It's a truly remarkable film ... I saw it the week it hit the theaters -- and to this day, if I trip across it on TV I stop whatever i am doing and watch it to the end ....
Can you imagine the absolute panic he felt when that gun went off? For one terrifying moment, he was reliving the moment that defined his life - years of agony & rehabilitation, and again all because of a beautiful, yet crazy-as-all-get-out female.
@burtonaka___ It's social commentary, not a piece of literature. It's how we talk. You dont want to see the beauty in ambiguity, that's fine you don't have to, but you just sound like an a$$.
I have read the novel, and I must say I much prefer the outcome in the movie. This is truly Roy being given a 2nd chance, and a chance to redeem himself, unlike in the novel. Almost as if it were a crossover with Quantum Leap, and Dr. Samuel Beckett stepped in to change the character's life and those he touches all for the better :)
They show him swinging in the opening montage, but when I saw the episode, he gets on base due to a weird rule where he can if the catcher doesn't catch the pitch with two strikes showing!
The judge was my great uncle. Robert prosky. Never met him but my grandma said he was pretty chill and liked to make jokes. Feel free to look the family tree up in happy to provide names.
Great movie based on the book of the same name which I recently read. Usually I find the book version of a story to be better than the movie version, but not in this case as the book was rather disappointing, at least to me. In the book Hobbs is no hero and the ending is very different. The director, actors, script writers and composer did a magnificent job taking that story from the book, improving it greatly and making an incredible movie.
Mr March People used to read this book in High School. So many were familiar with the story,much was made when this movie came out of how the ending was changed from the book.
Some of the critics didn't like the Hollywood ending of the film. Gene Siskel said they had read the book just days before. Who wants their hero to turn for money in the end? However good he is, there's no guarantee that he'd hit; hitting 1/3 at bats is .333 which would be super-fantastic in the major leagues. And even if he hit, he might not score. Or if they were that afraid of him, the pitcher would walk him.
I always thought the villains in these movies were over the top. I now see my folly. The world is filled with evil people who enjoy destroying what is good. This movie is amazing in its moral clarity.
As Darren McGavin's character says, they like the action -- betting other people's futures on things that don't matter, out of greed or boredom or a belief no one will ever make them pay up. Seen a lot of those people in recent years.
Crazy women are a scary thing. They're not always easy to differentiate from the sane ones. Good looks makes it harder to spot even the obviously crazy ones. Many of us can only learn this the hard way.
I guess I haven't seen enough of her film career, but I found it hard to believe she won an Oscar. If looks were the only determinant, I can agree with you!
@@jp3813 I did not know I was constrained to speaking only of Ms. Basinger in the 2:30 of this clip, so as to take part in these responses. I have seen "The Natural" many times, "9 1/2 Weeks" once, not much else of her filmography.
Darren McGavin being one of the main characters in this movie , yet you won't see his name in the credits at the beginning or ending of this movie. I wonder why.
found this: While Darren McGavin had a major supporting role as the bookmaker Gus Sands, he received no credit. In the recent retrospective documentary on the Special Edition DVD of this movie, Robert Prosky (the Judge) claimed that McGavin was cast late in the picture, and would have received a lesser billing than the other stars. As a result, McGavin chose to go uncredited. Prosky noted that McGavin wound up "drawing more attention to himself" as a result.
Personally I think that woman needs to be committed to judge needs to be arrested and that so-called sports reporter needs to go to jail for the rest of his life
I've never been smart enough to understand everything here......were Memo and Barbara Hershey supposed to be the same character, just looked different? I love this movie so much but don't understand all the symbolism, I very much appreciate it being explained, thank you in advance 😊
You look a little lost. - I'm not. You dropped this on your way out. Something seems amiss. Correct me if I'm wrong, Hobbs, but we had a deal. No. Those are your winnings. This is a gag. Pick it up. Get out. If it isn't enough money, tell us what you've got in mind. *To hit away.* I thought I could rely on your honor. *You're about to.*
Rob 7 when he's talking to Glen Close..Iris.....I absolutely Love that too..he just stops mid sentence and says, so passionately..God I Love baseball. It's so genuine. The game really gets inside You if You Love it
Very differently apparently. I know he strikes out in the book, not sure if it was intentional or not. If not ... and he moves on with his life and the Glen close character, then the book is a more poetic ending. If an intentional dive, then I can see why the movie screen play writer changed it and its for the better.
