One of my favorite movies is "Field of Dreams". I can’t really pinpoint why. None of the actors are particular favorites (except for James Earl Jones), I don’t much care about baseball, and I’ve been to Iowa one time in my entire life. For...
Pros: Will Smith, Bruce McGill, Jack Lemmon Cons: Familiar and very slow in spots
In The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Robert Redford once again returns to territory where he's familiar as both an actor and as a director. Redford seems to be fond of movies where sports activities are a metaphor for life. In The Natural,...
Pros: Great acting, great story Cons: The plot could have been more indepth.
What do you get when you combine Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron into one movie? You get one great movie. Add golf to that, and it is one of the best serious movies I have seen in a long time!
One reason I mostly stick to 5-star reviews is that, okay, look what happens if I have things to say about the Legend of Bagger Vance instead. Here's this film, came out three years ago. A lot of you, like me at the time, had no interest in...
Pros: Lovely scenic landscapes, good period costumes Cons: Heavy-handed, obvious, manipulative
This is the first golf fairy tale movie I have seen, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the virgin of the genre. Maybe there’s a reason no one made a golf epic before, do you think?
Let's give this one the ol' GOOD/BAD treatment,...
The Legend of Bagger Vance stars Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron. It is directed by Robert Redford. With all that starpower, you may wonder why this movie only made back half of its $60 million budget in the theatres.
Pros: Inspirational and enjoyable fable. Cons: Could use a little more character development. A few slow spots
This story is like Mary Poppins for adults. In Mary Poppins, a guardian angel in the form of a Nanny with strange mystical powers comes to the aid of two children in need. In Bagger Vance a guardian angel in the form of a Caddie with strange mystical...
Pros: Warm, Witty and Wise Cons: Slow and slightly Superficial
I was hesitant about renting this when I saw that Robert Redford had directed it. The only movie I ever walked out on was A River Runs Through It. The scenery was great, I'll admit, but the dialog and plot were too slow for me to bear. My husband...
Pros: It didn't enrage me enough to forget how much I liked Quiz Show. Cons: It should have. Too bad boredom makes me drowsy.
Before The Legend of Bagger Vance even began, I was willing, albeit reluctant, to accept golf as a metaphor for life. I've known enough serious golfers to understand that golf is always a metaphor for something. After all, if golf were ever...
Pros: A graceful, beautifully rendered mythic tale. Tasteful, not cloying. Cons: Perhaps too graceful, too deliberately and slowly paced .
Here's a film which turns the game of golf into an analogy for the game of life. It works hard at creating a myth that never was. It's a fable, a fairy tale and old fashioned.
We have the character Bagger Vance (played by Will Smith) who is...
Pros: Decent golf action from what I could tell and a good, but not great, ensemble performance. Cons: The end of the film was contrived and too many story lines muddled the entire plot.
I guess maybe it's just something bred into him by appearing in too many romantic films, but Robert Redford just can't seem to direct any film that doesn't come out with more sap than the big ol' maple tree I used to climb in as a kid. The man who...
Pros: Great Acting and Interesting Premise... Cons: Spends Too Much Time on the Golf Course.
At the heart and soul of The Legend of Bagger Vance is a universal spiritual message: God has given everyone a "special swing." In other words, everybody has a unique talent or a special aspect that makes them shine in a way that...
Pros: Will Smith doing some fine acting; Cherlize Theron looking hotter than hell Cons: Very contrived ending
After careful thought, I've decided that I enjoyed this film, but with some reservations. The Legend of Bagger Vance is all about golf. This thing starts with Jack Lemmon laying on a golf course and suffering from a heart attack (he explains he'd...
Pros: Good, wholesome film about life, golf and all that lies in between Cons: Uneven film dips and dives into some strange situations, but recovers nicely
Like an angel, Bagger Vance appears out of nowhere, almost as if he was sent from heaven to help Rannulph Junuh find his golf swing, which he lost after returning from WWI a shell of his former self. Bagger doesn’t so much tell him how to play golf, as...
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