I really wish they had filmed it with some kind of filter to make it look grainy or "old." Or even in black and white. I think it would have added a lot to the film.
shareI wasn't aware that real life was in black and white in the 60's. Oh wait, it wasn't. It's in color, and it should be. It's that way because it's like you are THERE at the time.
Chris J. Nelson
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What this movie really needed ...............
More baseball, less soap opera.
If you just wanted to watch baseball, flip to ESPN. The storyline is what makes the movie. Without it, it would just be like watching a game you already know the final score to. There are plenty of those on ESPN classics.
share.. growing up, and don't think much of it. It was far more exciting to see home movies made at 50's MLB games and shown for the first time on Ken Burns' "Baseball!"
I'd admit black-and-white does work well for certain dramas, but seeing those old color films actually made me feel a sense of loss for that part of the game I'd missed.
Just an opinion.
The movie was perfect, couldn't have been done any better.
shareNow that the world knows what a fraud Mark McGwire was it would be nice to see this great baseball flick re-edited to eliminate any and all references to him an his phony "breaking" of Maris' record.
shareI agree McGwire's record is tarnished. I am a die hard Cardinals fan, and even can admit that. I just hate when everybody jumps down his throat acting like he's the only one. In the steroid era, probably 80% of players, atleast, experimented with steroids. Look at the Mitchell report. Bonds, Giambi, Canseco, Palmiero,Clemens, Pettite, are just a few of the distiguished names to be mentioned. You say "what a fraud" McGwire was. Yes, but I believe all of baseball from about 1993 to 2005 was more or less a fraud compared to the old days. I think its pretty unfair for him, especially when everybody was doing it. Thinking of it, if everybody was on steroids, he was still the best homerun hitter of that era. (If everyone was on it, there is no variable, everybody had the advantage). My opinions.
shareI agree McGwire's record is tarnished. I am a die hard Cardinals fan, and even can admit that. I just hate when everybody jumps down his throat acting like he's the only one. In the steroid era, probably 80% of players, atleast, experimented with steroids. Look at the Mitchell report. Bonds, Giambi, Canseco, Palmiero,Clemens, Pettite, are just a few of the distiguished names to be mentioned. You say "what a fraud" McGwire was. Yes, but I believe all of baseball from about 1993 to 2005 was more or less a fraud compared to the old days. I think its pretty unfair for him, especially when everybody was doing it. Thinking of it, if everybody was on steroids, he was still the best homerun hitter of that era. (If everyone was on it, there is no variable, everybody had the advantage). My opinions.But the stats don't make that distinction, do they? So should we bring back the asterisk - distinguishing the performances of the "steroid era" from all the rest?
The color used was made to look like home movies of the time - richer and less natural than the color that followed in later years. Just check the difference between the MacGuire/98 and the 1961 sequences.
shareOnly thing this movie needed was more hype and marketing. As you can see, only 6,000 people have voted on this movie on the IMDB rating board. A lot of people do not even know this movie exists (mostly b/c it was an HBO movie).
shareThey should give it another full fledge theatrical release, like what Star Wras did in 1997.
Most people don't even know this movie exists, as someone already stated, so they'll go see it, not knowing that it would be cheaper just to borrow it from their neighbor. If that happens, just make sure all of us 61* fans can keep your mouth shut about it already being out on video.... then it may have a successful run.
McGwire broke the record fair and square, as did Sosa and Bonds after them. Why? Because, you goobers, STEROIDS WERE NOT ILLEGAL IN BASEBALL! What, are you pantywaists gonna throw Gaylord Perry out of the Hall of Fame for throwing the spitball, a pitch that was then and is now illegal? Get freakin' over yourselves!
You should have read the guest column Ernie Banks wrote the day after Bonds hit #756. It was gracious and paid proper tribute to Bonds' swing, and very correctly acclaimed Bonds for being the new home run king.
STEROIDS WERE NOT ILLEGAL IN BASEBALL!That's not right. Steroids weren't specifically banned by MLB. But the use of steroids, unless prescribed by a doctor for a legitimate reason, was as illegal then as it is now.
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