FIELD OF DREAMS (1989) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Reaction & Commentary | IS this Heaven?!
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- čas přidán 16. 07. 2024
- This week I watched FIELD OF DREAMS!!! Wow, what a family-friendly, fun ride! It is indeed a movie about baseball, that much is totally clear. What's not super clear is, did these men age in heaven? Would your uncle throw you off a bleacher to prove a point? Why isn't it "if you build it THEY will come," where did I get that from?! If you've got the answers sound off below. Also sorry for the crazy censoring in this one, CZcams kept flagging this as 'Inappropriate for ads'-- like okay mom hop off!
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"They.look like theu would in 1989." They played in the 1919 world series. They would be 90-100+ years old in 1989.
John Cusack starred in Eight Men Out about those players.
I cry ever time I watch this movie, it's great
EIGHT MEN OUT is a very good movie about Shoeless Joe
@@johncampbell756 good point lmaooo I just felt like they looked like 45 year olds, and baseball guys today look so young 😂
The best part of the movie for me is Burt Lancaster in his last role. I just love his voice. He was the Sam Elliott of the 50s & 60s.
My favorite scene in the movie - the one that gets to me the most is when Shoeless says to Moonlight, "...you were good." I believe its the affirmation that Doc was looking for that he could have made it in baseball had things gone differently.
It was his last big screen role…but not his last role or movie.
My favorite scene of all time
The man is just so damn charming.
Sam Elliot wishes, although tbf, Roadhouse kicks much ass.
Ah the movie that will reduce grown men in crying mess wanting to play catch with there father. Everytime I watch this movie just hits me in the feels, every damn time
It's like the one part that doesn't level me. My dad is still out getting milk. Or cheese... It _has_ been over 30 years.
Yep, last 5 minutes of this movie gets every son and father. Family in general. Once you lose them you would give anything to see them again
Yeah.. this would've been a great Father's Day reaction. Maybe she can watch Rudy.. another movie that makes men cry.
Except there’s no crying in baseball… 😂
Yeah, the universal truth Rudy and Field of Dreams reduce grown men to crying mess by the end of the movie
I grew up near Dyersville. My father and I are in one of the cars on the road for the last shot. The movie never fails to bring tears.
Just so you know almost every man cries when Ray says "Dad do you want to have a catch" I am right now while typing this! Great reaction
I love the fact that his wife is not the stereotypical opponent who disbelieve and discourages his insane dream. She acknowledges its crazy but still supports him 100%. No manufactured drama.
She was part of the 60s counterculture, so it makes sense that she would embrace the supernatural.
It's a movie/fictional. Do you really think a modern woman does that. Laughable
She is 1000% the weakest character in the movie. A 1960's caricature of the very worst kind.
@@alaninsoflo Well that's not true. What about the mustache twirling brother in law who is literally only there to give a face to the money problems and higher stakes to the choices made? Annie is great and she's pretty well fleshed out I think.
@@adampoveromo2134 I'm pretty sure no woman would support your dreams.
This movie is everything. It's a comedy, a drama, a family drama, a road trip movie, a time travel movie, a sports movie, it's fantasy and magical realism.
Dude, I know! I was just saying that! 😃
Kind of like _Local Hero_
Delightfully fun and wholesome!
Burt Lancaster is so effortlessly perfect here. He never took acting lessons; he just started out in film noirs after an injury as a circus acrobat and just picked it up from there. He was actually fortunate enough to have his first film be a starring role in a well-venerated film noir (The Killers from 1946) which immediately established him as a star performer in that genre before From Here to Eternity (1950) made him a household name.
From Here To Eternity was 1953
He also played Wyatt Earp with Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday in the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
@@65g4 whoops how did i miss that?
Great in everything! Even Atlantic city
A fun filming fact about their trip to Minnesota: the people that James Earl Jones is talking to in the bar aren't actors, they're regular people who actually knew the real Moonlight Graham (yes, Moonlight was a real person). All of their anecdotes about Moonlight are 100% real stories.
