The Costner mystique
Today (7/29), Life Magazine highlighted the release of The Upside of Anger DVD. In a feature called DVD Club, they list discussion topics. One of them is:
"Critics gave Costner his best reviews in years for this role. Discuss the Costner mystique whenever he plays a jock."
OK, I'll discuss.
It starts with his athleticism, but that is only the beginning. What he does beyond that has less to do with sports than with life. All of his athletic movies--Bull Durham, Tin Cup, For Love of the Game, American Flyers--and movies where sports is a secondary thing (Field of Dreams) or a backdrop (The Upside of Anger), show his characters at some form of crossroads in life, making decisions that many people make. We see the struggles, the difficulties, the joys, etc., and many people relate.
I think the mystique translates to many of his non-sports movies as well, but the probable reason KC relates best to many moviegoers in those sports movies is that the popularity of those sports is a conduit to the movies.....and the shared experience of making one's way through life is another conduit.
"Critics gave Costner his best reviews in years for this role. Discuss the Costner mystique whenever he plays a jock."
OK, I'll discuss.
It starts with his athleticism, but that is only the beginning. What he does beyond that has less to do with sports than with life. All of his athletic movies--Bull Durham, Tin Cup, For Love of the Game, American Flyers--and movies where sports is a secondary thing (Field of Dreams) or a backdrop (The Upside of Anger), show his characters at some form of crossroads in life, making decisions that many people make. We see the struggles, the difficulties, the joys, etc., and many people relate.
I think the mystique translates to many of his non-sports movies as well, but the probable reason KC relates best to many moviegoers in those sports movies is that the popularity of those sports is a conduit to the movies.....and the shared experience of making one's way through life is another conduit.
posted by FlaFan @ 9:30 PM
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