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Summary: In some strange way, the greatest movie of all time
Review: My list of favorite movies is long, and spans the entire spectrum of genre, from cool indies (City of Lost Children, Snatch, The Apostle, El Mariachi) to blockbusters (for my dollar, it doesnt get any better than predictably awesome films like Gladiator, Gone in 60 Seconds) to classics (Apocalypse Now, Dog Day Afternoon) but without question, the movie I have seen the most, that my buddies and I know every line and every scene by heart (we can even speak along with the Japanese grounds workers at the field) is Major League. I can't quantify this with any line of reasoning, only that, in the simplest terms, this movie kicks ...
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Summary: Major Fun
Review: No, you're not going to walk away from this movie thinking about how to achieve world peace or end poverty, but you will be walking away with a smile. MAJOR LEAGUE is a lighthearted, entertaining film that also happens to be hysterically funny. Throw the great sport of baseball into the mix and MAJOR LEAGUE is a win/win for those who love the game and those who just want to have a good laugh.There's nothing complicated about the plot. When an aggressive femme fatale (Margaret Whitton) inherits the Cleveland Indians from her late husband, her plan is to put together a team so bad it will lose its fan base and allow her to relocate. And so a band of misfits is put together: washed-up players, inexperienced players, headcases. Of course, predictably, her plan goes awry, but it's still good fun watching the antics of the Indians as they misfire and then come together over a long, long season. Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Rene Russo, Corbin Bernsen, and Wesley Snipes headline a great cast. Bob Uecker is absolutely hysterical. My favorite character is manager Lou Brown (James Gammon) who delivers the film's funniest line, but one I dare not repeat here (it would never get past the editors)! Grab a hot dog and a beer, pull up a chair, and let MAJOR LEAGUE put a wide grin on your face.
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Summary: Very true to life (whether on purpose or not)...
Review: Seeing how this movie was made in 1989 I swear this could have been the true story of the Cleveland Indians. Cleveland Stadium was falling apart. 1,200 people would show up for week night contests, leaving 75,000 open seats. In 1987 the Tribe graced the cover of SI only to finish dead last. The fans always thought the Tribe might leave (but it was the Browns who ultimately said goodbye). After all this was the club that in 1974 had a ten-cent beer night that turned into a full scale riot. Any number of these players could probably be any one of the countless characters that graced their preence down by the lake from the late 60s to early 90s. Is that Super Joe Charboneau I see in Rick Wild Thing Vaughn? Could be. Gaylord Perry as the old pitcher who puts snot on the ball.... You tell me. This is an authenic snap shot of those years where it was awkwardly fun to watch the Tribe. Even though tis is supposed to a comedy the end is quite emotinal. Only mistake was using County Stadium in Milwaukee. It's no Municipal Stadium.
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Summary: Best ever baseball movie
Review: The best and most entertaining baseball movie ever, hands down. The sequal was also great. As for the third, well, if you liked the first two you may enjoy it. It wasn't so bad, just a different story. Anyway, back to the one that started it all. An all star cast headlines this comedy as the rag team team of the century go from chumps to (almost) champs. Follow along for the exploits of baseballs craziest set of characters. Major league is a must see for any baseball fan.
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Summary: Major League
Review: The best baseball movie I have seen so far, great cast, best movie in the major league series. The best scene in the movie and almost any other movie is when Tom Berenger is up to bat and hits the ball and makes the run to first base near the end of the movie.
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Summary: Original and funny,,especially for Baseball fans
Review: The best in the series of the Major League series. A little corny and predictable but entertaining. Berenger plays the role of a veteran catcher and Snipes and Sheen play characterful rookies.
But I am a baseball fan and could be considered biased.
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Summary: Incredibly funny, "Major League" entertains!
Review: The Cleveland Indians haven't won a title, much less gone on to the finals for too many years. The people have become tired of their losing streak. When Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) inherits to team from her late husband, she concocts a plan to get the team to Miami by hiring a bunch of has-beens and never was-es. If they get dead last, she just might have her dreams come true. So signed onto the Cleveland Indians are manager Lou Brown (James Gammon), catcher Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger) who has bad knees, Rick 'Wild Thing' Vaughn (Charlie Sheen) who is a punk with an incredible pitching arm, a player who can't catch Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen), Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes) who may run like the wind but not hit a single ball, Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) a man who relies on voodoo to try to improve his hits, and more. Of course the team goes through incredibly funny times as they get better at the same time Rachel Phelps give them a miserable time. So they come up with idea to stop Rachel Phelps; they'll just have to win the title! But will they ever be able to work together as a team? As starring is Rene Russo as Lynn Wells, Jake Taylor's ex-wife. Also there's Bob Uecker as Harry Doyle, the radio broadcaster for the Cleveland Indians. Yes, probably just by reading my summary on "Major League", I'm sure you know how the story ends out. But hey, the movie entertains and humors with the sarcastic wit, hilarious jokes, obvious slapstick comedy, and laugh out loud situations. "Major League" fits right into the genre of a comedy, with all the actors doing a tremendously funny job. Everyone delivers there lines and plays their parts to perfection. Unfortunately, the movie is R-rated for mostly the language. I guess all movies must have their moments of having to swear but "Major League" was a bit too much. Hence my 4 stars for this movie which could have been a 5 star movie! Tom Berenger is extremely funny, and his scene where he follows his ex-wife to her fiancé's house is just hilarious! Oh, and check out Charlie Sheen's funky haircut. He certainly plays his bad boy role well. His best moment is definitely the end. He walks out onto the field and as he does, the crowd goes wild and starts singing and shouting the song "Wild Thing". Charlie Sheen just handles his character of Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn very well. The movie is just filled with great one-liners and sarcastic remarks. Here are a few of my favorite lines: (talking about the bad service on the plane)
Hayes: Vaughn, get the stewardess. I need one of those bags.