As she mentioned in the video.
@@Joe-gb3lu Regular Shanelle viewers know to wait until the end to comment on stuff like that 😎
Major League Baseball has played real regular season games on this Iowa farm the last couple of years. First MLB games ever in Iowa. Very nostalgic.
Actually, the MLB field is right next to the movie field. What I love us that this movie literally came true. People came just to play catch. "For it's money they have, but peace they lack".
"There's a man out there on your lawn." All these years later, and it still gives me goosebumps.
The music is perfect to set that tone
It's all about second chances to put things right...
...for the Eight...
...for Moonlight Graham...
...for Terence Mann...
...for Ray and his father.
It's lightning in a bottle.
And easing their pain.
The movie came out in 1989. I had been a father for 6 years and we were about to have our third kid. I was 32, so maybe 2 or 3 years younger than Ray Kinsella.
My dad died of brain cancer when he was 41 in 1973 when I was 15. He was a very different person the last year or year and a half of his life - we were already losing him just as I was turning 14.
My dad had spent a lot of time building his radio career, especially after we moved from Pontiac to Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was away a lot and I think it was really hard on my mom. A couple of my favorite memories with him were convincing him to play catch after the end of a Tigers game on TV (we lived in Pontiac, Michigan). It was not easy to convince him. So playing catch with my dad was really symbolic for me after he was gone. I never felt like I got enough - catch, or guidance, or just time. BUT, he did manage to get a couple of radio comp tickets to the 4th game of the 1968 World Series the Tigers played at Tiger Stadium in Detroit, an old ballpark from way back in the Black Sox era of baseball. That day was magical, and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
The scene at the end of the movie with Ray and his dad playing catch just destroyed me. Face completely wet with tears when the lights came up at the theater - everyone could see me. And Ray's giddiness on the road trip was a huge pleasure, especially when he convinced Terence to go to Minnesota (I've lived in Minneapolis since 1969) - buddies for life.
I'm here as another for whom this film had so much meaning. I was just a wide eyed kid in 1967 when my dad took me to the All Star Game. After the game we even got to meet Hank Aaron in the parking lot. 22 years later in 1989 I was the working adult newly engaged and my dad was retired when I took him to the All Star Game. It was my turn to do something for my dad and my second chance at an All Star game. This movie is all about second chances and it meant so much to me, especially coming out in 1989. My dad is long gone now of course but I still think of him from time to time. I hope he's playing catch somewhere.
I am crying all over again after reading your story.
Mine is different. I'm a girl and my dad is 83 years old now, I didn't lose him in my childhood, or even when I was young. But he was never emotionally available. He wasn't the guy that would play games with us, throw a ball around with us, shoot hoops, any of that. He's still not that guy. So this movie has always represented to me that little piece that I feel like I missed out on.
I'm so sorry you lost your father so young. I have many friends who lost parents in their childhood and I've always been grateful that I at least got to know mine as an adult, and have adult conversations, and try to understand them as an adult rather than a child.
I'm so glad you have the memories of having that catch and going to that World Series game. God bless.
@@msdarby515 thank you. I'm sorry your dad hasn't been how you wanted or deserved.
@@moeball740 We receive in Life what We need to help Us grow and ascend before We move on to Our next Life.@ Forum Borealis channel Playlist Clif High Beyond the Gates of Death Transmigration,Reincarnation,and the Metemphychosis video I experienced a terrible relationship with my Father also. Never got to say goodbye nor see him due to the false ********* @ Rumble @ Janet Ossebaard channel@ Fall of the Cabal Series Parts #1-27 Kept telling Dad about Part #10 The Return of the King but He would not listen. Enjoy.
I cry every. Single. Time. I watch this movie. It's so heartwarming.
Lancaster's scenes are masterful. A man that new his tools and what they looked like behind the lens. Like a tiny little stage just for you. True craftsmanship fitting a legend.
