Just a fun movie and I'm in it | Major League (Wild Thing Edition)

A Great Series | Major League (Wild Thing Edition) | Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen

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	• Major League (Wild Thing Edition) Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen Paramount, 2007 average customer review:based on 82 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

My favorite movie!

It's not a deep drama and it won't make you ask you any tough questions of yourself, but Major League is pure entertainment from beginning to end. As such, it's my all-time favorite movie. It's easy to invest in the story (a Cleveland team made up of spare parts tries to overcome their owner's plot to move the franchise) even if it's been dated by the Indians' '90s success. The comedy doesn't pull any punches but still stays pretty tasteful, and I still find it laugh-out-loud funny even after 30+ viewings. The comedy is equal parts outstanding writing by David S. Ward and brilliant characterizations by the actors. James Gammon is dead-on as grizzled manager Lou Brown and Tom Berenger is actually sympathetic as journeyman catcher Jake Taylor. Dennis Haysbert and Corbin Bernsen give great performances, and Charlie Sheen is inimitable as Wild Thing Vaughn. I think any baseball fan will enjoy this movie, but fans of good comedy will probably like it, too.

The DVD has no special features (what else do you expect from Paramount?), but the picture and sound are good.

Movie: 6/5
DVD: 4/5
Overall: 5/5

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Just a fun movie and I'm in it

This is more a nostalgia note than a review, but most of this movie was filmed over one summer in Milwaukee (maybe Cleveland wasn't blue-collar enough). All the baseball action scenes were filmed in County Stadium, which is now a big parking lot for Miller Park. The crew invited locals to the filming at the Stadium and other locations about town, so it has a lot of local flavor. I went to the filming of the big finale to be part of the "rabid" crowd so I'm in this move, kind of. It's fun to see Uecker do his stuff, and Pete Vukovich, a former Brewer pitcher, is perfect as Heywood, the Yankee nemesis.

People from out of town said County Stadium was a dog of a ballyard, but look for the scene when Berenger sneaks onto the field at night alone and pretends to hit one out. It sure looks pretty, and I miss it.

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A Great Series

I am a big fan of the Major League series, was somewhat disappointed in Major League II, and was very pleasantly surprised by Major League III.

Here we get a first class baseball story of unlikely heroes, which holds up well with time and repeated viewings. The message is the importance of teamwork and the gelling of a team from some very quirky individuals. It's all offbeat and fresh and very uplifting feel good results.

In general that's true of the others in the series, especially Major League III, with which I was very pleasantly surprised - see those listings for more reviews.

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Hey Coach I don't want to play Short Stop.

A woman inherits the Cleveland Indians and wants to create a winner. Unfortunately the only winning that will be done is after she moves the team to Miami. Miami has reportedly offered her a new stadium with lots of seats, luxury boxes, and a nice home in Boca Raton. She hates Cleveland and is eager to move.

To that end she brings in an ex con with an amazing arm and horrid accuracy, a voodoo practicing hard ball hitter who can't hit anything else, a has been catcher, a stock broker, and a whole bench of second hand has-beens. A walk on, played by Wesley Snipes, has his bunk carried out the first day. "I've been cut already?" He proceeds to run, in pajama's and bare feet, past everyone, getting on the team. He'd introduced himself as "Willie Mays Hayes. Hit like Mays, run like Hays. He can't hit at all.

The team struggle through most of a miserable season, much to the happiness of the show-girl model owner. She keeps making things tougher on the team. She gives them a derelict plane, then an old bus. She refuses to buy new equipment.
Finally, part way through the season, the truth comes out. "Then there's only one thing left to do. Win the whole ******* thing." They go out on a streak and win the penant

Bob Eucker is rich as the announcer who makes phrases like "Just Bit Outside!" on a pitch that hit the backstop. He also makes disparaging remarks about pitchers. "He leads the league in nosehair"

Great movie with a great cast, Corbin Bernsen, Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Rene Russo. It was also one of the first movies that Wesley Snipes stars in before he hit it big time.

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The Way a TRUE Sports Movie Should Be Done!!!

If you are like myself, you are just about sick of sports movies in which the sports action takes a backseat to some smarmy romantic subplot or otherwise irrelevant study in character development. Okay, that worked in Bull Durham, but for the most part I question why movies like "For the Love of the Game" and "Summer Catch" even have to involve baseball or ball players. Maybe it's just a trick to sucker people into thinking that they're going to see a sports movie.

Major League is impressive on three levels. First, the actors are brilliant (even those relegated to smaller roles). Second, the plot is mainly baseball action, baseball action and more baseball action. Third, it's hilarious and makes you feel good. I watch it almost every summer, and for a comedy to lend itself to repeated viewings is a rare thing indeed.

Plot Synopsis: Rachael Phelps, the ex-showgirl heiress to the Cleveland Indians Baseball franchise finds a loophole in the team's contract with the city saying that the team can leave the city if attendance is low enough. With her eyes set on moving the team to Miami, she proceeds to put together a team that is sure to lose. Of course, they win!

Simple and sweet, Major League is a well-balanced movie that will entertain both sports enthusiasts as well as people who don't even know the first thing about baseball. Lots of baseball action, one simple (but well-crafted) romantic subplot, and a cast of hilarious and fun-to-look-at characters make this one of the most engaging comedy movies of all time.

On another note, the screen presence of every actor and actress in this movie is phenomenal. Sheen, Beringer, Corbin, Rene Russo and Wesley Snipes all in the same movie acting at the top of thier game. Even those minor characters like Cerrano, Bob Ucker and the old veteran pitcher are acting thier hearts out here. It's literally an All-Star team of great actors!

Anyway, I don't think I could justify the movie with an abbreviated review. If you are a sports fan that like a good comedy - get this movie.

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