It's a truly remarkable film ... I saw it the week it hit the theaters -- and to this day, if I trip across it on TV I stop whatever i am doing and watch it to the end ....
its fantastic. this scene. shook me. startled the hell out of me and his fear was palpable and takes you back to his youth immediately.
Can you imagine the absolute panic he felt when that gun went off? For one terrifying moment, he was reliving the moment that defined his life - years of agony & rehabilitation, and again all because of a beautiful, yet crazy-as-all-get-out female.
It was demonstrable to the degree to which he ascended.
"We have met before..." Crazy is crazy, and easily recognizable.
Man is spitin facts! Just the facts man!
@@wilc.2095 who is
@burtonaka___Not very good with recognizing allegory are ya
@burtonaka___ No, you proved my point just fine with that remark, we are good little dingleberry.
@burtonaka___ It's social commentary, not a piece of literature. It's how we talk. You dont want to see the beauty in ambiguity, that's fine you don't have to, but you just sound like an a$$.
“I thought I could rely on your honor, Hobbs?”
“You’re about to.”
Classic.
The whole movie in two lines.
My favorite movie of all time
I love the call back to what Roy's da says to him about his gift, hence the look he shoots yer man. Brilliant.
I have read the novel, and I must say I much prefer the outcome in the movie. This is truly Roy being given a 2nd chance, and a chance to redeem himself, unlike in the novel. Almost as if it were a crossover with Quantum Leap, and Dr. Samuel Beckett stepped in to change the character's life and those he touches all for the better :)
They show him swinging in the opening montage, but when I saw the episode, he gets on base due to a weird rule where he can if the catcher doesn't catch the pitch with two strikes showing!
The judge was my great uncle. Robert prosky. Never met him but my grandma said he was pretty chill and liked to make jokes. Feel free to look the family tree up in happy to provide names.
He was amazing in Michael Mann's "Thief."
The man has integrity....honest..
What a great flick.
Such great acting all around. Everyone in this movie.
The irony of him telling him to honor a request to cheat. Never gets old.
Great movie based on the book of the same name which I recently read. Usually I find the book version of a story to be better than the movie version, but not in this case as the book was rather disappointing, at least to me. In the book Hobbs is no hero and the ending is very different. The director, actors, script writers and composer did a magnificent job taking that story from the book, improving it greatly and making an incredible movie.
Mr March People used to read this book in High School. So many were familiar with the story,much was made when this movie came out of how the ending was changed from the book.
I just finished the book as well, and I agree that the movie was way better than the book.
glad they did.
Some of the critics didn't like the Hollywood ending of the film. Gene Siskel said they had read the book just days before. Who wants their hero to turn for money in the end? However good he is, there's no guarantee that he'd hit; hitting 1/3 at bats is .333 which would be super-fantastic in the major leagues. And even if he hit, he might not score. Or if they were that afraid of him, the pitcher would walk him.
I always thought the villains in these movies were over the top. I now see my folly. The world is filled with evil people who enjoy destroying what is good. This movie is amazing in its moral clarity.
As Darren McGavin's character says, they like the action -- betting other people's futures on things that don't matter, out of greed or boredom or a belief no one will ever make them pay up. Seen a lot of those people in recent years.
Crazy women are a scary thing. They're not always easy to differentiate from the sane ones. Good looks makes it harder to spot even the obviously crazy ones. Many of us can only learn this the hard way.
Darren McGavin......The Old Man
Kim Basinger was great at playing a two-timing, double crossing, manipulative c...well you know what she was.
I think tragically her character was manipulated herself by the Judge and Darren McGavin's villainous character...
Kim Basinger was so freaking hot in this film.....
