I brought this movie over to my dad's house (VHS tape, remember that?) and recommended he watch it. After a few days I asked him if he watched it and what he thought of it. He said "that was the best movie I ever saw". I sure miss him. I loved him beyond measure. I'm 66 now and lost my father 5 years ago. I miss him every day. No matter how old you are when you lose a parent that you love there is a little guy inside you that hurts.
His acting skills aside, his athleticism is totally believable. That’s because he actually played in high school. One of his teammates was eventual hall of famer Don Drysdale. His pitching and hitting form are both very good, so that when he strikes out the Babe or knocks the cover off the ball, you buy it. It never bumps you as is the case in some movies where the actor clearly isn’t a natural athlete.
The scene is deep on many levels. At the end Hobbs is left standing alone on 3rd base in the rain, fans turn their backs and can't wait to leave to get out of the rain and the managers & umpires are too busy arguing with each other. Everyone has such tunnel vision they cannot see greatness right in front of their eyes. This happens everyday.
I’ve seen this movie 50 times. As a child I fell in love with it. The following year I quit football and played baseball after the emotional impact this movie had on me. Your insight to this scene never occurred to me until I read your post, and how true your comment is. Thankyou for your post. Brilliant .
Depending on how basebally I feel top 3 in no particular order are The Natural, Field of Dreams, and Pride of the Yankees. Honorable mention to Bad News Bears, 42, and Eight Men Out.
Masterpiece of a movie. The tone and atmosphere has a fairy tale quality to it, but it’s got the heart and pathos associated with missed opportunities and making up for lost time. It’s the perfect Robert Redford role, encapsulating everything wholesome about the America we still wish existed. The Arthurian and mythic set pieces are just fantastic: the lightening strikes, knocking the cover off the ball and of course...that ending. It also contains one of the most epic, spine tingling soundtracks ever committed to film. A classic and a movie that is genuinely timeless. I’ll remember Redford for many roles, The Sting, Butch and Sundance etc..but when the day comes that he inevitably passes on, it’ll be the final scenes of this film, that I’ll remember him for.
I said much the same thing before reading your comment! Hobbs even carries a similar wound to that of Lancelot. Just lovely parallels to Arthurian mythology throughout.
You said it brother... I think I'll remember him for a river runs through it or out of Africa. That America still exists, rest assured. Its alive in our collective memory. Remember Jones: ruclips.net/video/7SB16il97yw/видео.html
'I believe we have two lives...the one we learn with and the one we live with after that, with or without the records' or words to that effect. So much to take to heart and cherish about this film, as flawed as it is (as it should be, being a product of human endeavor). Memorable, commendable commentary (Mallory's opinion is worthy ). May this section never be turned off (it happens).
This movie, was the first movie I saw where the audience stood up as one, and applauded when The End came on the screen. Instant favorite movie. A flawless movie.
Funny how some critics say it should have been less Hollywood and more like the book. He's offered a bribe to throw the last game, but comes up with a counter-offer of more money. He strikes out on the last pitch, ending their season. A sports writer gets a whiff that he did it, and if he can prove it then he'll be banned and his records expunged. We got something like that in _Eight Men Out,_ so don't need another.
Randy Newman's soundtrack for _The Natural_ is arguably the best work he ever did. To listen to the background music as Hobbs steps to the plate sets the calm before the storm. Then, after Strike One, the high woodwinds create tension and the following French Horns let you know that SOMETHING IS COMING. Crack of the bat, the lightning strike, and the Wonderboy theme confirms it. This soundtrack is *EPIC.* Nothing less than that.
I'd be willing to bet he listened to a lot of Aaron Copland before starting to write. I hear echoes of Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo in the score.
When he breaks Wonderboy and the kid brings him the Savoy Special that he helped the kid make he made as a replacement. That one gets me every single time.
Alec Patton, My sons are grown now but everytime I pass by a ballfield I wish I could go back to the days when we went to their games! Enjoy and cherish every minute because it passes too quickly. And don't forget to sit down with your kids and watch the entire movie!
