FIELD OF DREAMS is So Touching! *** FIRST TIME WATCHING ***
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Much more spiritually meaningful that I would have guess, this ended up being a perfect choice for Father's Day!
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What a beautiful meditation on fathers, grief, and ultimately faith 💜💜💜 A very Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there!
Happy father's day to all the great dads out there and those no longer with us.
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I have never made it through this movie without Tearing up. I also lost my Dad when I was young (he was only 52). There always things left unsaid and undone. This was Legendary Actor Burt Lancaster's final film and he did a remarkable job. As Dr, Graham he showed how 1 inning of Baseball could change a life. He won a Best Actor Oscar for "The Birdman of Alcatraz".
A small part that made a huge impact, just like his game 🥹
Exactly! After my father passed, I was looking through some boxes and came across items I bought, but was saving them for his birthday, or Christmas. He never got them, and that was when his absense was finally felt!
BIRDMAN is a masterpiece!
I just got home from my father's day plans and immediately watched this reaction. Thanks for another great reaction.
Thanks Cody, and I hope you had a good day!
I love that Moonlight Graham was a real person, and his story is real. He got one at bat in a major league game, and then he was a children's doctor for 50 years. What a legend.
Ohhh that’s great that they put him in this then! If he was even half as good a guy as they showed him to be, he was incredible!
@@RhetoricalThrill The stories of Dr. Graham shown in Field Of Dreams are reportedly true. Aside from saying he died in 1972 when the real Archibald Graham died in 1965, no one has disputed the depiction of Dr. Graham in this movie. In 1989 when the movie came out, the (barely?) fictionalized Archibald Graham had been dead for 17 years. When the book Shoeless Joe was published in 1982, the real Archibald Graham had been dead for 17 years. That's probably why he dies in '72 in the movie. This is the first time I've noticed this.
The people who told Ray about Dr. Graham werenot actors and actually knew him and the stories were real. This movie is fantastic.
1 appearance in the outfield. 0 at-bats (not 1), which is largely the entire point.
i never knew that
Whenever I feel down, I watch this movie. It's such a tearjerker, but sooooo heartwarming.
"Thought you were reading the rules of the hotel" had me laughing for a solid 5 min, lol! Great stuff!
I swear, that’s where my head was, but “midnight abortions” made me go, “wait, what?” 🤣
In the NOVEL, the Terence Mann character was ACTUALLY J.D. Salinger, but Salinger would not allow his name tp be used in the movie, so they created a new character.
Yeah, that tracks 😂
As Johnny Carson would say, I did not know that.
@@Nitedawg1 as a matt0er of fact, J. D. Salinger DID name a character John Kinsella in one of his early short stories, which is one of the reasons the novel's author, W.P. Kinsella wrote "Shoeless Joe" and named the main character Kinsella in the first place.
It was his father's name, just like in the movie.
@@Mcvthree3 that is really interesting
Funny you should mention Salinger. That's the writer whose pain needed to be eased in the book that this movie was taken from.
Haven't seen this one since my dad was alive, who passed away in 1993. So, this will be a trip down memmory lane
For more context about "shoeless Joe" and the black Sox..I highly recommend "Eight Men Out". Not even a sports guy but I love those true story type of films.
I’ve seen that recommended a few times, might have to get to it soon!
Field of Dreams was all about second chances. Everyone got their chance to do something again that they regretted once in their life, including Ray playing catch with his father. Shoeless Joe Jackson got to play again. Terrance Mann got to find peace and write again (yes he was probably already dead the whole time - lol). Moonlight Graham got to bat and wink at a major league pitcher. My favorite all time movie. I cry at the end every time!
I've loved this movie for over 40 years, and the book even longer. Your reaction was a delight. Thank you
Thank you right back! I’m glad you enjoyed it 😊
@Rhetorical A terrific film which hits harder for any man who lost their father, terrific cast all doing amazing jobs. I think this was the legend B Lancaster final film (Doc)
Wow, you clocked the Salinger connection quickly. Good reaction and summary.
Some people think Mann is or will be dead and some think he'll come back and write again. I'm in the later camp. It's the answer to his musing "I know what everybody's purpose is here, except mine".
