Field of Dreams (Patreon Request)
Added 2022-09-20 19:08:16 +0000 UTCField of Dreams is a 1989 American sports fantasy drama film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson, based on W. P. Kinsella's 1982 novel Shoeless Joe.
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Field of Dreams- Such a powerful and beautiful movie!! I cry every time I watch it because it's so moving and so emotional. Thank you very much for your incredible and heartwarming reaction to Field of Dreams, Travis! I most definitely loved and enjoyed watching this movie again with you, and I am so happy you really came to love this movie so much too. I truly appreciate your commentary throughout your reaction, and listening to your afterthoughts as well. First and foremost... I am so sorry for making you feel so sad about your father. I can only hope that this movie helped you feel better upon having lost him at such a young age, and that having you watch this movie for me didn't hurt you in any way. I am sure that he's very proud of you. It's clear from your reaction to this movie's beautiful ending, that you truly love your own father very much. Now... Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, James Earl Jones as Terrance Mann, Amy Madigan as Annie Kinsella, Gaby Hoffmann as their daughter, Karin, Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe Jackson, Burt Lancaster as Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, Frank Whaley as young Archie Graham, and of course Dwier Brown as John Kinsella... are all absolutely phenomenal throughout this movie. I love each of these characters very deeply. I feel that there is something very special about these characters and this movie, especially because Field of Dreams always makes me cry so hard throughout a number of scenes every time I watch it without fail. So beautiful and heartwarming. And I absolutely love how this movie is all about helping the eight players suspended during the 1919 Chicago White Sox game, and many other long dead players to play the game they love so much again back when baseball was the true American pastime, while Ray's own dream of finding redemption and closure with his father comes true, only for him to discover he already has everything else he could ever want. His own Heaven with his family. Baseball... back when all the greats like Shoeless Joe Jackson, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson, etc... all played, was truly a magnificent game. I'm not an avid fan of baseball, nor do I watch too many games on TV or follow any of today's players. However, I have been to a few games, including a major league game for the Detroit Tigers, and I really enjoyed them. But I would have loved to see a game back when baseball was something special, when players such as these men, who truly loved baseball for the love of the game, played. Because today, baseball is all about the money that can be made from it, as well as the statistics. And it's so very sad. I often think back to certain events and the ways of life throughout history, and I sometimes feel like I have been born far too late, because I love history so much. I love learning about the real life people who lived before my time. People like these baseball legends. And I often wish that I could travel back in time to revisit these times I love learning so much about. I think this is one of the reasons why this movie is so special to me, because I can resonate with a number of these characters, who all seek to find their dreams and pieces of Heaven. A dream I suspect everyone has in their lifetimes. I certainly do. Also.... I love the true story behind the eight baseball players suspended, especially surrounding Shoeless Joe Jackson, who is one of my favorite characters throughout this movie. I love Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe, and I love how he's come to remind Ray why he's been given this gift to help everyone find Heaven, including himself. Joe acts as a spirit guide for Ray, and I love it. I always feel sadder watching this movie now that Ray Liotta has passed away. I've always loved him as an actor, and his role as Shoeless Joe Jackson has always been one of my favorites of his. As if I didn't have enough reasons to make me cry during this movie. James Earl Jones and the magic of his voice. :) He is truly a special actor throughout all of film history. And one of the most iconic, as he is the voice of Darth Vader within the Star Wars movies. James Earl Jones is a man I really do admire as an actor very much. And I absolutely love his monologue in the ending of this magical movie, where he goes on to explain Karin's explanation about how people will come to watch a game like the games of old. To relive their childhoods without even thinking about why they're coming out to Iowa to watch a baseball game in the middle of nowhere. This ending is so, so beautiful. I think I've heard versions or renditions of this speech before in other movies or shows too. I'm not sure which ones, but I'm sure it's familiar and used simply because James Earl Jones is so iconic, and because this speech is so powerful. In regards to Terrance Mann being asked into the cornfield along with all of the ghosts... there are a few ways this ending can be interpreted. Some people who've watched and love this movie believe that upon us as the viewers seeing him disappear upon entering the corn like the rest of the ghosts, it means that his time to die has come and he has been chosen to join the players in Heaven, rather than to simply die elsewhere and alone. Others believe that he might have been a ghost all along like Archie, or Doc Graham, although I don't think this theory is possible, given that Annie's brother is able to see him and shakes hands with him upon being introduced to him before he sees and believes in the rest of the ghosts. And then... some people believe that Terrance Mann is simply asked to join the ghosts so he can see the truth and magic beyond the field so that he can return again and write about his experiences, all to be able to live his dream to find his voice through the written word again, and to help Ray and his family, the players, and everyone else by bringing people to Iowa to watch the games. To find their own dreams again too. For me personally... I'm not really sure if we're meant to believe Terrance dies in the ending, or not. But I like to believe that either way... he definitely helps to bring people from all over the world to help them live