Field Of Screams: Costner A Chiefs Fan :(
Yes, I practically screamed at my computer upon the discovery that Kevin Costner is a Chiefs fan. He was born in California, but for some reason, yep, he cheers for the Red and Gold. Apparently, he became enamored with the team during the Len Dawson era.
Why did this revealation bug me so much? Well, because Cos is probably only the single most overrated actor in the history of cinema, that’s why. For every hit like Dances With Wolves, Field of Dreams or The Untouchables, there’s three or four bombs. As far as his acting style, it’s about as versatile as Mike Solari’s playbook. Dude is about as wooden as they come. Pretty face, petty talent. I’ve always joked that he, Chris Klein and Keanu Reeves were brothers. Like a prettier version of the Baldwins (even though I like Alec onscreen). Yeah, that’s how little I think of Costner’s ability, or lack thereof. I also am still upset over Dances With Wolves beating out Goodfellas for Best Picture. Can we get a mulligan on that one?
Anyway, the Chiefs P.R. department is using a promo featuring Costner’s voice to generate interest in this year’s team, or at least attempt to. I don’t see that working. I think all of us Chiefs fans are very excited about our youngs and their potential, but deep down, in our heart of hearts, we know this isn’t going to be our year. Could it be? Sure, I guess, even a hack like Costner cranks out a good film one out of every five tries. I just don’t see it happening, though. We don’t have quite the right script or talent in place yet, but we’re getting there. Honestly, I still feel our biggest problem is our Costneresque leading man, Brodie Croyle. If only I were producing this film (I think all fans feel like this sometimes, especially Chiefs fans, with King Carl still entrenched).
That being said, I don’t expect the Chiefs to be The Untouchables in 2008. I know that would be A Perfect World for all my fellow Addicts, but, unfortunately, when it comes to being a Super Bowl contender we are still 3,000 Miles From Graceland. At least we aren’t going to pull a Waterworld and pump out a shitty product despite an astronomical budget, a la the Raiders!
Wait. Are you saying you didn’t like Waterworld?
June 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pmI think that is what he is saying
Adam did forget about Bull Durham, but he also saved him by not bringing up the Postman. His newest movie that comes out in August might take the cake for the worst movie ever, Swing Vote.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027862/
How many washed up actors are in that one? Kelsey Grammer, Costner, George Lopez, Dennis Hopper.
June 11th, 2008 at 2:55 pmThis is disturbing. Maybe explains why we haven’t won a SuperBowl since Lenny…
June 11th, 2008 at 3:01 pmhey this is off subject but the Browns released Center Lecharles Bentley and before his knee injury and his almost deadly infection he was a very very good center and i was wondering if you think the chiefs would have any interest in him if they can get him for the right price
June 11th, 2008 at 3:08 pmhe is only 28 and still has a lot of football in him and he is prettty dfarn big and very agile at least he used to be
June 11th, 2008 at 3:09 pmuntil his knee injury but they say he is very agile
June 11th, 2008 at 3:10 pmI think it is a very likely possibility we could take a look at him. He did practice yesterday and it seems like they guy might be back to being healthy. We will just have to wait and see… I will post something on this later in the day.
June 11th, 2008 at 3:23 pmOh and thanks for the news! If you ever want us to comment or post something you can always send us an email at:
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June 11th, 2008 at 3:24 pmCalifornians love the CHIEFS!!!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 3:59 pmRevenge was also pretty good. Tony Scott and Kevin both have a few diamonds in the rough, but the fact that they made a decent film together is a certified miracle.
LeCharles Bentley is definitely worth a look. He was a great player, and I admire him a bunch.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:06 pmCostner is better than having someone like Britney Spears on the sideline, cheering along, gnawing on a hotdog or three. More press than fans snapping pictures of her busting out of an XL jersey. At least people will stay away from Costner like they do his movies.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:30 pmI have no problem with Costner being a Chiefs fan. And I LIKED Waterworld, thank you very much. And Bull Durham, and The Guardian.
