Hmm, it never occurred to me that she did it on purpose but I believe it. I'm a younger sister, but I played softball and my older sister was not athletic at all.
I love this movie so much. I'm always singing the "batter up" locker room song to dd. I've also looked up this costume for her future halloweens, lol.
I've had this pinned for pretty much the last year, since we found out DD was a girl
It's totally happening one year.
ETA: and of course she let go on purpose. Dottie never made a mistake on the field!
Incidentally, when my sister and I are talking about someone who isn't very attractive but we don't want our kids to hear, we always say "What a hitter!" I love Marla Hooch...Hooch.
Everyyyy time I'm drunk 2 things happen:
1) I walk like The Dude in the bowling/viking/more bowling drug-induced hallucination scene in The Big Lebowski. 2) I make sure to slur as best as I possibly can, "I'M SINGIN' TO NELSON...ain't I baby?"
There's a lady that sings at our church that always reminds me of Marla singing to Nelson. As a result, I have a really hard time listening to the lady sing and not giggling.
I totally thought Dottie threw the game, have since the first time I saw it as a little girl. my opinion is due to her reaction (or lack thereof) at the end, and you could see just how happy she was for her sister.
edit: I'm the oldest of 3 girls. I'd totally do something like this for my younger sisters.
This Used to Be My Playground will always ALWAYS give me all the feels.
And yes, of course she did.
A decent chunk of my childhood centered around pretending I was the star of a Lifetime-esque movie in which I dramatically sang this and "Live to Tell."
Mental Floss did an interesting 25 Things you didn't know about A League of their Own . Apparently the film uncut is like 4 hours long and there was a much bigger story arc between Jimmy and Dottie.
Mental Floss did an interesting 25 Things you didn't know about A League of their Own . Apparently the film uncut is like 4 hours long and there was a much bigger story arc between Jimmy and Dottie.
I would totally watch the uncut version of this movie. I'd probably need more tissues than usual though. I cry throughout the whole, entire movie. I cry from the beginning in anticipation of all the parts that make me cry. H thinks I'm a little nuts for intentionally watching a movie that makes me cry this much.
Another question: Did Dottie and Kit become straight up estranged after their baseball years?
The hall of fame scene always made me wonder.
I always just thought they lived so far apart, Dottie settled into married life while Kit stayed with the team for a while. No email/FB yet and airfare (and even long distance phone) was expensive; they probably just went different ways and didn't have the chance to connect often.
"Remember, a lady reveals nothing" usually pops into my head when I'm wearing a dress. And the music video with all the old photos was always so touching/haunting for me.
I have to comment on the ending. From the time I saw it in the movies and every time I see it now it bugs me that they make Kit a mute. Why don't they have her talk? The kids ask, "Was that you Grandma?" and Kit just nods and smiles. Then when she's hugging Dottie again it seems like a place for some dialogue and nothing. I feel like we needed a few sentences between Dottie and Kit so that we wouldn't be wondering were they estranged? What was their relationship like all these years?
And I really wish they didn't try to put young Geena Davis' voice on old Geena Davis. Like we wouldn't know it was her.
Other than that, this movie can make me bawl every damn time I see it.
I always joke with H that he's taking a Tom Hanks style piss whenever he pees in the morning. Man goes on forever.
And I saw this movie on TCM (I think?) when they were doing a pop up video thing with facts about the movie. It was awesome. Did you know that Jon Lovitz yelling "Will you shut up?!" was ad libbed because the cow legit wouldn't shut up? Lol.