I have seen this movie countless times and when Doc steps over the line and changes it gets me everytime. And also the end with his dad
My father was on his way to getting a scholarship for playing baseball at Garfield High School in East L.A. back around 1966, while diving to catch a ball in the out field he landed with his knee right on top of a metal sprinkler head ending his chance to further his career in baseball. After 4 year serving in Vietnam with the US Army he came back home to start a family, when I became old enough to start playing little league he was my coach. I only lasted a year and a half, baseball just wasn't for me. Fast forward 30 years my then 8 year old daughter starts playing softball, that made him so happy but a life time of cigarette smoking started to catch up with him and he couldn't make it to most of her games. Her grandfather passed away 7 years ago now, having never seen his youngest granddaughter a pitcher throwing at 53mph at 12 years old. His blood runs through her, that's why she is that good. (its not because of me) This movie hits me a many levels, would I love to play catch with my father one more time? absolutely, but I'd get far more enjoyment watching him play with his granddaughters.
Stawwwwwwp! My gosh this comment section is worse than the movie! I'm now on like my fifth round of tears! ❤
Seriously, tho, beautifully told. I also wish your dad could have a catch with his granddaughters, or even, just go to a game.
In my family it's theater and music. Our mom was an actress and singer but married and became a stay at home mom. But she encouraged us and we all had experiences in theater and choir/voice throughout our high school and college years, with mom leading bake sales to earn money, volunteering as an escort to take kids to theater experiences, and in the front row for all of our performances even if we were barely on stage without any lines. She went to one college show because my brother had designed the set. 😂
My brother went the furthest, getting a Master's degree from a prestigious drama program that spends a year on the London stage. He then spent a year working as an actor on Broadway for a season, before he decided it wasn't the lifestyle to raise a family.(late nights, working every weekend, travel, etc., while his wife worked M-F, 9-5)
Now my nephew has been accepted to the IVY League of drama colleges (he was actually accepted to all four of the ones he auditioned) and will be studying there with an emphasis on opera.
Mom passed when he was in 7th grade, so she did get to see him perform several times, but he has grown in his skill set, just as your daughters have in theirs.
And now I need to go snuggle my Goldendoodle. I didn't realize watching this reaction would cause such emotional damage. LOL. God bless! ❤🥰
Everybody has something in there life, that one regret that if they had just one chance to see it through… When Joe says, “No Ray, it was you.” It was Ray’s feelings of regret that was talking to him that inspired him to build the field the whole time. I believe the field did represent heaven as it is the place where dreams come true and they get to erase that regret. One thing I was wondering was Terrence Man’s dream was to play at Ebbett’s Field, but it was tore down and he never got to play there. What does he see when he goes into the corn, does he cross over and is young again and sees Ebbett’s Field? Does he come back as a younger Terrence and play on the field with the other players, then walks off the field and becomes the older him to write about it. I can see why they didn’t show us that because the writer did not want to take away from Ray and his father, the center of the story. Powerful performance by Burt Lancaster. That scene when Joe says “You were good” and he smiles makes you tear up every time. I also had this other thought. They say ghosts or spirits may be trapped here on earth if they have any unresolved issues in life and maybe god was giving them a chance to resolve their issues because they were fundamentally good people. Like maybe Doc Graham couldn’t move on to Felicia until now. So maybe this isn’t heaven, but a place that gives them the chance to move on to there. Like Joe telling Archie he was good gave him the validation to move on and finally see his wife.
As a native Iowan the “Is this heaven?” line is THE line. 😂 I love when people get to see this for the first time. Great reaction.
"Is this Heaven?"
"Yes, it's Iowa."
Annie is absolutely perfect in this movie.
I one hundred percent agree. So many great scenes in this film, but my personal favorite is when Annie comes out of the school conference punching the air, all jazzed up from her fiery debate over book-banning. I grin ear to ear each time. Major League salute to Amy Madigan!
@@marsfalcon9250 that's exactly the scene I was thinking about. She really is great through the entire movie.