And there’s no more overrated/wooden actor than Christopher Walkin. He doesn’t play different characters. He always plays Christopher Walkin.
June 11th, 2008 at 4:37 pmJohnny – Or Jessica Simpson
SeanBCool – I will be the first to admit that I have watched Waterworld way too many times in my life, but come on it was a horrid movie.
June 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pmwith the center situation on this team we would be CRAZY not to at least take a look see at bentley
June 11th, 2008 at 6:14 pmBRANDON CARR SIGNS A 3 YEAR DEAL WHOOOOHOOOO!
1 DOWN 11 TO GO!!!!!
June 11th, 2008 at 6:19 pmZach:
If by “horrid” you mean “totally badass” then yeah man I totally agree with you, it rocked.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:09 pmSeanBCool,
Let’s get this straight–both Walken and Costner are always themselves. At least Walken is an entertaining, interesting human being capable of showing emotion. The guy was unbelievable as the dad in Catch Me If You Can. And I also have a huge affinities for True Romance and The King of New York. Sure, he’s done some duds, but, like Samuel L., I think he’s just addicted to acting. Bad. He’s not wooden.
Costner is addicted to suckitude. And Waterworld was worthless. Bull Durham, OK, cool…but The Guardian? Box office and critical flop. I didn’t know anybody actually liked that movie. I heard it made Shooter look like Citizen Kane. Just playing around, man.
June 11th, 2008 at 7:18 pmTrain, I can’t believe you forgot Bull Durham! Costner taught Zach his most valuable lesson in that movie, “You just got lesson number one: don’t think; it can only hurt the ball club.” Zach still doesn’t think because he doesn’t want to hurt the ball club.
patsy
June 11th, 2008 at 9:02 pmI’ll guillotine choke any Zach haters.
June 11th, 2008 at 9:22 pmI do like Bull Durham for the most part, but he lost credit for that for doing 46 other baseball flicks.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:09 pmEnjoyed the Train reference, too, Patsy! I guess fantasy football season is just around the corner.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pmCrane – Patsy is actually the only hater that can hate. He never comments so don’t scare him off. Thanks for defending me though.
Nice to see you Patsy. Glad to see you have finally gotten out of your shell and grown a pair.
June 11th, 2008 at 10:36 pmNot a real big Costner fan, but “Open Range” was awesome. Walking up to the bad guys, and asking the baddest of the bunch “are you the one who shot my friend?” Well played, sir!
June 11th, 2008 at 10:42 pmOK, Bull Durham is the greatest baseball film ever made that I’ve seen in my 19 years on Earth. Waterworld was better than Snakes on a Plane, which I liked. And I took a girl i used to be really hooked on on a date to The Guardian and she cried. So I may be biased on that one. But I do like Ashton Kutcher..
Either way, it doesn’t matter that he’s a Chiefs fan. EVERYBODY should be a Chiefs fan, except for Raiders fans.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:00 pmMajor League, The Natural and Eight Men Out are also very good. I’m probably missing something, too.
Still, no baseball flick comes anywhere to some of my favorite sports flicks. Like Hoop Dreams and Hoosiers and Raging Bull.
As for Open Range, OK, let’s settle this. Costner does baseball flicks and westerns well. For the most part. And he plays the same part in all of them. Man, and I thought all his fans were women.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:23 pmUnfortunately, most of the football flicks are average, too. Forgot that in my last comment.
June 11th, 2008 at 11:24 pmEven though it’s considered a classic in many circles, I thought Costner came off as a bit stiff in The Big Chill.
June 12th, 2008 at 7:45 amYeah, that’s the thing, in films like that and The Untouchables, he’s stiff, and the films are good almost in spite of him, and certainly not because of him.
June 12th, 2008 at 9:39 amTatonka…..I would have guessed he was a Bills fan
June 12th, 2008 at 12:36 pmAren’t most Bills fans Canadians now?
