I have never seen anyone not get choked up over this movie. Impossible not to be touched by this magical story.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

It kinda hits home with my dad and myself..wish we had a better child hood. That's why I think it resonates more with a lot of people

@mikeflynn3421

7 ай бұрын

I've never seen anyone NOT get choked up watching this movie !!!!!!!!!

Top 3 baseball movies. If you don't have a tear in your eye at the end, you are dead inside. One of my many favorite moments in this movie is when Shoeless Joe tells Doc Graham that he was good. Burt Lancaster did such a great job in that moment. You could see in his face how much that meant to him.

@scottdarden3091

Жыл бұрын

Imo Kevin Costner has the top 3 this, For The Love Of The Game and Bull Durham.

Amy Madigan was great in this. She's married to another great actor, Ed Harris for about 40 years.

Thank you for your reaction, I lost my father at age 7, and this movie affects me every time do to my father 's love of baseball. Again, thanks

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm sorry about your loss. Yeah that got me when he said "hey dad...wanna play catch" I was afraid he wasn't going to call him dad

The movie was Jimmy Stewart in “Harvey”. He talks to a giant rabbit. 😂 A classic.

One of my all-time favorites. It's a movie I can never get tired of.

4:06 Field Of Dreams a great movie choice! The B&W film here is "Harvey" (1950) a fun Jimmy Stewart comedy you would enjoy. Josephine Hull, who plays Stewart's older sister in it, won a well deserved Best Supporting Oscar for her role. After watching it you'll understand why a piece of it was placed here in Field Of Dreams and Ray's reaction. 12:20 Another fantasy you would enjoy is 1939's classic, "The Wizard of Oz". You may already know the joke of the line here, if not you'll find out watching Oz. Another great Kevin Costner film you definitely need to do a react vid on is "Dances With Wolves" (1990) and I urge you to do the Original Theatrical Release which is 3 hours long as it is, rather than the extended version which is a long 4 hours and is just not as good as the original. The OTR was the box office hit and won 7 Academy awards like Best Picture, Director, Music Score, Cinematography, etc. It's best watched without any research on it. Enjoyed your reaction vid and knew you would like Field Of Dreams.

i remember a few yrs ago when i introduced this movie to my son, he was mid teens and cynical and not ready. when archie graham showed up, he was asking me “is this gonna be emotional?” i wouldn’t say. so by the time ray’s father was revealed, he was like “aw mom! you could’ve warned me!” he didn’t like being emotional in front of me at that age. i went to wash dishes and give him peace. i thought it was funny but wouldn’t let him know. we laugh about it now, but it really got to him.

Thank you for mentioning the score. A good score is like an unseen character and this has a magnificent score. James Horner was a brilliant composer. He died way too young.

One of my fave movies. The emotion of this movie, about family drama, but tied together by the history of baseball. James Earl Jones' line about America being erased like a blackboard and rebuilt again, with the only constant being baseball is one of the best lines ever. Another really good Kevin Costner baseball movie is For Love of the Game and also Bull Durham

"If you build it, he will come." Fun Fact: Although his character delivers the movie's signature speech praising baseball, in real life, James Earl Jones hates baseball. Despite this, he would play another baseball enthusiast four years later in The Sandlot (1993). Location Location Fact: After the filming was completed, the family that owned the farm kept the field and added a small hut with inexpensive souvenirs for sale. Visitors are (as far as I know) free to come to the field and play baseball as they please between April and November. Baseball Camp Fact: Ray Liotta had no baseball experience and batted right-handed, although "Shoeless" Joe Jackson was a lefty. Phil Alden Robinson allowed Liotta to bat with his right, but still put him through several weeks of extensive training with University of Southern California baseball coach and former Brooklyn Dodger Rod Dedeaux in order to be convincing as one of the sport's greatest hitters. Liotta eventually developed a good swing. The scene where he hits a line-drive straight back at Kevin Costner actually happened. Costner's fall on the mound was real, and although it was a surprise, he stayed in character.

I'm not a crazy baseball guy but I am an American, after all. This is the quintessential American film. My dad died when I was 8 and the reunion Ray gets with his dad...kills me even to think about it. When he finally calls him "dad" it's a full blown emotional meltdown. And MY dad sucked. LOL! BUT the absence of any possibility I could ever know him is still fuckin' hard. And I turn 60 this year. Enough sadness! This film is so beautiful! It ranks also closely with RUDY & HOOSIERS both directed by David Anspaugh. I worked a couple weeks on Hoosiers in fall of 1985. I was a student at Hickory High and a PA. That was fun. I wanna do a video about that some time.

19:00. Fun fact. The old men are real people who knew doc graham. And those are real stories they're telling about him

I was your age yesterday and now I'm 47. We age faster than the year before.

This is one of the great movies in movie history IMO. I love that it exists.