Everything about this movie is amazing but the 3 vignettes of Hobbs at the plate are masterpieces. Randy Newman will never get enough credit for that superb score.
My Dad was never a huge sports guy, but the one thing he did do was teach us how to play baseball. I lost both my parents in January, and, going through their things, I actually found the glove he bought me as a kid. Great memories. Always loved baseball, and always loved this movie... 😌
oh man, I just want more big films like this with big epic scores. I remember the moment I first saw this scene, sent chills down me. " well welcome to the majors, Mr Hobbs" gawd so great.
The mysticism of the 80's is unmatched - the pinnacle of originality in cinema and music cannot be more personified then from this decade as I had the luxury of growing up as a kid in it! Truly Natural!
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.
I've said for many years that there are two men who are either in the movie or directed the movie that you can rest assured will be a good movie and that is Sean Penn and Robert Redford.
How great is this movie. Barry Levinson at his best. So many unforgettable scenes and lines. "I should have bee a famer, Red". "You have a gift Roy, but it's not enough." " I believe we have two lives: the one we learn with, and the one we live after that." Wonderboy made from a tree struck by lighting. A force outside himself after his Dad has died. This film has been with me since it first came out. It made so much sense after I came into middle age. Life has so many odd turns. So many chances to follow the wrong roads. A fable to love and redemption wrapped around the enduring National pastime. What a show.
"That's no ball! We want a real ball!" This was my favorite movie growing up. Still is. Simply because I loved baseball and it's the first movie I remember watching with my dad.
Something about the audio of the "chhhhhhhh" sweep of dirt by Hobbs as he takes his stance and then later the "chhhsh...chhhsh..." of the slow mo running steps through the puddle is so satisfying. But the director/editor had the sense to not over dwell on any one detail either. The small audio details throughout on top of the epic score make the scene stand out. Also whoever played the catcher did a perfect job of emoting the appropriate mixture of arrogance and yet amused curiosity at Hobbs.
Yes.. Me too.the string went over the electric wires. Baseball was my 1st love next to Annette Funicello. Still remember my 1st glove cheap as all get out. Remember trying to catch my 1st pop up...over ran it. Remember Rocky Colovito hit 4 home runs in one game on tv. I got cut from pony league. Me and another guy were The last two...and that ended My Baseball career. Played a lot of Softball later in service and church leagues. Looking back if I would have had some real coaching I could have been a NATURAL. I had ADHD but back then that was not even a thing. Loved football and basketball. Oh well just reminiscing Saw this movie years ago but I need to see again. Also love FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME.Kevin Costner
I found it cool that even Bump was impressed. He could have been bitter he was benched for him. But the look on his face was pretty epic. He was just like damn, that's incredible.
This is the best three minutes of this great movie. The music, the cinematography, the perfect capturing of the whole feel of the classical era of baseball. You don't have to be a sports fan to appreciate it, you just have to be human. The haunting echo of the stadium announcer reporting Hobbs at bat, followed by the radio announcer's play by play - perfectly done to capture every ounce of the moment.
Yep - pretty sure that is the director playing the announcer, very well I might add. Barry Levinson had that old time radio voice and inflection nailed imo.
My Natural Story goes back to '97... My oldest boy was 5 years old and watched with me.. of course I'd seen it in the theater 13 years earlier... he was entranced... he thought The Natural was a true story until he was like 16 😎... If you took some of the greatest moments of the game and combined them into 1 player, it could be...that in itself is amazing
One of my favorite movies ever I saw this when I was 12 playing baseball myself. Robert Duvall is magical. The entire cast . Everything about this movie is magical
This part always makes me smile. Believe it or not, this reminds me of baseball back in the '60's when I was a kid listening to Bob Gibson pitch with Cardinals on the radio and then the first season of the Royals. Baseball doesn't feel like this anymore.
