#''The Natural grossed $48m'' ''Moneyball grossed $34m''

[pepperf]

I feel like I’m being gaslit by this article. You’d think a successful TV series about baseball, released literally just last year, would merit a mention, but no??? Admittedly they’re talking about movies, but they don’t even mention A League Of Their Own the movie, never mind the TV series:

It wasn’t until The Natural, however, that Hollywood once again saw the baseball film as a profitable venture. Based on the Bernard Malamud novel – and notably changing his bleak ending to a more hopeful one – the Robert Redford starrer grossed $48m and was nominated for three Oscars, paving the way for Bull Durham, Major League, Eight Men Out and Field of Dreams, as well as a wave of kids’ baseball movies like The Sandlot, Angels in the Outfield, Rookie of the Year and Little Big League. After that, the baseball film petered out again, and while the last decade produced both a massive hit (Moneyball) and a hidden gem (Sugar), Hollywood seems to have returned to its baseline position of wariness about the genre’s profitability.

YOU’RE SERIOUSLY GOING TO CITE MAJOR LEAGUE - MAJOR LEAGUE - AND NOT A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN? YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE KIDS’ MOVIES BUT NOT THE WOMEN’S BASEBALL MOVIE???

#I know I know the answer is misogyny #it's just baffling to me #also the answer to ''why are there no baseball movies'' is bc baseball movies are generally very boring #with a few notable exceptions #(A League Of Their Own being one of them!!!) #they're formulaic and predictable #and the sport itself does nothing to liven it up #this is SUCH A WEIRD ARTICLE #I'm not imagining it right? #A League Of Their Own really exists? #I feel like I've fallen into an alternate dimension where it was never made #if I'd been able to comment on the article I would have #but instead you have me ranting here #but I trust you guys will understand #he's citing Moneyball which I have literally never heard of #''The Natural grossed $48m'' ''Moneyball grossed $34m'' #A League of their Own grossed $132m #my dude just...what #that and Field of Dreams are the only two baseball movies in the National Film Registry (that I can spot)! #(and ftr Field of Dreams grossed $84m)