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June 13th, 2008 at 12:02 amIt sounds like you haven’t watched many Kevin Costner films and it sounds like you base your opinions on sound bites from others. Besides it is very acceptable to bash Costner and not very original.
You might take the time to watch “Fandango,” “Tin Cup,”
June 14th, 2008 at 10:36 pm“No Way Out,” “Close Range, “Mr. Brooks,” “A Perfect World” and /or the “Upside of Anger” to name a few. I guarantee you will come away with a whole new appreciation of his body of work and his talents.
I’ve watched more films than just about anyone I know–I’m a film junkie who went to film school. I’ve seen all of those except Open Range (I don’t think it’s called “Close”) and wasn’t impressed, especially by him, in any of them. I had to turn Mr. Brooks off halfway through, and I never do that. Talk about awful. I’m also not one who bases his opinion off of what others think.
No offense to women, but I knew it was only a matter of time before a woman smitten by Costner’s good looks jumped on here and defended him. Oh well. There’s a reason he’s still making movies.
June 14th, 2008 at 10:42 pmThat was pretty sexist dude.
June 14th, 2008 at 11:26 pmTin Cup, LMAO!
June 15th, 2008 at 1:15 amSean – Are you serious? He just said that women like his looks. Get real man…
June 15th, 2008 at 1:17 amI can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this debate with people and a female steps in and goes to bat for him, and then admits she likes his looks. I’m not just making this up. I actually get into box office numbers, and he, Richard Gere and Hugh Grant have disproportional male-to-female followings. True fact. The women like those guys a lot more than the fellas. But at least Gere can actually act
That wasn’t sexist at all, at least it wasn’t intended to be. It’s something I’ve seen to be true over the course of my years as someone who thinks Costner is severely overrated.
June 15th, 2008 at 11:54 amWell Sean likes Costner too, so….
June 15th, 2008 at 12:34 pmHaha I really could care less about Costner. I’m more of a Johnny Depp fan to be honest. I’m just saying that even if it’s true that Costner’s looks are the only reason Ms. Carol stepped forward to defend him, you don’t HAVE to say that. :p
June 15th, 2008 at 12:51 pmms carol, my wife was reading the posts on here since she too is a big costner fan. she says costner is about what the ultimate male is. he’s not overly muscled, but has a nice trim physique, and looks good coming and “going”. he’s just the right age. old enough to be wise to a womens wants, and young enough to carry thru. the lite gray hair is very attractive she says. mature is sexy. he is the strong silent type that tells a women what he’s tinking with his eyes. never has to over act. she says that’s what makes him a fine actor, cause you can’t carry that off,unless ofcorse you got it to begin with. she said she agees with you and her favorite movie is “meesage in a bottle.”? i think thats what she said the title is? oh, by the way, she tells me i look alot like kevin costner, and thats why she’s so attracted to me. hey eat your hearts out boys. and if any actor can do that to women, hell he’s ok by me!!!!!!love ya girls, keep writin in. just too bad costner ain’t a cowboy fan like me…..
June 15th, 2008 at 2:03 pmSean,
What can I say–I speak my mind.
And the Cowboys and Costner deserve each other!!
June 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmthis is pretty bad when we have to argue about a guy who decides to be a chiefs fan, i thought we welcomed all chiefs fans with open minds, THE GUY IS A FUCKIN CHIEFS FAN, HOO FUCKIN RAH, GO CHIEFS
June 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pmAmen, CSMQB. Amen.
June 15th, 2008 at 3:23 pmI guess we were just trying to have some fun… Didn’t realize that Costner would get so many people angry
And yes your wife likes mostly cause of his looks and his appearance rather than his acting. If he was ugly then it sounds like she wouldn’t be a fan.
Alright I am done writing about Costner, lol
June 15th, 2008 at 4:29 pmHi Zach,
Sorry, my last parting words on Kevin Costner. I felt it appropriate to respond especially since you all were so gracious to welcome me into your
fantasy football space, after I came in rather
defensive (the Bush years have taken there toll on me…).
