Legend of Bagger Vance

Pros: Beautiful to watch, great costumes.
Cons: Nothing at all beneath the surface.

Out of fairness, I must begin my opinion with a disclaimer: I do not like movies that glorify sports in any way. That might make me a bit of a biased viewer, but I wanted to give Bagger Vance a chance, because I had heard from a friend that it "makes you...

Pros: Puts Buddhist philosophy into a translatable viewpoint: the game of golf. Very Uplifting.
Cons: The child star in this; some awful lines.

"The Legend..." was released in 2000, and based upon a novel of the same name. It deals with the struggles of Junuh (Matt Damon), a former golf pro who "lost his swing" after he was the sole survivor in a battle in WWI. He had retired to life of...

Pros: Lovingly crafted fairy tale and gentle evocation of a lost era
Cons: Very little plot gets in the way of the nostalgia

Golf folk wisdom: If you are ever caught in a thunderstorm and want to avoid being struck by lightning, hold up your two iron, because even God can’t hit that club.

Have you ever noticed the frightening number of golf and religion jokes there...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, excellent acting
Cons: Slow moving

As a director, Robert Redford has tackled fishing in the wonderful "A River Runs Through It," horses in the SLOW "The Horse Whisperer" and now golf in the mystical "The Legend of Bagger Vance." Like all of Redford's movies,...

Pros: enjoyable at times
Cons: slow, bad acting, bad development

As an avid golf fan, and a big fan of Will Smith, I went to the theater expecting a really good movie, and left very disappointed. My biggest complaint about the movie was it's lack of developing the story lines. The beginning of this movie shows Jack...

Pros: Good Acting
Cons: Predictable, Poorly-edited

I'm a huge golf fan so I just had to see "The Legend of Bagger Vance." I've become very cynical of movie lately, but nonetheless, I enjoyed this film. That is not to say that this film I good.....

Rannolph Junnah (played by one of my...

Pros: Well acted, well scripted, wonderful theme
Cons: Not enough time spent on the fall of the hero

When Matt Damon's super-golfing hero goes to war, he is the only one left in his company after a night of horrible fighting. His demoralized spirit leaves him no choice but to not return to a hero's welcome as he doesn't feel that he was brave or a...

Pros: Golf lovers MIGHT like it
Cons: "Little Nicky" doesn't seem so bad now.

Just what does make a legend? Don’t you have to do something that no one else has done before, that no one thought could ever be done? Don’t you have to somehow make your mark on the world?

Or, can it be just showing up at some drunk guy’s...

Pros: Good acting, quirky story, great cinematography.
Cons: None, unless you hate golf or only like action movies.

This movie has the nice trick of NOT telling you how it will end until the last part of the story is told. You THINK you know, but you're not quite sure.

The movie begins with a nice scene with Jack Lemmon on a golf course - and the story...

Pros: Some good touches by the director, with a top cast.
Cons: May be too sugary for some.

Way back in the 1980's, Robert Redford starred in a movie called "The Natural," an adaptation of a novel on a baseball player of almost mythical abilities. It's easy to think of that movie when thinking of "The Legend of Bagger...

Pros: sweet movie, sentimental
Cons: predictable

I went into this movie with high expectations. After all, how could it be bad? It stars my home town Philly boy, Will Smith and dream-boat Matt Damon. There is even a very bit part for Jack Lemmon, and with Robert Redford being involved it had to be...

Pros: Definately a feel-good movie
Cons: none

I saw this movie because the previews looked good. I was not disappointed. I thought the casting was wonderful, and I especially enjoyed Will Smith's character. I kept waiting for something bad to happen to the main character, and I was pleasantly...

Pros: Color, warmth, performances and music
Cons: Very much a golf movie, but not anything like "Any Given Sunday" was to football movies!

I completely agree with Mark Twain. His famous quote, regarding golf as spoiling a perfectly good walk through nature, completely encompasses the other "half" of the world. We don't like golf, and don't understand it.
But then there are...

Pros: Wonderful to look at, well written, easy to enjoy
Cons: Redford's reincarnated and he's not even dead yet.

My wife and I are finding it increasingly difficult to find people who can reliably recommend movies. We have some friends who find fighting/action movies infinitely entertaining, despite the consistent lack of acting and the sameness of plots. There...

Pros: Beautiful scenery, the energy and quickness of Mr. Moncrief
Cons: Here's one more movie with horrible Southern accents!

I had the mixed blessing of living in the beautiful city of Savannah, Georgia for well over two years. As a matter of fact, I went to see this film specifically because a good friend lives in one of the houses Mr. Redford used for filming. The...