Well as many of you know I am both obssessed with movies and with baseball. So a logical step would be to release a best five blog rating the best baseball movies of all time.
5. Major League- This movie is no Oscar winner, and its not exactly the dramatic stuff of legends, however it does have a lot going for it. It has lines and scenes that are repeatedly quoted and easy to remember, and its just darn fun. Bob Uecker is an absolute riot, and although no best actor nominees will come from this movie it is perfectly cast.
4. Bang the Drum Slowly-This is for some reason an oft forgotten film. Its a great bit of work with a good script, heart wrenching story, and good acting. It features a very young Robert De Niro as Bruce Pearson, a role that is often considered to be one of his most tragic and emotional roles. This is not a feel good movie about baseball but what it is, is a movie that puts professional baseball in perspective with the realities of life.
3. Bull Durham- I am sure this is number 1 on a lot of people's lists. I do enjoy this film, but I think that it is a hair over rated. It is very well acted and it does have some very quotoble scenes, and it gives a perspective on minor league baseball as opposed to the big show.
2. The Natural- This was actually the first baseball movie that I am watched. It is as good to me now as it was back then. It has a great cast with Robert Redford, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall, Kim Basinger and the perfect cast Wilford Brimley and Richard Farnsworth as the coaches.
1. The Pride of the Yankee's- This is hands down the best movie about baseball. Gary Cooper is legendary in portraying Lou Gehrig. Gehrig's heart wrenching speech upon his retirement is enough to bring tears, and made even sadder by the fact that this speech really happened (more or less, lines are slightly different) and that Lou Gehrig truly meant what he was saying and is one of the greatest men to ever suit up and play a professional sport.
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