It's a very subtle metaphor showing the synergistic relationship between his love of baseball, and his love for Iris. Whenever he becomes distracted and strays off the path of either one, his life becomes a literal catastrophe. But when he stays on the path, greatness follows. The lightning strike is the sign of divine or supernatural intervention to ensure his resulting greatness when he simply stays on that path, in order to achieve his destiny.
True.Oh So true. They don't make em like this anymore. Were it all comes together in harmony. The music the acting the camera work. Everything just fit together perfectly and streamlined
The story is entertaining, but the baseball itself is awful…Hobbs is basically Dave Kingman…either hitting a 500-foot home run (the triple in this scene being the lone exception), or striking out 1-2-3. A slumping Hobbs could be shown grounding into a double play, popping up in a big spot with runners on. The writers showed such little creativity with the actual in-game action. Hitters didn’t whiff nearly as much in that era to begin with!
I LOVE this movie! I mean when you heard the slight ripple of thunder in the distance when he takes "WonderBoy" out of the case, and then later that music starts and that look in his eye.... they NAILED those scenes in this movie!
My history teacher, showed it to our class, for a few days, great! Movie then, great! Movie now. Probably thee only thing I remember from high school 🤣
I love the cinematography of this movie and the subtleness of so many of the side characters interactions and reactions. Just the glance of an eye at times in this movie adds such depth.
I loved every bit,from the grandeur,the comody&the symmetry of the soundtrack, loved it then &still get a kick out of it now,even though I've seen it too many times.
Well that's just the nature of American film media. Even fans of the movie don't realize it's based on a novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Bernard Malamud with some very spiritual themes in it.
Me too, Don and I'm a big Randy Newman fan. What an artist! When my 27 yr old son was little and we were fishing when he caught a good fish he would emulate the music: Do do...Do DO do do! 'That's not a ball! We want a real ball!" Hahahaha!
Anyone who has played Baseball as a kid in high school or little league knows how special it was to just put on a uniform and begin spring training. Its why baseball is the best of all sports.
The Natural manages to capture the mythology of "Americana" and wrap it all into the game of baseball, while making it Arthurian and classical. Hobbs is Arthur and Lancelot amalgamated into a midwestern sports hero; he carries an homage to Excalibur in the form of a baseball bat hewn from a tree struck by lightning, an everyman graced with otherworldly talent and noble purpose, but not immune to the failings of mortal men, either. The Natural, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own are my three favorite baseball movies.
When Roger Maris hit 61 home runs to break the record, he did NOT get an intentional walk ALL SEASON!! WHY? What sane manager would walk Maris to pitch to Mickey Mantle!?!?
@@toptenguy1 Unfortunately, that would never have worked. The '61 Yankees might have been the best team ever assembled and were too deep. They won the world series in 5 games outscoring the Reds 27-13 with 2 shutouts. And the Reds were no slouches with power-hitters HoF Robinson and All-Star Pinson.
Love this scene, too. Represents a glimmer of hope that falls down as rain to water the desolate Knight’s wasteland. If you didn’t know, this movie is an allegory of Sir Perceval (King Arthur and the knights of the round table) as he sets out to find the holy grail (MLB pennant) for the wounded Fisher King (Pop Fisher).
There has yet been a Sports film to display such outstanding human talent then The Natural , It is quintessentially the greatest depiction of an individual That was completely aware of his own greatness and that in the sport of baseball would become the greatest player the world had ever seen, I would love to see a sequel with his son Savoy Hobbs, and show that his fathers natural gift, was passed on to the next generation only with a hitch, the talent can only be achieved with absolute self awareness, and unquestionable esteem, the lack of certain assuredness, will be his Achilles heel living in the shadow of greatness of his father Roy Hobbs.
Great nostalgic baseball movie with a "happy ending." The movie ending changed for obvious box office reasons (Robert Redford) from the very sad realistic ending of the novel.
