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re: A League of Their Own question
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:36 am to LSUsmartass
Posted on 7/6/09 at 2:36 am to LSUsmartass
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I'm sure if I go back and watch the movie I can write a 10 page book report with nothing but plot support for my opinion.
Likewise. This is giving me a burning desire to see the movie again.
I'm thinking maybe the director intentionally made the ending ambiguous so that people could simply draw their own conclusions depending on their personalities...it makes everybody happy at the expense of clarity.
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Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:10 am to ChewyDante
at the time she came back baseball was the most important thing to her. then asshe saw her sister roundin third she realized her sister was more important than baseball
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:13 am to ChewyDante
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Maybe the director did decide to make that the case, who fricking knows with Hollywood,
Yeah, they do those open interpretation endings a lot.
Interesting twist maybe. Just re-watched said play again, it was a little closer than I remembered. Something I did notice - Kit appears to be out, the moment she runs into Dottie with the ball. Dottie blocked Homeplate, had possesion of the ball & tagged Kit before she could touch home plate - the big collision scene.
(41-42 seconds?)
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BTW, the movie is on Youtube.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:19 am to Sammich
They should have ended it just before Kit was going to hit Dottie. Fade directly to black and play a random Journey song.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:21 am to 9Fiddy
What recent movie did something like this?
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:22 am to 9Fiddy
ChewyDante owned in this thread........Dottie didn't drop the ball.......Kit made the play.
Dottie cared to much about the TEAM to do favors for her envious sister.
In fact the slow motion hand hitting the ground and ball popping out clearly shows this......it wasn't like Dotties just lost grip, Kit let all the anger loose on her sister bobby boucher style.
Dottie cared to much about the TEAM to do favors for her envious sister.
In fact the slow motion hand hitting the ground and ball popping out clearly shows this......it wasn't like Dotties just lost grip, Kit let all the anger loose on her sister bobby boucher style.
This post was edited on 7/6/09 at 3:24 am
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:23 am to LSUsmartass
Transformers 2. I was pissed too. 
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:34 am to L S Usetheforce
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Dottie cared to much about the TEAM to do favors for her envious sister
Yet Dottie & Jimmy Dugan watch "Lovingly" as Kit is carried off in victory?
I'm now conviced Kit was out when she ran into the ball about 3 feet before the Homeplate.
This post was edited on 7/6/09 at 3:36 am
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:35 am to Sammich
You've got to hold onto the baseball all the way through the play
Having said that Dottie dropped the ball on purpose and I don't see how anybody can argue against that
Having said that Dottie dropped the ball on purpose and I don't see how anybody can argue against that
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:43 am to LSUsmartass
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Yet Dottie & Jimmy Dugan watch "Lovingly" as Kit is carried off in victory?
Lovingly???? I assumed it was more of a mutual respect thing like she finally got you kinda thing......
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:46 am to LSUsmartass
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You've got to hold onto the baseball all the way through the play
Yep, I was just thinking I shouldn't have posted that she was out before.
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Having said that Dottie dropped the ball on purpose and I don't see how anybody can argue against that
I still agree on that. It just rolled out a little to easy. I think when she saw Kit rounding 3rd instead of stopping, you can see her almost saying/thinking "What are you doing Kit??" She made the decision..
Posted on 7/6/09 at 3:47 am to Sammich
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Yet Dottie & Jimmy Dugan watch "Lovingly" as Kit is carried off in victory?
So we neglect the plethora of other circumstances that point to the complete opposite being the case because of this?!
Of course they look "lovingly" on it. Dottie certainly. She sees her sister as the heroin in something that she knew she had worked so hard for. And Dugan because he was acutely aware of the situation between the two of them and was involved when he had to trade Kit away.
She even pulled the old high fastball trick to try and strike her sister out to close the game right after hitting the go ahead score off of her sister at the top of the inning! So it didn't cross her mind then to help her sister when she actually has time to contemplate ramifications but at the plate she all of a sudden decides to throw the game due to some moral epiphany?
C'mon guys.
And seriously, stop responding so I can go to sleep.
Or at least wait until tomorrow.Posted on 7/6/09 at 4:13 am to ChewyDante
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Of course they look "lovingly" on it. Dottie certainly. She sees her sister as the heroin in something that she knew she had worked so hard for. And Dugan because he was acutely aware of the situation between the two of them and was involved when he had to trade Kit away.
I agree with this.
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She even pulled the old high fastball trick to try and strike her sister out to close the game right after hitting the go ahead score off of her sister at the top of the inning! So it didn't cross her mind then to help her sister when she actually has time to contemplate ramifications but at the plate she all of a sudden decides to throw the game due to some moral epiphany?
Like I said a little earlier, when Kit rounded 3rd, instead of holding up as told to, I think Dottie made her decision.
Speaking of Dottie's previous decisions, didn't Dottie make a similiar last second decision to catch that ball & do a split at the same time for the cameraman?
This post was edited on 7/11/09 at 5:06 am
Posted on 7/6/09 at 6:03 am to Sammich
Dottie made the decision when Kit was about to kill herself in the dugout. At that point you can see it in her face. The way the ball rolls out made it seem overtly obvious that it was intentional imo.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 6:57 am to ChewyDante
Didn't Dottie get run over at the plate much earlier in the movie by the catcher from Racine (or at least a bigger girl from one of the other teams)? I think it was during one of those montages of the girls playing ball.
That shot obviously helps set up the end too.
That shot obviously helps set up the end too.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 8:08 am to ChewyDante
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I think Dottie dropped the ball so Kit could play the hero for once. And I think Kit might even have known it - deep down.
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At what point did she make this conscious decision?
Could have been from after the Reporter dude said he was writing a story on how the league didn't even want Kit, they wanted Dottie. Or it could have been from the scene where Kit gets traded and Dottie gets blamed.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 8:10 am to BuckeyeFan87
LOL at arguing over A League of their Own
Posted on 7/6/09 at 8:13 am to Pilot Tiger
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LOL at arguing over A League of their Own
Why?
Great Movie, IMHO.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 8:16 am to ChewyDante
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I'm thinking maybe the director intentionally made the ending ambiguous so that people could simply draw their own conclusions depending on their personalities...it makes everybody happy at the expense of clarity.
I agree.
The entire undertone to the movie is that Dottie's amazing, but her heart isn't in the game. She wants family, kids, etc.
Kit, on the other hand, isn't as good but wants nothing more than to play her arse off.
Posted on 7/6/09 at 8:22 am to BuckeyeFan87
quote:excellent movie. But the arguing is funny
Why?
Great Movie, IMHO.
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