Anything can happen!
"I'm not married to the biggest horse's ass in three counties." Every time I hear this, I want Annie to reply "No, but your husband is!"
After all the times I've seen this, I still tear up when Ray meets his father.
If you really want to understand the role baseball played in shaping American culture in the 20th century, you should check out Ken Burns' great nine-part Baseball documentary. It's a must-watch for any fan and, for the baseball novice, a good introduction to the game, and how it came to be known as "America's pastime".
I’m glad that scene was only to show Ray that he needed to find Terence Mann, because I’d had enough of her 😆
The one inaccuracy was when Annie made mention of how much 'less acreage' they have due to the field. A baseball field (just between the foul lines) with 340 foot left and right field fences and 400 feet to center takes approximately 2.2 acres. Even with a yield of 200 bushels per acre, and as high as $5 per bushel, would only provide about $2200 of income.
I don’t know much about farming really, but I though the same. But I guess if they were far in debt already, who knows? Her brother was sure ready to swoop in like a vulture though 😡
When I was younger I was a problem child that gave my parents a hard time. No drinking or drugs,but I was as big an ass you can be at a young age. The last conversation I had with my dad was an argument. I told him," Do me a favor and just die." He did that two weeks later. The thing is I knew when I said it it hurt him,but never said I was sorry for saying it. At the funeral several people told me that he didn't understand why I hated him so much. The thing is I didn't.
The parent-child relationship is complex for many reasons. I’m sorry things happened the way they did, and for how it must have affected you 💜
It's funny how out of all the parts of this movie that hit me hardest is the conversation The have in the van when James Earl Jones asks what the terrible thing he said was and why. He could have been talking to me.
When you said Poindexter, did you know Timothy Bussfield played Poindexter in revenge of the nerds??? Because if not, that's some crazy serendipity!! 😂😊
😂 no, I did know. I ended up losing the part where I mentioned ROTN. That would have been funny if I didn’t know though!
“We who?! You got a turd in your pocket??” 😂🤣
Nice! Never heard that one before.
Definitely going to be using that one on my kids 😅
Thank you 😉
😂 I love that one. You can substitute any object you like but that’s my personal favorite
I don't like baseball.
I never have.
I absolutely love this movie. It's one of my all-time favorites.
I can watch it anytime.
It’s amazingly relatable, I too don’t care much for baseball
I love Amy Madigan. She is a great actress. She did the Stephen King movie The Dark Half.
I later realized I knew her from Uncle Buck but I don’t think I’ve seen anything else with her, she’s great
Terrence Mann (I believe) is fictional replacement of J D Sallinger, author of "Catcher in the rye". In "Field..'" novel he's a charcter.
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11:24 aha!
Not gonna lie, I’m pretty proud of myself for making that connection 💪🏻 😂
@@RhetoricalThrill Question: I was way too young when read Catcher. Is it a cultural icon? Or an overrated book known mostly for inspiring wackoes?
@@zvimur I couldn't really say since I've never read it myself. I know *of* it and some of the discussion around it but never had to read it for school, and it never interested me enough to seek it out.
The field is real! It’s in Dyersville, Iowa. Visited there and even walked out into the corn a few years back
Great commentary after the film. Much more substantive than what I’ve heard from other reactors. I was impressed with how well you understood and perceived the themes of this story and were able to extemporaneously articulate your thoughts. I may have to watch some more of your reactions… 🤓
I hope you find more to like! I’m not always this deep, but the right movies can get me yammering for sure 💜
Oh what a great choice for Father's Day! 😁 Hope ever dad is having a great one, and everyone is having a happy Sunday
You too!
Another beautiful, and funny, movie which came out the same year is by Steven Spielberg called "Always."
Starring:
Richard Dreyfuss
Holly Hunter
John Goodman
and Audrey Hepburn!
A great heart-warming story. And, only a handful of reviewers on youtube!
Definitely one to watch, if not post a review as well.
Another nice review. Thanks!
good stuff all around. minor pt - a football / baseball field is fairly close to one acre in size ( about 1 1/4 acre - regardless shape ). So IF the farm is say 200 working acres the field isn't a huge deal. now add in the lights , work involved etc.....
