Comments on: Take Me Out to the Ball Game… http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/ over 5 billion neurons served Sun, 06 May 2012 23:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Madeleine Robins http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26160 Madeleine Robins Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:27:33 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26160 My favorite moment in <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i> is the part where Tom Hanks and Victor Garber, sending up the women's affection for <i>An Affair to Remember</i>, start talking about <i>The Dirty Dozen</i> with tears in their eyes and catches in their throats. Hanks: Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. And Richard Jaeckel and Lee Marvin [Begins to cry] were sitting on top of this armored personnel carrier, dressed up like Nazis... Garber: [Crying too] Stop, stop! Hanks: And Trini Lopez... Garber: Yes, Trini Lopez! Hanks: He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines... Garber: Stop. Hanks: And Richard Jaeckel - at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet... Garber: [Crying harder] Please no more. Oh God! I loved that movie. So I guess, for some men at least, it's not just sports. (In the mind of Nora Ephron, anyway.) <i>Angels in the Outfield</i> makes me cry, but I don't think that qualifies as a manly sports movie. My favorite moment in Sleepless in Seattle is the part where Tom Hanks and Victor Garber, sending up the women’s affection for An Affair to Remember, start talking about The Dirty Dozen with tears in their eyes and catches in their throats.

Hanks: Jim Brown was throwing these hand grenades down these airshafts. And Richard Jaeckel and Lee Marvin [Begins to cry] were sitting on top of this armored personnel carrier, dressed up like Nazis…
Garber: [Crying too] Stop, stop!
Hanks: And Trini Lopez…
Garber: Yes, Trini Lopez!
Hanks: He busted his neck while they were parachuting down behind the Nazi lines…
Garber: Stop.
Hanks: And Richard Jaeckel – at the beginning he had on this shiny helmet…
Garber: [Crying harder] Please no more. Oh God! I loved that movie.

So I guess, for some men at least, it’s not just sports. (In the mind of Nora Ephron, anyway.)

Angels in the Outfield makes me cry, but I don’t think that qualifies as a manly sports movie.

]]> By: Casey Hamilton http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26129 Casey Hamilton Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:03:49 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26129 "Brian's Song." You bastard, Denton. “Brian’s Song.” You bastard, Denton.

]]> By: Bradley Denton http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26121 Bradley Denton Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:49:42 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26121 Maureen's right -- a guy doesn't have to dig the sport to get all sappy about a sports movie. It's the father-son, mentor-pupil, buddy-buddy, brother-brother, and/or comrade-in-arms angle that gets us. To all the films already mentioned, I'll add "The Longest Yard" (the original one). I'll also note that another category of film that can get most guys -- even those unmoved by sports movies -- is the guy-animal buddy pic. So if a man doesn't get misty-eyed at either "Brian's Song" or "Old Yeller," he ain't human. (I've never seen any of the "Air Bud" movies . . . but I suppose I should, since I understand they qualify both as sports movies and as guy-animal buddy pics.) Maureen’s right — a guy doesn’t have to dig the sport to get all sappy about a sports movie. It’s the father-son, mentor-pupil, buddy-buddy, brother-brother, and/or comrade-in-arms angle that gets us.

To all the films already mentioned, I’ll add “The Longest Yard” (the original one).

I’ll also note that another category of film that can get most guys — even those unmoved by sports movies — is the guy-animal buddy pic.

So if a man doesn’t get misty-eyed at either “Brian’s Song” or “Old Yeller,” he ain’t human.

(I’ve never seen any of the “Air Bud” movies . . . but I suppose I should, since I understand they qualify both as sports movies and as guy-animal buddy pics.)

]]> By: LDA http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26118 LDA Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:47:10 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26118 "The Junction Boys" “The Junction Boys”

]]> By: Ken Houghton http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26114 Ken Houghton Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:15:11 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26114 I realise y'all are cursed with living in Texas*, where the only time you see ice is generally in a vanilla coke, but how could you leave "The Mighty Ducks," "Slapshot,"** "H-E-Double Hockey Sticks," and especially "Mystery, Alaska" off the list? Or, if you must stick to sports in which UT contends, add "Glory Road" to your list. Or "Hoosiers." *Yes, that's envy speaking. Your point? **Not certain this counts, since it features a Michael Ontkean strip scene which might make it a "chick flick" by definition. I realise y’all are cursed with living in Texas*, where the only time you see ice is generally in a vanilla coke, but how could you leave “The Mighty Ducks,” “Slapshot,”** “H-E-Double Hockey Sticks,” and especially “Mystery, Alaska” off the list?

Or, if you must stick to sports in which UT contends, add “Glory Road” to your list. Or “Hoosiers.”

*Yes, that’s envy speaking. Your point?

**Not certain this counts, since it features a Michael Ontkean strip scene which might make it a “chick flick” by definition.

]]> By: Maureen McQ http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/comment-page-1/#comment-26095 Maureen McQ Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:35:49 +0000 http://eatourbrains.com/EoB/2008/01/13/take-me-out-to-the-ball-game/#comment-26095 Oh, guys who don't dig sports are sentimental softies, too. It's just they save their sentimentality for other things. And a lot of these films, like, say, Field of Dreams, get guys right where they live, even if they don't like sports. There's the father-son thing--that really gets guys. So I think your advice still holds, they just have to be a little choosier about which films they pick. Oh, guys who don’t dig sports are sentimental softies, too. It’s just they save their sentimentality for other things. And a lot of these films, like, say, Field of Dreams, get guys right where they live, even if they don’t like sports. There’s the father-son thing–that really gets guys. So I think your advice still holds, they just have to be a little choosier about which films they pick.

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