Oh it’s everyone. I first saw this in the 90s as a kid. I don’t trust any baseball fan who doesn’t cry through at least the last quarter of the film. 😉
Such a beautiful, painful, cathartic film for me. I lost my father when I was 13 and he was a massive baseball (and NY Giants) fan. One of his biggest joys was having catch with me and my older brother, but I HATED baseball when I was a kid. Like Ray said, it felt like a chore to me. I mean, what kid doesn't want to have a catch with his dad? That was me. Then when I got older, in my late teens/early 20s, I really got into the game. What I wouldn't give to have a catch with him now.
I’m an Australian with no love or interest in baseball yet this is still one of my most favourite movies of all time. It transcends any particular sport, baseball can be switched out for any nations sport that they hold dear in their hearts. Great piece of cinema.
This movie transcends sports in general. I don't even like sports, and this is one of my favorite movies. It's really not a movie about baseball, or even sports.
I just watched the whole thing. Best reaction to Field of Dreams ever. Hands down. It was a pleasure to watch Jonathan. Thanks for reminding me about my dreams.
Agreed 100%. I've seen some other shorter reactions that are pretty good, but Jonathan didn't do a hatchet job on the editing, and really gave it the time it deserves to really get it. Hands down the best one of I've seen.
@@CrystalDawn1202 Thought the same thing! Jonathan, if you see this and haven't seen Brian's Song, trust me, YOU HAVE TO. I've only seen one or two reactions to it, don't know why... copyright maybe?
Best reaction to this movie ever. Every reactor I've seen loved the movie, but you really feel the magic if you loved baseball as a kid. I was a kid in the 60s, when baseball was still king. My father had a tryout with the Red Sox but didn't get signed. He became a mailman in a small town in Maine. In his late thiries he started falling down a lot and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He truly was an old man by forty. My strongest connection with my dad was through baseball. He told me stories, and I constantly read books about the baseball greats of the past. I've seen Field of Dreams at least 50 times, and it affects me like this every time. I never fail to blubber like a baby.
This reaction deserves a million views. This was me the first time I watched it and now that I’m 35 with a family I watch reactions so I can feel it again for the first time. Easily my favorite movie of all time.
You just floored me. This is probably the best reaction video I've ever seen. Granted, I dearly love this movie. But, seeing it again through your eyes, and being filled with joy as you caught all the levels here, the personal and the social and the spiritual... thank you.
I heard Mr. Lancaster had to be fed his lines. What a performance he gave. Knowing he was ill at the time and still knocked it out of the park (pun intended). Amazing!
I worked at a theater showing this when it came out. It has aged like fine wine. And the iconic James Earl Jones, delivering the speech of the power of baseball, silenced the audience. So glad you got to enjoy it.
Came here to add that it was JEJ’s wife that first read the script and based on that writer speech said you HAVE to do this film. So glad. I’m glad the first time I see this film again after his passing is in a reaction… I’m a bit nervous to watch it full out… 😭
I was a projectionist at a movie theater when this came out. This was in the days of 35mm prints, where we manually put the light cues on the film. Normally, when the credits roll and the lights come up, most ppl start trickling out. This movie, from the opening weekend, was completely different. The audience was mostly men, and they were audibly crying through the last 10-15 minutes and none of them moved the entire time the credits rolled. After opening night, the manager told us to just take the light cue off and let the credits roll in the dark and not to even try to go in and clean the auditorium until everyone left. He didn't want anyone to feel pressured to leave or embarrassed to be seen crying. I watch almost ALL YT reactions and I sob like a baby EVERY SINGLE TIME, without fail. It's such an amazing film, and the score is truly magical.
When I first saw this in the theater, I had just lost my father. I’ve watched this movie literally dozens of times since. To this day, it is my favorite and the most impactful movie in my lifetime. So sad we lost Ray, and JEJ. Great actors and story tellers.
absolutely the greatest movie I have ever seen. The script is magical....the acting wonderful. This movie has made more men cry than possibly any movie ever made.
Agree , but IMO the final dressing room scene in 'Imitation of Life' is hard to beat for emotional effect. I dare anyone to watch that scene and not break.
This is one of my favorite movies. At first glance it may seem like a baseball movie, but the message in this hits deeper than James Earl Jones' voice. It's such an eye opening movie because it shows how life is constantly in motion and not everyone has the opportunity to say or do things differently before it's too late. The emotions that this movie brings to the surface are about as heartfelt and innocent as a person can have: wishing you could take back something awful you said to a loved one while trying to hit them where it hurts. Everyone is guilty of that -- especially rebellious teenagers to their parents. The end of this movie breaks everyone. I watch this movie at least once a year and I still break because the acting is so honest and the writing is so powerful. A beautiful movie. Hopefully you eventually watch The Sandlot if you haven't already.
