THE BAD NEWS BEARS: Was It Great or Were You 8?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2022
- It's a new game that's sweeping the nation. We call it: Was It Great, or Were You 8? Alonso and Christy are looking back at some of their favorite movies from childhood to see whether they truly were great, or we just loved them because we were 8 years old and feel nostalgic about them.
First up from Alonso Duralde (The Wrap, Linoleum Knife, Maximum Film, @aduralde) is "The Bad News Bears" (1976). Christy Lemire (RogerEbert.com, @christylemire) will pick next time. Directed by Michael Ritchie, written by Bill Lancaster. Starring Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Jackie Earle Haley, Vic Morrow and Chris Barnes.
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Cool concept. Looking forward to this being a recurring feature!
Definitely!
It is still in my top 25 movies, love love love it
So great!
One of the best movies ever made. 8 year olds did not see this in the theaters. It was PG with a lot of language. I was 9 at the time and my parents would never take me then. There was no 2nd run for this.
Perhaps in some places ...?
I definitely saw it in a theater at about 8, with other kids and no parents. I don't think PG ever kept kids under 12 getting into movies. I saw Close Encounters and Star Wars (PG rated) with no parents around this time, as well. And I will add, all 3 were great movies.
It was great in '76, and it's still great now in 2023. I played on a losing kid's baseball team the year it was released, and I think all of us on the team saw the truth on display in Richie's film. Bill Lancaster's screenplay should have been nominated for an Oscar, as should have Patrick Williams' score.
Tanner wasn't racist, he hated everybody that wasn't him, and he hated them equally. I was 9 when this movie came out, I saw it in theaters (first run). The funny thing is that I knew a kid like Tanner. Ready to fight at the drop of a hat, and generally didn't like anybody. Sure, he could get along with you if you didn't annoy him in the moment, but it didn't take much to hit that hair trigger of his. His mouth also wrote checks his ass couldn't cash. But he never backed down.
I do think he was bigoted towards "booger-eating morons". But that's probably most kids.
I loved the movie. I was about 9 when it was filmed at Mason Park in Chatsworth, California. At the time, I lived right across the street on the south side of the park and would go watch the movie being filmed. Such a classic.
That's great! Woodland Hills, here 👋
I saw this movie in 1976 and it is still one of my favorite films to this day.
It was so much fun catching up with it again. Thanks for watching!
Love, love this movie. One of my favorite sports movies. I've watch it multiple times and it never gets old. My favorite scene is the opposing coach wife walking away. That scene has been burned into my brain since the 70's
So much grown-up stuff for what looks like a kids movie. The '70s gave audiences more credit in a lot of ways! Thanks for catching up with our review.
I just rewatched this movie for the first time in decades. It’s brilliant, and yeah, there is no way anything like this would get made today. One thing I didn’t see the first time I saw it that really struck me now was the contrast between the coaches in the final game, and how the opposing team’s coach hits his own son, and how his son then intentionally gives up an infield homer before walking off the field. I also noticed how that boy’s mom goes after his father, her own husband, and sides with her son. And all I could think was, “That dad just destroyed his own family over a little league baseball game. He’s gonna be sleeping in the couch from now on.”
Great movie!
I saw this when it came out in 1976 and it remains one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s Theme was about the ultra competitiveness of parents who live vicariously through their kids, the most important scene in the movie is when Walter Matthau is mad that they are behind in the championship, any screens at them, don’t you want to beat those bastards? A lightbulb moment came up, Walter Matthau has become Roy Turner, the coach he despises the most. The one who I told him that he should just quit. He was fighting to be Turner not coach a championship game. He didn’t feel humiliated at what he was doing and said to the kids to do the best you can. It is so important
You nailed it! No Hollywood ending here but the trophy scene was a classic.
I was 7 when this came out, and I distinctly remember seeing it in the theaters (perhaps in a second run?). I watched it recently and it totally reminded me of being a kid in the 70's. Still love it!
There was no 2nd run for this.
Thanks Chad!
When I was 8, 2001: A Space Odyssey came out. I think it holds up. lol.
