Chapman and Maclain Way’s energetic telling of one of baseball’s great, unheralded stories is as much about independent spirit as it is about the game. When Portland, Oregon, lost its longtime minor-league affiliate, Bing Russell—who briefly played ball professionally before enjoying a successful Hollywood acting career—bought the territory and formed a single-A team to operate outside the confines of major-league baseball. When they took the field in 1973, the Mavericks—the only independent team in America—started with two strikes against them. What did Deputy Clem from Bonanza know about baseball? Or Portland, for that matter? The only thing uniting his players, recruited at open tryouts, was that no other team wanted them. Skeptics agreed that it could never work.
But Bing understood a ballplayer’s dreams, and he understood an audience. His quirky, unkempt castoffs won games, and they won fans, shattering minor-league attendance records. Their spirit was contagious, and during their short reign, the Mavericks—a restaurant owner turned manager, left-handed catcher, and blackballed pitcher among them—brought independence back to baseball and embodied what it was all about: the love of the game.
- J.N.
其实中后段有点撑不起来，最终要将的不是很清晰，你到底要讲的是个人还是时代，没有掰扯好来，一直摇摆不定，最后的收尾，也比较一般，好就好在形式上让人眼前一亮，加菲这次也撑得起来。
Actions speak louder than words.
用音乐具象化展现创作者的生活和想法，妙啊。音乐很好听，原型乔纳森的故事太动人了，在快餐店打工维持生活，创作出了音乐剧《吉屋出租》，却在这部作品在百老汇首演前去世，这部作品红了几十年，但乔纳森没有亲眼看到这一切。
虽然是传记片但也把焦距Jonathan个人的视角扩大到所有的创作者的痛苦。swing and a miss, swing and a miss, till you hit.
主要是珠玉在前，相比类似的爱乐之城和咖啡公社，这个片子有些太文艺青年的自我感动。
能够坚持到最后的追梦者都是英雄，无论梦想是否成真。
故事简单之极，为什么还需要旁白？因为真人真事改编。确实，全篇唯一倚仗的就是真人真事改编了。感情线尤其稀碎。
又看完忘记标记了？我怎么记得标了啊，比同时看的另一部音乐剧改编好很多，用了很多电影的视听语言去加分！
勇敢去爱
被Come to your senses洗脑了
音乐剧传记片，创作者困境故事，个人情感充沛，整体渲染扁平，除了加菲其他角色都不讨喜。
Bang! You're dead, what can you do?
再走一步，再走两步。没有一刻可以浪费
爱情，友情，穷困潦倒，三十岁还在追梦，经久不衰的故事，其他尔尔。
蛮好看的，音乐都很好听，最喜欢的居然是从正片里删掉的那首《green green dress》（笑）。片子在好的时候像是优质的音乐剧改编电影，露怯的时候又太像电影化程度不高的MV串烧。加菲的表演好的时候能给予角色独特的魅力，过火的时候又太用力过猛，确实蛮二傻子。这个电影比某几部乏味的片子更值得奥斯卡最佳影片提名。我个人给不出四星的原因在于，这片在立意上，依旧是“美国梦”主题创作的一个翻版，没有更多的深度。
Bang! You're dead, what can you do?
一般吧，感觉还不如la la land 好看呢，就新加的第二幕那首歌那段还行，其他就普通。还是真事儿改编，他的牛逼我是一点没看出来，就觉得挺自私的。
给纽约theatre and theatre junkies的一封情书。central park delacorte theatre, ny theatre workshop，playwrights horizons...全都是戏剧生活里忘不掉的回忆。正值Sondheim老爷子忌日，theatre legends们出来唱Sunday一段，看得直掉眼泪-对我来说，全剧唯一精华。之前workshop出现的作曲家和作家，也都是真实的theatre创作者们。对Jon本人的剧没什么感觉（音乐实在不感冒），这一部TTB也稍显幼稚粗浅。可是贵在真情。Andrew演的Angels in America可作为90年代AIDS事件的补充拓展，那剧是真有深度和灵魂。。
Fear or love, baby, don’t say the answer, action speaks louder than words…近几年来最对胃口的片子。才华，执着和活着，苦难总可以构成结局的一部分。
看《吉屋出租》的时候就在想，得是灵魂多干净甜美的人儿才能谱写如此动人的曲？果然，作者拥有过残破而富足的天才人生。
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