Fathers Day is coming soon and I figured in
this time of depression and idiotic lunacy that is happening in the world today
I figured, I recommend a film that really puts a smile on all baseball fans
face moreover my own father who is a huge St. Louis Cardinals fan furthermore
got me into loving this movie. The film I'm referring to is Field of Dreams,
this beloved film alone was my first introduction to Kevin Costner and my first
tale about Shoeless Joe Jackson and the 1919 Chicago White Sox, and I must say
watching this film again brings back great memories. Hell, when I was a kid I
used to believe if I looked closer I might see old ballplayers coming out of
the cornfield that was next to my once elementary school, I use to think
Shoeless Joe was the greatest ballplayer till I realized, I wasn't even alive
to watch him play or even seem him, hence he died in 51. When I was in eighth
grade I even wrote a speech report about him, so I can go on for hours and
hours of how much I loved this movie and still consider it one of the Greatest
Baseball films of all time tied with Major League. So to all men and women who
have fathers that loved the game of Baseball, I would suggest taking the time
this father's day weekend to relive the greatness of Field of Dreams.
Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) lives on a farm in Iowa with his wife and
daughter, moreover a fan of Baseball past on by his late father. Until Ray
begins to hear a mysterious voice he goes on a quest of discovery and perhaps a
sense of healing and love for the game of baseball and a nice game of
catch.
Hands, down one of the greatest films of all time and frankly one of the best
Baseball films tied with Major League. It's kind of amazing how through the
course of your life when you watch a film you get to have a different
experience, like when I was a kid I always thought you'd see past Ballplayers
come out of cornfields. Now when you are all grown up furthermore watch it
again for the first time you have a different experience also see a more
meaning to the film and the greatness of Baseball, moreover getting a second
chance at life and being able to heal and make amends for the past. So when I
was a kid my first memory was watching a lot of movies my Mom and Dad grew up
on like all Star Wars films 1-6, the Indiana Jones films and a lot of John
Wayne films, now I don't have a vague memory of when I sat down and watched
Field of Dreams but I do remember my parents either renting the film or taped the
movie on VHS and I probably watched it a million times because I would always
go out to my nearest elementary school with a ball and bat and see MLB players
from the past, unfortunately, that never happened but hey, can't hurt to dream
at least and then that became my love of baseball through hearing about how
great the 90's Atlanta Braves were until my Dad and brother had to sit me down
and say look you're going to root of the Cardinals and you are going to like
it. Although that all changed when my Dad took the whole family to St. Louis to
watch the Cardinals in 1998, and that pretty much sealed my love for the
Cardinals because that was the year I saw Mark McGwire hit his 17 home run, so
yeah I said it I still to this day consider Mark McGwire as one of my hero's
and if you can't except that well then just SUCK IT. Okay now back to the
movie, I still consider this as one of Kevin Costner's greatest roles of all
time, I mean he's basically playing a modern-day Noah trying to build a
baseball field and all the mid-westerners think he's crazy and really he's the
perfect guy to do that moreover for a guy who's born in California he does a
great job channeling the mid-west. Now I still to this day consider Ray Liotta
as my Joe Jackson even though he's made only two great films of all time this
film and Goodfellas. Now I don't know if there's anyway to describe the
incredible performance James Earl Jones provides in the films, sure he will
always be remembered as Darth Vader, but to me, I always look to him as the
Voice of God so when I go and meet my maker I would hear his voice, and really
he's the one person in this entire insane asylum I call the world, where he can
make the people will come speech, sure I tried to hear Vin Scully's version on
YouTube but it's not the same, sorry Bob Costas. So, everyone, I would
defiantly consider this to be your weekend film to watch this Saturday and
Sunday, mainly in a time of confusion and lunacy that is happening in the world
today, we all need a movie to put a smile in our face. And even though there
will always be a pain, poverty and injustice in this screwed up world but there
will always thank the lord, Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones’s performance
and also Field of Dreams. And I dedicate this to all Fathers especially my
Father who loved the Cardinals this latest recommendation and to say thank you
for getting me into loving the game.
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