Whether or not Terrance Mann dies at the end by entering the cornfield is left up to the viewer. Lines like Joe Jackson saying Ray better not and Terrance telling him he has a family imply he may. Regardless, it seems he also gets to live his dream. He was not dead the whole time however as he clearly interacts with the stadium concession employees who take his order and hand him food and Ray's brother in law who shakes his hand and doesn't believe it's the real Terrance Mann when introduced (before he could see the ghost players).

I look forward to playing catch with my dad again ;-) My mother's father was recruited by the NY Yankees in the 1920s, but to join their minor team he would have to leave all his family in Kansas and only return for visits ... he declined the opportunity for that reason. The extended family used to play ball out by the old cemetery, after visiting the graves on Memorial Day.

And RIP Ray L indeed

Quintessential American fantasy film. Belongs right beside It's A Wonderful Life.

The movie with Jimmy Stuart was “Harvey”, a film about a guy who befriends a six-foot tall invisible rabbit of ambiguous provenance. There is also a “Harvey” reference in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, when a patron says “yeah, I seen a rabbit…. say ‘hello’, Harvey”.

@jillfromatlanta427

Жыл бұрын

Stewart.

The Jimmy Stewart movie was Harvey. Great movie

There was a movie that came out a year before Field of Dreams called Eight Men Out, which was about Joe Jackson and the rest of White Sox and the thrown 1919 World Series.

You're probably too young to recognize Burt Lancaster who played the older Moonlight Graham. Her was a famous actor in the classic era from the 1940s all the way through to about 1990. This was one of his last film appearances.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

He was great in this. I plan to watch more films from the 40s and 50s era again soon

I think Dr. Graham needed to know that he he really did control his own destiny. He wanted to know that he decided to become a doctor because he wanted to, not because he had to. He was given the chance to bat, to play with the greats, and to know that he was good enough to make it as a big league player. Even knowing that, he decided to walk another path. Many people feel like they were right to move on from an old incomplete dream, but suffer from doubt over what could have been.

Archibald "Moonlight" Graham was a real person whose name always gets into the conversation when speaking of shortest mlb careers. They took some liberty with his birth and death and playing years (being off by about ten years), but he did become a doctor in Minesota. And the people in Chisholm they interviewed in the movie were townfolk who actually knew him. So their descriptions were authentic.

@libertyresearch-iu4fy

Жыл бұрын

I liked the quirk that, in Graham's only plate appearance here, he hit a sacrifice fly, so he still didn't get a major league at-bat.

@itt23r

Жыл бұрын

@@libertyresearch-iu4fy I never noticed that, thanks

Kevin Costner. Field of Dreams is a great baseball movie. For the Love of the Game was pretty good from what I remember. I haven't seen it in years. Bull Durham, is the greatest baseball movoe ever made. When you think baseball movie, you think Kevin Costner.

Went to site in 1992 during a family reunion. Really cool. Had a catch with my dad there. His side of the family owns the farmhouse you can see in the distance down the left field line. His cousin owned it during the filming

So much fun to watch the movie with you. Burt Lancaster is one of our classic actors and I highly recommend "Gun Fight at OK Corral" and "Sweet Smell of Success" both from 1957 as great films of Mr. Lancaster.

@BoomerandZoomerReacts

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Also must see "tough guys" with kirk Douglas. I believe it was his last movie

@kurt9395

9 ай бұрын

Another Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas matchup was "Seven Days in May", a thriller.about a military plot to overthrow the US government. Brilliantly directed by John Frankenheimer and Rod Serling was one of writers of the screenplay.

God I love this movie seen it 1000 times and it still brings tears to my eyes I played baseball thru college and he's rite the smells of the game it brings back memories

This is my personal greatest movie of all time pick, sports or not. It hits so many notes. I've never not cried and I've seen it probably 50 times. Of course I grew up playing ball with my dad as my coach. I'm in my 40s now. This movie hits the themes of redemption, forgiveness, reconciliation, second chances, family, baseball, relationships with your parents or kids, realizing your dreams or sacrificing them for the greater good and I'm sure many others. So well done and it never gets old.

@mikeflynn3421

7 ай бұрын

You are ABSOLUTELY right ib you assessment !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"If you build it, they will come.-field of dreams."

It's a fairy tale, something most people would like to happen, to see their deceased father again, something that is impossible, and like you I cry every time at the end. Well done ❤

4:16 _Harvey_ (1950) based on the 1944 play by Mary Chase. She won a Pulitzer Prize for it in 1945. ETA: Harvey is the name of Elwood P. Dowd's giant rabbit friend, who nobody can see but him.

MLB built a real field next to the movie set and have played games there. The very first game they played, Kevin Costner came back and you could see the emotion on his face as he walked through the corn onto the field. Also, the obituary of Archie was actually the word got word obituary of the real Doc Graham.

