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tommyphils31

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  1. From a more personal standpoint, as an ex-ballplayer, certain baseball scenes get to me. Gary Cooper's "luckiest man on the face of the Earth" speech in "The Pride of the Yankees" is enough to get any viewer choked up, and is pretty obvious. More recently, the climactic home run in "The Natural" definitely makes my eyes a little misty. I suppose every guy who was, or thought he was, the fair-haired boy wishes they were Roy Hobbs. By the way, Redford really has terrific skills, maybe the best of any non-professional jock actor. His lefty swing was beautiful, and his defensive skills were excellent too. I am not sure, but that might be a decent future thread, what is the best athletic performance by a non-pro jock in a sports movie?

  2. My apologies, chaney. I didn't get it (what else is new?). I like hearing expanded explanations because I find people's opinions to be VERY interesting, perhaps downright enlightening. Hearing real people's takes on films that I have seen, whether I've enjoyed them or not, are very pleasing to me. In many ways I find those opinions much more valid than the "professional" critics.

  3. Cliff Edwards was in "His Girl Friday" with Ralph Bellamy

    Ralph Bellamy was in "Trading Places" with Eddie Murphy

    Eddie Murphy was in "Harlem Nights" with Richard Pryor

    Richard Pryor was in "The Toy" with Jackie Gleason

    Jackie Gleason was in "The Hustler" with Paul Newman

     

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  4. Finance, that is exactly what I have been saying in a much more concise manner. I know there are loads of folks who are offended by ANY use of the "magic" words. I don't blame them for that. I personally am not one of them, but it really all boils down to courtesy. As sepiatone & geminigirl documented here, bad behavior is everywhere, and unavoidable unfortunately. Courtesy is something that is becoming a scarcity even on these forums. Sometimes, based on my experience of my six weeks on these forums, I think all threads should have this subject title. The same old tripe that has been tossed back and forth by many of the same cast of characters is currently happening on another non-sequitur thread right now. An overzealous poster got things going with inflammatory language, and all hell broke loose with the same tired "bullying" argument again. I don't know why people have to respond to it. It has nothing to do with classic Hollywood, but it goes on and on and on. I could continue on about this, but I really have better things to do. I'm going back to "games & trivia". Hang in there folks. There are still lots of classy people left, who want to discuss (and learn about) movies.

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