Yeah, I’m not experienced with either running a farm or something like a baseball field so it was surprising how much difference it made!
I kind of think Mann is dead throughout the whole movie and Ray comes see him at his apartment after he has already passed. His body probably in a park or someplace. The hint is the son looking for him because he hadnt picked up his phone in like a week or something and his apartment was a mess, which was obviously out of character for him. ... He was only gone for a day with Ray.
I would agree except people could see him and interact with him, even the brother in law who was a nonbeliever.
@@RhetoricalThrill but the brother in law could see the players..eventually... Mann didnt realize he was dead yet...
Its okay you are allowed to cry at this movie. We think you are an alien if you don't.
I don’t usually hold back but last week was Train to Busan and I fully lost it so just didn’t want to go through it so soon 🤣
Thank you for this beautiful reaction to one of my favorite movies! Definitely not my last!
On a practical note I always thought the plot was a little weak on the whole bank thing. The corn yield wouldn't be effected that much (less than 5 acres for a ball field), but we are suspending disbelief aren't we?? Lol
Too true, sometimes you just gotta let that stuff go by 😊 Thank you so much for being here and watching!
It's a fairy tale, anything and everything can happen, you just have to watch it and go with the flow.
If you want to be real, how could anyone afford to build a baseball field, and the lights, and then pay for the lights electricity, it would cost millions of dollars.
It's a wonderful film, l cry every time, what l would do to see my father again, give up years of my own life ❤
Her brother was really trying to save them from eviction, not destroy them.
Then why not help them with their mortgage? Why is the only option something that will net him a bunch of money in the process? I could be completely misinterpreting it, certainly, bit he really seemed predatory to me.
love burt lancaster, he even made atlantic city watchable
6:14 - I think Shoeless Joe showed up for spring training.
Aha, that must be it!
I don't understand. Do you think Mark should finance the farm with his own money? I'm so confused when people get so mad at him.
I think Mark should mind his own business, frankly. Offering to buy them out is one thing but when they say no, you respect it and let them handle the fallout. He pushed so hard because HE would benefit from it financially. He’s slimy.
Waiting to play catch with my father ;-)
Absolutely..baseball is the greatest sport ever invented. We are beyond passionate for it. i can tell you the career avg of Buster Posey and a dozen other players.. No other sport has fans that memorize stats like baseball fans. A baseball game is like a brick building. Every pitch is a building block towards completing the final project which remains unknown until complete.
It’s not a passion I share but I absolutely respect it 💜
i never cared much about the game itself, or any other sport.. but baseball does remind me of the old times, and my grandpa for sure, and thats whats cool about what terrance says about it.. it does kind of stand for the good ol times, a lot more than any other sport.. it was known as americas pasttime
@RhetoricalThrill I shouldn't have used "we" without stating the people I was referring to. That's my bad. I meant my few high school friends who played some with me. One is a baseball card dealer, the other a diehard White Sox fan and the other a Cubs fan (yes they still get along lol). I played into college but cracked a vertebrae and was done. But I coached some after. There was no everybody gets a trophy bullsh1t..if you sucked, you needed to work harder. To me there is no greater position than Catcher. I still can predict major league pitchers' next pitches at about a 90% rate based on all the variables preceding that pitch. It never goes away. My dad taught me at 6 to play catch. I even had a beer drinking little league coach who handed out beers to us who dared drink it..I did..crappy Falstaff. Lol.
Great movie and reaction!
Love your reaction. Please react on the movie 1984 The Terminator. Thank you.
I would, but I’ve seen it before 😊
Actually Father's Day was a spoiler big time! That subscriber should be made to Walk out into the corn!
Eh, it could be worse, it’s pretty clear his relationship with his father is going to be the heart of the story from the start. I like that I got to tie it in without knowing everything 💜
@@RhetoricalThrill but it did spoil the ending, you knew it was going to be his dad. People should not give that kind of information to a REACTION channel
you got a like for the " i dont think it's polite to be a raging b", comment. hahahaha
😁
You were a little harsh towards Mark. He was trying to do what he thought was right. He's wrong, but he's not a bad guy.