Great reaction! Annie has to be one of my favorite movie characters. I just love her spunk and her commitment.

@movieman1556

Жыл бұрын

Great reaction? He showed zero emotion during that classic scene with his dad.

One of my favorite movies. My dad and I would play catch when I was a kid. He passed in 2008. The ending always touches me.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

What a sweet memory . Rest in peace to your father.

"Field of Dreams": "Is this Heaven? Yes, it's Iowa." Visit Dyersville, Iowa, to play America's game and reconnect.

One of my favorites. Hits harder after losing my dad a few years ago. Sweet Dookie shirt

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Also thanks for watching

Make this the Kevin Costner baseball trilogy. He did two other baseball movies, Bull Durham and For the Love of the Game.

In my Top 10 of favorite movies ever. So glad you reacted to this movie.

Gotta do these soon: Braveheart, good will hunting, Forrest Gump, gladiator, saving private Ryan, tropic thunder, dead poets society, silence of the lambs, Shawshank redemption

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Braveheart , good will hunting and saving private Ryan reactions all on my channel

great reaction

The B&W movie is Harvey ... where the invisible character is a pooka that takes the form of a giant rabbit.

I have to admit that it annoyed me to no end that you didn't realize the hitchhiker was moonlight Graham, lol. Infuriating, lol! I am glad you figured it out, hahaha!

Terrance was alive and was going into the field to return and write the story of it.

The ending breaks me whenever I watch this. I last had a catch with my Dad in summer of '86. We lost Dad in '06. I always thought we would have time for father-son baseball moments.

Love this movie. I saw it when it came out. Make sure you go back and watch the credits... The Voice....

Having seen this movie at least 15 times, I only just realized an error in the intro. Ray says he was born in 1952. That would mean he went off to college in the fall of 1969....but he says he majored in the '60s. Most all of his college years would have been in the '70s!!!

That was just a beautiful watch with you. Thank you for that.

Burt Lancaster has always been a favorite of mine, he was excellent the way he can deliver a line is awesome. The speech st the end about baseball and the world that James earl Jones gives is special. I am 64 and that speech gets me everytime. This movie is one of those movies where you say they don't make movies like this anymore. I gotta go get a kleenex see you again✌

Just subscribed to your channel. Loved this reaction so I subscribed immediately. You’re cool man. Keep doing these

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind words! Thanks for watching

The actress that played Kevin Costners wife was in a movie back in the day with John Candy Uncle Buck she is hilarious. I am pretty sure Uncle Buck also had that little girl too and had Home Alone bro it is one of my many favorites. RIP John 🙏 ❤

Burt Lancaster "Moonlight Graham" is one of the greatest actors of all-time, check out the movie... The Train (1964) War/Action This movie is amazing, lots of action... & Burt did all of his own stunts !

The soundtrack is brilliant. I rate it up there along with The Blues Brothers and Young Einstein.

Awesome movie

Just watched your TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD reaction. And in response to you request for more great classic B&W movies of that calibre, here are two more from that time period (and both won Oscars in the major categories). THE MIRACLE WORKER (best actress & best supporting actress in 1962) LILIES OF THE FIELD (best picture of 1963) And as an honorable mention consider the iconic fantasy/comedy HARVEY from 1950. With IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, it is one of Jimmy Stewart's most beloved movies. And it is the one you noticed in the movie just now that Ray's daughter was watching and thought was funny. AFI ranks it at #7 in their list of greatest fanasy films of all time. And I think you'll agree.

@maggieshevelew7579

Жыл бұрын

Wanted to second your recommendation to watch 1962’s The Miracle Worker. What an amazing movie, with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke both winning Oscars for their roles. Great suggestion!

@itt23r

Жыл бұрын

@@maggieshevelew7579 Amazing to that no one has yet reacted to it. Such a powerful film. Do people today even known who Helen Keller was?

@maggieshevelew7579

Жыл бұрын

@@itt23r One of my goals has literally been to get someone to react to it. Fingers crossed.

@itt23r

Жыл бұрын

@@maggieshevelew7579 I hope we win.

There seem to be two universal constants with this movie when people react to it. The ending is a nuclear bomb of emotions..... and Annie is a fucking awesome wife and a hell of a woman! Beula was lucky Annie decided to just make her argument instead of stepping outside and throwing hands. Annie would've tuned her up so fast. Should couldn't handle that smoke.

Wild to see that woman from In Living Color be so normal, isn’t it ?

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Haha very. She was always a female Jim Carrey to me. Very rubber face

I don't agree with your 4 out of 5; I rate Field of Dreams a 10 out of 10 !!!!! THE BEST movie EVER made, period !!!!!!!

The field is still there and Is the Field of Dreams Stadium permanent? The existing movie site will remain intact, while the base of the temporary ballpark built for the 2021 Field of Dreams Yankees/White Sox event, will be expanded into a permanent facility.Nov 29, 2022. The ending always brings on the feels.

