Trouble with the Curve features several ethical questions and situations. During the movie, Clint Eastwood’s character, Gus, works for the Atlanta Braves as a baseball scout (Trouble 2012). A baseball scout travels to games to see how players preform, so that the team knows what their options are for buying new players for their team. During the movie, the younger scout thinks that Gus should lose his job because a he does Gus’s work on the computer, which is supposed to be more efficient. They consider firing Gus because he is older and is having eye failure (Trouble 2012). However, he is still a good scout because he has been in the business so long (Trouble 2012). Gus finds his daughter to be an important part of his life evn though they are distant.
His daughter, Mickey, played by Amy Adams, works at a large law firm and has for over seven years (Trouble 2012). While assisting her dad, Mickey takes time off work for the first time, but it is not a vacation, even though her employer views it as one, because she is still working while traveling to baseball games with her dad just as she normally would. The law firm is considering making Mickey a partner, but after taking off work, the firm feels like she is not dedicated enough to the company, even though she has regularly worked overtime for the past seven years (Trouble 2012). The only thing that Mickey has ever wanted to do is to please Gus and become a baseball scout like him, but her dad feels like it is not the right profession for her. Gus knows that Mickey will miss life events with family, because being on the road all the time. He knows this based on how much of Mickey’s life he missed while being on the road at different games as a scout (Trouble 2012). Gus and Mic...
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...se he may be old but he is also wise about what is needed for his career. His eyesight is no longer a career crippling disability. Mickey is able to break the gender gap between male and female scouts. She also decides to do what makes her happy. Both Gus and Mickey show that they can be successful even if others put them down for who they are. Gus and Mickey’s trust each other and have confidence in the other making the right decision. They are able to overcome the barriers that were holding them back and become strong independent people and work towards there greater good with a balanced relationship.
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Trouble with the Curve. Dir. Robert Lorenz. Perf. Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman. Warner Bros., 2012. DVD.
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...st but we do these mistakes again and again without realizing that we already have encountered them before. We say it that the next time I will be careful of it but we don’t. The moral of this great story is that we humans can lead a moral life or be corrupt. The life type is uttered by the choices we make. Hobbs chose a life of a star or an actor. He is in the position to be a hero, but instead he chooses to be a self-centered, Hubris filled kind of character. Hobbs is filled with a strong sense of hubris like characters same as we sees in Greek tragedy. Unprovoked habit of constantly making mistakes and not learning from it makes him careless. His flaws lead him to his fate, even though he makes mistakes but his main theme was to be the best there was or to break as many records as possible in the baseball history and he really turn his dream come true.
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...d but he could not achieve his goals. His situation is relatable to the audience even if one is not a baseball player. The book teaches the audience to avoid company and mistakes that can rob them their success. Roy Hobbs misfortunes remind the readers how some obstacles can alter someone’s dreams.
Meet John Doe. Dir. Frank Capra Perfs. Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr. DVD Triad Productions, 1941
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Supersize Me. Dir. Morgan Spurlock. Perf. Morgan Spurlock, Daryl Isaacs and Lisa Ganjhu. 2004. DVD.
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Stand By Me. Dir. Rob Reiner. Perf. Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell. DVD. Columbia Pictures, 1986.
American History X. Dir. Tony Kaye. Perf. Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Avery Brooks, and Beverly D’angelo. 1998. DVD. New Line Home Entertainment, 2004.
The reoccurring theme of this movie is being willing to do whatever it takes to save someone you dearly love. This film gives new meaning to heroism. It shows viewers the importance of knowing where your children are and what they are doing at all times. In today’s time, you may be able to trust your children but you may not always be able to trust who your children are with. As parents we are responsible for ensuring the safety and well being of our children. You can’t take for granted any time that you are given with your children, as you may not know when it may be the last time you ever see them. You never know when your children may be Taken from you.