(Costner and Shelton again reunited for the golf filmTin Cup (1996).)Writer/director David Ward""s R-rated underdog sports comedyMajor League (1989)from Paramount Pictures - with lots of foul language - was another attempt to follow up onBull Durham""ssuccess.A shark fin-like object, Freddy""s four-bladed gloved hand that was slightly on fire, sliced through the surface of the water, headed for shore, and cut through the sand toward the castle." The monstrous greedy creature attacked he town of Dale, invaded Erebor and drove the Dwarves out.During the disastrous fiery assault, Thorin Oakenshield saw Elvin King Thranduil of the Woodland Realm and his Wood-Elves on a nearby hillside, watching, but not risking his kin to help defend the Dwarves.It is a taut, fast-moving (at a brisk 80 minutes) and vivid film that set the genre""s standards and launched the entire popular film type.