#The natural

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Mic Geronimo The “The Natural” Album Era “Shit’s Real”

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Dustin Rhodes as WCW World Six Man Tag Team Champion with Big Josh and "Z-Man" Tom Zenk, 1991 / Dustin Rhodes as ROH World Six Man Tag Team Champion with Marshall & Ross Von Erich, 2024

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392 to go

Delicatessen (1991, dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro): I don't really have much to say about this movie. It was fun and charming but pretty forgettable, a quintessential 3/5 movie to me.

Get Carter (1971, dir. Mike Hodges): There's a certain base level of misogyny you have to get used to if you watch a lot of old movies but sometimes it becomes so overt, so violent that it completely ruins the viewing experience. Like yeah, Michael Caine is incredible and the cinematography and score are great. But every single female character in this movie exists to be sexualized, victimized and brutalized, sometimes all three, and it happens with such frequency that it becomes impossible to ignore or to enjoy the rest of the movie.

Marnie (1964, dir. Alfred Hitchcock): Speaking of violent misogyny haha. It's different here, though, because it's kind of the point - even if I don't think it was completely intended to be by Hitchcock. Tippi Hedren brings such an incredible energy to this role. The image of her standing in frozen in Sean Connery's arms, completely disassociating from her body as the inevitability of what's about to happen sets in, will haunt me forever, I think.

Jules and Jim (1962, dir. François Truffaut): For the first thirty minutes I was sure this movie would be an all time favorite for me but the rest of the film doesn't really live up to the first part set in 1910s Paris. But it's still great, make no mistake!

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, dir. Robert Altman): As always Altman is cynical as all hell but damn if he isn't good at it.

Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979, dir. Werner Herzog): Figured I'd better knock this one out before seeing Eggers' version and I'm so happy I did. The vibes? Impeccable. This movie is slow, unsettling, and absolutely gorgeous to look at.

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986, dir. Woody Allen): I believe this is the last Allen movie I had left on the list and I am very relieved to have him out of the way. That said, I think I could have really loved this movie if I didn't know what I know about Woody Allen.

The Natural (1984, dir. Barry Levinson): God I was bored. On the upside, this movie gave us one of the best episodes of The Simpsons.

Up next: With this post, I have officially watched 500 movies from the list since starting this project. I did a top 25 list after my first 250 and I have been really looking forward to doing a second one, so look out for that! (I'm also gonna do a worst list but probably not until the project is finished.)

I also had the idea of watching one movie a year since the year I was born up to 2020 (the most recent year covered by the list), to sort of track the cinematic landscape as it has changed in my lifetime. I checked and I have at least one movie left in each year, so it's doable! Next movie will be from 1992, and it will probably be A Tale of Winter.

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The Natural (1984) - Robert Redford/Roy Hobbs

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Robert Redford fan here.

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Falcon & Winter Soldier (2020) #5

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The Natural (1984). A middle-aged unknown comes seemingly out of nowhere to become a legendary baseball player with almost supernatural talent.

More than anything, this movie is just kind of silly. It lacks narrative tension, is overly long, and doesn't work as an underdog story given his obstacles are entirely external to him. He never really fails - rather just has opportunity taken away from him - and that makes it not really for me. Still, Robert Redford is always watchable, and Glen Close is always welcome. 4/10.

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dustin is coming back!!!

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We welcome Dan Wade of the @WheelOfRandy podcast to the show to talk about the Robert Redford baseball movie with a Randy Newman score. There's a lot of Arthurian myth talk, too, so this is a stealth Hollywood Avalon episode.

We talk baseball--a lot of baseball--Randy Newman, and mythology in an episode that goes into extra innings. Hope you enjoy, as we have to go on a hiatus for a little while, but we’ll be back soon.

Episode 105 - The Natural

https://sites.libsyn.com/398906/episode-105-the-natural-1984

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Had to paint Moo Deng!! I love her so much

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"Genesis", Oil on canvas by Matthew Cornell

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㋡🥀

colors of the sky.