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You guys shd not be saying she doesn't tear up. It's making me want to stop the view and go to another reactor. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Of course, she tears up. She said she did. I believe her. No one doesn't get lumpy in the throat over this movie. It's like the Green Mile. No one doesn't tear up over these. Are there really no good reaction moments? I'll have to see.🙂 It would bug me more is her having no feelings for the game itself.😂
@@kai_mastersyou will get a lot more likes and subscribers if you let your emotions flow free. Trust me. If you don't cry during these types of movies, people will think you're a sociopath. lolol :D
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the people they talk to about "Doc" Graham were real people(not actors) who actually knew him while he was alive(yes, Doc Graham was a real person too!) and they were actually recounting their own reminiscences of him, which is a wonderful touch. The brilliant mix of fact and fiction in this movie, and the genuine "heart" and warmth of the story makes this one of my all-time favourite movies. I'm British, so baseball doesnt mean a great deal to me as such, but the sentiment and the feeling of loss and regret when we lose a beloved dad is real, very real..........I can't watch this movie without getting choked up at certain points in it, and no matter how many times I watch it, I get emotional.......
Some people don't react to the ending, they're not emotional, the first time i saw this film and his father appeared, I couldnt stop crying for a long time, and i still do. What the eyes see in most people including men, the floodgates open and can't be stopped. We're all different but I'll never understand it. Wouldnt we all when our father has died, do anything to see him again on this earth.....
I fought to retain my composure because, if I didn’t, I’d break down lol. It was definitely an emotional moment. There are a few other TV and movie reactions I did where I lost it or came very close 😥
I have watched this film many times, and watched every reaction I can find. I get emotional every time. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the characters and what they represent, as well as observing how different people perceive and react to the film. Here are some of my thoughts. All the major male characters embody forms of regret in a man's life. Ray is following his own path, has a family, and has the life he wants for himself. But he suffers from regret over his failure to reconcile with his father before his father's death. Shoeless Joe achieved great fame and reached the peak of his profession. But then he lost it all. The true events remain unclear, but the film suggests his dreams were unjustly taken from him. Terrence Mann achieved his goals, but became disillusioned and abandoned the thing that gave purpose to his life. Dr Graham sacrificed one dream to pursue another. He is satisfied with this choice but tormented by not knowing what would have happened if he had followed another path. Ray's father John fell short and never achieved his dreams. It is implied that he was unable to come to peace with that and became obsessed or embittered, leading to the falling out with Ray. Mark has become cynical and has abandoned whatever dreams he once had in the pursuit of money and material. He cannot even see the dreams unfolding around him. In the course of events, Ray brings peace to all of these men and then ultimately to himself. Shoeless Joe gets to play again and feels healed. Terrence Mann gets to write again. It is implied that his story, via some sort of time shift, is what brings crowds of people to the field. It could be that Terrence Mann was already dead when Ray met him, but I'm not sure. Dr Graham finds out that he was good enough to play in the majors. And with that knowledge, he still chooses to become a doctor. John Kinsella get to play in the majors and make peace with his son. Mark becomes able to see dreams again. And of course Ray gets to make things right with his father.
one of my favorite reactions is by Madison. You have very good insights there. I'm surprised that I'm still finding new things as I watch more reactions. Here is one thing - only baseball players are allowed on that field. Let's interpret that as unalive baseball players appear from the cornfield - or that's their way of coming to the field of dreams where they can play again. With this interpretation we now understand why it was a mystery that Terence was invited to "come along." First, he had already passed away but more important is that he is not a baseball player. The cornfield being a metaphor or the avenue where unalive baseball players can come back, this means that they were giving an exception for Terence Mann. No one else is invited. And then Terence himself answers - "it was because I gave an interview..." It was this interview where he expressed a love for the game that he is given an exception to visit only where baseball players are allowed and also so that he can write about it. "Shoeless Joe comes to Iowa." Yes we've come full circle! The cornfield and the baseball field are tied to each other. The players "cannot leave" as we can see. The cornfield is the door... but only baseball players come through there. Ray's dad was a baseball player too "but nothing much came of it." Archie did a roundabout way of getting on the field. Maybe because he had left the game as a youngster so he had to come back by hitching a ride. But we also saw that he left by way of the cornfield, now respected by other players but no longer able to come back to play on the field after stepping beyond it. Everyone through the cornfield is a baseball player with the exception of Terence. "If I had the courage to go through with it..." and he did go through the cornfield. I like your idea that he went back in time to when he was alive to write about the field in Iowa which brought people coming in droves... "with dreams thick around them like summer flies..."
There are 30 million guys in the US that dreamt of being a major league baseball player. This is their emotional reunion with the game. I have been to the field 3 times so far.
They actually had a game a couple years ago with the white sox and yankees on that field. Kevin costner was there and they wore the old jerseys. The game was amazing with such a hollywood ending, so awesome! You should check out some clips of it on youtube, you wont be dissapointed. Great reaction as always!
Dower Brown who played Ray’s father John wrote a book about his experience filming this movie. I met him at a Sports Card show 4 years ago. A gentleman who was very nice and easy to talk to .
Terence Mann was a fictional character. The writer they were originally protesting was D.H. Lawrence, but his surviving family threatened to sue if they used his name in the movie. Despite James Earl Jones' speech about baseball near the end of the movie, he is not a baseball fan.