I brought this movie over to my dad's house (VHS tape, remember that?) and recommended he watch it. After a few days I asked him if he watched it and what he thought of it. He said "that was the best movie I ever saw". I sure miss him. I loved him beyond measure. I'm 66 now and lost my father 5 years ago. I miss him every day. No matter how old you are when you lose a parent that you love there is a little guy inside you that hurts.
God Bless you
right there with you, wild bill.
welcome to the club, everything has its own time
I know just what you mean, friend. I lost my dad when I was 12. I'm 67 now and I still weep for his company some times.
Field of Dreams does that to me!!.
The music ought to have won an Academy Award. Randy Newman.
I love L.A. !
We love it !
@@francus7227 "Short people got no reason"
That music has an incredible Aaron Copland sound to it!
Has Newman ever won for his scores? He should have. Toy Story alone is a tour de force.
Nobody could play that role like Robert Redford. He's the real Natural.
His acting skills aside, his athleticism is totally believable. That’s because he actually played in high school. One of his teammates was eventual hall of famer Don Drysdale. His pitching and hitting form are both very good, so that when he strikes out the Babe or knocks the cover off the ball, you buy it. It never bumps you as is the case in some movies where the actor clearly isn’t a natural athlete.
The scene is deep on many levels. At the end Hobbs is left standing alone on 3rd base in the rain, fans turn their backs and can't wait to leave to get out of the rain and the managers & umpires are too busy arguing with each other. Everyone has such tunnel vision they cannot see greatness right in front of their eyes. This happens everyday.
You also never know how important an open door might be to certain people. This was Hobbs' open door.
I’ve seen this movie 50 times. As a child I fell in love with it. The following year I quit football and played baseball after the emotional impact this movie had on me.
Your insight to this scene never occurred to me until I read your post, and how true your comment is. Thankyou for your post. Brilliant .
I know i live it..
Well said :)
That’s a great juxtaposition.
The soundtrack still gives me goosebumps....what a masterpiece!
Amazing score. I didn't realize it was from Randy Newman. Anyone remember "short people"?
@@magsteel9891 I Love L.A.!!!!!!
The best baseball movie ever.
I agree
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Absolute best baseball film. Never get tired of rewatching it. Something about baseball that bonds fathers and sons more than any other sport
agreed
Depending on how basebally I feel top 3 in no particular order are The Natural, Field of Dreams, and Pride of the Yankees. Honorable mention to Bad News Bears, 42, and Eight Men Out.
@@gurujr Bull Durham is the best
Yes it is a great baseball film it is also a great movie on its own. 🇦🇺
Nailed it.
Masterpiece of a movie. The tone and atmosphere has a fairy tale quality to it, but it’s got the heart and pathos associated with missed opportunities and making up for lost time. It’s the perfect Robert Redford role, encapsulating everything wholesome about the America we still wish existed. The Arthurian and mythic set pieces are just fantastic: the lightening strikes, knocking the cover off the ball and of course...that ending. It also contains one of the most epic, spine tingling soundtracks ever committed to film. A classic and a movie that is genuinely timeless. I’ll remember Redford for many roles, The Sting, Butch and Sundance etc..but when the day comes that he inevitably passes on, it’ll be the final scenes of this film, that I’ll remember him for.
I said much the same thing before reading your comment! Hobbs even carries a similar wound to that of Lancelot. Just lovely parallels to Arthurian mythology throughout.
Quite a way with words, fella. Top notch.
You said it brother...
I think I'll remember him for a river runs through it or out of Africa. That America still exists, rest assured. Its alive in our collective memory.
Remember Jones:
ruclips.net/video/7SB16il97yw/видео.html
'I believe we have two lives...the one we learn with and the one we live with after that, with or without the records' or words to that effect. So much to take to heart and cherish about this film, as flawed as it is (as it should be, being a product of human endeavor). Memorable, commendable commentary (Mallory's opinion is worthy ). May this section never be turned off (it happens).
So well put, Paul. Sometimes I'd play an excerpt of this movie before a big game my son was playing as I coached him so many years ago.
The guy who says "we want a real ball" won an Academy award for his acting in this scene..
lol!!!!