I was 18 when this came out. I loved it then, but I can truly say now, at 53....that this movie hits you harder the more years that you've lived through. Yes, I still cry at all those cryable moments. It just means a lot more now.
The first time I saw this movie, I saw through the prism of a young man estranged from his alcoholic father longing for a relationship. Years later, we made amends, but he passed days before we were supposed to see each other. Now, as a father and husband, the shot of Ray looking at the front porch hits harder.
I have never enjoyed a reaction to a movie as much as I've enjoyed yours to this! From moment one, you were invested. Seeing you "get it" and let the story just take you - watching you yelling at the screen, laughing, crying, all the while picking up the nuance of the film. I know a lot of people love this movie; a good number of reactors, too - but there are a good number who say they like it that don't seem to understand fully - and they spend all their time asking how, logically, this could be happening, or what it means in the end. Yours was pure understanding and joy and it was wonderful! Thank you!
This movie is emotional for everyone, but man... for any father and/or son who watches this? Damn. "Hey dad, you wanna have a catch?" is just the most simple, beautiful, and devastating (in a good way) line ever.
This is one of the best reactions I've seen for this film! Great to see a reactor who is so passionate about baseball and fully gets all the meaning & the feelings in the film. Everyone cries at the end. Not just because of the father/son reunion over catch, but just because who wouldn't want their dead loved one to come back just one more time? BTW, you must watch "Dances With Wolves". It's a masterpiece.
You need to watch when MLB had Kevin Costner lead the Yankees and White Sox through the crops and onto the Field of Dreams back in 2021. It was truly a magical moment where movie meets reality
@@CraigKosteleckyIt was super odd being a Yankee fan because I was like, “whelp… I can’t be mad, right?” It was just a regular season game too. But I felt bummed I didn’t have the same reaction as everyone else I think.
Enjoyed this reaction immensely. This movie hits me hard. My dad died when I was 16, the same year this movie was released. Would give anything to play catch with him again.
this is my favorite movie, it is perfect in so many ways - thank you for the best reaction I've seen. Moonlight Graham was a real player who became a small town doctor. (the script changed his era from 1905 to 1922 to make the timeline fit). the anecdotes about Moonlight from the newspaper editor and the locals in the bar are true stories about his marriage & medical career. (someone always pops up here & comments that they are spoken by the actual editor & actual acquaintances - that would be sweet but it's not true). my Poppop was born in Los Angeles in 1911 & baseball was his lifelong passion. one memorable day he caught Satchel Paige for an entire game & thought his hand might never recover (it did). he knew players who traveled by train & played for food money - I usually begin to cry when Ray Liotta says he would've played for nothing. I laughed when you said you will watch this film every year because I'm guessing you will watch it more often than that! welcome to the club!
I love the notion that, in theory, as long as John doesn't cross the gravel Ray could see his dad every day. My dad's been gone almost five years, and I'd give just about anything for ONE more day with him.
It really is a perfect movie. It sets up needs for every character and then meets them. And it just keeps the crescendo going until the apotheosis, “Dad, do you want to have a catch?” Just perfect.
Bull Durham and Dances with Wolves are both great movies, but DWW is just special. Its one of those one in a lifetime movies that sticks with you for life. A definite must see film. Watching the reaction I would bet that if you had been there on the field you would have seen the players. Your facial expressions tell me that you have that magic in you. You get it.
This movie is an absolute tear jerker for guys who have difficult relationships with fathers, which is probably most of us. Like Ray, a lot of us come to regret our reactions and appreciate the father we had. But this movie also hits hard for another group...those of us who wanted this type of relationship with their father, but it's impossible. Shout out to all the children of narcissistic parents, parents who's personal selfish needs always came first. I feel for the emptiness you were left with from that lack of true parental love
FOD is one of the best movies ever made. It hits me every time. You picked up on its uniqueness and the real meaning and messages exquisitely. I believe it will always stand the test of time. Thank you for such a beautiful and authentic reaction....by far, the best one I've seen.
This is a wonderful movie. Being Italian , let me tell you, baseball is SO very far from the sports we watch/follow here but somehow this movie holds a special place in my heart. James Earl Jones monologue is SUPERB. Burt Lancaster is seen for less than 10 minutes in the whole movie and even in this brief time frame shows what a magnificent actor he was. I watch this movie every year and every time manages to move me. They don't make movies like these anymore.
I feel that her brother Mark gets a bad rap. He lived in the real world like we do where (as far as we know) ghosts don’t play baseball on fields in Iowa or anyplace else. For that we are calling him cynical and a bad guy. He wants to do what he considers to be the right thing by his sister. He does pick up his niece Karen rather abruptly but it was actually Rays attempt to grab her and he knocks her out if Marks grasp. Don’t get me wrong. He is partially responsible for her falling but he certainly wasn’t trying to hurt her. I’m not saying he’s an awesome guy but he’s also not an ogre.
