A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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- A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (1992) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION
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The scene when the Black woman threw the ball was to note that the league was segregated. There were two women who played in the Negro League. I met one of them, Mamie "Peanut" Johnson, at the Negro League Shop in MD years ago.
My granddad played is why I love baseball and he played in his local black team in Baltimore
Super jealous that you got to meet Peanut Johnson
That’s awesome that you got to meet her. Very cool.
Awesome that you got to meet her. Sad that the major leagues wo'nt take a hit from these fine ladies and the Negro Leagues and give women a fair shot.
That's one of the multitude of my fave moments in this movie. It was so wrong that they weren't allowed to play with these teams.
That nod said it all. ❤
“She can’t dim her light for you” is words of wisdom right there
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Penny Marshall deserves credit for her work in directing this great film.
Half of the cast from Laverne and Shirley is on this including their kids
She did get credit for it, didn’t she ?
@@tempsitch5632 Of course it's in the end credits, but people tend to talk about the actors instead of her work in discussing the film.
Betty Spaghetti is Penny's daughter
Gary Marshall, Mr. Harvey, is her dad...
Fun fact: that bruise was real from filming 😮😖
$75 per week in 1943 is worth $1345 per week today. That's $5824 a month today. Decent money.
I'm always saying that it's not so much about what you make every week as it is about how much you can buy with it. The average rent in 1943 was $30-50 a Month.
@@chago4202000 I came up with a national average in 1943 of $31.50 a month or $565 today. Even at $50 a month or $897 today, they were paid well. I agree with your saying, except I always say it's not how much money you make. It's the difference between how much money you make and your bills.
tom hanks said in an interview that this was his favorite movie he's ever been in
I think some of the elder women are the actual baseball players.
They are
Jon Lovitz is so mean and obnoxious in this movie… I LOVE IT! 😂😂
Many of his funniest comments were Ad Libs made by him that were better than the lines in the movie script. Penny Marshall left them in.
Loved it 💜
It's always the best when actors go rogue!
@@tommiller4895 she knew it was gold 🤣
@@tommiller4895 yes I remember them talking about a couple of those that weren't in the script. Like the leash for the chickens and when he yelled at the cow to shut up.
"There's no crying in baseball!"
it was always called baseball, the Women took the mens place when they went to war. Softball is totally different when it comes to the size of the ball and the style of pitching
Geena Davis has said that she believes no way Dottie would've deliberately dropped the ball and betrayed her team.
It says much more about her character that she lost honestly than her dishonestly throwing the game for her sister.
I see so many people commenting on reactions to A League of Their Own saying that Dottie dropped the ball on purpose. I've always disagreed so I'm glad to see Geena feels the same! Dottie made a point of telling Ellen Sue to throw high, fast balls because Kit had a history of missing them. She was definitely trying to help the Peaches win. Kit just had something to prove and all that fire built up in her, so she massacred that ball and then tackled Dottie so hard that she dropped the ball. She wanted that win!
She didn't have to say "high fast balls". I think she wanted to win
She clearly dropped the ball on purpose. They showed TWO scenes to support this. 1) She held on to the ball when a larger woman ran her down. 2) She witnessed how Kitt was falling apart in the dugout. That was the purpose for showing those scenes. It doesn't take from her character at all. My sister would come before my team any day, especially knowing she's always felt like nothing.
They actually show THREE scenes.....when Dottie tells her grandson to give his little brother a chance sometimes. She dropped the ball on purpose.
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Exactly! I loved it that these two women reacting watched the same movie, but one declared,"She definitely dropped it on purpose" while the other said, with equal confidence,"It was clearly an accident." 😄
A perfect microcosm of every Comments section online.
I'm a makeup artist by profession, but I'm so glad they did not use old age makeup on Madonna and Gene Davis and everybody. I'm glad that they cast older actresses for the reunion scenes. Old age makeup is one of THE most difficult things to do really well and believably- and with that number of actresses who would need it, and the budget of this film, it would probably have not been as good as it could have been, and it would pull you right out of the movie- the feeling of actual time having passed, how much people change with age.. The actresses they did cast were SO spot-on perfect! The casting director should have won an award just for that. You could immediately tell who was who. Obviously, they gave us clues in the script as well, but everybody looked believable. Dottie standing next to her younger-self photograph: there is no doubt that that young woman grew into that older woman. They really did a tremendous job with that casting!!