My father was not into sports and so I was not either. We never played catch, but when Ray asks, "Hey, dad? ...You wanna have a catch?" I lose it. What human being doesn’t want a little more time with a parent who has passed away? I miss you Dad .....and mom. ✌️
Your analysis throughout was pretty accurate. I imagine the emotional significance of "having a catch" with your dad is something that is not so easy to relate to for every viewer of this movie. There are multiple scenes or lines in this movie that move me to tears, but I recognize that it's more about my reaction than it is yours. I think you're correct to say this movie is about following dreams, but it's also about the power of faith on multiple levels. Not religious faith, but faith in what is good, faith in family, faith in what's true or what could be true. Terence Mann's character is the best example. When he says, "what did I see, Ray", it reveals that he had faith, lost it, but was just a little nudge from having it restored. That scene is so powerful and relatable after seeing the movie countless times. I think the movie demonstrates that whether faith comes easy, or with a little effort, or only with overwhelming evidence, faith is its own reward.
Great interpretation! You’re absolutely correct to say that faith and belief play a huge role in the movie. That’s aptly demonstrated when only the people that believe can see the baseball players.
I think the only timeline altering events were when Terrence went back in time to publish the story about the field. Moonlight Graham was already dead but his ghost was lingering around in limbo because his walk and conversation with Ray stuck with him before he died so he held onto that dream until he was picked up on the drive back to Iowa. The conversation in the past was also time altering in the sense that Ray extended the offer to Graham to come with him, it just would not happen until after he died.
If there was ever a movie called "Easiest Way to make grown men cry," it would not be as emotional as this movie. The idea of Ray getting to meet his father's hero, introducing his deceased father to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and fully getting to make amends to his deceased father. There's no further emotion you need.
Ray's daughter was receiving information and same with Terrance , just like Annie his wife did in the dream, they just knew that info, it was like being fed to them. Doc sacrificed his career to be a doctor, he then when playing in the game hit a sacrifice fly ball, then once again sacrificed his playing to save the daughter. I do not see it as anything to do with timelines, its not changing history, it is fulfilling dreams in heaven, for the players,Doc, and Ray's Dad.The film always brings a tear to my eye when viewing it.
The hard part of farming is the hours you spend in the crops to keep the weeds out and keeping the right amount of water without over watering then harvest time and cant get enough back to do it the following year
One of the best "Baseball" movies ever made, IMO. Like you said, this story is about chasing your dreams and keeping faith in what you believe in. Terrance Mann was played by James Earl Jones, a great actor, as well as "Doc" Archie "Moonlight" Graham, who was played by Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster. The overall cast was most excellent, Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, the redhead, the guy who played the young "Moonlight" Graham, he was also in "Pulp Fiction", briefly. When Ray's dad shows up at the end, it gets me EVERY time, and now I know it's coming. If you want to show someone from a foreign land what America is all about, show them THIS movie, and they will get it. Great review and reaction.
"Filed of Dreams": "Is this Heaven? Yes, it's Iowa." 13:30 As I recall, "Terence Mann" is standing in for J. D. Salinger, who refused to have his name associated with this movie. 17:46 Dr. Archibald Graham was a real Baseball player who became a medical doctor. And it came to pass that the "Field of Dreams" movie site does exactly what was suggested. People come to play a game, throw the ball, and mend family connections broken over the years.
A full sized baseball field takes about 4 acres of land, and if that's a make or break reality of making your costs or not, you need to get out of farming.
Are you you factoring in the costs to build the field with all the flood lights, dugout fences, infield dirt, stands, etc ? That's tens of thousands of dollars. Plus attention away from the rest of farm. And remember, before the end, there was a $0 in return for that massive investment. It was a huge net loss on his books.
"my dream was to stare down a major league pitcher. Then I'd wink at him as he wound up just to see what would happen." The movie isn't about time traveling even though they depicted time slipping around in maybe 4 occasions. It's a field where dreams come true.
@@kai_masters 😊 I also like the part when John described what heaven is like, and then Ray looks around at his home and his wife and daughter and the farm. It was picture perfect and a dream come true. Then Ray thinks to himself yes, this might just be heaven. He doesn't answer this question glibly as he did before 🙂 There are significant moments in our lives but we don't recognize them at the time. If only we could travel back... That often is the regret.
They used to not wear helmets back in the day. I even remember some guys not wearing batting helmets as a little kid watching the Tigers in the early 70s. Some didn't want to be slowed down by the heavier headpiece. Or some found it uncomfortable, like a football helmet which may look cool, but it crushes your head. Baseball helmets aren't really like that, though. But nobody wore them in the early 1900s.
@kai_masters I played in my early teens and an older player, a pitcher who was a bully hit me in the back near the kidneys. Later that same season, in a one-game playoff, another pitcher got me in the thigh. He wasn't a bully and asked if I was okay. It gave me a Charlie Horse (upper leg bruise/injury) but I was glad to be awarded first base, like a walk. That's where the term "taking one for the team" originated, I guess.😬🙂
The scene with the fuel lines freezing reminds me of an experience in the army. I was stationed in West Germany ( 1985 - 1988 ) and we were out training ( playing war games ). It was winter and very cold. Each tent had a heater that was gravity fed by a five gallon can of diesel sitting outside the tent. It got so cold the diesel was turning to gel and wouldn't flow through the line. Diesel can gel at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. We had to switch to gasoline which doesn't gel until 10 - 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
This movie is not about time travel. They were all the spirits of dead baseball players. When they went into the corn, they passed back into the afterlife
However I see what happened to Terrance Mann as a sort of transcendence. He kind of hinted at the power he knew he had to affect people. He said if he published a new book that people would go crazy and they did as he inspired thousands of people to visit the field. his popularity wore him out but In an way he was reborn into a messiah figure.