He was as campy as the lightning strike.
Hahaha really?!?
But the yarn was a ball though 😂
The guy who made the ball of yarn won for special effects too...beat out the first Terminator.
The "Natural" is one of the greatest movies certainly made. The ending scene where Hobbs blasts the ball into the floodlights is priceless.
fortis: Yep, all done with fireworks 👍👍💯
This movie, was the first movie I saw where the audience stood up as one, and applauded when The End came on the screen. Instant favorite movie. A flawless movie.
Funny how some critics say it should have been less Hollywood and more like the book. He's offered a bribe to throw the last game, but comes up with a counter-offer of more money. He strikes out on the last pitch, ending their season. A sports writer gets a whiff that he did it, and if he can prove it then he'll be banned and his records expunged. We got something like that in _Eight Men Out,_ so don't need another.
You do know in the book, Hobbs struck out.
Randy Newman's soundtrack for _The Natural_ is arguably the best work he ever did. To listen to the background music as Hobbs steps to the plate sets the calm before the storm. Then, after Strike One, the high woodwinds create tension and the following French Horns let you know that SOMETHING IS COMING. Crack of the bat, the lightning strike, and the Wonderboy theme confirms it.
This soundtrack is *EPIC.* Nothing less than that.
I'd be willing to bet he listened to a lot of Aaron Copland before starting to write. I hear echoes of Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo in the score.
The way the radio announcer fades out and the background music swells like Hobbs is focusing. Incredible sequence. Like a primer on *sound* alone.
Well, if it's wrong to break out into tears while watching this scene then I don't want to be right. What greatness on multiple levels.
When he breaks Wonderboy and the kid brings him the Savoy Special that he helped the kid make he made as a replacement. That one gets me every single time.
You are definitely not alone friend! 😢
This is one of those movies that never gets old. Absolutely timeless
Tomorrow my oldest son has his first baseball game. Tonight we played this clip for bedtime. :)
Good luck! I loved baseball as a kid.
Great story...and when I clicked like...saw your name...that was my son's name
Sounds like something my parents would do!❤️
Awesome Alec
Alec Patton, My sons are grown now but everytime I pass by a ballfield I wish I could go back to the days when we went to their games! Enjoy and cherish every minute because it passes too quickly. And don't forget to sit down with your kids and watch the entire movie!
Everything about this movie is amazing but the 3 vignettes of Hobbs at the plate are masterpieces. Randy Newman will never get enough credit for that superb score.
My Dad was never a huge sports guy, but the one thing he did do was teach us how to play baseball.
I lost both my parents in January, and, going through their things, I actually found the glove he bought me as a kid. Great memories.
Always loved baseball, and always loved this movie... 😌
oh man, I just want more big films like this with big epic scores. I remember the moment I first saw this scene, sent chills down me. " well welcome to the majors, Mr Hobbs" gawd so great.
The mysticism of the 80's is unmatched - the pinnacle of originality in cinema and music cannot be more personified then from this decade as I had the luxury of growing up as a kid in it! Truly Natural!
The guy that was suppose to play the radio announcer never showed up. That is actually the director delivering the lines.
And he was perfect!
I loved it when Brimley told him jokingly to ‘knock the cover off!”
How prophetic was that! 😳
Was he joking?
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Knowing how hard Roy could hit, I'm sure he wasn't surprised when it happened 😊
“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.
A Late Quartet . all time is NOW.
has is ever struck you that we are in a simulation and we dream these things to be to keep ourselves sane -----PTW
The soundtrack is Epic throughout the entire film.
The rumble of that thunder is such a great omen.
I hate baseball, but I love baseball movies. And this is the #1 baseball movie of all time.
Honestly a extremely underrated movie has more to it than just sports
I've said for many years that there are two men who are either in the movie or directed the movie that you can rest assured will be a good movie and that is Sean Penn and Robert Redford.
This movie has so many great moments in it.
