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Field of Dreams (1989) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-11-17 22:30:01
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This was the winner of the YEAH, SPORTS! poll and this movie was not at all what I imagined it might be. 😅

Such a feel good story though, my goodness. Enjoy the reaction and I'm looking forward to your thoughts!

✦ KL

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Field of Dreams (1989) ✦ Full-Length Watchalong Reaction

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Steve Mercier

Oh, very cool. This is one of those movie I've seen remade a thousand times--not the exact story, but the attempt to touch on something spiritual within the things directors and storytellers love and cherish, such as baseball. And usually these movies suck. They get preachy and pretentious, and try to force their ideology or viewpoint--their love--on the audience. This one manages to sidestep all that bullshit because--at least in part--at the end of the day it's about a son who just wants to reconnect with his dad, and gets that chance. But also because holy shit the cast is fantastic. Never was much of a Burt Lancaster fan (the older Moonlight Graham), but he's fucking awesome here. And then of course Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan (who was just awesome in Weapons), Ray Liotta, and the late great James Earl Jones. And maybe just maybe, this movie does make me appreciate baseball--a game I've never enjoyed, from the time I was more or less forced to play little league on--a bit: it doesn't have to mean anything to me, because this movie makes me see what it can mean. Anyway, good shit.

Joe

So glad you liked this one. One of the things I love about this movie is that it is not about the origin of the mystical elements. There is a voice and we must figure out what it means to make dreams come true. It was not about whose voice or where it came from. The answer was never given and does not really matter, it is the impact that mattered. As a baseball fan who lost his father, this movie never fails to bring me to tears. This time was no different. It is a great reminder of what’s really important.

Joe

Ok. A few more things. Although Joe Jackson and the story about him is real, other than the ghost baseball parts. Terrence Mann was created for the movie. In the book, the writer was the real life reclusive JD Salinger, who stopped writing early. But Salinger threatened to sue, so they created a similar reclusive writer in James Earl Jones’s character. My take on what happened with him is that, in the movie, he is one of the greatest writers and stopped writing. At the end, he was given an opportunity to be inspired to start writing again.

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I like that take a lot. Thank you for sharing and watching!

Drowned In Gravy

As a lifelong Baseball Guy™️ from the Midwest, this has been a favorite of mine for a long time. My favorite fun fact about this movie: Archibald "Moonlight" Graham was a real person, and his story in this movie is almost 1:1 accurate. They took the stories from newspaper articles quoting real people who knew him.

Death Lego

This reaction sport is a funny old game ya know... We pitch up to catch many great moments through the eyes of what we hope will become a prospective fan of the art that we know and love. We believe that they will be impassioned. Provide commentary through the stories hits and misses. Show a plethora of emotions when it's most warranted. If you are like me, have a good old happy cry together too. Thanks for playing ball. (Yes I worked way too hard on sliding in those minor references..... And I did it again. 😆)

nouvelle_vague

I’m glad you enjoyed this one. When I was trying to think of a sports movie to recommend, I thought this would be a good fit because most importantly, I think it’s a great film, but it’s got a great cast, it’s heart-warming and uplifting, I thought you’d be totally on board with the magic realism elements and the author of the book it’s based on – WP Kinsella – is from Edmonton. And then you opened by talking about how baseball was a common thread for the men in your family that you also shared… perfect. I love Amy Madigan. I always thought she was seriously underused and she’s so good in this. Annie is a ride or die. So many lesser movies would make the wife the bad guy, the naysayer. Here, Annie is both realistic about their financial situation, but also totally supportive and in a way that totally fits her character. Not being able to use JD Salinger’s name in the film was probably a blessing. Some of the baggage that comes with using a real person is gone and you get an even better character that has some of that sense of influence and mystery having been an iconic writer who stopped writing and disappeared in Terrence Mann, but a wholly different character too. I never thought about Terrence Mann already being dead. I am pretty confident he’s not, but I’ve seen more modern audiences wonder if he was going to die by going out with the other players. I always assumed not because he said he was going to write about it. I love your idea that he will be able to live his dream of playing at Ebbets Field with Jackie Robinson and that will be his experience out in the corn. I never thought of that, but it’s a great idea. I also always thought that Shoeless Joe was “the voice.” Ray says “it was you” and Joe replies “no, it was you.” But I also think it’s not necessarily something that matters or that the movie is trying explicitly to tell us. So much of the magic is unexplained and I think the movie is better for it. I still remember seeing this in the theatre as a boy. I remember as they were driving to Minnesota there’s a few quiet moments and I took a second to realize that this was one of the best movies I’d ever seen in my life at that point… and I had no idea what might happen next. It was fun seeing you have similar thoughts at a similar point.

HugoBoss435

Not sure I’ve ever seen this movie from beginning to end in one sitting…just in bits and pieces throughout the years. Definitely heartwarming. Kevin Costner has a couple of baseball films in his filmography that have more of the actual sport intertwined with the story than this one. They’re all great by the way.

Nick Stark

I’ve seen this movie many, many times. Watching it, once again, along with your reactions was definitely entertaining. It’s such a heartwarming film that never grows old.

Damon Corrigan

Thank you for giving us (well, me) the option to buy this reaction. I love this movie, and it is so much more than a baseball or sports movie. Every time I rewatch it, I see something new, some small nugget about the movie, the characters and even at times myself. I loved seeing your reaction to it.