Nice comments... When Ray rubbed off the license plate grime to show '72 - effectively he had time traveled... But... not really. He's visiting a ghost or the image/thoughts/ideas/dreams of a ghost. The setting was just in 1972, but it was not the real 1972 (we can patent this interpretation hahaha 🙂) I do believe they slip around in time but... not to alter any events. I believe none of the past is changed but it's possible to alter the future or to affect the future. Also we see the young version of Ray's father. This is using the same mechanism as seeing and meeting Archie both when he was old and when he was young. The field of dreams is usually the temporal place (more precisely the baseball field outside of time) - but this "field of dreams" transformed into the streets of 1972 at night with the moon out. It's an entirely different setting where Ray met and talked with Doc Graham but it's gotta be the same mechanism that creates the playing field as a meeting ground or playing ground. In this same sense, there were two memories of ghosts riding in the van with Ray. Young Archie is both aware and unaware that he is also old Doc Graham just like young John knows his son Ray. They are all after-images and can appear young like when they played baseball.
@@mannygee005if it wasnt time travel then how do you explain the ending? It seemed like Terrance Mann traveled back in time to publish "Shoeless Joe goes to Iowa" which is what triggered the line of people at the end. Unless you feel it's a shared dream that thousands shared, kinda like in Close Encounters of a third kind.
Other baseball movie suggestions: A League of Their Own (about women playing ball while the men were away in WW2), The Sandlot (about kids playing ball on summer break, really gives you an idea of what baseball means to many of us).
if you get a chance then please visit dyersville, iowa where you can visit where the movie was filmed and there's a baseball museum that's owned by the guy who played ray's father in this movie
Kevin Costner made 3 baseball movies, this one, Bull Durham, and For Love Of The Game, all of which are about more than just baseball. If you're feeling adventurous you might give the other two a try. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this one!
What makes every reactor think that those who come will be able to see these players? And what makes everyone so crazy that they'll come to see dead baseball stars? I guess they had to keep Ray's farm somehow.
This is the first time I’ve seen the field described as a time machine lol. To me it’s more of some afterlife situation. Kind of like a gateway back and forth to here and the afterlife. It is definitely a movie where you need to accept it as a dreamlike movie rather than a movie where reality is being altered imo.
I visited the site on a family road trip in 92 and had a catch with my dad there. We were in Iowa for a family reunion. My dads cousin owned the farm you can see in the background in a lot of the shots. They had it during the filming and it’s still in the family
9:40, I used to be in the RAF, and flying fast jets, the majority of the pilots said that they would pay for the privilege of doing it instead of being paid.
look up the making of field of dreams its an interesting thing to watch just about any movie i like i look for the making of it to see interesting makings and this one tells that there is a farm in Iowa for people to visit
KAI MASTERS: I'm leaving this comment because I like you & want to see your reaction videos be successful. It feels like you watched only the video parts of Field of Dreams that you show in your reaction video, instead of watching or paying closer attention to the entire movie (as every person doing a reaction video should). For example, you said, "He should take his daughter's advice & sell tickets," after Terrence Mann psychically knew & said people will freely DONATE $20, which meant he didn't need to "sell tickets." Also, his daughter never said, "sell tickets." She said only that "people will come." This movie wasn't about making money. It was entertainingly about relationships and regrets and mending them.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. Due to copyright challenges, we can only show part of the movie and my reaction to it. I think my comment came fairly early and in the film although it has been a while. I was trying to think of a solution to their financial woes. Also I realize that the point of the movie was to follow your dreams and relationships are a major part of it. However, I appreciate your feedback and hope you enjoyed the reaction.
A Canadian Kathleen Turner? Love it. You're very observant; and as a watcher, your observations are valuable. Suggestion: Coppola's 'Peggy Sue got married' with her in it.
Great reaction to an awesome movie. The players, whatever the age they were when they died, appear on the field as the age they were as players. Young Archie, who was describing the way a lot of young men in the '20s (like my own grandfather who played for a couple of years in this way at the end of the 1910s/early 1920s) played semi-pro baseball on town teams. Suspension of disbelief is the term you meant, of course. It's at times misspoken as 'suspension of belief' but that means refusing to believe in something while the actual term is believing in something in spite of the reasons not to. We use suspension of disbelief to be able to watch and enjoy movies of unrealistic/impossible things, and read books about such things too. Got it right later. Nevermind. 😛 There were two balls in Archie's at bat, but if a batter is hit by a pitch he is automatically given a base. So a single pitch that hits a batter would be the same as getting four balls before a hit or a strikeout. That was why the pitcher wasn't likely to actually hit him, though it was still possible. 😀 I love how, as Terry enters the corn, his deep laugh gradually becomes higher pitched, like that of the boy he once was who dreamed of playing ball at Ebbets Field. Dwier Brown, who played young John Kinsella, wrote a book called "If You Build It..." which has stories from behind the scenes off the movie as well as stories told to him by fans of the movie about how it affected them. In it he also talks about how his experiences helped him become closer with his own father. Absolutely worth a read. I always thought that the big lesson from the movie was to keep dreaming and working to realize your dreams as best as you can, even if they change (and they often will). Mark was so wrapped up in the reality that he didn't really have any dreams anymore, which is why he didn't see the players. Until something happened to shock him out of his limited viewpoints.