I didn’t see him as good, but that may be my own interpretation. It seemed clear to me that he was going to profit if he could get the farm and so was far too pushy about it. He would act friendly until he didn’t get his way and then he’d be screaming and out of control, he just seemed two faced to me. I could easily have read it wrong, but that’s why I didn’t like him.
@@RhetoricalThrill Fair enough. Just imagine how you, or I, would respond if you saw your family members watching an empty field and saying there were baseball players. Of course, Mark's role in the movie was to annoy us and he did that quite well. This was my first time watching your channel and I enjoyed your reaction and will definitely watch more.
omg youre funny
Thank you so much for saying so! 😊
@@RhetoricalThrill definitely watching more of your reactions
the movie the babe with john goodman is soo much beter.
This might be the most insane take I've ever heard
Too much talk. No thanks.
The talking is kind of the point of a reaction video 😂 but thank you for checking it out and not being mean 😊
From the moment Moonlight steps off the field, the tears start for me. To give up your dreams in the service of others is so noble. Burt Lancaster shows what a true movie star is. Every moment on screen, I am riveted.
I don’t even know Mr. Lancaster but oh my yes, he had a real presence on the screen for sure!
YES. So many people list "Wanna have a catch?" as their tearjerker (and it is). But Ray's "oh my god you can't go back," has always been the waterworks for me.
I’m a grown man of 44, and still cry. I’m surprised you didn’t bawl your eyes out
I held it in, last week’s movie really tore me up and I couldn’t handle letting loose again so soon, it takes a lot out of me 💔
@@RhetoricalThrill you should watch the movie again… by yourself.. and just let it out.
This is well known for breaking grown men. It seems to touch that soft spot we bury deep and try to fool ourselves into believing doesn't exist.
Women and foreigners should be barred from seeing ghost movie. They just don't have the capacity to fully understand it
Very touching movie, still great to watch.
Anyone who said to wait until fathers day to watch this should really acquaint themselves with the idea of "spolier alert"
The person that spoiled it should be made to Walk out into the corn
My thought exactly
nonsense. yes, its a very mild spoiler, but sometimes the alternative to a spoiler is worse. the person in question thought, it will mean x% more to her on father's day, and y% more spoiled from knowing that, so its a net gain to tell her. you "no spoiler's at any time, in any way" people are infuriating, and absolutely illogical.
@@ice-iu3vvfound the person who spoiled it 😂😂😂😂😂
@@dustywaynemusic6297 you havent found anything. personally, i'd be happy to get a reaction channell to take a suggestion at all. the last thing i would do is tell them when to watch it, or what to save it for. there are movies nobody reacts to like "chuck", "3 days of the condor", "american beauty", "seabiscuit" etc. and i try to suggest those, but i dont suggest this film, let alone tell people to save it. it any event, you are neither amusing nor clever. are you sufficiently juvenile to need 5 laughing facesfor a 5 word comment? for the record i find the whole "spoiler" subject to have gone way too far, leaving no room to discuss movies because anything you say can be called a spoiler at this point. i believe its childish. we used to have movie reviewers who could give you enough information to interest you without destroying the movie. now we have spoiler nazis ready to get pissy with anyone who tries to make a helpful comment. perhaps you should look into "helpful" comments, rather than trying to amuse yourself with accusations followed by emojis.
“I’m not gonna bawl” was the best laugh of this reaction. I literally said out loud “Oh sweetie, that’s so cute. We all cry”
Definitely slipped out near the end there 😂
Waterworks watching this movie. Every. Single. Dang. Time. And I do not care; I love this movie.
If you want to find out more about the 'Black Sox Scandal' mentioned in the opening - 8 Men Out, with John Cusack
Ooh, thank you!
Such a Great and underrated film!!
RIP to Ray Liotta
He's so poignant as Shoeless Joe, just talking about the game. One of his best performances
It felt very real
Yes! You nailed it! I heard one of the producers talk about it once. In the book, it was actually J.D. Salinger, but when he heard they were going to make a movie, he threatened to sue if they used his name or likeness. So, they had to come up with the fictional character of Terence Mann, and if they hadn't, we wouldn't have had James Earl Jones, and they wouldn't have had an excuse to write that monolouge that he gives.
