Cobb (1994)

Pretty Good

Fantastic!

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I guess one downfall of really being into history like I am, is that you do your homework after watching a supposedly true story like this movie claimed to be, and you find that the whole movie was a total lie. After watching this garbage, I did my normal thing of looking into the main character, and the real stories about them. This movie was far from the truth. The guy who came up with this had it in for Ty Cobb, and wrote a book that was all lies. The sad part about it is that now you have millions of people who watched it thinking it was all true, which in return has besmirched this person's name. I would never watch this garbage again even if you paid me. Don't waste your time or money. It's all a bunch of bull, and it's not even that great of a movie.

I don't know that I understand the point of a movie like this.Ty Cobb played professional baseball from 1905-1928, during which time he was, by anyone's reckoning, one of the all-time greats, accomplishing things no one had done before, and few since. He lived another 33 years after retiring, during which he did nothing that millions of other men his age haven't done. He died at the age of 74, evidently a bitter and lonely old man.I confess that I don't see the point of making a movie about the last, bitter years of such a bitter old man when they hold nothing of exceptional interest. Yes, Tommy Lee Jones does a fine job of playing a bitter old man, but frankly, why should I care? This movie won't teach you much about Ty Cobb, or baseball. It will show you yet another bitter old man, but it won't make you empathize with him. Do you really want to sit through 2 hours of that?

I watched this movie on New Year's Eve while I was having a movie marathon to help me stay awake till midnight. I found the movie to be interesting but I felt it could have used more baseball scenes. I understand it was about him telling his story to Al Stump but I was expecting more baseball flashbacks. Tommy Lee Jones is really good in this movie and Robert Wuhl really stands out as well. It was neat to find out where Cobb was from and to see scenes where he was in Cooperstown for a ceremony. This movie did get me interested in checking out more info on Ty Cobb and of course checking out Al Stump's book plus others I may find. If your a baseball fan or Tommy Lee Jones fan this is worth checking out but Cobb's mean attitude does grow old after a while.

Cobb is the supposedly true account of the final days of the great ballplayer Ty Cobb as seen through the eyes of sportswriter Al Stump. Tommy Lee Jones gives an extraordinary performance as the doomed and rambunctious old man. And Robert Wuhl ends up just being along for the Ride as Stump. Though it likely plays a little hard and fast with the truth, Cobb is an engrossing film.The film is told through the perspective of Al Stump who was one of the more prominent sports writers of his day. Early in the film he finds himself summoned to an elaborate yet secluded hunting lodge in the Sierra Mountains. Here he finds the angry old delusional ball player in a state just a few paces ahead of death from various cancers, ailments, and substance abuse. Cobb always seems to be pointing a pistol at those around him and occasionally firing rounds through nearby objects. Cobb knows he's about to die, but wants the complete story of his life to be told... his way! Cobb, as played by Jones is often cartoon-ish, and likely a great exaggeration of the true man. Though he claims to want Stump to only include Cobb's introspection of the game of baseball itself, he often readily offers up lurid details of his past. But then forcefully reminds his biographer, "that's not going in your book, though!" It's almost as if Cobb is using Stump as a man to relate his final confessions to, knowing for sure that many of these details will some day be told about him. If not in the book they are working on at the time. Or it could be that Cobb just needs someone to pour out his soul to in his final days, and lacks friends or close family to do it with. Either way, the film paints Cobb as a monster. And he likely wasn't as bad a guy as the film paints him. But still he was no prince, that is clear from basically every account of the man's life.The film follows Cobb and Stump on several wild escapades inside casinos, seedy motels, and even the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Cobb is played as a violent, impotent, and repugnant junkie. Stump finds himself being more of a caregiver than a biographer by the film's end, and finds himself in a difficult situation. He is the only thing keeping Cobb alive, yet he cannot wait for the old man to die so he can spill all of his secrets in the book. Unfortunately, Stump ends up copping out with the manuscript, and only submitting the good things Cobb wanted the world to hear. He explanation.... he felt he needed Cobb to be a hero, and not the villain he proved to be. The film never really explains why Stump comes to this conclusion. And thus the viewer may feel a little short-changed. In the end, it looks like this film was only made for shock value is showing us what a monster Cobb was. But this makes the Stump character little more than just another audience member like us.Overall, the film is decent enough. Jones is fun to watch, and you'll never forget his performance. Even if it was probably a great exaggeration. The film looks good, and captures the older periods quite well. The script is a foul-mouthed exercise in brutal self-degradation and poor treatment of others, however. There is some brutal violence, and even a sexual assault at gunpoint. For those looking for the cleaner side of the man, a trip to Cooperstown might be a better idea. 7 of 10 stars.The Hound.