Great analysis and information! You are very knowledgeable about the film. I agree that following your dreams is one of the main themes. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the reaction 😊
@@kai_masters A friend of mine always joked about how this was the one movie that made me more teary eyed than it made her. It really speaks to the difficulty in relationships between fathers and sons. My father passed away last April and though we had our issues when I was a teen I am glad that we had the chances to repair and improve our relationship in the decades since I stopped being a teen. Still, I tear up even more now that he is gone and wish we could pay catch again like when I was a kid.
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Two truly "old Hollywood" fantasy baseball movies that are very worth watching are: "Angels in the Outfield" from 1951and "It Happens Every Spring" made in 1949. Angels was remade some years ago but the original is the one you want to see.
Fun reaction Andrea... Kevin Costner played baseball in college at one of the top college baseball programs Cal State Fullerton in California until he knew he didn't have what it took to play professionally and became an actor. BTW pitchers don't wear safety equipment 😊 .
Great reaction Kai like always, I really like this movie, There are some fun facts about this movie, its based on W.P. Kinsella’s novel “Shoeless Joe,” and initially shared the same name, the final title is much closer to Kinsella’s preferred name for the book. His novel was nearly titled “Dreamfield.” Following Ray Kinsella's lead, the baseball-obsessed Costner has even built his own field, too. He has one located on his ranch in Aspen, Colo., and it comes complete with stadium lights, a pitching machine and a sound system. If you've got $250,000 laying around, you can even rent the property for the week. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were extras in this movie. Damon was 17 years old and Affleck turned 16 during the summer of 1988, when the film shot on location for the scenes in Fenway Park. More than a decade later Affleck would star in Robinson's The Sum of All Fears; on the first day of shooting, he reportedly told Robinson: "Nice working with you again." And this was Burt Lancaster's last film to play in theaters. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching! Never knew about Affleck and Damon as extras before their careers really took off. I think it’s very cool to hear how the actors in some of the movies resemble the characters that they’re playing! I think “Dreamfield” would have been a great title! 👍
Well thats a first. someone who didnt get even a little emotional when he ask his dad for catch. Please watch it again and remember its just a movie and anything can happen in a movie.
I did get a little emotional at that moment for sure…maybe the edit made it look otherwise? We needed to re-edit several times to get it through RUclips’s copyright filters. Thanks for watching!
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How anyone can watch this movie, especially the ending, and not get a little teary-eyed is beyond me
I did tear up a bit but maybe I tried too hard to hide it lol
I'm not crying, you're crying. :)
You guys shd not be saying she doesn't tear up. It's making me want to stop the view and go to another reactor. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Of course, she tears up. She said she did. I believe her. No one doesn't get lumpy in the throat over this movie. It's like the Green Mile. No one doesn't tear up over these. Are there really no good reaction moments? I'll have to see.🙂 It would bug me more is her having no feelings for the game itself.😂
@@kai_mastersyou will get a lot more likes and subscribers if you let your emotions flow free. Trust me. If you don't cry during these types of movies, people will think you're a sociopath. lolol :D
@jtphenom0811 Thanks for your feedback. If you want to see teary reactions, there are probably at least half a dozen of my videos that meet that criteria. Feel free to check out my reactions to Rocky III, Rocky IV, Squid Game Episode 6, Breaking Bad Season 2, Episode 12, and others.
the people they talk to about "Doc" Graham were real people(not actors) who actually knew him while he was alive(yes, Doc Graham was a real person too!) and they were actually recounting their own reminiscences of him, which is a wonderful touch. The brilliant mix of fact and fiction in this movie, and the genuine "heart" and warmth of the story makes this one of my all-time favourite movies. I'm British, so baseball doesnt mean a great deal to me as such, but the sentiment and the feeling of loss and regret when we lose a beloved dad is real, very real..........I can't watch this movie without getting choked up at certain points in it, and no matter how many times I watch it, I get emotional.......
Wow! I love how they blur the lines between fantasy and reality in not only the film but also in the process of making it!
Some people don't react to the ending, they're not emotional, the first time i saw this film and his father appeared, I couldnt stop crying for a long time, and i still do.
What the eyes see in most people including men, the floodgates open and can't be stopped.
We're all different but I'll never understand it.
Wouldnt we all when our father has died, do anything to see him again on this earth.....
I fought to retain my composure because, if I didn’t, I’d break down lol. It was definitely an emotional moment. There are a few other TV and movie reactions I did where I lost it or came very close 😥
This movie is responsible for so many random dad hugs.
Dad hugs are the best!
I have watched this film many times, and watched every reaction I can find. I get emotional every time. I have spent a lot of time thinking about the characters and what they represent, as well as observing how different people perceive and react to the film. Here are some of my thoughts.