AGREE I LOVED HER
One of the few movies that will make the biggest alpha male weep! I saw this in the theater when it came out and it was hilarious to see all of the men in that theater trying really hard not to cry. RIP Ray Liotta. He was a gem in this movie.
You really have to be a dude with a dad to understand.
@@kevinramsey417 Please don’t misunderstand me. In no way am I mocking or saying mean things about men. I absolutely get the story and the themes of this movie. I should have been a little more clear. I went to the movie with my dad and he was a big burly macho kind of man. To see him tear up and sniffle watching this made my jaw drop straight to the floor. I looked around the theater and other men were doing that too. I wasn’t making fun. It was just surprising and very funny to me in that moment. I mean no disrespect.
There was a lot of dust in the theater that got in my eye when I was this the first time.
Likewise, and more for me, I was sitting next to a friend who had lost her mother a few months earlier. We sat there for minutes as she cried. I think the movie speaks to everyone who wishes one more X with a departed loved one.
@@glennlesliedance Well said.
Love this movie and yes I cry everytime. Grown men have been known to cry at this one. One of the things I think most people miss is it wasn’t just to ease Ray’s fathers pain but to ease Ray’s pain. Ray Liotta’s quote “no Ray it was you” is usually ignored by most people. One of the things I love is the question of “is this heaven” is left up to each indidvidual’s interpretation. I believe this movie eases all of our pain.
“There’s no crying in baseball!” I'm crying from the point Archie becomes Dr Graham to save Karin till the credits.
You're doing pretty good! I've seen it too many times and I think I cry, off an on, in anticipation. LOL
I cry when Karin tells him daddy there's a man on your lawn. And to be totally honest sometimes I don't even make it that long and cry when he hears The Voice! And then again when he and his wife have the same dream. Again when the men tell the stories of the real Archie Graham. Anytime Archie Graham mentions Alicia! And then usually from about the moment that Ray and his brother-in-law begin to argue and Karin tells her daddy that the people will come, till the end of the movie. LOL
And if I dry up anywhere along the way it's guaranteed I will be a blubbering mess when Ray asks his dad if he wants to have a catch. My husband wonders why I even want to watch it. LOL Although he did learn some time ago that sometimes us gals just need a movie to make us cry. It's healthy!
22:03 Not only a Tribute from his peers, but from the Audience as well. You were good, Burt Lancaster.
Love Amy Madigan in this. We need more women like her in 2023.
We always needed more Amy Madigan in movies! I love her and I'm sorry she wasn't in more movies, but her stereotype was just different and didn't match a lot of movies of that era. She definitely represented that awesome child/young adult of the sixties though. One of the best lines in the movie is when she tells the lady that she had two fifties and went right into the 70s. LOL
@@msdarby515 That whole scene is one my favorite of all time in movies. haha. Classic.
I saw this movie in the theaters when it first came out. I remember so vividly standing in line waiting for the earlier show to get out. What struck me was how many men were wiping tears from their eyes as they were exiting. I thought I was going in to see if baseball movie. What I saw instead was one of the most beautiful stories I had ever seen.
I really enjoy this film even though baseball isn't part of my life as I'm from the UK. I've learnt something as I certainly didn't know Moonlight Graham/Doc Graham was based on a real person. The scene with him coming off the field and changing back, is the part that gets me the most I have to say. Thanks as ever for the reaction.
"I hate when that happens" I see it as a father & son reconciliation and yes happy tears loved this movie.
Im so glad you did this movie, its one of my all time favorite films.
Field of Dreams and Big Fish get me every time. I lost my father when I was 20, and these movies remind me of the things that I missed later in life not having my father around.
Imagine watching both of those movies back to back on Father's Day... Anyone with a heart would be dehydrated from all the tears shed.
@@JeffKelly03 yeah, that would be too much!
@@JeffKelly03 you’d need a pack of Gatorade and an IV just to keep from passing out.