Heartwarming reunion with Dottie and Bob. Next scene:
Jimmy: WHY AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON THIS BUS?!
The end of the movie during the credits where the older ladies are playing baseball are the real women that played in the league.
Fun Fact: Geena Davis is an Olympic level archer in real life. 🏹
geena always stood out as looking very athletic to me, I heard she wasn't even into athletics while growing up but then she did this film and the coaches were all seriously impressed, physically gifted, she doesn't move like a 6ft woman, she was in the olympic trials in her 40's
@@wheelmanstan She is also incredibly smart too.
I saw this movie when it came out in 1992. To this day I still say to my wife..33:07.. ALICE! You're Killing me Alice! LOL (My wife's name is Anne)
Good thing you're not a honeymooners fan.
Omg it’s one of my lines too lmao
@@Travis_D_Travesty I'm named after my Grandfather,Ralph. And yes my grandmother,his wife, was Alice
I love this movie. Don't even know how many times I've seen, at least 20, and it never gets old. An absolutely stellar cast and a fantastic and often forgotten story from history.
Fun fact: all the injuries you see, like Dottie's leg, are real injuries the actors suffered. The cast played real ball and had real injuries.
I saw this as a kid when it came out. I absolutely fell in love with this movie and went to see it several times in the theater… one of my absolute favorites.
I enjoyed your shock upon spotting Madonna at tryouts. 😄 VIRTUAL “NOSTALGIC FOR BASEBALL YOU NEVER PLAYED” HUG! 😂⚾️🤗
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Thanks for picking this movie. It's Fantastic. ❤️
Shirley Baker likely came from a rural community. At that time, not a lot of emphasis was expended on education for women from poorer communities. This was far more common in those times. My great grandmother couldn’t read either.
One of my favorite lines is when Jimmy tells Bob, "I'm a big fan of yours."
Part of this was filmed in my hometown so I’ll always adore this film ❤
"Put him back."
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Such a good movie, they did the whole thing so well! You didn't know Madonna was in it prior? That was a fun surprise.
We saw her name in the intro but didn’t immediately recognize when she came on screen so we almost forgot. If her name wasn’t in the intro we maybe would’ve missed her entirely. So the shock was almost not realizing that it was her even though she was talking for a while.
Just an fyi. In the dancing hall one of the guy's dancing with Madona was Eddie Mecka (The big Ragu Carmine from Lavern and Shirly and the guy doi9ng the announcing was Squigy from the same show which Penny Marshall stared.
Awesome reaction. This movie is profoundly underrated. My favorite line in this movie is "There's no crying in baseball". lol
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Virtual hug! One of my favorite movies! ❤
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Great movie! Great reaction!
The end song, This Used To Be My Playground by Madonna was to be at the beginning of the movie but instead they used Now and Forever by Carol King. Madonna was upset because she knew people leave the theater without listening to the final song.
Not true.
I played field hockey in a plaid kilt. It was actually not bad. We wore our soccer shorts under them of course.
$75 back then is the equivalent of about $1430 today
in the locker room peeing scene, Penny Marshall was in the stall behind Tom Hanks with a garden hose, pouring it into the toilet...🤣😂🤣
I'm so relieved to hear that; he sounded like a horse. 😊🤭
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Baseball and softball are played by the same rules, but softball uses a larger ball that hurts less when you get hit with it. It's common for girls and casual players (for example, teams from churches or businesses just looking to play recreationally, not aspiring athletes) to play softball as opposed to baseball. Dottie and Kit were playing softball in the beginning for the for the team from the dairy their parents own.
One of my favorite moments in film is when Geena Davis does the splits. She's actually crazy athletic, no knowledge to back this up, she just looks like an athlete.
She’s an Olympic level archer I heard! And we know that the actresses actually had to know how to play ball to get the part in this film. So I’d say she’s definitely athletic ❤️
"You wanted it more than me" and "You got yourself in the league, I got you on the train" explains Kit in a nutshell by her older sister who knew her better than she knew herself. Great movie by Penny Marshall. Perfect musical score. (virtual hug)
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This is a great movie. It’s one you can watch repeatedly throughout the years.
The only thing that gets to me about it is how Kit never really gets her comeuppance. It’s so unsatisfying!
She basically gets rewarded in the end for being a spiteful, self absorbed, jealous, inconsiderate, tantrum throwing shrew. I hate it! There weren’t any consequences for her disgusting/hateful behavior.
At no point did she ever show any love or compassion towards her own sister and the real problems she was going through.