His redemption moment is all the more satisfying because of him being a hard ass the rest of the story. Agreed he's not a villian, he's a pragmatist and honestly trying to help them avoid disaster.
Two times in my life I had serious goosebumps: standing on the little bridge where the "shot heard 'round the world" happened, and walking up the ramp for my first view of Yankee Stadium.
You are one of the first reactions I've seen that really got this movie. "Dreams""obstacles" and most of all "if you build it" means exactly that build whatever dream you want and this will be your result. Remember you all to listen to your intuition ;)
This movie is pure magic, captured in a way few movies have ever managed. You're in very good company, crying like you did. :) Thanks so much for sharing such lovely thoughts (and feelings!) about it.
Went to the field in 92 during a family reunion. Had a catch with my dad on it. The farm you can see in the distance throughout the movie(doc graham thanking ray) was owned by my dads cousin during filming and is still in the family
Great catch "are you Graham?" It points to the fact that John knows Ray. When he says "Dad. Wanna have a catch?" John never skips a beat "Yeah....Id like that."
The guy who plays the White Sox first baseman here is Babe Ruth's ghost in The Sandlot. 2 baseball movies with JEJ and he's a ghost in both of them. Weird.
Another comment, this may be the best reaction to this I've seen. Another fun fact; the man who plays Ray's Dad had just lost his Dad in real life, and not long after was when he had to film the final scene.
Oh my. I've seen so many reactions to this movie because it's one of my favorite films but yours is my all time favorite. You picked up on EVERYTHING...including the book banning, the "Rosebud" reference and "the thrill of the grass". Remarkable for someone as young as you. Love it. Subscribed!
The "bill-less hat" Annie is wearing at the beginning is a brownies hat. Karin is in the pre-Girl Scout organization The Brownies (that's the uniform she's wearing) and Annie is either wearing her little hat, or else she's a den mother of some kind and has a hat because of it.
@@BouillaBased I still can't believe the cast they got for that film. It had a shoestring budget, from what I recall, but it had John Cusack, D B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Rooker ... I mean, geez.
Non-sports movie for Kevin Costner: "Dances with Wolves." The little, brown beanie hat "Mom" was wearing in the kitchen was Karin's Brownie's (youngest Girl Scout's) cap. The secret to understanding this movie is BELIEVING! Great job with this one, Sir!
Nice reaction sir. As someone who grew up in a baseball family, all the boys and our Dad played and coached it, there is no way to get through the ending without feeling the melancholy joy and fantasy of playing catch with your Dad in a different time. Maybe this is heaven.
I've seen a few other people react to this movie and not shed a tear, how can anyone be so unemotionally detached I don't understand, so to see your reaction gives me hope.
wow. I've watched a lot of FOD reactions. and you "get it the most". its a ball players movie. through and through. "the thrill of the grass". amazing.
I love this movie so much! Back in the 90's, listening to the radio as I was driving into work...the morning DJ's were talking about movies that made men cry. This one was #1, with Rudy as a close 2nd.
Come for the baseball, stay for the fairy tale. I believe Costner himself has said that Field of Dreams is sort of a new generation's version of It's a Wonderful Life.
No disrespect to Amelia but I must say I am ssooooo glad the Braves won. Your reaction was one of the BEST I’ve seen to this timeless film. Thank you for being authentic and showing true, raw emotion. ❤
I thought I was the only one who did this when I saw this movie. Best reaction ever thank you. My Dad is gone. This hit me hard. He and I used to play pass in the back yard on cool Maine evenings. Great job.
This was a fantastic reaction, thank you! I drink milk. Not daily, but, it calms your nerves, calms your stomach (usually) and is reasonably wholesome if I don’t want to bust out a smoothie. Moonlight Graham was a real person and the people they interview are talking about the real man. Btw, not all men cry at the end of this, just the ones who had fathers. ; )
Timothy Busfield (Mark) actually played baseball up into college but he had to quit due to a shoulder injury. He later starred in a movie called *Little Big League* where he plays an all-star first baseman for the Minnesota Twins. All the players in the film were college-pro level athletes so the quality of play is awesome. Also, it was a strike year, so they filmed in the Metrodome and other pro ballparks with the real stars of the era... Frank Thomas, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson.... Very underrated movie.
Remember the prices are from 1989. Fun fact: A young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck showed up to be fans in the stands. They got a chance to speak to Costner about acting.
This movie was emotional when I watched it in my teens. My father passed away a couple of months before my 1st child was born. I'm a mess at the ending as well.
