for the love of the game

For The Love Of The Game
This movie is based on a story of man who has a passion for baseball and
love for a woman. It shows the struggle between the two, baseball and
Jane. This movie takes place in the 20th century in New York. Most of
the movie is a flash back of Billy Chapel, Detroit Tiger's Pitcher, the
events of the past five years. It shows his the ups and downs of his life
with Jane and Baseball. It shows the importance of love for a person and
love for a career.
The movie begins, and is not a flash back it is the actual present. It show
Billy Chapel in a hotel waiting for Jane to call. Hours go by and she
doesn't show, he finally gives up and drinks himself to sleep. The next
morning he is awaken by Gus his good friend and the catcher for the
Tigers. While Gus is hassling Chapel to get ready ?,the owner of the
tigers, comes in to make aware Chapel of his plans to sell the team and
the buyers plans to trade Chapel. He informs Chapel that he needs to
make a decision either to be traded or retire. Soon after this terrible news
Jane call Chapel from the lobby of the hotel and Chapel hastily runs to
meet her. When he gets down there he is informed that she has walked to
Central Park. Finally he catches up with her and she tells him that she
has decided to take a job in London. He is speechless and shocked at this
point, she says that she knew that he didn't need her, that him and the
baseball and the diamond were beautiful together. Jane quickly hugs him
and leaves. So up to this point Chapel has had bad news all day and will
be expected to do well in the upcoming game that night. It picks up with
him talking to Gus about his day and Gus plainly remarks that it isn't his
day. Soon the game begins and it starts up well, he is pitching rockets.
As the game progresses he begins to flash back to the day when he met
Jane. He first met he on the side of the road with car trouble, he kindly
pulls over and helps her out and befriending her he invites her to his
baseball game. That is how they became involved. She goes to his game
and then goes out to eat with him were they learn much about each other.

So wrapped up in one another they go to his room where she end up
staying until the next day. The next morning they awaken and he leave
due to having another baseball game, but gives his number to Jane for a
later rhondevoo. Chapel continues the flash back with their second
meeting and she didn't show up but did end up catching him outside of
the bar. They stand outside talking about their relationship and how it is
supposed to work. Jane decides at the end of their walk that night that
when Chapel was gone he would do what he does and she would do what
she does, no why didn't you call me, and no possessive stuff either, and
they both agreed. Mean while in the present, he was pitching a great
game. Then in his next flash back it shows him talking to Jane and
inviting her to go see him and she says no, he ends up getting angry and
hangs up on her. The next scene of the movie is Jane standing a Chapels
door and he informs her that her was so excited to see her. The tragedy of
this scene is that Chapels masseuses comes down they stair wet headed
and in her panties, this obviously was not a pleasing sight to Jane . Jane
turns very angered and walks away, Chapel chase her down and tries to
convince her of his love for her. Jane just drives off and say that it will
only end bloody for her. His next flash back is when Jane calls him in the
locker room for some immediate assistance to find her daughter, which
she never mentioned to Chapel. She told him that she ran away to her
dads house which was near him, so he agreed to go pick her up. He went
and got Jane's daughter, Heather, and took her back home, where he and
Jane got on good terms again.
From this point it seems that he and Jane spend time really getting to
know each other and really wanting to make this work. Once again
through out all these flash backs Chapel is on his way to pitching a
perfect game, a game which could be his last game.
The next flash back shows him, Jane, and Heather together at a house
that seems to be up in the mountains in the winter time. Everything

seems picture perfect until Chapel it sawing some wood and severely
cuts his hand open, and blood gushes everywhere. He finally stumbles
over to Jane and she panics and rushes him to be picked up by starflight.
They arrive and Chapel tells her to call a man on the baseball team and
that he is the most important person to him right now. Obviously she
took great offense to that and in this vision he sees how that came across
very clearly. I think that this is the climax point because this was the
actual point in the flash backs that he realized how he pushed her away
and how terrible she felt. He continues to pitch a perfect game as well as
continues to have flash backs. His next flash back was when he was in
re-hab for his arm and he yelled at his trainer for his lack of support and
then later got into a verbal fight with Jane over her lack of support. They
argue until she decides to leave, and she does that. Later he goes to find
her and she is dating someone else and he doesn't like this but he knows
how bad he has treated her. Remember this is all a flash back and he is
thinking of all these things when he is pitching his perfect game. At
some point in one of his flash backs he decides to go ahead and retire and
go for what is obviously most important to him. His final attempt is
when he calls her and tells him when he will be back in town and he
would like to see her and she agrees to meet him at his hotel room and
that brings us to the beginning of the movie when she doesn't show up
because she is avoiding telling him that she is going to move to London.
Meanwhile while he is having all these flash backs she is in the airport
and there has been a delay in her flight. She first heads to the lounge but
the baseball game that Chapel is playing in is n then she heads to another
sitting area and it is on there too. Everywhere she turns she see the game
so she goes ahead and watches it. At the end of the game on the last pitch
, a suspenseful scene this is what will determine whether he pitches a
perfect game. Everyone waiting patiently to see what will happen, can he
do it they all wonder. Finally the last pitch and he does it and so