Shannele the Joe Jackson played for the 1908 Chicago White Sox, he's definitely dead 😂😂 Great movie about them, called 8 Men Out 😊
Yeah they say that shoeless joe died a couple decades earlier while you were complimenting Gabby Hoffmans limp sleeping action. Lol
Also, “No, it’s Iowa” IS a very famous quote from this movie that I’ve heard throughout my life (I don’t live in Iowa, I’m Canadian)
It’s been 70 years since they got kicked out of baseball, so no, they haven’t aged. It’s just some we’re young (shoeless joe) and some were older on the team.
Yeah I giggled when Shanelle said that. They would be at least 90 some maybe near 100. 🤔😉
"is this heaven? No, this is Iowa" IS the famous quote... well, A famous quote. This movie is full of them. And now you're done watching this, you're ready to watch the 2021 Field of Dreams game MLB organized... there's documentaries about it all over; it was magical
Two old former baseball players where sitting on their porch when they started wondering if there was baseball in heaven. They came to an agreement that whoever died first would come back and tell the other. As is to be expected one of them died and did indeed come back to his friend. "I have good news and bad news for you. The good news is that yes, there is baseball in heaven. The bad news is that you're scheduled to pitch tomorrow.
Since 1989, I can't watch the end of this movie without tearing up. I loved my dad and their solving their problem gets to me.
^~~ if its not obvious, this is one of my all time favorite films. I never get tired of it and it always tears me up at the end. Also, I'm not even a huge baseball fan, but James Earl Jones' speech about baseball at the end always makes me the biggest baseball fan for that 30-60 seconds of film lol.
I think a lot of people misremember the quote, not just you. It's been parodied so many times that I'm sure it was probably changed to "they" more than once in those parodies, so that's probably why.
Jones says, "People will come, Ray, people will definitely come." So, "If you build it, they will come" may not be a direct quote, but it can be inferred.
A very long time ago in the mid 90s, I met Canadian author WP Kinsella, whose book, Shoeless Joe, was the basis for the movie. Looking him up now while watching your reaction, I found out he died in 2016 at age 81. Somewhere I might still have an autographed copy of his book. It's been sometime since I've watched this. Great reaction.
So happy you were able to react to this one. The 'Have A Catch' scene still gives me chills. Caught it in theatre in 1989 and it remains my favorite Kevin Costner movie ⚾️👍
...and Costner has had some classic baseball movies. I'd never argue with someone that lists this one as their favorite. 😁
It's a crazy phenomenon, but ballplayers of the dead-ball era all DO look like they're middle aged, even when we know they were in their 20s and 30s. There are pictures of Hall of Fame shortstop Honus Wagner at age 29 that look like photos of a 60-year-old man. A lot of these guys came from hard childhoods, I guess. Also: every player depicted in the movie was indeed deceased by the time WP Kinsella wrote the book the film is based on.
I just Googled Honus Wagner and he looked like someone's Grandad! 😁 Holy moly! I thought you were exaggerating.
I read somewhere (not pertaining to this) that the photographs themselves made people look older as well. I don’t remember the reasoning - the longer exposure time required?? They took a picture of the same person with a modern camera and an antique camera, and she did indeed look significantly older.
I really enjoy the wholesome and fairytale feel of this film. That ending gets me every time.
This movie takes on a completely different meaning, I believe for men especially after the death of your father. That longing for a single catch again is gut wrenching. I never cried during the first 10 times I watched it before my father’s death. I cried like a baby the very next time, uncontrollably. That’s the powerful story a movie can convey.
My whole fam went out on a Thursday night to see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade at 7:30 but it was sold out so we bought tickets for the next showing and for Field of Dreams which had started 5 minutes before, having never even heard of it. We came in right as Costner first hears the voice. Literally no idea what was going on because we missed the whole little preamble with Shoeless Joe and Ray's histories. We all loved it, peed, got fresh cokes and popcorn and then I got to see my first Indiana Jones movie - in the freakin' theater! First double feature! Latest I had ever stayed out on a school night. Best movie night ever.