All the major male characters embody forms of regret in a man's life. Ray is following his own path, has a family, and has the life he wants for himself. But he suffers from regret over his failure to reconcile with his father before his father's death. Shoeless Joe achieved great fame and reached the peak of his profession. But then he lost it all. The true events remain unclear, but the film suggests his dreams were unjustly taken from him. Terrence Mann achieved his goals, but became disillusioned and abandoned the thing that gave purpose to his life. Dr Graham sacrificed one dream to pursue another. He is satisfied with this choice but tormented by not knowing what would have happened if he had followed another path. Ray's father John fell short and never achieved his dreams. It is implied that he was unable to come to peace with that and became obsessed or embittered, leading to the falling out with Ray. Mark has become cynical and has abandoned whatever dreams he once had in the pursuit of money and material. He cannot even see the dreams unfolding around him.
In the course of events, Ray brings peace to all of these men and then ultimately to himself. Shoeless Joe gets to play again and feels healed. Terrence Mann gets to write again. It is implied that his story, via some sort of time shift, is what brings crowds of people to the field. It could be that Terrence Mann was already dead when Ray met him, but I'm not sure. Dr Graham finds out that he was good enough to play in the majors. And with that knowledge, he still chooses to become a doctor. John Kinsella get to play in the majors and make peace with his son. Mark becomes able to see dreams again. And of course Ray gets to make things right with his father.
Wow! Excellent analysis! Agreed on all points!
Have the see the "Rob Squad" reaction to the film? The girl bawls at the end 😄
one of my favorite reactions is by Madison.
You have very good insights there. I'm surprised that I'm still finding new things as I watch more reactions. Here is one thing - only baseball players are allowed on that field. Let's interpret that as unalive baseball players appear from the cornfield - or that's their way of coming to the field of dreams where they can play again. With this interpretation we now understand why it was a mystery that Terence was invited to "come along." First, he had already passed away but more important is that he is not a baseball player. The cornfield being a metaphor or the avenue where unalive baseball players can come back, this means that they were giving an exception for Terence Mann. No one else is invited. And then Terence himself answers - "it was because I gave an interview..." It was this interview where he expressed a love for the game that he is given an exception to visit only where baseball players are allowed and also so that he can write about it. "Shoeless Joe comes to Iowa." Yes we've come full circle!
The cornfield and the baseball field are tied to each other. The players "cannot leave" as we can see. The cornfield is the door... but only baseball players come through there. Ray's dad was a baseball player too "but nothing much came of it." Archie did a roundabout way of getting on the field. Maybe because he had left the game as a youngster so he had to come back by hitching a ride. But we also saw that he left by way of the cornfield, now respected by other players but no longer able to come back to play on the field after stepping beyond it. Everyone through the cornfield is a baseball player with the exception of Terence. "If I had the courage to go through with it..." and he did go through the cornfield. I like your idea that he went back in time to when he was alive to write about the field in Iowa which brought people coming in droves... "with dreams thick around them like summer flies..."
There are 30 million guys in the US that dreamt of being a major league baseball player. This is their emotional reunion with the game. I have been to the field 3 times so far.
The story of "Moonlight" Graham is a true story.
They actually had a game a couple years ago with the white sox and yankees on that field. Kevin costner was there and they wore the old jerseys. The game was amazing with such a hollywood ending, so awesome! You should check out some clips of it on youtube, you wont be dissapointed. Great reaction as always!
Wow! That sounds very cool! I will definitely have to look that up! Thanks for watching! 😎
Dower Brown who played Ray’s father John wrote a book about his experience filming this movie. I met him at a Sports Card show 4 years ago. A gentleman who was very nice and easy to talk to .
That sounds like a great experience 👍
Terence Mann was a fictional character. The writer they were originally protesting was D.H. Lawrence, but his surviving family threatened to sue if they used his name in the movie.
Despite James Earl Jones' speech about baseball near the end of the movie, he is not a baseball fan.
The movie: Playing as it should.
Kai Master: My CPU is a neural net processor, a learning computer.
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My father was not into sports and so I was not either. We never played catch, but when Ray asks, "Hey, dad? ...You wanna have a catch?" I lose it.
What human being doesn’t want a little more time with a parent who has passed away?
I miss you Dad .....and mom.
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Not much ppl know but the Sholess joe Jackson stuff was real
Your analysis throughout was pretty accurate.
I imagine the emotional significance of "having a catch" with your dad is something that is not so easy to relate to for every viewer of this movie.
There are multiple scenes or lines in this movie that move me to tears, but I recognize that it's more about my reaction than it is yours.
I think you're correct to say this movie is about following dreams, but it's also about the power of faith on multiple levels. Not religious faith, but faith in what is good, faith in family, faith in what's true or what could be true.
Terence Mann's character is the best example. When he says, "what did I see, Ray", it reveals that he had faith, lost it, but was just a little nudge from having it restored. That scene is so powerful and relatable after seeing the movie countless times.
I think the movie demonstrates that whether faith comes easy, or with a little effort, or only with overwhelming evidence, faith is its own reward.
Great interpretation! You’re absolutely correct to say that faith and belief play a huge role in the movie. That’s aptly demonstrated when only the people that believe can see the baseball players.
I think the only timeline altering events were when Terrence went back in time to publish the story about the field. Moonlight Graham was already dead but his ghost was lingering around in limbo because his walk and conversation with Ray stuck with him before he died so he held onto that dream until he was picked up on the drive back to Iowa. The conversation in the past was also time altering in the sense that Ray extended the offer to Graham to come with him, it just would not happen until after he died.
Definitely a movie in which you suspend your disbelief!