emotional over it she decides not to get on her plane and stays another
day. On the other hand Chapel who pitched the a perfect game, every
pitchers dream, wasn't as happy as he should be, because he longed for
her. he went back to his room and broke down and balled for a long time
when he decided that the next day he would get up an get a flight to
London to find her. The next morning when he gets there at the airport
he runs into her. She explains how she missed her plane and they then
discover that they want to truly be together forever. This tragic love story
ends not so tragically.
Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) could be both protagonist and antagonist
character. Billy would be an antagonist character when he is so testy and
easily angered. He comes across as antagonist also when he is insensitive
and obsessed with baseball. He is also a protagonist character when he
realizes in his flash backs how he treated Jane and want to make peace
and live the rest of his life devoted to her only. Billy Chapel is a Pitcher
for the Detroit Tigers and is in love with baseball. He has one simple
fault and that is that he can't separate his love for his career from his love
for an actually being. He has many down hill falls through out the movie
but the end of the movie is nothing but finales of good things. He is very
caring and sincere once he realized his mistakes.
Jane Aubrey (Kelly Preston) is a protagonist character throughout this
movie. Jane has had a tough life having a child at sixteen whose father
was wrapped up in drugs. She is a single parent with a ongoing to have a
love story. She is a journalist for a magazine company. She is very
protective of her feelings and very pessimistic about her whole
relationship with Billy.
Heather (Jena Malone) is the daughter of Jane. Heather seems to be a
antagonist in a since because she ran away from home. This incident
cause quite an up roar, but it turned out for the better. She really doesn't
play much more of a role than being the daughter. She does seem

negative and complains about everything her mom does but she could
easily be classified as a minor character. She is quite negative , but in
return has lead an awkward life style.
Gus Sinski ( John Reilly) is one of Chapel's best friends. Gus is also the
catcher for the Detroit Tigers. He is very caring and understanding of
things with Chapel. He supports Chapel a hundred percent, no questions
asked. He is a secondary character.
Gary Wheeler ( Brian Cox ) is the owner of the Tigers. He is a secondary
character in the since that his small role causes the way the movie results.
His decision to sell effects Chapels career. He isn't spoken much of other
than to inform Chapel of the selling of the team. he seems to be a nice
guy but just burnt out on his life of baseball.
The costumes of this film were very contemporary. The mostly consisted
of trendy attire like ribbed sweaters, pea coats, black pants, and other
various tops which Jane often wore. Jane also wore glasses which
enhanced her role as a journalist. They brought out a very professional
look and smart complex. Chapel and many others were mainly dressed in
a baseball uniform but if not often in a suit with slacks. Costumes were
very much the same as what is seen in various places today.
The music fit well with each mood or mood change of the movie. The
movie allowed a slight bit of foreshadow in some areas. The music
enhanced each mood in the movie allowing it to suck in the emotions of
an average person watching the film.
I think the theme was true love vs. obsession. Billy Chapel was obsessed
with his career in baseball so much that he often lost something that he
truly love. This goes to show that you should never compare love of a
human to love of a career. Love for another is continual but being
obsessed with a sport or career is something so chancy. Human love is
there through thick and thin but one bad injury can remove you career
and then one has nothing left. I give this movie thumbs up. I though that

is was incredible and really got to ones emotions. This is a movie that
deals with emotions from different aspects. It deals with love of a human
and passion for the game. Each of these can hit people in different ways
and people in general will relate to these in different ways. This movie
continually keeps you on the edge of your seat wanting to just know that
everything turns out ok.
"This is so serial, " this is Jane talking to Billy the second time they meet
informing him she feels intimidated about the whole relationship and not
worthy.
"I can't be a groupie," Jane says this also expressing her insecurity of
being worthy.
"So when your gone you do your thing and I do mine. None of this why
didn't you call me bull shit, and no possessive crap. What you do is your
business and vis-versa, and no obsessing," Jane says this not actually
meaning it, but trying to sound strong. She does this trying to be the guy
and seem to have no worries, when really she is wanting him to call.
"I'll call you back when I'm not pissed," this is Chapel talking to Jane
when she refused to come down to see him for no apparent reason. He
also was angered that she used the phrase about her not being a groupie.
"Clear the mechanism," this is what Chapel says to block out all the
noise in the game and to focus on what he is doing.
"This can only end bloody for me," this is Jane talking to Chapel after
she arrived at his place to visit and sees another woman in there with him
half dressed. "Is this not America ," this is Jane in a panic to get help for
Chapel at the hospital.
"My mom has no love story, so she doesn't believe in it ," this is
Heather telling Chapel all about her mother and why she is irrational.
I think the performance delivered the message and intent perfect. I was
not once confused, but it is that which starts out some what at the end
and uses flashbacks to tell the full story.