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Summary: Major DVD Disappointment...
Review: I LOVE this film... since it's initial release, it has been one of my "guilty pleasure" VHS tapes. Now that the DVD has finally arrived after several years of waiting, I feel as though I've been taken. In the first place, this film is OBVIOUSLY CROPPED from the 4x3 format to make it look as though it's widescreen. This is NOT the theatrical "widescreen" release. Check out the opening scenes where the Indian's futility is told via a series of newspaper headlines of the times. Most of the headlines have the upper halves of the letters CHOPPED OFF! This is SHAMEFUL! The DVD's producers have actually given us LESS than the VHS tape. Second, there are NO, NONE, ZERO extras on this DVD. What exactly were we waiting all this time for?Anybody out there who waited as I did for all this time for this DVD is in for a big letdown.
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Summary: The Way a TRUE Sports Movie Should Be Done!!!
Review: If you are like myself, you are just about sick of sports movies in which the sports action takes a backseat to some smarmy romantic subplot or otherwise irrelevant study in character development. Okay, that worked in Bull Durham, but for the most part I question why movies like "For the Love of the Game" and "Summer Catch" even have to involve baseball or ball players. Maybe it's just a trick to sucker people into thinking that they're going to see a sports movie.
Major League is impressive on three levels. First, the actors are brilliant (even those relegated to smaller roles). Second, the plot is mainly baseball action, baseball action and more baseball action. Third, it's hilarious and makes you feel good. I watch it almost every summer, and for a comedy to lend itself to repeated viewings is a rare thing indeed.
Plot Synopsis: Rachael Phelps, the ex-showgirl heiress to the Cleveland Indians Baseball franchise finds a loophole in the team's contract with the city saying that the team can leave the city if attendance is low enough. With her eyes set on moving the team to Miami, she proceeds to put together a team that is sure to lose. Of course, they win!
Simple and sweet, Major League is a well-balanced movie that will entertain both sports enthusiasts as well as people who don't even know the first thing about baseball. Lots of baseball action, one simple (but well-crafted) romantic subplot, and a cast of hilarious and fun-to-look-at characters make this one of the most engaging comedy movies of all time.
On another note, the screen presence of every actor and actress in this movie is phenomenal. Sheen, Beringer, Corbin, Rene Russo and Wesley Snipes all in the same movie acting at the top of thier game. Even those minor characters like Cerrano, Bob Ucker and the old veteran pitcher are acting thier hearts out here. It's literally an All-Star team of great actors!
Anyway, I don't think I could justify the movie with an abbreviated review. If you are a sports fan that like a good comedy - get this movie.
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Summary: The best film in the trilogy
Review: If you need to pick with film of the three films to see. Just stay with the first one. Great cast and a good script.
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Summary: My favorite movie!
Review: It's not a deep drama and it won't make you ask you any tough questions of yourself, but Major League is pure entertainment from beginning to end. As such, it's my all-time favorite movie. It's easy to invest in the story (a Cleveland team made up of spare parts tries to overcome their owner's plot to move the franchise) even if it's been dated by the Indians' '90s success. The comedy doesn't pull any punches but still stays pretty tasteful, and I still find it laugh-out-loud funny even after 30+ viewings. The comedy is equal parts outstanding writing by David S. Ward and brilliant characterizations by the actors. James Gammon is dead-on as grizzled manager Lou Brown and Tom Berenger is actually sympathetic as journeyman catcher Jake Taylor. Dennis Haysbert and Corbin Bernsen give great performances, and Charlie Sheen is inimitable as Wild Thing Vaughn. I think any baseball fan will enjoy this movie, but fans of good comedy will probably like it, too. The DVD has no special features (what else do you expect from Paramount?), but the picture and sound are good. Movie: 6/5
DVD: 4/5
Overall: 5/5
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Summary: Cinema's gift to shower singing
Review: Its always amazing to me how people take movies like this so seriously that they think their "astute" observations about plot predictability pass for intelligent bashing. It's a simple movie and it deserves a simple review. As far as baseball comedies go, this is by far the best ever. As far as baseball movies go, this is near the top of the list. As far as Charlie Sheen appearances go, this was his one shot at Oscar gold. As far as opening songs go, this is the best one of all time, in any movie about any city or any sport or anything. There's a red moon rising
On the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake (x2) There's an oil barge winding
Down the Cuyahoga River
Rolling into Cleveland to the lake (x2) Cleveland, city of light, city of magic
Cleveland, city of light, you're calling me
Cleveland, even now I can remember
'Cause the Cuyahoga River
Goes smokin' through my dreams Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on Now the Lord can make you tumble
The Lord can make you turn
The Lord can make you overflow
And the Lord can make you burn Burn on, big river, burn on
Burn on, big river, burn on
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Summary: Major League...Major Hit!