If there was ever a movie called "Easiest Way to make grown men cry," it would not be as emotional as this movie. The idea of Ray getting to meet his father's hero, introducing his deceased father to his daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and fully getting to make amends to his deceased father. There's no further emotion you need.
It’s the ultimate form of closure 🥲
Ray's daughter was receiving information and same with Terrance , just like Annie his wife did in the dream, they just knew that info, it was like being fed to them. Doc sacrificed his career to be a doctor, he then when playing in the game hit a sacrifice fly ball, then once again sacrificed his playing to save the daughter. I do not see it as anything to do with timelines, its not changing history, it is fulfilling dreams in heaven, for the players,Doc, and Ray's Dad.The film always brings a tear to my eye when viewing it.
I love your interpretation! The baseball field seems like heaven in a lot of ways!
The hard part of farming is the hours you spend in the crops to keep the weeds out and keeping the right amount of water without over watering then harvest time and cant get enough back to do it the following year
I’m glad I’m not a farmer. The amount of work must be crazy!
One of the best "Baseball" movies ever made, IMO. Like you said, this story is about chasing your dreams and keeping faith in what you believe in. Terrance Mann was played by James Earl Jones, a great actor, as well as "Doc" Archie "Moonlight" Graham, who was played by Hollywood legend Burt Lancaster. The overall cast was most excellent, Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Timothy Busfield, the redhead, the guy who played the young "Moonlight" Graham, he was also in "Pulp Fiction", briefly. When Ray's dad shows up at the end, it gets me EVERY time, and now I know it's coming. If you want to show someone from a foreign land what America is all about, show them THIS movie, and they will get it. Great review and reaction.
That is indeed a star-studded cast! Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel! 😊
I don't think of this movie as a "baseball movie". I think of it as a movie that happens to have baseball in it.
To this day nobody knows who played the voice that Ray kept hearing. His name isn't even named in the credits.
"Filed of Dreams": "Is this Heaven? Yes, it's Iowa." 13:30 As I recall, "Terence Mann" is standing in for J. D. Salinger, who refused to have his name associated with this movie. 17:46 Dr. Archibald Graham was a real Baseball player who became a medical doctor. And it came to pass that the "Field of Dreams" movie site does exactly what was suggested. People come to play a game, throw the ball, and mend family connections broken over the years.
Now that you mention it, I can definitely see the connection between Salinger and Mann!
People are coming from all over just to watch this guy and his father play catch.
Some movies are just meant to be watched and enjoyed not overly analysed.
A full sized baseball field takes about 4 acres of land, and if that's a make or break reality of making your costs or not, you need to get out of farming.
Are you you factoring in the costs to build the field with all the flood lights, dugout fences, infield dirt, stands, etc ? That's tens of thousands of dollars. Plus attention away from the rest of farm. And remember, before the end, there was a $0 in return for that massive investment. It was a huge net loss on his books.
I think the idea was that it was a 'hobby farm' and they were being dramatic.
The best way to watch this movie is don't try to understand it, just enjoy it.
"my dream was to stare down a major league pitcher. Then I'd wink at him as he wound up just to see what would happen."
The movie isn't about time traveling even though they depicted time slipping around in maybe 4 occasions. It's a field where dreams come true.
That’s a great interpretation!
@@kai_masters 😊 I also like the part when John described what heaven is like, and then Ray looks around at his home and his wife and daughter and the farm. It was picture perfect and a dream come true. Then Ray thinks to himself yes, this might just be heaven. He doesn't answer this question glibly as he did before 🙂
There are significant moments in our lives but we don't recognize them at the time. If only we could travel back... That often is the regret.
So all of the cars coming to the field at the end was real people that lived in that town.
They used to not wear helmets back in the day. I even remember some guys not wearing batting helmets as a little kid watching the Tigers in the early 70s. Some didn't want to be slowed down by the heavier headpiece. Or some found it uncomfortable, like a football helmet which may look cool, but it crushes your head. Baseball helmets aren't really like that, though. But nobody wore them in the early 1900s.
I’d be terrified of being hit in the head with a baseball 😬
@kai_masters I played in my early teens and an older player, a pitcher who was a bully hit me in the back near the kidneys. Later that same season, in a one-game playoff, another pitcher got me in the thigh. He wasn't a bully and asked if I was okay. It gave me a Charlie Horse (upper leg bruise/injury) but I was glad to be awarded first base, like a walk. That's where the term "taking one for the team" originated, I guess.😬🙂
Ouch 😖
The scene with the fuel lines freezing reminds me of an experience in the army. I was stationed in West Germany ( 1985 - 1988 ) and we were out training ( playing war games ). It was winter and very cold. Each tent had a heater that was gravity fed by a five gallon can of diesel sitting outside the tent. It got so cold the diesel was turning to gel and wouldn't flow through the line. Diesel can gel at 32 degrees Fahrenheit. We had to switch to gasoline which doesn't gel until 10 - 15 degrees Fahrenheit.
This movie is not about time travel. They were all the spirits of dead baseball players. When they went into the corn, they passed back into the afterlife
That’s a good interpretation. Thanks for watching! 😊
However I see what happened to Terrance Mann as a sort of transcendence. He kind of hinted at the power he knew he had to affect people. He said if he published a new book that people would go crazy and they did as he inspired thousands of people to visit the field. his popularity wore him out but In an way he was reborn into a messiah figure.