I admit it. I think Kevin Costner is very good looking
and would agree with the Annie character in “Bull Durham”
that “God you’re gorgeous.” With that said I still think he is a skilled
actor and unless I miss understood your LMAO comment about
“Tin Cup” you think he can act too.
Costner has had a solid career that has spanned over
20 years with many great performances, as I mentioned previously
(yes, I meant “Open Range” and not “Close Range”).
Hard to believe Adam that you didn’t appreciate Costner’s performances in “Fandango” the “Upside of Anger, “No Way Out,” or
“The War” to name a few.
For balance, I thought Costner’s performance was very stiff in “Wyatt Earp,”
I could take about 15 minutes of “3000 Mile to Graceland”, same with “American Flyers” and his performance was lacking in “Robin Hood” and the “Postman.”
Other than that I find his other performances very engaging and he has been in a lot of fiims.
Hi DaveDallasFan,
I enjoyed your wife’s analysis. Plus Costner has chemistry not just with the women, but the guys too, like with John C. Reilly in “For the Love of the Game.”
In “Message in the Bottle” that was one movie that definitely could have used the Hollywood ending. Btw, you sound like a delightful couple.
Overall, I find it funny that there is an emotional reaction to Costner, like here when some heard he is a Chief fan. That I don’t get?
Lastly, for those of your who have not seen “Tin Cup” and I don’t believe in golf courses they use up too much water, I would encourage you to watch that one
and “Fandango” and the “Upside of Anger.” All worth viewing. Women will enjoy them too. And of course, be sure to see “Swing Vote” when it gets released in August.
I am outta here…
Peace and social justice.
Carol
June 16th, 2008 at 10:49 pmcringe, I meant misunderstood
June 16th, 2008 at 10:53 pmAnother thing is that we strive to be a fun, humorous, witty, sarcastic, even avant garde blog. This post was in that spirit and I think some took it too seriously. I still don’t like Costner as an actor. He’s no De Niro.
June 16th, 2008 at 11:15 pmohhhh, definately not…thats my guy there, i wasnt mad about it, just sounded like shit was gettin heated so i thought id chime in like i always do…lol…i dont think there is anybody close to DeNiro, he is the perfect mobster
June 17th, 2008 at 6:54 amOk I guess nobody caught my joke so I’ll explain it. The only part of Costner’s role in The Big Chill that didn’t land on the cutting floor was the scene at the beginning showing his cuff being buttoned. In other words, he was the corpse.
I will say that I thought he pulled off the part of Jim Garrison in JFK fairly well. Another movie where I thought his character seemed believable was Silverado.
Amen on Goodfellas.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:14 amWhen you make 50+ movie someone is bound to make you look good. I would agree he had some decent to good movies, but I am not going to say Tin Cup was a good movie. I would rather watch golf on TV for four days straight than watch that movie again.
I think people put Costner on the level of other great actors and that is why my brother and I have always made fun of him because he is not even close to the top.
OK like I said we were just trying to have fun so you Kevin Costner Fan Club members can stop freaking out about him
June 17th, 2008 at 9:20 amthank you for the compliment carol, yes my wife and i have been married for 27 years, and maturity has faired well for her. she likes the skilled actors that can bring out what you see on the screen without having to be the stalone “type” with action and violence. she says that the reality of life is the hardest thing to protray as an actor. costner does that better than almost anyone else. i still smile when my wife thinks i look like him. so as an average joe, you just try to bring some of those real life qualities out each day. i enjoy being a fan of costner and his movies and glad there are others like you as well. nice to hear from you. my wife says hi…..
June 20th, 2008 at 9:40 amLet me get this straight I am no Stalone fan! Costner is better than Stalone. The only issues I have with Costner is that he is always the same in every movie he does….
Again sorry that I offended the god of all actors
June 20th, 2008 at 11:07 am