lincoln@eosp1.UUCP (Dick Lincoln) (06/06/84)
> I just saw "The Natural," and thought it an excellent show. As you > say, it's pseudo-mythology, but it is based on a true story that is > still steeped in alot of mystery. . . i thought good performances > were turned in, especially by Redford as Roy Hobbs, by Glen[n] Close > (who has always done the maximum with any role i have seen her in) as > Hobbs old girlfriend, and by the villainness (actress's name escapes > me [Barbara Hersey]) who just made me want to jump into the picture > and wring her neck. > Definitely go see it, especially if you're a baseball fan, or an > American pseudo-mythology fan. It's a better way to spend five bucks > than seeing "Indian Jones and the Temple of Grime." Here's a strong second of all of the above. My wife and I saw "The Natural" last night and loved it. Although the "baseball" scenes are overrated (too staged and too far from "real" baseball action), the cinematography has that warm glow that Stanley Kaufmann likes so much. Wilfred Brimley is just fine as "Pop", the beleagured New York Knights manager, too, in a role somewhat like his startling brief appearance in "Absence of Malice".