Championship Round Vote: Field of Dreams vs Major League
by Jesse on Mar 15, 2011 9:59 AM EDT
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PrintThis is it, folks. This one's for all the marbles. But who is taking who's marbles? Will Tom Berenger take James Earl Jones' marbles, or will Kevin Coster take...okay, nevermind. We both know somebody's already stolen Charlie Sheen's marbles.
Last time around we saw Major League take 72% of the votes against A League of Their Own, and really, we shouldn't be surprised. So now we come to the end of our road: Major League, quite possibly the funniest baseball film of all time, against Field of Dreams, quite possibly the most poignant baseball film of all time. Oddly enough they were both released in the same year.
Have at it...
Field of Dreams (1989, 3 Oscar nominations) - Kevin Costner's first appearance in the tournament (and final remaining Costner nominee) is this classic, wherein a novice farmer hears voices ("If you build it, he will come"), goes against all advice and builds a baseball field behind his house. He chases down Darth Vader James Earl Jones, Moonlight foregoes youth to step off the field and save Costner's daughter because he's a doctor but he's dead which is great because it makes sense, and of course the great revelation at the end is that one of the ghost players on the field is Costner's old man. Great message about hopes and overcoming regrets...if you want to look deeper than time travel, ghosts and JEJ's voice.
Major League (1989) - When the new owner of the Cleveland Indians decides she can make tons of money by selling off the franchise, she loads the team up with youngers and has-beens, in the hope of driving fans away a giving her the excuse she needs to make the sale. Things look bleak early, but the team and a grizzled manager come together to face their common enemy. Wild Thing gets glasses, Willy Mays Hayes steals like 70 bases in the last month of the season (seriously, how many gloves does he get there during the montage?), the veteran who wants to become an interior designer starts diving for balls, voodoo finally works and Tom Berenger proves once and for all that if you stalk a girl long enough she'll love you.
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This is a very, very difficult choice.
I’m going to go with Field of Dreams over Major League, because while Major League involves baseball, Field of Dreams is about baseball.
Does that make sense? Maybe it doesn’t. But while Major League is one of the great comedies of our time, Field of Dreams is the best baseball movie ever.
Makes sense.
Plus, I’ll generally choose a “film” over what I’d call a “movie” almost every time. But then again I might be elitest.
Uuuuuuhhhhhhhhhggggggg
You need to come back from England, geeeeeeez
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Haha!
Betcha he even speaks with an English accent like Madonna now.
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Mar 15, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Field of Dreams isn't about baseball any more than Major League is
Field of Dreams is about faith, family relationships, and the idea of having a purpose in life. The mythology of baseball (there’s not a lot of actual baseball in the movie) is a vehicle for those things, just like baseball is a vehicle for comedy in Major League.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Whoa, Jon.
Field of Dreams is definitely not the best baseball movie ever. That would be Bull Durham. For reals.
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Ugh...
BD is the most overrated baseball movie ever, IMO. I actively dislike it. -Partially because it is so acclaimed. Yeah, I know a lot of people are going to disagree with that. Oh, well. I’m not changing my mind.
My personal list has The Natural at the top followed by Field of Dreams. A League of Their Own is 3rd, and The Sandlot is 4th. Major League rounds out my top 5.
-Flip
by Flip27 on Mar 15, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1 to Bull Durham
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
I love both...
But I really think that If they were both on tv at the same time, I’d watch Major League over FOD. Just not a Kevin Costner fan, I guess.
Just watched FOD last night.
Easy for me.
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I feel like this matchup was taken directly from my brain
These two movies are always tied for number one for me. I’ve got to go with FOD though.
Baseball reminds us of all that once was good, and that could be again.-Terence Mann/James Earl Jones in FoD
by Twins33 on Mar 15, 2011 11:06 AM EDT via mobile reply actions
really tough call
i liked both movies. I don’t know though if I would feel right about voting for a pure comedy as the greatest movie ever. then again I am not sure that FoD really is teh best ever either. on the other hand I have actually seen both movies, where as others that might be more deserving i have not (bang the drum slowely and bulldurham, eight men out).
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Tiger blood!
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
Major League is my choice
Field of Dreams is a better movie. I enjoy watching Major League more.
Also, the baseball sequences in Major League blow away anything in Field of Dreams – the playoff game with the Yankees, by itself, might win this entire competition for me.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
I guess
I guess I’m surprised this is quite so close, FOD all the way here.
"You can't sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You've got to throw the ball over the damn plate and give the other man his chance. That's why baseball is the greatest game of them all."
~ Earl Weaver
"In God we trust. All others must provide evidence."
~ Billy Beane
Major League
Because… Winning!
This was a triumph
I'm making a note here - huge success
by what_would_gil_thorp_do on Mar 15, 2011 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
I voted ML over FoD
..simply because of the baseball content in it, and its hillarity. I love me some FoD for the more meaninful/mythical/I love my Dad reasons, but for straight up baseball, Major League is my winner.
I always loved that one.
Agreed
A movie about a guy who builds a baseball field so ghosts will come play.
(I’m gonna get destroyed for that)
Closers are paid for the postseason. They are relatively meaningless for the preceeding 162 games.
by PinkiePinkerton on Mar 16, 2011 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
"Neck and neck" may actually be an understatement
It’s 135-135 right now.
"There are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." - Albert Einstein
I blame Charlie Sheen for Field of Dreams not running away with this.
Cheering for inconsistent, undisciplined teams [Twins, Wild, Packers, Hawkeyes] since 1989. "False Hope is better than No Hope"
Possibly
It certainly doesn’t help.
Closers are paid for the postseason. They are relatively meaningless for the preceeding 162 games.
by PinkiePinkerton on Mar 16, 2011 12:41 AM EDT up reply actions
Your vote counts!
Still a dead heat between two movies that I don’t think deserve “best baseball movie”. Bull Durham vs. The Natural would be the choices in my perfect world – and I’d be really torn. We’re left with one choice being “about” the White Sox, and the other having Tiger blood on the Indians.
This sucks.
Isn’t there a movie where Danny Devito & Ahnold play baseball, or something?
I am on a drug, it's called Major League.
It’s not available because if you try it you will die. Your face will melt off and your children will weep over your exploded body. Major League has one speed, GO! Ricky Vaughn will make the rotting trolls who made Field of Dull cry like sad droopy-eyed armless children. Our Indian fangs are dripping with tiger blood!
WINNING
lc
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by less cowbell, more 'neau on Mar 15, 2011 3:58 PM EDT reply actions
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