Yes, I've watched this movie many years ago, and yet I was weeping while watching the video.
At work.
And yes, it's a "Luke, I am your father" situation. It isn't just you.
Burt Lancaster was my first Classic Hollywood crush, after I saw him just dripping charisma in The Crimson Pirate while dressed in skin-tight leggings when I saw it on tv in the late ‘70s. It was only later that I realized what an amazing actor he was. I love him in The Sweet Smell of Success and then much later in Local Hero.
He is absolutely chilling in The Sweet Smell of Success! I think one of his best performances is in Luchino Visconti's The Leopard. It's a great actor whose physical performance shines through even when their dialogue is dubbed in Italian.
"Moonlight" Graham: "We just don't recognize life's most significant moments while they're happening. Back then I thought, "Well, there'll be other days." I didn't realize that that was the only day."
Thanks CZcams, for POINTLESSLY delaying Shanelle's upload! Oh well, being up on a sunday means a great start to my week with another awesome shanaction! 😃
The most fun I'd ever seen Burt Lancaster have with a role was in the 1983 film: Local Hero, as an oil mogul whose company sends a top negotiator to buy a small Scottish fishing town for a future refinery site. I've gotten such joy from this movie over the years. I think you'll really fall in love with it too.
Man, this one makes me tear up, especially since losing my father a few years ago. So, what I remember is back in the early 90s, McDonald's had a deal where you could buy VHS tapes for about $5.00! I still have the VHS to this day, and it has the M logo on the side. There was also a honey bunches of oats commercial that parodied the movie. The player says the classic, "Is this Heaven?" and the kid standing in for Karen replied, "No, it's breakfast." As always, thank you for what you do, and keep up the good work.
With any great motion picture score, the key to the music's emotional success isn't just the notes the composer chooses, but the orchestrations (assigning which types of musical instruments on which notes at which moments). It sounds like French horns during the end credits. When the music swells in the scene where Ray and John have a catch, it sounds like string instruments. A classic movie score!
You should watch Eight Men Out, which is based on the Blacksox incident involving the throwing of the world series.
One of the greatest sports movies of all time. It's absolutely beautiful and full of some terrific quotes. This movie oozes nostalgia. It isn't a perfect movie, but I still think it's wonderful and I wouldn't change a thing about it. And I'm so glad they edited in the "dad" part at the end because for me that makes it really hit hardest. This movie will make anyone cry.
I can anecdotally concur, it gets me every time for sure. I didn't know about the 'dad' add until this reaction, that word alone floods the ducts for me. o7
"People will come, Ray. People most definitely will come." That's my go-to phrase for trying a James Earl Jones impression.
According to a radio personality I used to listen to, there are only 3 reason a man can cry
1 A parent has died
2 you dog died
3 "Hey Dad, want to have a catch"
chocks me up every time
don't forget Cat's in the Cradle song.
"We're not in Kansas anymore." -Office Space, 1999.
Disclaimer:
While that is true, it did occur on the first date scene as our hero read Ms. Anistons' 'flare'...I reallize it is from the Wizard of Oz.
The secret in the story is that
'The Voice' Ray hears in the cornfield, is actually his own.
Its his conscience telling him what to do, what he NEEDS to do, in order to fulfill long suppressed dreams, and to have the courage to go through with it.
Dreams, like having one final' chance to take back that 'awful' thing he said to his dad, and to be able to play catch with him
one more time.
By being selfless, thinking only of others, and facilitating their dreams, Ray finally gets,
"Whats in it for, me?"
"Ease his pain" is the wish that Ray's heart made for himself.
He was rewarded.
His home becomes heaven.
23:35 This film does a *perfect* job of reminding you of the father and also making it a surprise when he actually shows up.
Kevin Costner was just killing it for a long time! So many great movies 😊 and still going 🤠 From the very young Kevin Costner in Silverado to Open Range. And a lot of sports movies. Like For The Love Of The Game.
and then.. Waterworld!