I tried to show it to my younger brother and he slept through the whole thing 😂. Now he says it's the worst movie he's ever seen
We took our son to see 2001 when it came out in 70mm for its 50th anniversary and he totally dug it. He was 8 then, too - Christy
@@BreakfastAllDay That's awesome.
No. It was great. I just revisited this film after not seeing it for at least 20 years. Last time I saw it I was in High School, or maybe college. In any case, i love it FAR more now than I did seeing it as a kid. I can't stop watching it. So many great scenes. Terrific cast of young actors. Tatum being amazing. Walter being the colossal actor he was. The scene where Buttermaker blows up at Amanda when she's getting too close is absolutely heart-breaking, and incredibly well-crafted. Tanner and Lupus' closing lines made for one of the most smile-inducing closing moments in the history of film. I can't say enough nice things about The Bad News Bears.
I’m 27. Watched this for the first time within the last month.
An amazing movie. One of the best of that decade. Tatum O’Neal is extraordinary in it.
It’s great. Not jus nostalgia!
So glad you enjoyed!
I wasn't eight when this movie originally was released, but I do remember seeing Xanadu (1980) as a child. I was fixated, even entranced. I drove my family crazy with my off-tune singing of the movie's title song around the house (along with sliding "aka skating" on my home's wooden floors in my socks). Basically I was doing what younglings from 2013 were doing to their families concerning "Let It Go" from Frozen. Ah, memories. LOVE this game btw. What about playing, "Was it Great, or Were You at least 8?" Lots of movies I saw as a teenager that I will never admit to liking or even seeing could fill that category.
But don't you have to be 8 to participate? Lol.
Jesus Christ They should a make a video. Xanadu. It wasn't great and you were 8
I actually was 9 and I can remember seeing the movie at the drive-in with my parents. I think my mom actually laughed more than we did, many jokes went over our heads. Now Dad seemed to think it was funny but was concerned whether or not we were old enough to handle the bad words. lol
What a great memory!
Yes, Alonso! Now there are so many more movies released in a year. Back then, with far less movies competing for screens, movies stayed in theaters longer and were commonly re-released if they were popular. I do kind of miss that in a weird way!
It was a different time!
Have you done Breaking Away yet? I love that film.
Neither of us was 8 that year but that is a great one, without question!
@@BreakfastAllDay Time to start rhyming with other numbers!
My mom took me to see this when it came out. I was actually 8 at that time. I don't think she knew at the time about the colorful language and such. Still one of the best baseball movies ever made.
I love this concept! I’ve never seen The Bad News Bears, but Smile and Semi-Tough are great and I’m glad Alonso mentioned them.
Let us know if you catch up with it!
It was great. Love Matthau. Dad brought me to see it. Brought us closer.
That's lovely!
Buttermaker and Amanda should have been in the 2nd sequel!
I remember Bad News Bears from seeing it on TV as kid this had to be in the late 80s. It was one of those movies acted like real life which is something you see less and less now a days.
Good observation!
Tatum O Neil, she was great in Paper Moon.
Such an incredible natural talent.
Pre-Covid there used to be Summer movie nights at the local open air market. Bad News Bears was considered until the trailer was posted on the local community page. Even the mayor chimed in that the film was inappropriate and so many, including friends of mine, gave thanks that we have evolved beyond trash like this. I though about responding, but I stayed quiet. Facebook is rarely a place to discuss concepts like irony and satire. Michael Ritchie, at his best, was great at satirizing the American obsession with competition. Bad News Bears definitely falls into the "Great" category. Bad News Bears and The Candidate are my two favorite Ritchie films; too bad the latter seems to be unavailable.
Karina Longworth convinced me, in the midst of her ten episode Polly Platt documentary, that Polly Platt did more - as a production designer - to make good movies better than anyone in Hollywood history. She told a few great stories about Platt's essential contributions to the honesty of the dramatic situations in The Bad News Bears. She also loved Tatum O'Neal like a niece.
Interesting!
Love that you’ve turned this into a thing!
Thanks Andrew!
Great for sure!
Indeed!
