull Durham" is the story of a hotshot pitching prospect named Nuke (Robbins), his washed up catcher Crash, brought in to refine his talents before going on to the big leagues (Costner), and Annie, the local woman who has a curious relationship with both men (Sarandon). Good 'ol Nuke is a typical sports star: hot-headed, arrogant with respect to his abilities, resentful of criticism. But Crash and Annie are interesting, three-dimensional characters with plenty of baggage, plenty of regret over the roads not taken in their own lives and of the chances they weren't given. The script cleverly mixes humor with dramatic dialogue. You laugh one minute and cry the next. Sarandon says at the end of the film, the world is "made for those not cursed with self-awareness". It is one of the truest things I have ever heard in my entire life, and just one of many moments of insight and wit in this film. And there's baseball! What can be better than that? This is a great movie. Not just baseball but for life. Enjoy.
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Summary: Minors baseball with all its home-town flavor, and spice!
Review: Best monologue from Kevin Costner, aimed at swooning ladies. Great legs, and poetry readings by Susan Sarandon, and an excellent storyline for those who need to get focused on the Big Show, and not so focused on the little things.
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