Fandango is one of my favorite road movies.
@@disconnexionsdotcom I get it,Waterworld wasn't critically acclaimed. But I didn't think it was bad.
I have watched this film many times and watched every reaction I can find on CZcams. I tear up every time. This might be a guy thing, but maybe not always. I would like to point out that this is not a baseball movie. It is movie about purpose and regret in men’s’ lives. All of the male characters are examining regret and purpose in their lives. A Baseball field is the setting, but that is because Ray related to his father through baseball.
There are so many things you pick up each time you watch it. Like Ray makes sure he introduces John to his granddaughter.
That scene in Graham's office is ninja-level lethal. Ray is absolutely in the right when he talks about the tragedy of failing to accomplish your dreams and Graham just effortlessly and humorously tells him "If I'd only been a doctor for 5 minutes, that would've been a tragedy" and you see the wind just suck out of Ray's sails as he realizes that he's right. Just humbles a person to the core. The sheer, uncomplicated decency of the man is overwhelming at room tone.
"If you build it THEY will come" is one of the most common "Mandela Effect" mistakes that people make.
This movie was so impactful that MLB started playing a game in Dyersville in 2021.
the filmmaker perspective here is why i watch these. pure gold. took me a bit to notice that energy. good energy. passes the vibe check.
When Kevin Costner is interviewing the older townsfolk about "Moonlight" Grahame, they actually WERE genuine townspeople, not actors, they KNEW Doc, and they WERE actually retelling tales of the real person, ......those stories WERE true, he really was a kindly philanthropic sort who looked after the poorer kids of town, those are genuine stories and genuine reminiscences, not fake stuff from the movie script......it's beautiful, I'm British, so I'm indifferent to baseball in general, but this is a movie that touches everyone, and I love it!
James Earl Jones is everyone's Mufasa lol you know you've got an iconic voice when they remake a movie, and recast every single voice roll.... except yours.
As a father who’s son is now grown, playing catch with him as a kid is one of the memories I will cherish.
"Is this Heaven? ~ No, it's Iowa" *is* an incredibly famous quote from this movie.
This movie makes all men cry. Nothing like playing catch with your dad. Barney Stinson said it best…
“A Bro never cries. Exceptions: Watching Field of Dreams, E.T., or a sports legend retire.”
Barney Stinson never seemed like he played sports in his life.
Highly recommend everyone comes to visit the field of dreams. The field is still there and it's beautiful.
Burt Lancaster, nothing physically that man couldn't do. Old school Hollywood royalty!
I'm pretty sure the line most associated with Field of Dreams isn't even a quote from the movie, and it goes like this, "*sob* I don't even like baseball! Why am I crying? *sob*"
field of dreams is our generations it's a wonderful life. it's all about father's and sons, and is my favorite movie of all time. and yes, i break down and cry like a baby every single time i watch it. i actually cried just watching your reaction. my dad died the same year this classic film came out, and never got to see it.
You have quickly became my favorite reactor, keep up the good work!❤
Kelly Preston played the love interest/female lead in both "Jerry Maguire" and "For Love of the Game", and died of breast cancer in July of 2020.
BTW, if you're driving from Boston to Iowa, passing through a corner of Minnesota is no big deal.
For what it's worth, if you're driving from Boston to DYERSVILLE, Iowa, passing through a corner of Minnesota is not nothing; and passing through CHISOLM, Minnesota is a serious deal. It would be roughly equivalent to doing the return trip by way of Quebec City, Quebec.
I will admit that every time I watch field of dreams I too get a bit teary eyed towards the end of the film and I have to make faces to stop myself from having tears run down my cheeks and seeing the last few minutes in your video almost done it to me again so your not alone when it comes to that shanelle. Glad you enjoyed field of dreams.
I was 18 when this movie came out and, for me, it was the very first movie I saw Ray Liotta in. When I heard about Ray Liotta's passing, this was the movie I watched that day in his memory. And the actor who plays Ray's father, Dwier Brown, was on an episode of my favorite TV series, Firefly. That scene at the end with Ray and his dad was my favorite part.
