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I Know It's A Kids Movie But Still.... (spoilers)

posted 14 years ago by HenryHillisatattletale
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I watched this movie with my 12 year old son and even he picked up on some VERY obvious mistakes. I realize you have to buy into the fantasy of the premise but they should always get the basics right, the 3 main mistakes that annoyed me (and my son for that matter) are:

1: If the kid is such a huge Cubs fan, why did he not recognize the manager when he knocked on his door? (as my son said - 'if Joe Girardi knocked on my front door I would know who he was')

2: The kid made his debut on August 11th - and then went to school the next day!!!

3: They could not decide if the final game was a division clincher (as the manager stated) or the NLCS (as John Candy stated)

These are just silly silly mistakes that could easily have been avoided and this makes for sloppy film making and took away from the enjoyment, and Daniel Stern's character was totally pathetic and NOT funny...

[–] phantomshark3 14 years ago

They never said it was the NLCS, in fact Candy says '1 inning away from the division championship'. His mistake was in saying the winner went to the World Series instead of the playoffs.

[–] HenryHillisatattletale 14 years ago

Yes, exactly. Candy says 'the winner goes to the world series' so that means that would have been the NLCS - Yes?

But he also said, 1 inning away from winning the division championship, so they could not make up their mind what the game was.

I also noticed that the kid was always in the dugout with the team, he was a relief pitcher and so he should have been in the bullpen - It's like the film makers have never seen a baseball game !!!

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[–] psush_girl 13 years ago

i'm not a baseball fan by any means but i AM a teacher and i do know that some schools start in august. also, he could have been in summer school to help boost his grades; a lot of districts allow students to do this. there's even a moment in the movie where henry's mom tells chet stedman that henry has trouble getting his homework done.

hope this helps w/ your 2nd "mistake".

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should that mean it's not real?"

[–] demonic_angel132007-33-553874 13 years ago

Yes, I always went back to school in August. It wasn't until the 4th or 5th grade that I found out some schools don't go back until after Labor Day. Could it have also been a year-round school?

[–] december_roses 13 years ago

I once taught at a school where the kids went back the 8th of August. They got 3 weeks off for Christmas break, had a Spring Break, and were out by the 10th of May.

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[–] JMRcurve17 12 years ago

"I also noticed that the kid was always in the dugout with the team, he was a relief pitcher and so he should have been in the bullpen - It's like the film makers have never seen a baseball game !!!"

Actually, most closers do not head out to the bullpen until the fifth or sixth inning of a game. Until then, they hang out in the clubhouse or dugout. But I highly doubt that was what they were going for here

[–] Bravesfan82 12 years ago

Actually, I'm not even sure Wrigley Field has bullpens. I know the pitchers warm up on mounds on the side of the field in foul terrority, so I don't think they have what would now be considered a "traditional" bullpen.

Not positive, though.

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[–] Nightstar_INC 9 years ago

for point number 1, depends on how big of a fan Henry was. When I was his age, if you asked me who the Cubs manager was, I have no idea. But I could tell you that Mark Grace played 1st base, Sammy Sosa played right field. Or even earlier, I would recognize Ryan Sanberg.

I mainly listened to the games on the radio, didn't really get to watch TV while doing homework during the Cubs day games. The only manager I know for the Cubs in the 90s was Jim Riggleman, and I doubt he was the Cubs manager for the whole decade and a half. It wasn't until I started watching them regularly on TV that I could tell what the manager looked like and would recognize their names (although most of the more recent Cubs managers were former big name mangers like Dusty Baker, Lou Pinella, and now Joe Maddon).