Fever Pitch

[Seattle1]

Ok, I thought there was enough baseball in Fever Pitch to justify the chick-flick stuff. What does everyone else think? Good movie, imo.

[Red Sox 521]

I enjoyed it.

[Captain Cold Nose]

It was better than I thought it would be.

[5LilPlayers]

There was "chick flick" stuff in it? Oh...wait...Berrymore's character and that teacher did have a bit of a romance, didn't they? Hmm...see how much I paid attention to the "other" plot? One track mind here...and being as it was about the Red Sox...well...my one track mind narrowed even more. LOL

All I know is I'm waiting impatiently for the hubby to get it for me on DVD...and if he doesn't within the next month, I'm going to Barnes and Noble online and getting it myself!

[Yankeebiscuitfan]

Great movie. I could see something of myself in Ben. He has the same addiction as me, only different (wrong :D ) club.

[Seattle1]

......bumo

[rockiesfan4ever]

Good movie

[maximum jack]

I thought it was a good baseball movie, the romantic comedy aspect was fairly entertaining as well. Now, it's not about baseball, but if you haven't read Fever Pitch, then you are missing out.

[PJ-34]

chick flick all the way

[efin98]

Chick flick all the way through with baseball being a subplot. Enjoyable if you like romantic comedies, not enjoyable if you were watching just for the baseball.

Personally I thought the baseball storyline and plots dragged down the movie, made too many awkward transitions and was overused at points. It really took away from what could have been great chances to show their blossoming love(which the movie was really about) but instead went at every cliche about being a Red Sox fan out there...

[Seattle1]

bump

This is a good experiment. The more people who participate the better.

:radio

[VTSoxFan]

I thought it was a sweet little piece of fluff, certainly not one of the greatest in either the baseball or romance genres, but a pretty decent movie. Better than a lot I've seen.

But I kept picking out inaccuracies, like the weather in the Opening Day scene. No one was wearing a parka? Besides, I remember the game in which Stephen King threw out the ceremonial first pitch. It wasn't Opening Day that year, it was September 4, '04, a Saturday. Wakefield pitching v. Texas, broke up a ten-game winning streak, even though Bellhorn hit a grand slam. See.... the film wasn't accurate. :D

I know one thing: I would never ask a guy to give up his Red Sox season tickets for me. To me, perhaps.... :D :p :D

[tripledup22]

I thought it was a sweet little piece of fluff, certainly not one of the greatest in either the baseball or romance genres, but a pretty decent movie. Better than a lot I've seen.

But I kept picking out inaccuracies, like the weather in the Opening Day scene. No one was wearing a parka? Besides, I remember the game in which Stephen King threw out the ceremonial first pitch. It wasn't Opening Day that year, it was September 4, '04, a Saturday. Wakefield pitching v. Texas, broke up a ten-game winning streak, even though Bellhorn hit a grand slam. See.... the film wasn't accurate. :D

I know one thing: I would never ask a guy to give up his Red Sox season tickets for me. To me, perhaps.... :D :p :D
not to be mean here but what would you rather have a relationship
or baseball tickets

[Captain Cold Nose]

not to be mean here but what would you rather have a relationship
or baseball tickets
What if she has a relationship with baseball?

[tripledup22]

What if she has a relationship with baseball?

hmmm

but what if there was only one ticket :laugh

[SoxSon]

hmmm

but what if there was only one ticket :laugh


Relationships have to end sometime. ;) :D

[Seattle1]

Jimmy Fallon's joke about "Chief Wahoo" the other day reminded me of this old thread all of a sudden. Is the poll still open for voting?

[Captain Cold Nose]

Jimmy Fallon's joke about "Chief Wahoo" the other day reminded me of this old thread all of a sudden. Is the poll still open for voting?

It seems to be.

[stejay]

Definately a chick flick....but, I can't believe i'm saying this, I enjoyed it. And that is rare for a chick-flick

[EdTarbusz]

Passed on it.

[ol' aches and pains]

Tried to watch it once. It had too much baseball for my wife, and too much chick-flick for me. I'm surprised it wasn't Hugh Freakin' Grant in the starring role. But then I guess it would have to be about cricket.

[Eyeshade]

It's two, two movies in one. Makes me and the wife happy. I do need to wash it down with "Major League".

[Matthew C.]

According to the choices in the poll, I guess being a chick-flick and a good movie at the same time is not an option. Either way, not a big fan of it. My wife likes it though.

[Captain Cold Nose]

Tried to watch it once. It had too much baseball for my wife, and too much chick-flick for me. I'm surprised it wasn't Hugh Freakin' Grant in the starring role. But then I guess it would have to be about cricket.

It's actually an adaptation about a soccer (football) fan. Instead of the Boston Red Sox, the guy is a fan of Arsenal of the English Premier League.

Go Gunners!

[stejay]

It's actually an adaptation about a soccer (football) fan. Instead of the Boston Red Sox, the guy is a fan of Arsenal of the English Premier League.

Go Gunners!

I have seen that one.....didn't really get it to be honest. Not a huge soccer fan

[Seattle1]

According to the choices in the poll, I guess being a chick-flick and a good movie at the same time is not an option.

Actually Option #2 reads "good baseball movie," and not simply "good movie." Which if I look back through the cobwebs of my memory banks to four years ago, I think I did that on purpose.

So, if a person clicks on Option #1, "chick-flick" it does not necessarily logically follow that the person is saying that Fever Pitch is not a good movie.

So if you drew a Venn Diagram representing sets of all chick-flicks, all good baseball movies, and all movies that are simply good in general, there would be overlap between all three sets. (Presumably with a great deal of overlap between the set of all good baseball movies and the set of all movies that are good in general.)

I guess the poll could have been rounded out a bit by adding Option #3, "both" and Option #4, "neither this movie sucked altogether."

But that is something I can't change now. What's done is done and I can't go back in time to 2006 and make the poll better. Oh well. :(

[EddieBrinkman'sGlove]

I loved the film. Drew Barrymore and Baseball -- two of my greatest loves. Amazing that they were making a movie using the unbelievable Red Sox 2004 season in the storyline. I watch Fever Pitch before every opening day.

[Los Bravos]

We had a thread about this a few years ago. It's worth a reread.

http://www.baseball-fever.com/showthread.php?51481-Fever-Pitch/

[milladrive]

I adore this movie. A fun baseball movie with a love story intertwined. Where is it written that every movie with a love story must be labelled a "chick flick"? Guys can fall in love, too, ya know. ....And, due to site decorum, I'll stop just short of devising a rhyme for a movie in which a man falls in love.

:silent:

[BaronSamedi]

It was okay. It found a balance between baseball movie and chick flick. But the whole class-romance commentary thing early on pushed it in the "don't reccomend" pile for me, especially seeing as how it ultimately doesn't come into play.