This is a wonderful, touching movie for most people. But for middle aged guys who wish they hadn't missed opportunities with their fathers, it's devastating. Some of the most outwardly tough-seeming guys you'll meet break down sobbing at the end of this one. Such a good movie.
The "Field of Dreams" field is within rock-throwing distance of where my maternal grandmother's paternal line settled when they arrived from Germany in the mid-1800's. Last summer, I was in the area and visited all my ancestors in the area, and had to stop in to the obvious tourist trap. That's exactly what it is, but it is a good sentiment. ❤ They are building a larger stadium now and hope to host at least one MLB game a year there. But really, there isn't much there other than a nice field to have a catch on.
When Annie looks at him and says " if you really feel you should do it, then you should" makes my eyes sweaty 😢
She’s a gem 💜
"It's hard not to be romantic about baseball" another great baseball movie "Moneyball"
I live in Iowa, but I've not been to the Field of Dreams field. The funny thing is that the baseball field in real life is partially divided by two different properties owned by two different people, and for a time they both competed with each other for the tourism dollars, despite one of properties only having a small portion of left field on its land.
A couple of other things. The Chicago Cubs Triple A baseball club the Iowa Cubs is in Iowa, and they usually have fireworks show after the games around the 4th of July. Before the show starts, they show a part of this movie on the video scoreboard screen. "Hey, is this heaven?" "No, it's Iowa." Then the fireworks start.
MLB actually have had a couple of games in Iowa in a cornfield near the Field of Dreams field (the regular field isn't big enough for an MLB game.) The first year they had it they had a really cool opening to the game.
th-cam.com/video/Ug4bsd4LqqM/w-d-xo.html
That first MLB game ended with a game winning homerun.
That’s so cool that it’s still there and they do all that stuff with it 💜
not just moonlight graham, but 100% of the baseball people in this film are real, including their stories. like "ty cobb wanted to come but none of us could stand him when we were alive". few could stand him when they were alive. joe jackson hit left-handed, which is the only detail they changed for the film (because ray liotta hits right-handed). the most beautiful unscripted moment occurred after costner says "see if you can hit my curve". the script called for a homerun to be hit, but the unplanned shot back at the pitcher, and the way costner dodged it, staying in character and saying "yeah, you can hit the curveball" was too good so it was left in. the movie "8 men out" is the mostly-true telling of the 1919 white sox, with joe jackson and the others portrayed here. highly recommended.
Yup. This one's a tearjerker. I'd give anything to play catch with my dad one more time.
I bet lots of people feel that way about it. And for people who still have their dad in their life it’s a good reminder to appreciate it.
Damn 5 minutes in and I think I need to watch this
DO IT
Great Reation......
The Wife (Amy Madigan) and the Daughter (Gabby Hoffman) also worked together in "Uncle Buck" which was released 3 months later.....
Burt Lancaster is Great in this Role...... His last Role......
The movie with Jimmy Stewart that the Daughter was watching that got Turned off was the 1950 "Harvey," A Great Movie to Watch/React.....
This BallField is still there.... They Created another Field Close by that they have played a couple Major League Baseball Games, and the Teams come to the field through the corfield in the Outfield....
Kevin Costner has done 5 Baseball Related Movies.... "Bull Durham" Which BoB Hope addressed it as "A movie about America's Favorite Past-Time, With a little Baseball Thrown in," "For Love of the Game," "Field of Dreams," "The Upside of Anger," "Chasing Dreams"
Dennis Quaid Stars in a True Story "The Rookie"
Semi-Serious: "A League of their Own" Geens Davis, Madonna, Rosie Odonnel; "Hardball" with Keanu Reeves; "42" Chadwick Boseman....