Great reaction Shan. This is definitely one of the greatest feel good tear jerkers Hollywood ever produced. "Is this Heaven? No this is Iowa " was probably as famous as "If you build it .." when the movie came out. But pop culture has run with the latter one far more than the first. Not sure why.
Again fantastic job kiddo. You're one of the best reactors out there. Another nostalgia movie made in the 80s that you might love is The Big Chill. Editing it might be difficult because of how much the soundtrack is woven into the story, but it will be worth it. You'll be dancing in your chair most of the time.
I grew up in Iowa and "Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa" was definitely a big movie quote. It was on bumper stickers, t-shirts, etc. I remember going to visit the field in Dyersville where they filmed it when I was a kid.
It's definitely a "Luke, I am your father" effect at work on that line. After the movie came out, a lot of shows and movies parodied it. "Wayne's World 2" has the line as "If you book them, they will come", and I think that line is probably the most responsible for distorting people's memories of the *real* quote.
24:21 - Have I told you already how much I love your reactions? 🥰
"How many people are weeping right now"
*raises hand*
Every...single...time.
This is one of the many I caught on cable, several years later. So not when it came out. But I loved it that first time I watched it, and the 57 re-watches that followed. Still love it to this day. So glad you finally got to this one, and that you liked it as much as I did! 😊
Every freaking time when he asks his dad for a catch I still lose it. My favorite moving
I lost my dad years ago to cancer. The end scene gets me everytime!
Hooray! We got weepy, blubbery Shan for the first time in a little bit.
(does the wave)
Count me among the legion of dudes who cry every time I hear the "hey dad, wanna have a catch?" line.
Who's peeling onions in here?
I'm not crying! You're crying!
I cry every time I see this movie. It just hits me right in the feels. Love the actors and the story and the nostalgia is great. Please also react to another JEJones movie with Robert DuVall, A Family Thing. It’s not to be missed!
Hi again Shanelle. The field is still there. In fact they built another one right near the one in the movie and every year Major league Baseball plays an actual big league game on the 2nd field. The players enter the field via the corn too.
"I never forgave him for getting old" I know you made a face when he said it but lots of guys can relate to that line.
I just keep rewatching the last 5 minutes of your reaction as it all plays out - so wholesome 🥹
Never can make it through that scene at the end without some dust getting in my eye.
Another great movie about the story of the "Black Sox Scandal" of 1919 is Eight Men Out." (1989)
Its a pretty historical look at the story of the scandle that led to the eight players being thrown out of professional baseball for life
One of the best lines, in all the years of Hollywood...... *"Is this Heaven?......No, it's Iowa"*
"IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME"... That phrase it was used as a sides kick in one episode of a TV show Married with Children.
Good fun awesome baseball movie, thanks so much for reacting to this. As a baseball fan who’s father passed when I was little “hey dad do you want to have a catch” kills me every time. Great movie
Thanks for reacting to this, one of my top 10 favorites.
Great reaction, as always. Insightful.
I did see this film when it first came out, and yes, I was weeping at the end. My dad was still alive then, but not for long. 😢
I have always thought that Terry is a version of the prophet Elijah, who supposedly went directly into Heaven without dying, and so is able to return to deliver messages from God.
The raised hands supporting Annie are a mirror of Ray among the cornstalks.
Phil Alden-Robinson who adapted the book and directed was offered the book by a female studio exec who said he should read it. When she told him it was about a farmer who heard voices and then built a baseball field Phil said no, not my type of story but took the book home to please her. He picked it up later that night and could not put it down and thought Ive got to make this a movie. So I guess its about holding on to and pursuing your dreams, believing your vision when no one else can see it. Wonderful film. When Liotta says 'You we're good' he meant it as much for Lancaster who wasn't so well and in his last role as a tribute to him. Now Ray's gone to Iowa too.