Kit didn’t deserve to win and it ruined the end of the movie for me.
How silly. Kit was immature and she had to grow up. "comeuppance" for being overshadowed by her sister her whole life?
Great reaction. Really interesing to see actual sisters reacting to a movie about sisters.
even the silliest part of this movie really happened, to an extent. the woman were made to be "cheerleader athletes."
During the Closing Credits the Ladies playing Baseball are actual members of the Girl's Baseball League. The Bruise on the girls leg was real. Those uniforms really didn't provide protection for the players. The older Dottie and Kit were older Actresses with the voices the main Actresses dubbed in.
75 dollars a week is the equivalent of making about $1,400 a week these days.
So, about 70k a year, give or take. Pretty good money all in all. For comparison, Lou Gehrig was the highest paid star in the late 30’s and he was pulling in about it 35k a year (or roughly 700k these days).
Yes a lot of familiar faces, Madonna, Geena Davis, Rosie O'Donnell, Tea leoni, Lori Petty, Tom Hanks, Jon lovitz, Bill Pullman. David stratham, Garry Marshall . And during world war 2 there really was an all women's League
I knew the real person that Dottie's character portrayed. Her name was Lavonne "Pepper" Pare. She also is the real composer of the league song. She was a wonderful lady and she used to tell us all the old stories long before the world knew about the league. RIP PEP
Yeah, the uniforms are accurate. They did indeed expect those women to play baseball in those short skirts.
That bruise on Alice’s thigh was real, she got it while filming and so they included in the movie. Just another reason why they shouldn’t have worn skirts as a baseball uniform 🙄
I hope I'm the 8 bajillionth person in the comments to point out how incredible the Amazon reboot of this film was/is - it doubles down on the best parts of the film, exploring all the areas they were instructed to ignore in the original (like racial or queer issues), and discusses them in very real and relatable ways. Super excited to go ahead and start this, since I began writing before I even started the video because I enjoy y'all so much as reactors that I just got ahead of myself. OK, I'm gonna start play now lol
OK just finished it. I really relate to it feeling nostalgic - it's a story that, despite not happening to us personally, is still deeply relevant to many of us. Some of that is in the power of the incredible storytelling of this movie, and some because it's telling the real stories of real people and we can't escape the ways in which history continues to impact us all in a variety of ways we struggle to describe, even as it feels vital that we find some way to communicate what we feel inside so that we feel less alone.
Sigh, it's after midnight and I worry I'm rambling. I appreciate you sharing your time with us. I love this film and really enjoyed y'all's reaction to it. I highly recommend the Amazon reboot to anyone reading this. And to those same people: you are loved and valued and wanted
We appreciate your thoughtful comments. You can ramble as much as you like. We appreciate you 💜
You should watch Tom in his prime in movie Nothing in Common, about his parents getting divorced, and both needed him. It's about his Dad, who with son had nothing in common. Great soundtrack songs in it, and he's funny and good in drama.
And did you know the song in this movie ending, Used to Be My Playground, was Madonna singing? Was a hit.
They are called “switch hitters” can hit with both
Always be grateful for what you do .
I'm so glad you liked my recommendation! They made a show on this movie that is really good and really gay. It's worth watching, even if it was prematurely canceled
Wonderful! you got to this movie. Jon Lovitz as the recruiter was perfect in my point of view. With the attitude of those times, big city attitude I call it being from a small town of 33,000 myself.
$75 is more than double their salary
I don’t think Dottie would ever lose on purpose. Kit just clocked her. Also, Dottie also hurt herself catching the ball in the dugout so she wasn’t 100%
Yes, and Geena Davis actually said that in an interview : she believes no way she would've betrayed her team that way.
Dottie dropped that ball on purpose, babies. She was the best in the league. The film made a point to show her skill...that she could catch and hold nearly any pitch, like when she fell into the dugout and came up holding the ball. The hit she took from Kitt was nothing for Dottie, she simply just decided to let her sister win in the end. Great reaction to one of my favorite movies!
Hm. I never saw it that way. I just saw it as Kit hitting her like a freight train with 18 years of frustration and finally breaking through. That's what I'll choose to see.
@@groujo1she wouldn't have dropped that ball on purpose. If she does then that just nullifies all that Kit did to win. Kit earned it by finally giving it all she had instead of whining.