*'That's not a ball, we want a REAL ball!!!'*
Kinda makes the whole scene come together.
Quite possibly the best movie of all time.
I love how the stadium announcer sounds on those old fashion speakers. Remind me of of the old ballparks and my time there
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This movie really feels like a movie made many years earlier than 1984.
Was filmed in Buffalo NY.
For me it feels like 2011
So many amazing actors in this movie. Along with the writing and directing. I never get tired of watching this movie.
Ah, the stars aligned that day. Overcast skies...Hobbs at the plate like some mythical fair-haired god....absolutely loved Richard Farnsworth in this.
Baseball has a romantic side to it that no other sport is able to capture. The Sound Track is maybe top 5 ever
How great is this movie. Barry Levinson at his best. So many unforgettable scenes and lines. "I should have bee a famer, Red". "You have a gift Roy, but it's not enough." " I believe we have two lives: the one we learn with, and the one we live after that." Wonderboy made from a tree struck by lighting. A force outside himself after his Dad has died. This film has been with me since it first came out. It made so much sense after I came into middle age. Life has so many odd turns. So many chances to follow the wrong roads. A fable to love and redemption wrapped around the enduring National pastime. What a show.
Robert Zaleski...…...''My life didn't turn out the way I thought it would....'' ''I guess some mistakes we never stop paying for.....''
"That's no ball! We want a real ball!" This was my favorite movie growing up. Still is. Simply because I loved baseball and it's the first movie I remember watching with my dad.
Can never get enough of this wonderful movie.!
Something about the audio of the "chhhhhhhh" sweep of dirt by Hobbs as he takes his stance and then later the "chhhsh...chhhsh..." of the slow mo running steps through the puddle is so satisfying. But the director/editor had the sense to not over dwell on any one detail either. The small audio details throughout on top of the epic score make the scene stand out.
Also whoever played the catcher did a perfect job of emoting the appropriate mixture of arrogance and yet amused curiosity at Hobbs.
One of the best movies ever made, to bad they can't do it today.
I did that once as a kid. Popped a seam and it unraveled.
Great movie!
Yes..
Me too.the string went over the
electric wires.
Baseball was my 1st love next to Annette Funicello.
Still remember my 1st glove
cheap as all get out. Remember trying to catch my 1st pop up...over ran it. Remember Rocky
Colovito hit 4 home runs in one game on tv. I got cut from pony league. Me and another guy were
The last two...and that ended
My Baseball career. Played a lot of
Softball later in service and church leagues. Looking back if I would have had some real coaching I could have been a NATURAL. I had
ADHD but back then that was not even a thing. Loved football and basketball. Oh well just reminiscing
Saw this movie years ago but I need to see again. Also love
FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME.Kevin Costner
If you love baseball, like I do, and someone asks why you love it, tell them to watch this film. If they still don’t understand they never will
One of the greatest movies ever made, sports or otherwise.
I found it cool that even Bump was impressed. He could have been bitter he was benched for him. But the look on his face was pretty epic. He was just like damn, that's incredible.
One of the top movies of all time
An absolutely masterful movie scene. One of many in this magnificent film!
I could watch this movie - over and over and over and over and............................THE BEST Baseball film out there!
This is the best three minutes of this great movie. The music, the cinematography, the perfect capturing of the whole feel of the classical era of baseball. You don't have to be a sports fan to appreciate it, you just have to be human. The haunting echo of the stadium announcer reporting Hobbs at bat, followed by the radio announcer's play by play - perfectly done to capture every ounce of the moment.
Yep - pretty sure that is the director playing the announcer, very well I might add. Barry Levinson had that old time radio voice and inflection nailed imo.
My Natural Story goes back to '97... My oldest boy was 5 years old and watched with me.. of course I'd seen it in the theater 13 years earlier... he was entranced... he thought The Natural was a true story until he was like 16 😎... If you took some of the greatest moments of the game and combined them into 1 player, it could be...that in itself is amazing
gives me chills every time, the lightning is like a message from God.