Finally subscribed. Ive always liked your reactions on other movies too.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Welcome to the Flix Talk Fam!

Great reaction to a great movie.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! It really was great

Great movie...loved your reaction.

The movie on the TV was "Harvey". You need to watch that one.

The movie at the beginning with James Stewart is called Harvey. It's a great movie, I loved it as a child. Personally, I think Terrance had already passed away a day or so before he was taken on the road trip, which is why he could go into the corn field. Thanks for the reaction to this beautiful movie

@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441

Жыл бұрын

If you notice when they leave the game at Fenway, his seat is already up. Those seats do not pop up, they must be moved by hand.

@williamweber9390

Жыл бұрын

@@grumpyoldgraymetalhead2441 but the concession guys were waiting and staring at him

@dannykent6190

Жыл бұрын

Also the character in the book is actually JD Salinger, who was alive at the time. Cool detail to notice though. They maybe filmed it that way to leave it to interpretation.

There is an actual baseball field today in Iowa , named after the movie, every year MLB has a game with current players to this day (check the link below)

@JasonIsFishy

Жыл бұрын

It’s the actual field where the movie was filmed

hey, maybe moonlight graham will play some more someday.. or some moonlit night in the afterlife

It's a 6 out of 5

The actor who played John at the end had recently lost his father when he shot his scene. You can see some real weight to his performance leaking through.

Always breaks me. But I can’t not watch. Brilliant.

Terrance Mann the writer was probably a ghost all along. Remember his son was calling because he was missing

@jillfromatlanta427

Жыл бұрын

No... He just left with Ray without telling anyone he was going with Costner to find Moonlight Graham. His son mistakenly thought he was missing until his dad called him to tell him he was with Ray and NOT missing

@chrispeterson1989

Жыл бұрын

@@jillfromatlanta427 we never see him call the son, all the other ghosts knew him

@dannykent6190

Жыл бұрын

Interesting theories, but in the source material, that character was JD Salinger, who was very much alive at the time... so it can definitively be said that the "intention" was never to have him be a ghost... but if that's how you prefer to view it, then that's how you should view it.

acrhie grahm is doc grahm

Moonlight Graham was played by Burt Lancaster. A huge Star and Oscar winner from the 1940's and 1950's. This was his final role.

Amazing movie OR one hell of a lot of work for a game of catch with dear old dad. To think before this movie we only thought of Iowa as: I Outa Went Around! “Is this heaven?” Apparently in Heaven there is no baseball aloud 🤡

I don't care about baseball that much but I do care about...FAMILY, a la Vin Diesel and his crew. Just kidding, I've only seen one Fast and Furious movie and that was enough for a lifetimes. It's not for me. But what is for me is how you approach some 90s baseball movies like this (maybe 1988-89). There is "The Natural" from the early 80s starring Robert Redford and Glenn Close and a little magic. There is "Eight Men Out" starring David Strathairn. There is "Major League," a comedy starring Charlie Sheen and Tom Berenger. Not sure but I guess this baseball movie craze was assisted by Glenn Frey's song "Boys of Summer" from around the same time.

@gregall2178

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget A League Of Their Own ;-)

There's a fantastic audio book out there called 'The Glory of Their Times' by Lawrence Ritter created back in the early 1960's, who thought it would be a good idea to interview some of the surviving players from the dead ball era of baseball while there was still time. There's some fascinating insight into some of the great players such as 'Shoeless' Joe and events as well as the White Sox scandal. If you're a fan of the game I would highly suggest checking it out. Loved this reaction, cheers.

You didn't get the wink reference, bye

What first time watching

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

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@carlosandrade5298

Жыл бұрын

How are you

@carlosandrade5298

Жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy the movie Field of dreams

Archie grame gave up his career to become a doctor

The movie Field of dreams

I feel sorry for you and many young people today. You showed zero emotion with the "Wanna have a catch" scene at the end. Known as the #1 scene on a movie that makes men cry. Sad you could not feel the power of that moment.

@FlixTalk

Жыл бұрын

Oh I felt it. Sometimes it's an internal feeling not always external. Btw I've cried or teared up alot in videos. You must be new lol

Thank you for being one of very few reactors who if they have a question about something they don't just look at the camera and ask the audience to comment it. I was sitting here waiting for u to see the scene where Dr Graham revealed himself but u took 2 seconds to look it up!!! 💯🤘😎☘️

The point you didn't make the connection with Graham. Makes me sad.

Some ppl put in too much thought…it’s great. It just is. It’s way more than a baseball movie. Now imagine, Terence Mann walks into a cornfield, changes his name, buys a dog named “The Beast” and the next thing you know he’s giving Scotty Smalls a baseball signed by every member of the 1927 Yankees. Not trying to make light of two amazing movies, just sayin…😮