While indulging in a binge watching weekend I spotted one of my all-time favorite films. Recently placed on Amazon prime Trouble with the Curve starring Clint Eastwood and Amy Adams. There are so many reasons why I love this movie. First and foremost it is the romance aspect, being that I am truly a romantic at heart, I can never pass up a romantic comedy. The second reason is that it’s a movie about baseball. I love a good baseball game and how could I pass up a baseball movie with some good looking cast members, like Justin Timberlake. Lastly it’s a father- daughter movie. I am a real softy for these movies. I would give this movie five black cats. That’s how good it is.
This is a heart-warming film. Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood), a longtime baseball scout, refuses to be benched because of his age. Gus with the unwanted help from his daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) set out to look at an up and coming batter. Gus and Mickey are forced to deal with their distant relationship and issues from the past, all the while trying to save Gus’s job. Trouble with the Curve has a ton star power that show up in it. The starring roles being taken by Clint Eastwood and Amy Adam. The supporting roles be filled by names like John Goodman, Justin Timberlake and Matthew Lillard. This film is perfectly casted. In true Eastwood fashion he plays grumpy old man perfectly. His scratchy voice and soul shaking stare is a regular occurrence with any performance by Eastwood. In this particular performance what truly makes this a memorable performance is his shaken confidence as the ageing scout. Clint Eastwood, while he isn’t the director of this particular film, he is one of the producers. Once again As often seen with Eastwood, his character has a tick. In The Trouble with the Curve Gus smokes cigars. This is an action that shows masculinity. This character smokes a cigar with any emotion. Happy He smokes a cigar. Sad, he smokes a cigar. Angry, you guessed it, smokes a cigar. Eastwood plays similar characters through. Amy Adams performance is exceptional in her role as Mickey Lobel. She was perfectly …show more content…
The Trouble with the Curve is in fact about baseball. Cinematographer Tom Sterns really out did himself this time. The camera shots of the baseball being pitched as well as hit, with the help of some CGI, makes the intensity of the task of saving Gus’s job for some of the scenes. The emotion that is conveyed in scenes where there is little to no actually speaking is cinematic gold. Specifically, in complete head shots of Eastwood. Eastwood’s character Gus, is struggling with some realities that come with old age. These striking and overwhelmingly emotional scenes express to the audience the truly stark reality of growing older and losing one’s true passion in life. Gary Fettis who was the set designer nailed it on the head. Gus (Clint Eastwood) travels to watch this batter in North Carolina. While the filming of this movie takes place in Georgia there are district things that show up in this movie that are truly Southern. The scenes where Mickey (Amy Adams) and Johnny Flanagan (Justin Timberlake) wander around downtown, and the blues musician playing right on the street and talking about dancing. They even clog in one
This is a heart-warming film. Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood), a longtime baseball scout, refuses to be benched because of his age. Gus with the unwanted help from his daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) set out to look at an up and coming batter. Gus and Mickey are forced to deal with their distant relationship and issues from the past, all the while trying to save Gus’s job. Trouble with the Curve has a ton star power that show up in it. The starring roles being taken by Clint Eastwood and Amy Adam. The supporting roles be filled by names like John Goodman, Justin Timberlake and Matthew Lillard. This film is perfectly casted. In true Eastwood fashion he plays grumpy old man perfectly. His scratchy voice and soul shaking stare is a regular occurrence with any performance by Eastwood. In this particular performance what truly makes this a memorable performance is his shaken confidence as the ageing scout. Clint Eastwood, while he isn’t the director of this particular film, he is one of the producers. Once again As often seen with Eastwood, his character has a tick. In The Trouble with the Curve Gus smokes cigars. This is an action that shows masculinity. This character smokes a cigar with any emotion. Happy He smokes a cigar. Sad, he smokes a cigar. Angry, you guessed it, smokes a cigar. Eastwood plays similar characters through. Amy Adams performance is exceptional in her role as Mickey Lobel. She was perfectly …show more content…
The Trouble with the Curve is in fact about baseball. Cinematographer Tom Sterns really out did himself this time. The camera shots of the baseball being pitched as well as hit, with the help of some CGI, makes the intensity of the task of saving Gus’s job for some of the scenes. The emotion that is conveyed in scenes where there is little to no actually speaking is cinematic gold. Specifically, in complete head shots of Eastwood. Eastwood’s character Gus, is struggling with some realities that come with old age. These striking and overwhelmingly emotional scenes express to the audience the truly stark reality of growing older and losing one’s true passion in life. Gary Fettis who was the set designer nailed it on the head. Gus (Clint Eastwood) travels to watch this batter in North Carolina. While the filming of this movie takes place in Georgia there are district things that show up in this movie that are truly Southern. The scenes where Mickey (Amy Adams) and Johnny Flanagan (Justin Timberlake) wander around downtown, and the blues musician playing right on the street and talking about dancing. They even clog in one