Episodes
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Ep. 21 - Field of Dreams
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Tear ducts, prepare thy selves for this 21st edition of Scoring At The Movies, as we analyze the best film we’ve covered yet: Field of Dreams.
This ghost story has a sense of humour, along with a midlife crisis, father/son regret, spirituality...and lots of corn. Kevin Costner was the ideal choice to head up the eclectic Field Of Dreams cast. He’s given a lot of credit for this movie, but writer/director Phil Alden Robinson did a masterful job of walking the tightrope and finding the correct It’s A Wonderful Life type tone. To Chris’ dismay, it also shares a major plot point with Jimmy Stewart’s Christmas movie—money woes. Also, while the miscast Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe doesn’t hurt the picture, he’s just too scary and New York-y for that role. Fortunately, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones and especially Burt Lancaster are perfectly cast.
Dig into our lengthy teeth-rattle about one of the sweetest and oddest sports movies ever made.
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Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Ep. 20 - Mr. Baseball
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Thursday Mar 07, 2019
Spring training is in full *ahem* swing, so the 20th installment of Scoring At The Movies slugs onto the baseball diamond with Mr. Baseball.
Tom Selleck brings his hirsute charm to this fairly authentic baseball comedy, although Chris thinks Magnum P.I. isn’t Magnum P.I.’ing it enough. We definitely agreed that---once again---the sports comedy in question just isn’t very funny. We also talked about Japanese culture, the surprising lack of product placement and Selleck’s character’s stubborn refusal to assimilate. We got into his stormy relationship with his manager & with his lady friend Hiroko and, dumbly, we forgot to talk about the fact that the manager, “Chief” Uchiyama, is her father. We certainly hashed out the “bad baseball” going on in the big game. So bunt a few shuutos and hear us nitpick “Jack In Japan”.
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