Review: Just a fun,entertaining,baseball film with quirky and likeable characters and a plot that's not too complicated, a little predictable (but who cares?), but engrossing enough to just make you smile and cheer. After the likes of some serious baseball films like THE NATURAL, EIGHT MEN OUT, FIELD OF DREAMS, and even the semi-serious comedy BULL DURHAM, MAJOR LEAGUE came out of nowhere and stated that baseball films can be fun again. Tom Berenger leads the cast of misfit baseball players who are going to win the pennant in spite of the new owner Rachel (Margaret Whitton) tinkering with the team to produce a loser so she can move the "Indians" franchise to Florida. With Charlie Sheen, Corbin Benson, Wesley Snipes, Dennis Haysbert (tv's 24,tv's Now and Again) and supporting roles of Rene Russo and soon to be Baseball Hall of Fame announcer Bob Uecker as the beleagered Indian's announcer. Classic scene: Charlie Sheen as pitcher Ricky Vaughn coming in to pitch and the crowd roars and sings along to the Troggs' "Wild Thing"!--Excellent!
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: Major League is my favorite baseball movie ever, and it's been ticking me off for the longest time that it wasn't available on DVD where as the lesser sequals were. I just hope there are extra scenes included, given we've waited this long. I still remember the trailer and want to see the scene that included the lines "That ball wouldn't have been out of most parks." "Name one." "Yellowstone." Why they cut that out I will NEVER know.
Very hyped am I:)
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Summary: still one of my favorites! Very funny
Review: Major League is one of my favorite comedies and one of my favorite baseball movies. The fact that it is a baseball comedy only makes things better. The premise is that the Cleveland Indians have a new owner and she wants to move the team to Miami (because of the perks she'll get). To do this, the attendance for the season has to dip below a certain number (800,000 I believe). So, she gets rid of most of the regular players and invites a bunch of has-been and never-was players to training camp. She tries to build a team designed to lose, and come in dead last. Much is made of the fact that the Indians have not won a pennant in over 30 years and nobody expects them to do well. The team is stocked with over the hill players like Jake Taylor (Tom Berenger): a washed up catcher with bad knees who they found playing in the Mexican league, Roger Dorn (Corbin Bernsen): the third baseman who is scared of being hit by the ball; and players that never were stars like Rick Vaughn (Charlie Sheen): a pitcher with no control serving time in prison for stealing a car, and Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes): the centerfielder with blazing speed but can't hit, and Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert): a voodoo practicing slugger who can't hit a curveball. With this misfit team, we go through Spring Training and the regular season. As the season progresses the team starts playing better than the owner had hoped so she keeps taking away essentials like the team plane, the hot tub, hot water, and others. The team plays even better until the whole plot is revealed by the General Manager of the franchise. This gives the Indians the fire they need to be a contender and make a run for the post season (since this might be the only chance these players get). Major League is an incredibly funny movie and remains one of my favorites. I laugh at all the places I used to and I find the mix of baseball and humor in this movie to be nearly perfect. One thing to note is that there is a lot of swearing in this movie and repeated use of the "F" word, so if that is the sort of thing that bothers you: you have been warned. Otherwise, this is one of the best baseball movie and is a blast to watch and watch again.
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Summary: "Way too predictable"
Review: Major League was way too predictable from beginning to end. Though it had a great cast, I would really call it "funny funny" because I didn't laugh much. However, it was in no part boring and I watched it without stopping once. The point is...baseball players who are horrible is not my idea of really really funny, like everyone else said. It's also not my kind of Weslet Snipes's movie, comparing it to Blade and the other movies he has starred in. I suggest you rent it first. If you love it, buy it. If you don't, then plainly return it the first day you got it and don't see the sequel. By the way...Major League 3: Back to the Minors has the complete same story and jokes so if you see any of the sequels first don't expect anything new in the original. I give it three stars. Time: 105 minutes. Rated R for strong language, brief rear nudity, and crude humor.
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Summary: Forget Field of Dreams! This is the must-have baseball movie
Review: Major League, the first installment of three Major League movies, is by far, the funniest and most original. It's an 80's gem. First off, like many other classics on my list (Spinal Tap,eg), this is a movie my wife didn't think was funny. Perhaps a gender issue, I don't know, but I found Major League to be original and entertaining. It's not fast paced or one joke after another, rather it's more subtle humor (again Spinal Tap comes to mind). You can read the other review to get the story line. I'm telling you that it's a top-10 pick for me.
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