While it’s obviously left for the viewer to decide, I’m in the Dottie-dropped-the-ball-on-purpose camp. They open the movie with her effectively telling her elder grandson to take it easy on his little brother. And they make a point of showing Dottie holding on after a collision at the plate. I think Dottie knew it meant far more to her sister than it did to her, so she let her win in a way that wouldn’t undermine her sister’s accomplishment.
@@MotoNomad350 Agreed: it fits with the themes, and Dottie does seem to wish she had given Kit more room to flourish. But it doesn't fit with Dottie's , imho. She was a real ballplayer who respected the game and wanted to win. She drove hundreds of miles to return to the final game, and she told Betty to pitch Kit high. And you can see it on her face while Kit is running the bases: she's not rooting Kit on. So if she decided to drop the ball intentionally, it was at the very last second. And I'd say if that was the intention of the story to have that be the crucial choice, it's filmed strangely. They could have shown Dottie smiling while doing it or something. I think they chose not to do that because it would feel condescending, rather than loving. And that's exactly why I don't choose not to interpret it that way.
The number of people who seem to think that being good at something means that no one can ever win against you forever is ridiculous.
Do you *seriously* think the story being told is that Dottie betrays her teammates, lets Kit win out of pity, and that Kit is deluded and achieves nothing? *Seriously?* What a dreadful ending, and one wholly inconsistent with the ENTIRE rest of the story.
People, come ON.
This amazing movie was so criminally ignored at the OscarsЖ: Best Director (Penny Marshall), Best Actress (Geena Davis), Best Supporting Actor (Tom Hanks), Best Song (Madonna) etc
The huge bruise on the woman's thigh isn't make up at all it was a real injury. So painful. Tom Hanks said it was the most fun he ever had making a movie as he got to eat what he wanted, drink beer,watch, play baseball in small towns with a great cast of people and all their families.
Thank you for this...nice job!
There's no crying in baseball 😢
Many of the old ladies at the end were the actual ballplayers in the ladies league!!!!
Kitt dropped the ball at the end... she didn't do it on purpose but it was that one outta... that one and the million time !
So it was kinda perfect timing
I really appreciate this reaction by you two. Very good comments and understanding of what this movie is portraying. Thanks!
Great reaction to this film and Madonna that gets lots lost. Love it ❤
Great movie that I watch all the time. That said, Madonna couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. In this movie she gets away with playing herself because the character was basically her, but lines like "You ain't shuttin me down" were so over-acted and so badly delivered I never know whether to cringe or burst out laughing.
@@MarkMay-cr6bv What a ridiculous comment.
Yes they were playing bona fide baseball back then in the ladies league.
Maybe the best baseball movie of them all.. Although Bull Durham is really good too..
Or Rookie of the Year if only for the “pitcher has a big butt” taunt
Great reaction to a great movie! Some other sports movies I remember growing up with are Mighty Ducks, Cool Runnings, Rudy, and Ski Patrol! Virtual hug!
That talent scout...so enlightening, isn't he?
My favorite football movies are Necessary Roughness (1991) and Facing The Giants (2006).
Those were the actual peaches at the reunion.
I've got 10 minutes before my poker tournament starts. I only watch this channel because the girl on the left with the bandana is so damn beautiful.
some of the stuff with the ladies and their uniforms (which isn't what they really looked like) was so that guys would want to go and see the games. the time setting is ww2.
Great movie!! 😂
Nice one, Ladies! Thanks for sharing this one. 🙂
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Oh fun!
This movie has been in my top five and this is the first time I've seen woman support it.
Great review 👏. I can definitely tell both of you haven't seen this movie
All of the actresses in the movie really had to already have proven baseball/softball experience. Apparently a lot of actresses wanted to be in this movie and tried out for it but skill was also a necessity to be in this film.
One of my favorite baseball movies!
Those ladies were bad ass !!
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Madonna is hot 🔥
The guy in the beginning who recruited the girls is the great Jon Lovitz. I see a lot of reactors watching a hilarious movie he's in called Rat Race. I know you two will love Lovitz in that movie.
As always you two put a smile on my face ❤
I think you meant “Madonna WAS hot 🔥”. Cause these days…Yikes!
On Easter I pulled up a current pic of her to show my mom and husband how psychotically she destroyed her face and my toddler niece started bawling. If aliens showed up and saw her they’d immediately run back to Melmac screaming.
You’ve gotta be severely mentally ill to purposely do that to yourself.
It’s been a while since I’ve watched this movie, but it’s fantastic.
