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A Baseball Film

HEY, Kevin Costner is not the only movie star who can make a film about baseball. Clint Eastwood has entered the genre with "Trouble with the Curve."

Eastwood just gets crustier every year. Watching him act is like watching barnacles grow. Shakespeare it's not, but so what! He plays a good guy with hemorrhoids, a cantankerous baseball scout who is losing his eyesight but not his ability to recognize talent (or the lack thereof).

The point of this movie is that another baseball film -- "Moneyball" -- may not have gotten it right. Maybe an old but knowing scout IS better than a statistical whiz with a computer.

I admit that I love Eastwood. He has not been afraid to let his age show. Tough as he is in his roles, he is no longer invulnerable. In "Trouble with the Curve," while visiting his wife's grave, he almost breaks down.

The film is predictable. But it's fun to watch as the 83 year old Dirty Harry makes his point.

posted on June 25, 2013 9:03 AM ()

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Clint puts on a whispery voice when he's 'acting' and then he'll be interviewed or make a speech to a chair, and his speaking voice will be entirely different. That's how we know that's not really him in the movie, it's whatever character he is portraying, but it seems a bit hammy to me. In general, I like him, though, especially The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
comment by troutbend on July 3, 2013 4:29 PM ()
Looking forward to see this
comment by kevinshere on June 26, 2013 3:40 AM ()
Sondra Locke should've worn a t-shirt "it's not who you know..it's who you". I never found her to be that good of an actress, limited in her ability for drama or comedy. I am sure though that even when Clint kicked her to the curb she made him pay for it, I think she sued him for palimony. Clint did the same thing with Frances Fisher, they had a child together and then she was dumped.
comment by redwolftimes on June 26, 2013 2:09 AM ()
I don't know, I liked the movies she was in with him. The combination seemed to work well even if she drawled and overacted sometimes. I mean, they were mostly comedies, not major drama.
comment by drmaus on June 25, 2013 8:35 PM ()
I haven't seen the movie but did know about the Palimony. My feelings are much like Teal's but then that is from a woman's point of view.
comment by elderjane on June 25, 2013 3:48 PM ()
To quote Teal... "nookie is nookie"
reply by steeve on June 25, 2013 4:38 PM ()
I enjoyed the Eastwood movie but LOVED 42. I hope it gets out to your neck of the woods soon. As for whether Moneyball or Trouble With The Curve got it right, the truth is probably somewhere in between.
comment by miker on June 25, 2013 12:21 PM ()
Isn't that the trouble with TRUTH?? It's always somewhere in between...
reply by steeve on June 25, 2013 4:34 PM ()
I made an error with the actress' name -- It was Sondra Locke, not Sandra Lockwood -- sue me. But there is an actress named Sandra Lockwood.
comment by tealstar on June 25, 2013 11:00 AM ()
So because she was a minor talent, it was okay for him to treat her badly? And, parenthetically, was she less talented than, for instance, the great stone face, Steven Seagal? He did her a favor? Was he, then, so bloody generous that the favor extended to living with her? He hated the whole thing, but what the hell, nookie is nookie? Please.
comment by tealstar on June 25, 2013 10:49 AM ()
Too bad Sandra Locke (corrected) didn't hook up with Steven Seagal instead. And as for NOOKIE (!!!), OMG (!!!) I haven't heard that term in decades. You're such a potty mouth...
reply by steeve on June 25, 2013 4:37 PM ()
Yea,did not see it.The movie was a flop and do not care to see it.
See the Jackie Robinson movie as this was great.You will loved it.
comment by fredo on June 25, 2013 9:24 AM ()
I really want to see "42" but haven't yet.
reply by steeve on June 25, 2013 10:17 AM ()
I've always liked Eastwood films and his persona in interviews is always enjoyable. I don't like that he destroyed Sandra Lockwood's chances for a career and left her when he was tired of her. In that, very typical of a certain kind of self-involved, me-first male. So I'd never date him.
comment by tealstar on June 25, 2013 9:07 AM ()
I don't know where the truth of it lies, but my perspective on Sandra Lockwood is totally different than yours. To me, she was a talentless actress who only got her roles b/c she was screwing Eastwood. He did her a favor by casting her. The emotional range of her acting ability, on a scale of 1 to 10, was around 3 to 3 3/4.
reply by steeve on June 25, 2013 10:16 AM ()
Oh!I forgot about Sandra Lockwood.That was kind of nasty at that time.
This movie did not go anywhere.I have not seen it and do not care to see it.
Seen so many baseball movies lately.
reply by fredo on June 25, 2013 9:24 AM ()

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