forthelove

Kelly Preston (She was in a movie starring Danny DeVito and my governor called “Twins” and I would totally have relations with her while the two of them watched…and maybe joined in)

John C. Reilly (He’s that goofy looking guy that isn’t Steve Buscemi, but is in all those movies)

Jena Malone (That chick that will always look underage and I kind of like that. She’s also that chick that was in Donnie Darko)

Brian Cox (He’s not Brian Dennehy, but he’s close)

An aging ace on the hill for the Detroit Tigers reminisces about his past love life with the woman of his universe while he pitches the game of his life. This is the plot and all there is to it, except for a lot of discussion on whether or not he will retire after the game. I don’t know if you guys were expecting me to talk shit about Kevin Costner in any way, but that is not going to happen. Kevin Costner, or as I like to call him, Kevin Costner, is a straight up pimp. So he’s made a few bad movies; what great actor hasn’t? This movie makes up for it. Like you didn’t think Field of Dreams was great? My brother cried at the end of that movie. That’s okay, I nearly cried at the end of this movie. It’s that emotional. I took a chick to see this movie when it first came out (I thought it was a date, apparently, she felt it was just two friends going to watch a love story involving baseball (what a great guy date movie for a change) together; but I digress. Kelly Preston is pretty freaking gorgeous in this movie and in real life as well. I don’t know why she hasn’t done that many other great movies. She was in “Twins” and in “Jerry Maguire.”

I nearly burst into tears in the end when he threw the final pitch and pitched a perfect game. He signed a ball and gave it to the owner’s son to give to his father. Just prior to throwing his final pitch, the owner reads the ball, which reads, “For Love of the Game.” This was so emotional that they named the movie after this ball.

What guy wouldn’t love this movie? Kevin Costner would have received an Oscar nomination in my book if I were given the chance to nominate such greatness. This movie rules in a way that one can only wish to ever conceive. Unlike Bon Jovi, Kevin Costner gives love and baseball a good name.