Watched it recently...it's def a comedy of it's time...but still great!
So glad you still love it too!
I try to watch it every spring when I coached school recreational softball just so I could keep some perspective.
That is a fun idea! Did you see something new each time?
@@BreakfastAllDay yes, one of my favorite parts is when Cleveland says "once the season starts we don't always get along." I actually see a lot of Turner in myself and it should actually be about the kids not the coaches or the parents.
I was 8 at the time and saw it in the theaters. It was great then, and I just watched over the weekend, and it is still great.
I’m glad he mentioned “Here Come The Tigers” because my brain thought about it too. It was okay but not even close to the Bad News Bears.
That's awesome, thanks for watching!
It's great whether you're 8 or 48 because it's honest. It shows both kids and adults who are full of faults. The kids try to deal with all the crap throw at them on a daily basis, learn to have fun, grow as human beings. And it's one of the funniest films of all time!
Well said! Thanks for catching up with our review.
Fun concept for a series!
Thank you!
I saw Hook in the theater when I was 8 and loved it. It was only later that I learned it was mostly reviled by critics at the time. Rewatching it as an adult, I realize it is not one of Spielberg's best movies, but far from the worst in my opinion. It's still a fun and enjoyable watch and there were themes I could now relate to as an adult, such as not getting so lost in your job that you lose yourself and maintaining a sense of childlike wonder.
Classic - mandatory baseball film viewing.
I was actually 8. Great then, and still great! Fun segment. Can't wait to see what's next.
Thanks Michael!
Fun game! Would like to see more.
We’ll do more for sure!
Love this concept!
Thanks so much!
Great premise and great review as always!
Thanks so much for watching!
Kids back then had no filters. We said stuff that would not be PC today. 😂
No, it was great, and I was ten. But I have watched it many times as an adult and it is still an awesome, real movie, love it.
Rewatched it yesterday and it definitely holds up. I’m worried to revisit the Linklater remake tho 😬 both were childhood favs of mine.
It’s still so great! Thanks for watching with us.
The characters grow! What an amazing concept for script writting
Ha, true!
I actually was 8 when this movie came out, loved it then, love it even more now.
Great idea. I look forward to more. Looking back this was the first big clue I was bi, as I crushed hard on Tatum Oneal and Jackie Haley when I first saw it when I was 10. I agree great movie.
Thanks Kara!
Great game! I Love it. And I love TBNB.
Woo hoo!
Very cool concept with this game.
One of my 8 or great films is "National Lampoons Vacation"
My grandfather actually took my sister and me to see "Vaction" in
theaters.
The movie may have been a bit inappropriate for a kid at that age, but I was taken to see quite a few R rated films as a kid.
The movie of course still holds up all these years later, and still makes me laugh no matter how many times I have watched it. The 2015 "Vacation" was of course pure garbage.
Right? The original Vacation seemed so naughty when we were kids.
Remember seeing this at a drive in.
I had a kid at school and my little league team that had the same personality that Tanner Boyle had
Yikes! Was he racist and profane?
I was 6 years old when this came out I saw it years later on tv
That's great! What did you think when you saw it again as an adult?
this is fantastic! Would you ever consider Little Darlings? I know....I know....but please????
Ooh, that’s a little time capsule.
Can’t wait for the follow up-Was it Fine or Were You 9?
Or maybe the opposite: "Was it dumb or were you young?" For when you watch movies you didn't like because you were too young to understand them haha
@@tlovehater yes!! I’ve got plenty of those!! 🤦♂️🤪
Haha me too
I'm happy to hear this is a good movie. I was 11 when it came out, and it was one of the few films I saw in the cinema as a kid. I probably saw it at a drive-in. But I barely remembered it until Alonso talked about it - I would have assumed it had Jodie Foster and was one of those mediocre mid-70s Disney films that are now nearly unwatchable. But the kids cursing and being nasty definitely rings a bell, along with the other ways it turned sports movie tropes upside down. I need to see it again!
It is one of those movie that would have been rated R now but was PG when it was made.