RIP Wilford Brimley.
Nighthawke70 I thought he died like 25 years ago
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The Diabeetus finally caught up with him eh....
Dad did it everyday for his family!!!!and I did it every day love u pop !!
One of my favorite movies ever I saw this when I was 12 playing baseball myself. Robert Duvall is magical. The entire cast . Everything about this movie is magical
This part always makes me smile. Believe it or not, this reminds me of baseball back in the '60's when I was a kid listening to Bob Gibson pitch with Cardinals on the radio and then the first season of the Royals. Baseball doesn't feel like this anymore.
What a great movie! A timeless heroes journey told through baseball. Fantastic!
This movie gives me constant goosebumps.
It's a very subtle metaphor showing the synergistic relationship between his love of baseball, and his love for Iris. Whenever he becomes distracted and strays off the path of either one, his life becomes a literal catastrophe. But when he stays on the path, greatness follows. The lightning strike is the sign of divine or supernatural intervention to ensure his resulting greatness when he simply stays on that path, in order to achieve his destiny.
The soundtrack to this movie is soo amazing
Even in the movies the umpires don’t know what a strike is. 😂😂😂
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One of the BEST all time baseball movies. I remember this movie from my childhood n now watch it anytime I want on dvd. Rip manager of the Knights
The casting, the music, the story line, the cinematography. It doesn’t get better than this.
True.Oh So true. They don't make em like this anymore. Were it all comes together in harmony. The music the acting the camera work. Everything just fit together perfectly and streamlined
The story is entertaining, but the baseball itself is awful…Hobbs is basically Dave Kingman…either hitting a 500-foot home run (the triple in this scene being the lone exception), or striking out 1-2-3. A slumping Hobbs could be shown grounding into a double play, popping up in a big spot with runners on. The writers showed such little creativity with the actual in-game action. Hitters didn’t whiff nearly as much in that era to begin with!
I LOVE this movie! I mean when you heard the slight ripple of thunder in the distance when he takes "WonderBoy" out of the case, and then later that music starts and that look in his eye.... they NAILED those scenes in this movie!
One of the best movies of all time!
Nice little touch when Hobbs lays off the first pitch. Gives the ump the look because he knows its a ball, lol.
IMO, the best sports movie ever. Excellent cast, adroit direction, beautiful photography, and Redford was just excellent.
what a classic portrayal of what a legendary baseball player could be, this movie makes baseball authentic and heroic
This is such a great Movie. Saw it when it came out (80s?) and can see it again any time. Just a beautiful All American Story. Love it.
That is one of my favorite scenes. It gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.
My history teacher, showed it to our class, for a few days, great! Movie then, great! Movie now. Probably thee only thing I remember from high school 🤣
I love the cinematography of this movie and the subtleness of so many of the side characters interactions and reactions. Just the glance of an eye at times in this movie adds such depth.
My dad isn't a film buff like me, but this is one of his favorite movies.
My favorite baseball movie...hands down
I loved every bit,from the grandeur,the comody&the symmetry of the soundtrack, loved it then &still get a kick out of it now,even though I've seen it too many times.
Incredible how no one can see that this is a SPIRITUAL MOVIE JUST LIKE FIELD OF DREAMS😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Well that's just the nature of American film media. Even fans of the movie don't realize it's based on a novel by the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Bernard Malamud with some very spiritual themes in it.
I love this movie...so much I bought a Knights team jacket, and I love that too!
LOL liar u bought a Vegas Knights jacket duh
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@@kj6446 don't wear jammies LOL
@@tied2dye1 as much as I enjoy enjoy a debate with a dazzling conversationalist such as yourself I think I'll depart here
awesome brother!
I get choked up every time I watch this scene. Imagining how long Roy Hobbs wanted to hear his name announced over the loud speaker in the Majors.
Its nice to be reminded how good looking Redford was and talented.gorgeous man inside and out
cynthia Erickson ....did you notice him as the Angel of Death in the original Twilight Zone series? Great looking guy! Yikes!
i knocked the cover off a Hostess Snowball once. I ate that bad boy.