Nice comments... When Ray rubbed off the license plate grime to show '72 - effectively he had time traveled... But... not really. He's visiting a ghost or the image/thoughts/ideas/dreams of a ghost. The setting was just in 1972, but it was not the real 1972 (we can patent this interpretation hahaha 🙂)
I do believe they slip around in time but... not to alter any events. I believe none of the past is changed but it's possible to alter the future or to affect the future.
Also we see the young version of Ray's father. This is using the same mechanism as seeing and meeting Archie both when he was old and when he was young. The field of dreams is usually the temporal place (more precisely the baseball field outside of time) - but this "field of dreams" transformed into the streets of 1972 at night with the moon out. It's an entirely different setting where Ray met and talked with Doc Graham but it's gotta be the same mechanism that creates the playing field as a meeting ground or playing ground. In this same sense, there were two memories of ghosts riding in the van with Ray. Young Archie is both aware and unaware that he is also old Doc Graham just like young John knows his son Ray. They are all after-images and can appear young like when they played baseball.
@@mannygee005if it wasnt time travel then how do you explain the ending? It seemed like Terrance Mann traveled back in time to publish "Shoeless Joe goes to Iowa" which is what triggered the line of people at the end. Unless you feel it's a shared dream that thousands shared, kinda like in Close Encounters of a third kind.
Other baseball movie suggestions: A League of Their Own (about women playing ball while the men were away in WW2), The Sandlot (about kids playing ball on summer break, really gives you an idea of what baseball means to many of us).
Thank you! I will take note of those suggestions! 📝
Don't forget "Major League!" Another feel good movie.
No changing of the past
if you get a chance then please visit dyersville, iowa where you can visit where the movie was filmed and there's a baseball museum that's owned by the guy who played ray's father in this movie
That sounds very cool! 😎 If I’m ever in the area, I will check it out
Kevin Costner made 3 baseball movies, this one, Bull Durham, and For Love Of The Game, all of which are about more than just baseball. If you're feeling adventurous you might give the other two a try. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this one!
I will take note of those recommendations! Thanks for watching! ☺️
What makes every reactor think that those who come will be able to see these players? And what makes everyone so crazy that they'll come to see dead baseball stars? I guess they had to keep Ray's farm somehow.
All men cry HARD at this end scene. The women I watch with do not. It's a father/son thing. I cry every time.
This is the first time I’ve seen the field described as a time machine lol. To me it’s more of some afterlife situation. Kind of like a gateway back and forth to here and the afterlife.
It is definitely a movie where you need to accept it as a dreamlike movie rather than a movie where reality is being altered imo.
It definitely does seem very dreamlike!
I visited the site on a family road trip in 92 and had a catch with my dad there. We were in Iowa for a family reunion. My dads cousin owned the farm you can see in the background in a lot of the shots. They had it during the filming and it’s still in the family
Wow! That sounds amazing. Very heartwarming to play catch with your dad just like in the movie 😊
Doc’s act of giving up the life to play baseball (twice) to save people’s lives is the real beauty of this movie.
That’s a great point. His sacrifice in the face of regret makes his action even more remarkable!
9:40, I used to be in the RAF, and flying fast jets, the majority of the pilots said that they would pay for the privilege of doing it instead of being paid.
They had signed confessions, including one from Joe Jackson.
Best movie to watch on Father's Day
I have the movie on DVD somewhere in one of my storage boxes, I suppose.
What I'd really like right now,
(thank you very mush Karen)
is a hotdog. 😅
When Karen choked I was so nervous
I was terrified 😳
@@kai_mastersI totally feel the same feeling
look up the making of field of dreams its an interesting thing to watch just about any movie i like i look for the making of it to see interesting makings and this one tells that there is a farm in Iowa for people to visit
Thanks for your reaction Kai Master. Good review!
Thanks for watching! 😊
Baseball dances with being a MacGuffin. It really is about redemption and forgiveness than baseball.
Great movie. Best sports film next to Slap Shot.
I strongly recommend The Terminal with Tom Hanks. No one ever does a reaction to for some reason
KAI MASTERS: I'm leaving this comment because I like you & want to see your reaction videos be successful. It feels like you watched only the video parts of Field of Dreams that you show in your reaction video, instead of watching or paying closer attention to the entire movie (as every person doing a reaction video should). For example, you said, "He should take his daughter's advice & sell tickets," after Terrence Mann psychically knew & said people will freely DONATE $20, which meant he didn't need to "sell tickets." Also, his daughter never said, "sell tickets." She said only that "people will come." This movie wasn't about making money. It was entertainingly about relationships and regrets and mending them.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. Due to copyright challenges, we can only show part of the movie and my reaction to it. I think my comment came fairly early and in the film although it has been a while. I was trying to think of a solution to their financial woes. Also I realize that the point of the movie was to follow your dreams and relationships are a major part of it. However, I appreciate your feedback and hope you enjoyed the reaction.
I heard the baseball field is a tourist attraction
Very cool!
I liked this movie, and I am a non-sports fan also.
Some sports movies turn out to be so much more!
@@kai_masters as a sports fan this movie and a baseball fan this movie is one of my favourites fun fact ray liota liked playing scholess Joe
A Canadian Kathleen Turner? Love it. You're very observant; and as a watcher, your observations are valuable. Suggestion: Coppola's 'Peggy Sue got married' with her in it.