I guess I haven't seen enough of her film career, but I found it hard to believe she won an Oscar. If looks were the only determinant, I can agree with you!
Yeah, she played a slut so very well.
+Stogie2112 She was only 31 at the time, so..
@@JohnSmith-op1tc The OP never said anything about the Oscars to begin with.
@@jp3813 I did not know I was constrained to speaking only of Ms. Basinger in the 2:30 of this clip, so as to take part in these responses. I have seen "The Natural" many times, "9 1/2 Weeks" once, not much else of her filmography.
Robert Redford: I'm not an actor. I'm a movie star.
Your right we have met before, and God haven't most of us been with a beautiful and crazy woman the 2 characteristics just seem to go together
Darren McGavin being one of the main characters in this movie , yet you won't see his name in the credits at the beginning or ending of this movie. I wonder why.
found this: While Darren McGavin had a major supporting role as the bookmaker Gus Sands, he received no credit. In the recent retrospective documentary on the Special Edition DVD of this movie, Robert Prosky (the Judge) claimed that McGavin was cast late in the picture, and would have received a lesser billing than the other stars. As a result, McGavin chose to go uncredited. Prosky noted that McGavin wound up "drawing more attention to himself" as a result.
Guess. He couldn't stand the movie and they gave him no credit for creating the character.
" something seems amiss "..
The original bunny boiler.
And of course Glenn Close is on the other side of it in this movie 😂
Personally I think that woman needs to be committed to judge needs to be arrested and that so-called sports reporter needs to go to jail for the rest of his life
Don't you understand the way the world really works? If you've got enough money and power, you're above the law.
Sometimes that can be fuc*ing game. But you must strongly stay.
Correct me if I'm wrong, Hobbs, but we had a deal.
No.
Consider yourself corrected!
isnt this the scene where Kolchak thinks Kim is a vampira and takes out a wooden bat and stabs her
There's only one Vampira, and she will forever be Maila Nurmi, Finnish queen of the dark.
Isn't Kim red hot beautiful in this picture?
Red Hot and Black Hearted!
Adamwinters Absolutely And a good Woman is hard to find, but I found one.
0:58🤣
I've never been smart enough to understand everything here......were Memo and Barbara Hershey supposed to be the same character, just looked different? I love this movie so much but don't understand all the symbolism, I very much appreciate it being explained, thank you in advance 😊
No, Barbara Hershey dies as the article states. He was just saying how alike Memo was to Barbara’s character, and how she reminded him of her.
You look a little lost.
- I'm not.
You dropped this on your way out.
Something seems amiss. Correct me if I'm wrong, Hobbs, but we had a deal.
No.
Those are your winnings. This is a gag. Pick it up. Get out.
If it isn't enough money, tell us what you've got in mind. *To hit away.*
I thought I could rely on your honor.
*You're about to.*
EVERYONE IS entitled to their opinion no matter how stupid it may BE😅😅😅😂😂
when does he say "god i love baseball"...
Rob 7 when he's talking to Glen Close..Iris.....I absolutely Love that too..he just stops mid sentence and says, so passionately..God I Love baseball. It's so genuine. The game really gets inside You if You Love it
This scene is so intense, and more so if you know the book's plot arch. Roy Hobbs WAS a loser. Gus Sands was right! 2:00
Anyone know what the time stamp is in the movie for this?
1939
never understood.. why was she so mad at him?
I think she just wanted him to take the money and live with her prosperously ever after.
Delilah with a Firearm👎👎
This was treated slightly differently in the book.
Very differently apparently. I know he strikes out in the book, not sure if it was intentional or not.
If not ... and he moves on with his life and the Glen close character, then the book is a more poetic ending.
If an intentional dive, then I can see why the movie screen play writer changed it and its for the better.
As a Detroit Tigers fan, I feel like Justin Verlander was the Roy Hobbs who wasn't.
Adam Fuller This is so obviously about Mickey Mantle hair and all
This guy definitely has bad luck with women.
Because he left the woman who gave him luck.