I need to do a bunch of those! Thanks for visiting 😊
Love this movie! Visited the site in 92 on a family road trip south and a stop in Iowa for a family reunion. Had a catch with my dad on the field. The farm you can see beyond the cornfield was owned by my dads cousin during filming and it’s still in the family
For me, watching baseball is about as exciting as watching the outfield grow. And that's if it's Astroturf. But this movie really clued me in to the passion that people have for this game and how deeply connected they are with people who feel the same way. Right up to the point where they find out that they back the "wrong" team.
As far as the filmmaking, it's brilliant. Every actor played their part perfectly. Every evening shot of that field might as well have been a painting. Right down to the last shot, created with real cars on a real road; done by working out how many cars would be needed and how far apart they would need to be, then finding those cars. No effort was spared. Now, it would just be CGI.
Agreed, it’s beautiful! I read about the way they made it look like the traffic was moving by having the people go from high beam to low beam, so simple, so effective. You’re right, now they’d just “do it in post” and not give a care.
It’s funny, baseball is a sport I don’t enjoy watching at all. But I love baseball movies 😂
You should watch John Sayles EIGHT MEN OUT, which is about the Chicago Black Sox scandal!
I live in Iowa about 40 minutes from the field. I have taken each of my 5 boys to the field to "have a catch". It's free to go out on the field. Been there many times. The new MLB stadium was build north west of the original field a few hundred yards away. The property is now owned by inverstors. I haven't been there since the investors took over. In the auditorium, where they are discussing Terrence Mann, My high school's placard is in the background. I believe this was actually filmed in Dubuque, IA where their high schools were in the same league as the one I graduated from.
Was the "Poindexter" comment just a fact or just a coincidence?? The brother in law did actually play Arnold "Poindexter" in 'Revenge of the Nerds'. Lol... Several actors show up in another of the director's films, the excellent, "Sneakers".. she of the big ass (Lee Garlington), the brother in law (Timothy Busfield) and James Earl Jones...
Also just learned this myself "the voice" is actor Ed Harris (The Abyss, The Rock).
Ahaha, nah, I knew who it was 😂 I think I said Revenge of the Nerds at one point but I cut it out. That’s all I knew him from up to this point, and I definitely like Poindexter more, he plays a mean electric violin.
@@RhetoricalThrill lol.. That he does .I was a bit too young but he was the lead in a series called Thirty something... In the late 80s..I really did like him in his recurring role on "The West Wing" as a reporter though.. he also worked with creator Aaron Sorkin again on "Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip".
One of my favorite Kevin Costner movies. It is also a baseball movie.
This and "For the love of the game" are his 2 best baseball films, my opinion... I know most would say "Bull Durham '.. I do absolutely love his other collaboration with Ron Shelton, "Tin Cup".
@@mcgilj1 - *Tin Cup* is underappreciated.
There's no shortage of baseball movies, but not quite so many about golf.
I don’t believe in many things but I do believe this movie helped get me through my dad’s death. My dad was a huge baseball fan, and he taught me a lot of valuable lessons. I didn’t always agree with my dad, we had our arguments. This movie reminds me of my dad. Thank you so very much for your reaction!
I will say the audio was good, just on the quiet side. Again the reaction and commentary was fantastic!!!
Yeah, I’m still feeling it all out, but you’ve helped a lot! I tried clearing the cache before exporting and I think that may have made a difference with the popping.
There’s nothing quiet about the audio.
@@tempsitch5632 - The audio was definitely quieter than usual, even put in headphones to help and it was still quiet.
I love watching your reactions. You are definitely one of the most genuine people with a genuine reaction that I see on TH-cam. You seem to have a good heart and a good spirit. Definitely a keeper. With your husband probably knows. You have a good day
That means so much, honestly! I have such fun doing this and people enjoying what I do makes it even better 💜
"Is this heaven?" is his dad asking the question? or was he telling his son the answer to the question he should have been asking himself? You don't need a big life to have a great one.
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Worst Christmas movie ever. (I'm joking by the way.)
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The sound levels are low.
Thank you for letting me know! I’ve been having trouble with my editing program adding random glitches so I’m trying different things to mitigate it. I’ll make sure to fix it next time!
In the end, after all that build up, everyone came. So much so you could see the coming from the air, at night. Yeah that sounds dirty.
