Field of Dreams
Okay, so I don't really know where I'm going to go with this blog...But, tonight I watched the movie Field of Dreams for what has to be the hundredth time or so.
I'll admit it right now, this is one of those movies that I get the goosebumps to everytime and you can't wipe the smile off my face as it ends. What a film! The magic, the mystery and the bond that are shown in this movie.
I've been lucky enough to travel to Dyersville and see the Field in person. My parents took me many moons ago. I remember it vividly. I think that is what the movie is really about. The paths we take, the memories that we make, and what is truly important to us. It isn't a baseball movie. Baseball just ties in well cause what boy (even some girls) didn't play catch with their dads growing up. I did. I remember those summer nights vividly too. We would be sitting at our dining room table eating sweet corn, a vegetable, and some sort of meat. As dinner wound up, I would beg my dad to play catch. We would go out in the backyard and with the sun starting to set and play...grounders, pop-ups, me thinking I could pitch like Roger Clemens. Just the two of us (with the dog barking at us the entire time). To me, when I watch Field of Dreams I see that it really are the simple things in life that matter. Like when Moonlight Graham steps over the boundary of the playing field to help Ray's daughter who is choking. He has a line (after Ray says "You can't play anymore, I'm so sorry") to the effect that "For me not to have become a doctor...that would have been a far greater tragedy."
There are so many parts of this movie that are just awesome. I always do find it appropriate to watch this movie as spring is starting and the baseball season is beginning. Hope Springs Eternal they say. So here's to Spring/Summer...Here's to playing catch with dad...here's to the summers I spend with family and friends watching the grand old pastime. If you've never seen this movie a) you are missing out and b) you must not be from Iowa? (Is this heaven? No it's Iowa- as a life long Iowa resident I couldn't agree more!)
Please share your thoughts on this movie, on baseball, on memories and simple moments...I leave you with this quote from the movie. A speech by Terrance Mann (played by James Earl Jones)
"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons that can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. 'Of course, we don't mind if you look around,' you'll say. 'It is only $20 per person.' They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it. For it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers, sit shirtless on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along the baseline, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game as if they dipped themselves in magic water. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years is baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game...it's a part of our past Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and could be again. Oh...People will come Ray, people will most definately come."
I'll admit it right now, this is one of those movies that I get the goosebumps to everytime and you can't wipe the smile off my face as it ends. What a film! The magic, the mystery and the bond that are shown in this movie.
I've been lucky enough to travel to Dyersville and see the Field in person. My parents took me many moons ago. I remember it vividly. I think that is what the movie is really about. The paths we take, the memories that we make, and what is truly important to us. It isn't a baseball movie. Baseball just ties in well cause what boy (even some girls) didn't play catch with their dads growing up. I did. I remember those summer nights vividly too. We would be sitting at our dining room table eating sweet corn, a vegetable, and some sort of meat. As dinner wound up, I would beg my dad to play catch. We would go out in the backyard and with the sun starting to set and play...grounders, pop-ups, me thinking I could pitch like Roger Clemens. Just the two of us (with the dog barking at us the entire time). To me, when I watch Field of Dreams I see that it really are the simple things in life that matter. Like when Moonlight Graham steps over the boundary of the playing field to help Ray's daughter who is choking. He has a line (after Ray says "You can't play anymore, I'm so sorry") to the effect that "For me not to have become a doctor...that would have been a far greater tragedy."
There are so many parts of this movie that are just awesome. I always do find it appropriate to watch this movie as spring is starting and the baseball season is beginning. Hope Springs Eternal they say. So here's to Spring/Summer...Here's to playing catch with dad...here's to the summers I spend with family and friends watching the grand old pastime. If you've never seen this movie a) you are missing out and b) you must not be from Iowa? (Is this heaven? No it's Iowa- as a life long Iowa resident I couldn't agree more!)
Please share your thoughts on this movie, on baseball, on memories and simple moments...I leave you with this quote from the movie. A speech by Terrance Mann (played by James Earl Jones)
"Ray, people will come Ray. They'll come to Iowa for reasons that can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. 'Of course, we don't mind if you look around,' you'll say. 'It is only $20 per person.' They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it. For it is money they have and peace they lack. And they'll walk out to the bleachers, sit shirtless on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along the baseline, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game as if they dipped themselves in magic water. The memories will be so thick they'll have to brush them from their faces. People will come Ray. The one constant through all the years is baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game...it's a part of our past Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good and could be again. Oh...People will come Ray, people will most definately come."
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