Vaughn: There aren't any stewardesses.
Hayes: Oh! I wonder if they are any pilots. Harry Doyle: Remember, fans, Tuesday is Die Hard Night. Free admission for anyone who was actually alive the last time the Indians won the pennant. Conclusion: Terrific movie but be warned that the language is most of the time too much. But "Major League" is entertaining and extremely funny so if you get a chance, check the movie out!
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Summary: Easily one of the funniest movies made.
Review: The F word flys around this movie like bugs around a light bulb. It makes is so hilarious. The movie has some of the funniest lines ever missing. From Euchre's "Just a bit outside!!! Tried the corner and missed." to the fan's "Its too high!" as a home run sails over their heads. This movie is a Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn fast ball. Used up and never used ball players are supposed to form the worst team in baseball history. Instead they come together and give a classic baseball and comedic performance.
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Summary: Baseball and misogyny can't save this major disappointment.
Review: The movie, a fictitious baseball story based on the real-life Cleveland Indians baseball team, is a little outdated. When it was made in 1989, the Cleveland Indians, playing their home baseball games in a cavernous football stadium that had the capacity to house many fans but drew so few of them, were probably the epitome of baseball mediocrity and a very likely choice for a movie about a Cinderella-like baseball team. But Chief Wahoo's followers have since gotten themselves an excellent new downtown stadium. They've fallen on hard times again, but during the 1990's, they actually distinguished themselves as an American League powerhouse. They came within 3 outs of winning a World Championship in 1997. This movie predates that or perhaps it anticipates the rebirth of the Indians, but beyond that, there's little to be said on its behalf. Take the greatest game in the world, baseball, and the greatest philosophy in the world, misogyny, and you appear to have an unbeatable combination for a movie. But unfortunately, such is not the case here. Oh yes, one can nod his head knowingly and agree that that's just what they're all like as the Indians' distaff owner (her character seems loosely based on Georgia Frontierre, owner of the Los Angeles/Anaheim/St. Louis Rams FOOTBALL team) tries to unman the dozens of hardworking baseball players who have too much pride to lose on schedule for her. And there's some entertainment value in watching the lads get back at the dominatrix - defying her by continuing to win ballgames, as a photographic replica of her is stripped of clothing after each victory. All that is fine, but basically the plot is so shallow that even the saving graces of baseball and misogyny can't really rescue it. If you have any familiarity with baseball or sports movies, you won't be surprised by a single twist in plot that takes place during this movie - not a single one. The plot twists have all the deceptiveness of a hanging curve ball and are as easy to read in advance. In fact, if you have a grain of intelligence, I promise you that when you watch the movie for the first time, you'll have no problem guessing exactly - I said EXACTLY - how the movie ends. You're not SUPPOSED to be able to guess, but I guarantee that you will. That's how little imagination was exercised by the creators. And of course, the creators didn't even MEAN to make a misogynistic movie to begin with. This was one of Rene Russo's earlier movies, in which she began to establish her typecasted reputation as one of those disgusting "gal pals" (yeah right, like a man can actually be FRIENDS with the woman that he's sleeping with!). Russo, as Tom Berenger's athletic girlfriend, is supposed to counterbalance the evil presented by Margaret Whitton. But Russo's dramatic presence in this film is less than what was probably intended. Her "goodness" (assuming that one feels that a female athlete can properly represent the forces of "good") actually casts a very thin shadow on this film and doesn't at all compare to Whitton's evil. So the movie is at least realistic in this respect. This movie is also an early Charlie Sheen effort, in which he stars as the hip closing relief pitcher Rick Vaughn, the "Wild Thing". This character would later metamorphose into real-life National League closer Mitch Williams (Cubs, Phillies), who was known for being wildly effective (usually) in a way that would terrify his own fans. In this movie, Vaughn's theme song, of course, is the rock-and-roll classic "Wild Thing", but instead of using the old Trogs sound-track for this purpose, the movie-makers have some all-girl group singing instead. Now, does that make any sense? To have an all-girl group sing (as the Trogs did), "Wild Thing, you make my thing swing"? No, the film-makers didn't TRY to make a misogynistic movie, but bless their hearts, they made one anyway. It is, after all (heh-heh), the tale and not he who tells it, and commendations are in order for this accidental virtue. James Gammons's reassuring masculine presence as the embattled Indians manager is another saving grace, and trivia buffs will also be interested in the presence of a younger Wesley Snipes. Baseball! Misogyny! Familiar faces! And yet the movie STILL doesn't satisfy. I'll probably never find out if the sequel was an improvement.
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Summary: SLAPSTICK COMEDY...
Review: THIS IS A SLAPSTICK COMEDY ABOUT BASEBALL, CHARLIE SHEEN AND TOM BERENGER ARE VERY, VERY FUNNY IN THIS. IT'S ABOUT A PITCHER WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AT THE END OF HIS CAREER. IT IS A GROWN UP VERSION OF THE BAD NEW BEARS. VERY FUNNY INDEED.
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