their dreams through his writings. Moonlight Graham is a wonderful character as well. Both as Doc Graham and as young Archie Graham. I love how Ray helps him to live his one dream of getting a chance to wink at the pitcher and to hit the ball among the greats of baseball, and that upon becoming Doc Graham again to save Karin's life, he is able to assure Ray that his life's purpose and true dream of becoming a doctor to help save lives is always what he truly wanted. Is as his life was always meant to be. In regards to the scenes between Ray and Doc Graham when they first meet, when Ray sees The Godfather playing, and the number 72 on the license plate... I believe this time together shows us that Ray dreamt, or rather had a vision of himself traveling back to 1972, the year Doc Graham died so they could talk together and so Ray could learn about his dream. And the magic throughout this movie helps to bring Doc and young Archie to Ray and Terrance. Now... I especially love the final moments between Ray and Shoeless Joe, when Joe shares with Ray that the voice he's been hearing has been himself all along. And how all of Ray's messages to himself are all to lead up to him having a second chance with his father, who returns as a younger man. A chance to fix his deepest regrets and to right the wrongs that have been haunting him his whole life. I love watching father and son play catch together at last, and the moment when John asks his son if this is Heaven, to which Ray at first answers that it's Iowa as he did back when Shoeless Joe asked the same question, until he turns to look at his wife and daughter while he comes to understand that just maybe he is truly in Heaven after all. So, so incredibly powerful. I love how the voice Ray finally comes to learn is his own, guides Ray on all his journeys, starting with him being asked to build a baseball field, to Ray being asked to travel to find Terrance Mann believing he must ease his pain, and to them both going the distance together to find Moonlight Graham, who in the end becomes a doctor again upon crossing the rocks outside of the field in order to save Ray's and Annie's daughter's life. I absolutely love the mystery behind the voice and its requests. And how this voice helps everyone to live their dreams they all lost out on. I love each of this movie's characters very much. This for me is Kevin Costner's best role out of all of his movies. And I love Kevin Costner as an actor in so many of his movies too. I love Ray, and I love both Annie and their daughter, Karin, who is absolutely adorable. I love Ray's longing to find redemption for himself and his father, and I love how supporting Annie is for her husband. Both Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan are marvelous throughout this movie. Shoeless Joe is a brilliant character based on a real life baseball legend. While I don't know whether or not he and the rest of the eight players truly threw the game such as they were accused of, I like to believe that the way Ray Liotta portrays Shoeless Joe within this movie is closest to the truth. Same goes for the rest of the players as well. I can't imagine that someone like Shoeless Joe and some of these other men who truly loved baseball for the pure love of the game, could ever throw a game to make extra money in such a way. Or maybe more was going on in their lives that no one ever knew about them. Reasons that justified their reasons for taking the money and willingly throwing the game. I don't know about the rest of the eight players, but I don't believe Shoeless Joe was a criminal. I like to believe he felt about baseball just as Ray Liotta portrays of him within this movie. I love Terrance Mann, because James Earl Jones is an absolutely phenomenal actor in every movie I've ever seen with him. There's definitely something powerful in his voice. And Terrance Mann is a special role for him. He's just a good man who longs for peace and love in a world where peace and love are difficult to find. Especially today, and it's just so sad. Another reason why I love this movie so much. And then... I love Burt Lancaster as Doc Graham, and Frank Whaley as his younger self... Archie Graham. Both sides of this character are brilliant, especially in the ending when young Archie sacrifices playing baseball forever in order to become a doctor again to save Karin's life. Such a powerful and beautiful moment. And such great acting for both actors playing this one character. The looks they give Ray whenever he smiles at him are powerful. Oh... and the musical score throughout this movie is absolutely beautiful. James Horner is an incredible composer, whom I know has done the music for other phenomenal movies such as Apollo 13, Titanic, The Mask of Zorro, Willow, Troy, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, Mighty Joe Young, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, The Devil's Own, etc... The music throughout Field of Dreams is magical, and emotional too. It most certainly helps to make this such a feel good movie. Thank you very much again for another fantastic movie reaction, my dear friend!!! I really enjoyed watching it again with you. As I have truly continued to enjoy watching all of your reactions for these movies I love. I love and appreciate the warmth you share with us in all of your reactions. :) Stay healthy, and be happy! Sincerely, Heidi
Heidi Elizabeth Marcum
2022-09-21 03:19:34 +0000 UTCI love this movie even though it makes me cry. I could see that you were wrapped up in the film wondering where it was going. I think we all have a Field of Dreams, something we feel we have left undone. Thanks Travis for the reaction and sorry it bought out the tears does me every time I watch it.
Joanne Pauley
2022-09-20 21:43:36 +0000 UTCKevin Costner was a really good looking man back then. I also think that Ray Liota was very handsome when he was young, crazy as a loon, but really handsome. This is such a good movie. I love listening to hearing James Earl Jones talk, what a great voice. Darth Vadar and Mufasa. If someone doesn't cry at the end of this movie they don't have a heart. Such an amazing movie. You should watch "For Love of the Game" it is another great baseball movie with Kevin Costner.
Suzy Differ
2022-09-20 21:18:23 +0000 UTCTravis, I have no doubts that your dad would be so proud of the amazing person you have become. The love you feel for others. You are amazing and he would love it I am sure.
Suzy Differ
2022-09-20 19:46:39 +0000 UTC
