The price of Idolization

Last night I watched an amazing movie, Big Fan with Patton Oswalt. I can’t even begin to say how extraordinary this movie is… It deals with a part of life I know nothing about, Sports Fandom and the excessive behavior people have. I’ve seen fans on tv and whatnot but I think living in the North West has shaded me from this kind of excessiveness. I’ve seen the riots when the Patriots have won, or lost, and I never understood at all. I think this is partially because we have very few professional sports teams. We have the Blazers whom I love but have only been to one game and rarely care if they win unless it’s in the playoffs or something big. I see what’s talked about on the news and catch snippets if I’m in a bar with a tv on. Seattle has 3 professional teams but even then you barely hear of them, or it’s me just not paying attention. I do know the Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr both played for the Marinors and for a short time at the same time (I think), I know that Alex Rodriguez played with them and got his start there before he defected to the yankees (I man not be a “fan” but I still hate the Yankees, I’m a Mets girl but truly my heart belongs to the Red Socks, even though I never watch a game) and has become this huge phenomenon that is so odd to me. I know that they have a hot shot Japanese guy now but that’s about it.
I can tell you a lot about who plays for the Blazers not that I think of it… but like I said I never watch the games so the level of Fandom in the movie is a little weird, kinda freaky and in my eyes creepy. But that’s what the movie is about and I loved it for showing us a part of life that some people would never see or even understand.
I loved the cast, it was perfect, the actors I knew were people I love (Michael Rapport is so amazing, watched him since Zebrahead, and if you haven’t seen it do it.). The sister-in-law was creepy though. The orange, fake boobed over manicured look scares the hell out of me, I just don’t get it!
Anyway, see it, Netflix has it on their Watch Instantly so you haven’t got much of an excuse not to.
Oh and you liked “The Wrestler” right? That amazing movie about a Pro Wrestler trying to make a comeback? (that’s what it was right? I couldn’t get past the staples in the back, to much for me) Same writer/director so you can imagine the reality of it all.
The saddest part of all… As amazing and beautiful and fantastic this movie was… It wasn’t nominated for a single award… I have no idea why either after seeing a good portion of the movies that were nominated and have won awards so far. It’s definitely a 4.5 in my book (5′s are hard to get in my book)