The temptation to make “come” jokes was terrible, you have no idea the stress 😆
@@RhetoricalThrillI can understand the struggle. Look at the bright side, during the holidays you can start singing "Come all yeah faithful.." at the top of your lungs with a great big belated smile. After all, Christmas only comes once a year.
I Remember My Dad Taking Me To See This Movie When I Was a Kid,My Dad Passed Away Back in 2016, I Thinks Of Him Now, When I Watches This Movie, Thanks For Doing A Reaction To This Great Classic Movie
You should watch Kevin Costner introduce the 2022 Field of Dreams Classic between the White Sox and the Yankees. Now that you have seen the movie, it will move you.
Highly recommend For Love of the Game....another great Costner/baseball movie, usually overlooked and unappreciated but one of my favorites.
I've never read the book, but my guess is that Terry Mann wrote a story about the Field of Dreams and it got published -- that's why the cars appear at the very end of the movie.
"If you build it, they will come." This movie is a timeless reminder to chase your dreams, even if they seem impossible. It's a beautiful story about second chances, family, and the power of believing. #FieldOfDreams
An absolute gem of a movie. I'd suggest for a future watch 'Breaking Away' from 1979. Few reactors have watched it but I'm quite certain all will like it a lot.
Glad that you kept a line in the review that many reactions unfortunately cut out....when Joe says, "No Ray it was you"
i believe graham dies the same night he spoke to ray, he said he couldnt sleep, which was rare for him, so when they picked him up he ws like joe jackson
22:12 - I like how Doc Graham drops his leather baseball mitt, steps across the line, and it turns into a leather doctor's bag.
yes costner has aged well
He's going to need a biger parking lot.
11:23 - Nailed it. Terrence Mann is an homage to JD Salinger.
17:41 - Do you know how many people don't get that the hitchhiker is Doc?
ANNIE IS THE BEST!! I love Amy Madigan.
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if a disembodied voice told me to build something and then ghost can visit me...i don't know if I'm doing that. I mean maybe "if you build a stage you'll get visits from like robin williams, bowie, freddie mercury" then maybe i'm swinging by home depot
You and me both!
Terrance Mann's father had the police looking for him! Perhaps he was already passed
I wondered that too, but then the jerk brother in law can see him even before he sees the light, which makes me think Terrence is still alive at that point.
@@RhetoricalThrill maybe 🤔
i think he was too obviously, and just because people could see him, doesnt mean he wasnt a ghost
If he was dead they wouldn't be talking about him coming back and writing again.
@@katwithattitude5062 i dont think they know hes dead.. they talk about him like nobody sees him anymore
such a beautiful movie
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11:46 To save himself from the flood
Well I meant why him specifically 😂
I cry at the end every god damn time!! Best baseball movie ever and one of my top 5 movies of all time!
It’s somehow both completely about baseball and not at all about baseball, which I think is kind of what baseball is.
People really don't give Mark a break and just go "I hate you, you suck." If you look at the events of the movie from his POV, he's 100% the sensible one who's trying to help Ray and his family. Literally to the point of just ignoring what he's saying so that they can continue to dislike him, even though if you think about it for 2 seconds he's trying to do the right thing.
"I'm offering you a way to keep your home because I love my sister!" "NO YOU DON'T!" Don't take it personally, but that kind of reaction just seems so immature.
It might just be a movie reaction, but it's symptomatic of how people fail to communicate and understand each other in real life. People will just completely ignore or twist the words of those that they already dislike, simply so they don't have to actually consider what they're saying. It's not just this reaction either, it's a common response in most reaction videos to this movie.
Part of this is also probably just because so many movies have primed people to dislike the "evil businessman" type character, but it's also fundamentally misunderstanding (or purposefully ignoring) what Mark even is. Actually pay attention to what he's saying, think from his POV and you really can't dislike him. To him his sister, husband, and niece have gone insane and are spiralling towards bankruptcy and losing their home while talking about invisible baseball games, while refusing every attempt of his to help. When Mark says "when the bank opens in the morning, they'll foreclose" it's not a threat, it's a warning to Ray of what'll happen if he doesn't accept Mark's help. So he's going buy the land, rather than letting the bank foreclose on Ray, so that he can let Ray and his family stay in their house (rent free!) and all he needs Ray to do is sign. He's not the greedy developer trying to bulldoze the youth center to build a mall.
