Random Movie Mention: DOUBLE SHOT Edition: FOR LOVE OF THE GAME (1999) and THE FAN (1996)

“FOR LOVE OF THE GAME” Is, In All Honesty, MY FAVE-FAVE Of Kevin Costner’s BASEBALL FILMS. I Felt It TRULY Got A Bunk-Rep When It Came Out, And Most Folks Simply Brushed It Aside And Carried On. NOT ME, Tho. I Saw It TWICE In The Theater. And It Was THE LAST VHS TAPE I Personally Purchased For Myself. PERIOD. I Sincerely Felt “FOR LOVE OF THE GAME” Had The BEST Story, The BEST Direction (by Sam Raimi (yeah, the EVIL DEAD director haha)!!!), And The BEST From Mr. Costner As The Aging Superstar-Pitcher “Billy Chapel” Who Can’t Get His Chick Off His Mind, All The While He’s Working On Pitching A PERFECT GAME. Is It A Sentimental Picture? Yes. Is It The Best Baseball Flick Ever? No. Is It MUCH BETTER Than MOST OF YOU Honestly KNOW? YES INDEED, My Peeps! It’s A Damn-Fine-Film, Done-Up By Some Damn-Fine-People, And It’s SO SO SO Worthy Of Y’all Giving It A Second-Chance. 😉

Alright, I Already KNOW I’m Going To Catch “A Little Flack” Over This Movie Mention, But It’s Simply Another Case Where I Feel EVERYONE Just TOTALLY Overlooked The Movie In Question. That Movie, Of Course, Is “THE FAN” And It Stars ROBERT DE NIRO And WESLEY SNIPES. Basically, It’s Really About A Total ASS Of A Baseball Player (SNIPES) Who Eventually Gets Taught EXACTLY What Is TRULY IMPORTANT In Life, And It’s About The CRAZY AS ALL HELL Baseball Fan Who Goes To Some WILDLY GRUESOME Lengths To Teach The Ballplayer Those “Life Lessons” He’d Been Taking For Granted. Trust Me, This Is “THE BASEBALL FILM” Specifically For “THE HORROR/THRILLER FANS” If Such An Animal Truly Exists. In This Instance, I’m Pretty Sure It DOES!!!

“And The Deep And Dank Tarn At My Feet Closed Sullenly And Silently Over The Fragments Of The House Of Usher.” — EDGAR ALLAN POE (“The Fall Of The House Of Usher”)

“If Tyranny And Oppression Come To This Land, It Will Be In The Guise Of Fighting A Foreign Enemy.” — JAMES MADISON

JAMES MADISON (1751-1836) -4TH President Of The United States Of America-

Random Movie Mention: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (1957)

I’m Throwing This Little Number Out Into The Atmosphere In An Effort To Be As FAR AWAY From PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS As I Really Can Get. With “THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN” As My Movie-Of-Mention, I Feel That Little Mission Is TOTALLY Accomplished. 😀 Since Some Of You Already Know Of My LOVE Of All Things “HORROR” And “Starring PETER CUSHING” Mentioning This Little Number Really Felt Like A NO-BRAINER To Me. Granted, “THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN” Is NOT The Best HORROR/MONSTER Flick. I Easily Admit That. HOWEVER, Does That Make It Any Less FUN To ENJOY?! NOT. AT. ALL. Period. 😉

“A Man May Die, Nations May Rise And Fall, But An Idea Lives On.” — JOHN F. KENNEDY

JOHN F. KENNEDY (1917-1963) -The 35TH President Of The United States Of America-

“If You Could Kick The Person In The Pants Responsible For Most Of Your Trouble, You Wouldn’t Sit For A Month.” — THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THEODORE “Teddy” ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) -The 26TH President Of The United States Of America-

“It Requires Time To Conquer Bad Habits, And Hardly Anything Short Of Necessity Is Able To Accomplish It.” — GEORGE WASHINGTON

GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) -The 1ST President Of The United States Of America-

“America Will Never Be Destroyed From The Outside. If We Falter And Lose Our Freedoms, It Will Be Because We Destroyed Ourselves.” — ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809-1865) -The 16TH President Of The United States Of America-