VH ladies. Keep them coming.
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I think the biggest issue between them was that big sis didn't even have to try to be good and lil' sis was really fighting for it.
As expected, I'm really enjoying this reaction at the halfway point! Recently, I passed on a reaction to this film, thinking, "Next time I'm in the mood for a reaction to A League of Their Own, I can always search for that flickaroo and pick whichever channel's reacting to it." Then it showed up on your channel, and I said "HOORAY, I'm down!" (Along with You, Me, & the Movies and Andelain, your reaction channel ranks at the tippity top for me! Your reactions are always fantastic!)
Also: "Why do you gotta' be so good?" is the wrong question. Kit, addlepated from living in her sister's shadow, is the embodiment of sport: striving her hardest, past reason, with a chip on her shoulder and everything to prove. Dottie, the Michael Jordan of her sport, has nothing to prove. She's amazingly talented and a class act all the way, a wonderful human being. To me, the question Kit needs to be asking *herself* is, "How good can *I* be -- and when am I ever going to just be happy for my sister and congratulate her on being such a badass?"
The relationship between Tom Hanks and Geen Davis is so great because they didn't try to make it some kind of love triangle - it's strictly platonic and he has respect for her as a player and as a person.
There's a deleted scene on UA-cam of that very thing happening. If I remember correctly, it occurred just before she asked the guy to trade her. Her and Jimmy kiss on the field
one on my fav madonna movie
9:08 "wait, is that Madonna??" -jyn
Softballs are lighter and bigger, they are also pitched underhand. It's almost the same sport.
24:34 that bruise was real
Wow
Good story, but the only things in there that actually happened were that the players did go to charm school, and that they wore those awful uniforms. But women's baseball was popular from the very first. They were never in danger of being shut down, and the league lasted through the 1953 season. There were more and more major-league games on television, and for awhile, small-town teams suffered.
The bruise on a player's hip that looked so horrible wasn't makeup. That was real. The actress said it took a year to heal completely.
Rosie O'Donnell standing next to Madonna asking if anyone will recognize her?
The tv series is good. It’s on prime. It sadly got cancelled, but I loved it!!
Hi Jyn & Ryl, great choice for a movie reaction!🏆😊 While the Indvidual stories are not true, the general story of the film is accurate. Great reactions to this very fun well made film, Ladies!!!!🎬👏👏👏👏
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Dottie lived in Oregon. Back then, there wasn't really any commuting.
Her husband Bob was the President in Independence Day.
7:08 "wtf? his face." -ryl
“I’m having nostalgia as if I use to be a baseball player. I’ve never played baseball in my whole life.” You just made me crack up laughing when you said that. Another great reaction. I seriously love you two. You are awesome and I hope you have all the success and happiness in the world. I truly enjoy watching you two reacting to some of my favorite movies and I find myself with a huge smile on my face without even realizing it. I’m so happy I came across your channel awhile back. Peace and love from Nate in Plymouth Mass.
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Girl on the right has obviously seen it before. Literally no one their age can just act like they spotted Madonna from 32 years ago miraculously within 2 seconds, and then also predict every single thing thats going to happen right before it happens in the movie
$75 in 1943 is the equivalent of about what $1,300 - $1,400 is in 2024 which ain't nothing nowadays because of inflation and a imploding economy but was considered more than great in those times.
The credits. You have to watch the credits. Those are the real players and it awesome.
You know it would make a great short.
We watched the credits. The full reaction is on Patreon.
I don't feel sorry for Kit. Kit is not a victim of anything. Kit is envious of Dottie. So much so that she distorts reality to suit her narrative. Kit is in a one-sided sibling rivalry with Dottie. Kit over exaggerates or lies about how people view & compare her to Dottie. Dottie even called her out on it at the beginning of the movie. Kit uses emotional black mail to manipulate Dottie into feeling guilty about everything & nothing. When the emotional black mail fails, she throws a tantrum & angrily lashes out. Regarding Kit's skill, she has it. We don't know if her skill is actually less or equal to Dottie's because she spends the entire movie, with exception to the baseball tryouts, mimicking Dottie's technique. Kit is a very insecure & immature young woman with low self-esteem. Kit placed herself in Dottie's shadow. No one put her
I love each and every woman in this movie. And Tom Hanks.
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When you guys watch the movies i grew up with and watched most of them when they came out , Have to watch with you both. Very refreashing. Could'nt get you in a skirt hahahahaha that was so funny
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