I WAS 14 WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS IN 1976 AND THOUGHT THIS MOVIE WAS GREAT. IT BASICALLY TAUGHT THESE KIDS TO WORK TOGTHER AS A TEAM
Right? Despite all the profanity and inappropriate stuff, it's actually a heartwarming story about teamwork.
I wanna watch it again now, so bad!!!
Do it!
Bad news bears is a great film. Period
So glad you still love it too!
I love this concept
Thanks for watching!
@@BreakfastAllDay always! You guys save my weekends consistently. So what movies from 1988 are worth a look see? That's the year I was 8. :)
@@ryanwitt6861 Die Hard, Beetlejuice, Heathers, Big, and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, because it was so high-tech in its day.
as an 8 yr old the sequel was just as good!
Greatest baseball ever made! Fight me!
It just might be! A great choice.
It was 👍 great
It was super great!!
So glad you think so, Cynthia! Thanks for catching up with our review.
Both!
This stands the test of time!
We think so too! It was fun to revisit this one.
I was 10. Tatum Oneal was my crush.
She was adorable!
great!
Thanks so much for watching.
Yes I was 8 and it was Great !!
Love it! Thanks for catching up with our review.
GREAT!
So glad you think so! Thanks for catching up with our review.
I was 8 in 1976
Us 70s kids grew up free range. Just be back in time for dinner.
Who needs seat belts?
Brandon Cruz was also the leader singer of the Dead Kennedys for a few years after Jello Biafra left.
Oh wow!
Both
And this video is 8 minutes long. Touche.
Ooohhh …
I like this movie as a child.
Check it out again as an adult!
I think this movie was aimed more at adults than at 8-year-olds This movie isn't really a Disney kiddie movie It deals with some pretty mature stuff/themes. I think it's very good.
I didn't like the sequels but I liked the remake. Although I don't think the remake is as good as the original.
Nothing was as good as the original.
The remake came out when I was 9. While I prefer to watch the remake over the original (they’re both great): it has an important message which is that it’s OKAY TO LOOSE. As someone who wanted to be a child actor this was a dream role cuz I would’ve said every swear word possible 😂😂😂😂
This is the edited version of this comment?
@@TroyTheObtuse I just added that last sentence lmao
Very realistic it its day!
Barely worth debating. GREAT, all day, every day! If you were an 8 to 12 yr old kid at the time, you KNEW kids like this, and, very likely, you WERE one of them!
So true, thanks for catching up with our video!
@@BreakfastAllDay I love this idea of yours and will seek out the others you've done. So many films (like music) that my young self thought were great but now cause my 56-yr old eyes to roll. And not all of them from when I was "8", either! (I remember my 17 yr old self thinking "The Breakfast Club" was so deep, and years later . . . not so much)
But then there are films like Bad News Bears, that hold up so well!
@@tomflorio3639 Thanks so much! Yes, The Breakfast Club was very deep when we were teenagers 😄
Does everyone and their neighbors have a freakn podcast now?
We've been around for over four years, we're glad you found us!
When I was eight my parents showed me Tare Zameen Par I cried through the whole movie. I cried for weeks, why would you anything like that to children 😂
That sounds dramatic!
It was great and I personally was eight
Woo hoo! Thanks for chiming in.
I remember seeing it in the theater. Why did he slap Amanda. Didn't he know she is VIP she should get even. She could play on my team. Maybe they will make a sequel. Mandy gets even and has bewbs now and looks great
Thanks for catching up with our review!
I was 8 when the Bad News Bears came out and I wanted to see that movie so badly in the theaters but to no avail.
My dad did take us to see The Omen though.
Jerk, much?
Traumatic!
I saw Batman Forever when I was 8 and I still consider that film a Masterpiece. Ok Jim Carrey sucks but other than him it’s great.
Ha, perspective changes things.
Nope Review? Please!!
First week in August!
My religious parents wouldn't let me see this, but--baseball, so I didn't care all that much.
Catch up with it now!
The first sequel breaking training is not bad it suffers from no Walter Matthew or Tatum o Neil. The second one go to Japan is garbage looks like a cheep tv movie imho