The message of the scene with Ray, Terrence, and Mark is not "say no to the greedy developer," it's "don't allow the responsibilities of life to kill your dreams." Mark isn't evil, but he is the guy that thinks you should just get a sensible job at the factory instead of trying to become a rock star, that's what he represents. Let's be real in almost any other scenario, Mark is basically a savior, swooping in to save his sister's family from homelessness.
Also people act like he threw Karen from the bleachers on purpose, which is again an example of assigning malice to his actions because they already dislike him. Sure, he grabbed her, but then Ray tried to grab her too and it just seemed like he lost his balance for a bit causing her to fall off by accident. Also insulting him by calling him a ginger is a bit odd, considering Ray's wife is also a ginger...
Everyone’s experiences color their reactions to such things. I understand how you see it, but I see a guy who is being extremely pushy and meddling in the finances and lives of other adults where he has no business. And pressuring them to take a deal where he stands to profit. If most people see him that way, maybe that’s the way he’s intended to be seen…
@@RhetoricalThrill He has no business trying to stop his sister and niece from losing their home because his brother-in-law has gone, in any reasonable view, insane? Of course he and his partners would stand to profit, how else would he get them on board to put up the money to buy the land in the first place so that he can let Ray and his family have a place to stay? His business partners aren't going to do it out of the goodness of their hearts. The difference is that if the bank forecloses, than Ray's left with nothing whatsoever, while Mark'll let them live in their house FOR FREE. This is after months of watching Ray lose money and spiralling into financial insolvency so he could watch what are, in Mark's view, completely imaginary games on the baseball field.
Of course he's being pushy, Ray's land is literally less than a day away from being foreclosed on by the bank and he's trying to avoid that by convincing Ray to sell the land to him instead so that at least their family can still have a home to live in. Yes, he forced them in that position but it was in order to force Ray's hand since if he doesn't then he (correctly) believes that Ray will simply wait until he loses everything. Sure everything works out because people came, but let's just imagine that Karen and Terrence were dead wrong and nobody comes. Ray's broke and is barrelling towards foreclosure. You're telling me if you saw your family member running at full speed into what seemed to be a guaranteed disaster, you wouldn't be a bit pushy trying to stop them, or frustrated if they kept saying no? He already tried convincing Ray to get rid of the field and grow crops again, so then he switched to drastic measures. He's pressuring them to take the deal in the same way you'd take away your Grandma's credit card so she doesn't send thousands of dollars to a "Nigerian prince."
People see him as this greedy villain because they're literally not listening to him, denying anything positive about him even when he explicitly says so (like the fact that he's doing all this because he loves his sister), and failing to see anything from his perspective. He's being judged simply for not having the same info as the other characters (unable to see the players) and acting accordingly. It'd be one thing if he knew about everything that was happening, but just didn't care because the land was valuable, then he'd fit the role of a villain. However he literally has no idea what Ray and the others are experiencing, and as soon as he does he changes his mind about the field.
I don't understand the hate for Mark his sister is about to become homeless and his brother-in-law has gone completely nuts in his mind because he thinks he sees a bunch of dead baseball players playing on a field that he built that a voice out of nowhere told him to build so I completely understand him acting like that
My problem is his pushiness about a subject that he will profit from. He could offer to help the family in plenty of other ways but he insists they do it his way because he’ll make money.
As much as I struggle with my faith. My favorite movies are all heavily based in faith. This being my all-time favorite.
I think if we never struggle with it, do we really have it at all? 💜
The ending scene I heard they shut down the whole power grid, to make it with the cars
Whatever they did, it looks fantastic. And the best part is that I know it’s real 💜
you shmart lady! nice insights!
Thank you! I’m glad to have you here 😊
Every man should have a wife like Ray's
She was wonderful!
My field of dreams would be a fields of weed plants lol jk.
Hehehe
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
I’m glad to hear it! Thanks for being here 😊