LMAO
Quite possibly the best movie about baseball ever.
When I see this movie, I always envision the great Mickey Mantle. He really was The Natural.
"That's no ball we want a real ball!" LOL
Scott Minnella I don’t understand the Phillies manager and coach arguing this, like Hobbs had anyway of doctoring the ball
Epic soundtrack. Just Epic
And where they doing that little guy “we want a real ball!” lol.
The most perfect music for a scene.
Chills.
How can you not smile when looking at Robert Redford.
Me too, Don and I'm a big Randy Newman fan. What an artist!
When my 27 yr old son was little and we were fishing when he caught a good fish he would emulate the music: Do do...Do DO do do! 'That's not a ball! We want a real ball!" Hahahaha!
For me it's the natural and for love of the game, 2 best baseball movies by 2 iconic actors
That movie ranks up there with field of dreams
Better
Anyone who has played Baseball as a kid in high school or little league knows how special it was to just put on a uniform and begin spring training. Its why baseball is the best of all sports.
The Natural manages to capture the mythology of "Americana" and wrap it all into the game of baseball, while making it Arthurian and classical. Hobbs is Arthur and Lancelot amalgamated into a midwestern sports hero; he carries an homage to Excalibur in the form of a baseball bat hewn from a tree struck by lightning, an everyman graced with otherworldly talent and noble purpose, but not immune to the failings of mortal men, either. The Natural, Field of Dreams, and A League of Their Own are my three favorite baseball movies.
You don't even have to be a fan of the game to love this movie ❤
My favorite movie growing up! If you played ball who wouldn't wish they could be him!!
Oh love the horns its perfect would have loveed to been able to play this ❤
Always loved that line “Alright Hobbes, knock the cover off the ball.”....
Wilford Brimly is absolutely amazing.
The movie is so packed with stars. Maybe Redford's best performance.
When Roger Maris hit 61 home runs to break the record, he did NOT get an intentional walk ALL SEASON!! WHY? What sane manager would walk Maris to pitch to Mickey Mantle!?!?
Mantle also hit like 54 or something crazy that year also. If Mantle hadn't been injured off and on that year I believe they both would've hit 60.
Walk both and hope for the best? LOL
@@toptenguy1 Unfortunately, that would never have worked. The '61 Yankees might have been the best team ever assembled and were too deep. They won the world series in 5 games outscoring the Reds 27-13 with 2 shutouts. And the Reds were no slouches with power-hitters HoF Robinson and All-Star Pinson.
Every time I see Robert Redford all I can do is smile.
Love this scene, too. Represents a glimmer of hope that falls down as rain to water the desolate Knight’s wasteland.
If you didn’t know, this movie is an allegory of Sir Perceval (King Arthur and the knights of the round table) as he sets out to find the holy grail (MLB pennant) for the wounded Fisher King (Pop Fisher).
I didn't know that.
There has yet been a Sports film to display such outstanding human talent then The Natural , It is quintessentially the greatest depiction of an individual That was completely aware of his own greatness and that in the sport of baseball would become the greatest player the world had ever seen, I would love to see a sequel with his son Savoy Hobbs, and show that his fathers natural gift, was passed on to the next generation only with a hitch, the talent can only be achieved with absolute self awareness, and unquestionable esteem, the lack of certain assuredness, will be his Achilles heel living in the shadow of greatness of his father Roy Hobbs.
"That's no ball! We want the real ball!"
D#mn! One of the BEST movies EVER!
Poetry. The greatest understand this on a heart level. Word manifest. Be a blessing not a curse .
Great nostalgic baseball movie with a "happy ending." The movie ending changed for obvious box office reasons (Robert Redford) from the very sad realistic ending of the novel.
What was the sad book ending?
If you believe in magic... lightning is bound to strike. The best baseball movie scene.
This and "The Rookie" are the best baseball movies ever.
Such a great movie...timeless