Great reaction to an awesome movie.
The players, whatever the age they were when they died, appear on the field as the age they were as players. Young Archie, who was describing the way a lot of young men in the '20s (like my own grandfather who played for a couple of years in this way at the end of the 1910s/early 1920s) played semi-pro baseball on town teams.
Suspension of disbelief is the term you meant, of course. It's at times misspoken as 'suspension of belief' but that means refusing to believe in something while the actual term is believing in something in spite of the reasons not to. We use suspension of disbelief to be able to watch and enjoy movies of unrealistic/impossible things, and read books about such things too.
Got it right later. Nevermind. 😛
There were two balls in Archie's at bat, but if a batter is hit by a pitch he is automatically given a base. So a single pitch that hits a batter would be the same as getting four balls before a hit or a strikeout. That was why the pitcher wasn't likely to actually hit him, though it was still possible. 😀
I love how, as Terry enters the corn, his deep laugh gradually becomes higher pitched, like that of the boy he once was who dreamed of playing ball at Ebbets Field.
Dwier Brown, who played young John Kinsella, wrote a book called "If You Build It..." which has stories from behind the scenes off the movie as well as stories told to him by fans of the movie about how it affected them. In it he also talks about how his experiences helped him become closer with his own father. Absolutely worth a read.
I always thought that the big lesson from the movie was to keep dreaming and working to realize your dreams as best as you can, even if they change (and they often will). Mark was so wrapped up in the reality that he didn't really have any dreams anymore, which is why he didn't see the players. Until something happened to shock him out of his limited viewpoints.
Great analysis and information! You are very knowledgeable about the film. I agree that following your dreams is one of the main themes. Thanks for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed the reaction 😊
@@kai_masters A friend of mine always joked about how this was the one movie that made me more teary eyed than it made her. It really speaks to the difficulty in relationships between fathers and sons. My father passed away last April and though we had our issues when I was a teen I am glad that we had the chances to repair and improve our relationship in the decades since I stopped being a teen. Still, I tear up even more now that he is gone and wish we could pay catch again like when I was a kid.
I look forward to playing catch with my Dad.
Good reaction but every time you talk the movie blurs and the sound mutes...makes it hard to follow...
Due to copyright, we have no choice but to show very little of the movie and in very short bursts. In fact, this was a particularly difficult movie as it took a long time to find an edit that RUclips did not block. The full version is available on our Patreon.
Two truly "old Hollywood" fantasy baseball movies that are very worth watching are: "Angels in the Outfield" from 1951and "It Happens Every Spring" made in 1949. Angels was remade some years ago but the original is the one you want to see.
Thanks for the recommendations! 👍
In case nobody else commented this, Terrance Mann isn't a real person.
How did you not cry your eyes out???
Great question. I definitely teared up but I think I tried too hard to hold it back…lol
i just realized that they shouldv got a young guy that looked and talked more like burt lancaster
Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.
You’re welcome 😊
Fun reaction Andrea... Kevin Costner played baseball in college at one of the top college baseball programs Cal State Fullerton in California until he knew he didn't have what it took to play professionally and became an actor. BTW pitchers don't wear safety equipment 😊 .
I think all players should wear more equipment. Baseballs seem dangerous thrown or hit at high speed!
@@kai_masters Batters wear helmets and some wear arm guards. For those on the field it would tend to interfere with their agility. 😉
I love this film so much ❤
The only baseball movie that I love is Bull Durham, which is a lot better than Field of Dreams.
I can add that to my list!
@@kai_masters One of Popcorn in Bed's favorites
Nice reaction Andrea...
Thanks for watching! 😊
You're reaction was great! but you obviously watched and studied the movie before this reaction! The whole attraction is that it is a FIRST REACTION!
I’m sorry you feel this way. This was honestly my first time watching. 🤷♀️
not a time machine...these people are dead...they are ghosts
a field of dreams
Wow, you have a strong accent.
I’m from Canada! 🇨🇦
Great reaction Kai like always, I really like this movie, There are some fun facts about this movie, its based on W.P. Kinsella’s novel “Shoeless Joe,” and initially shared the same name, the final title is much closer to Kinsella’s preferred name for the book. His novel was nearly titled “Dreamfield.” Following Ray Kinsella's lead, the baseball-obsessed Costner has even built his own field, too. He has one located on his ranch in Aspen, Colo., and it comes complete with stadium lights, a pitching machine and a sound system. If you've got $250,000 laying around, you can even rent the property for the week. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were extras in this movie. Damon was 17 years old and Affleck turned 16 during the summer of 1988, when the film shot on location for the scenes in Fenway Park. More than a decade later Affleck would star in Robinson's The Sum of All Fears; on the first day of shooting, he reportedly told Robinson: "Nice working with you again." And this was Burt Lancaster's last film to play in theaters. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching! Never knew about Affleck and Damon as extras before their careers really took off. I think it’s very cool to hear how the actors in some of the movies resemble the characters that they’re playing! I think “Dreamfield” would have been a great title! 👍
Well thats a first. someone who didnt get even a little emotional when he ask his dad for catch. Please watch it again and remember its just a movie and anything can happen in a movie.
I did get a little emotional at that moment for sure…maybe the edit made it look otherwise? We needed to re-edit several times to get it through RUclips’s copyright filters. Thanks for watching!
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