A lovely reaction! I lost my father at 32, and he never met his grandchildren. The film is pretty primal for anyone who's lost a parent, especially if there's unfinished business . Kevin Costner is terrific in Dances with Wolves, Bull Durham, Silverado, and (IMO) The Highwaymen. Fun fact: he has a role in The Big Chill (1983), although you wouldn't know unless you already knew. While I'm on the subject, there are many fine Burt Lancaster movies, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the real heartstring tugs for fans in 1988 was seeing Lancaster, who had been this beautiful, athletic heartthrob, as a frail old man. This was his last film. (Lancaster's greatest performance was probably in The Swimmer (1968), although he was also devastating in Elmer Gantry (1960), Judgment at Nuremburg (1961), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), and The Rainmaker (1956).)
Burt Lancaster was my first Classic Hollywood crush. I saw him in The Crimson Pirate on tv in the late ‘70s when I was around twelve and I was drooling over his bare-chested physique and the waves of charisma pouring off of him through my screen. If I could have found a poster of him, it would have joined my lifesized Robert Redford poster on my bedroom door.
Dude that was thee best reaction to this movie I've seen and I've seen them all. I knew it was going to make you cry because of something you said way back at the beginning. You talked about that feeling you have when you go to a game and sit down and you get that feeling of being a kid...that feeling of excitement.... Yeah, I thought, he's gonna cry. Anyways thanks for the video.
Dances With Wolves: Best picture of the year 1991, Best director for Kevin Costner, Best screenplay, Best cinemaphotography, along with 52 other wins and 39 other nominations over multiple award ceremonies. I'd say that is well-worth a view and reaction.
Thank you so much for appreciating this film the way it was meant to. I sub’d to this channel because of your reactions especially because of your depth in understanding and feeling. I’ve seen other reactors watch this and they just don’t quite get it. This film has the same impact on me as well as any fan of this movie. P.S. If you wanna cry some more, look up Kevin Costner on leading the Yankee White Sox game. It’s incredible.
I live just an hours drive away from the field. It's still there, and a Major League field has been built, just across one of the corn fields. MLB plays one game per season there. The James Earl Jones speech didn't get lost in the script. It's taken on a whole life of its own, in the last 37 years.
Don't shit on Mark. Mark is trying to keep them from losing their home. Ray can't pay the mortgage, the bank is going to foreclose and evict them. If Mark buys the mortgage...yes, their name is no longer on the deed, but at least they can still live there and farm the land. He's trying to talk sense into them and no one is listening. And the incident at the end was a complete accident....that's why Ray says "She fell" and didn't lose his temper and blame Mark.
I agree with everything you said EXCEPT the Karin part. He grabbed her. Even without her falling, if you go and grab my child like that for NO reason, you're going to get punched in the throat. The fall was completely his fault.
@@submersivemedia9995 He can't see the magic, and from his point of view his brother in law is being very irresponsible with his land to the point of almost getting evicted.... Let me ask you this: What did Mark do that was so wrong that makes him a "bad guy?" (Besides the Karin incident of course)
@@michaeljacyna1973 He occupies the antagonist role in the film. He is the person pushing back against Ray. I don't care about his own personal morality. He's a Hollywood archetype because the movie is an old fashioned kind of story. He's basically Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.
@@submersivemedia9995 You are confusing "antagonist" with "bad guy." Those are not the same thing. You originally claimed Mark is the "bad guy." Up until dropping his niece, he has done nothing to demonstrate he's a "bad guy."
Came in to see if anyone else mentioned this. It adds so much beauty to that scene, knowing those were the real Moonlight Graham's actual friends, lovingly telling stories about him.
@@JeffKelly03 The actors in the film weren't the real people, but the stories they shared were genuine stories that the author, W. P. Kinsella, collected from Graham's friends when he was researching the book, Shoeless Joe.
I worked at a movie theater when this was originally released, and it was astonishing, every 2 1/2 hours or so, to see those theater doors open and the hoards of wrecked men come staggering into the lobby. Every show, for weeks. I worked there for 9 years, and I'd never seen anything like it before, and never did again after.
That first time Ray catches a throw from his Dad. He pauses and just takes in the moment. It is such a subtle thing. He never thought he would have that moment again. I don’t know if it was the director or Costner’s idea. But that pause just added so much to the moment and made it punch so much harder.
Great reaction! I watched other reactions to this film and you are the first person who actually recognized the name Burt Lancaster!! You get a subscribe from me!! Oh..other films with Costner! You like baseball..For Love of the Game, Bull Durham..truly any Costner film!
This movie is just perfect. There isn’t a single flaw in it that’s consequential. Some bits of trivia: this book is written by W.P. Kinsella. The part of Terrance Mann was written as the real reclusive writer of JD Salinger. One of Salinger’s books really did use the name of John Kinsella which novitiated Kinsella to use Salinger as a character. The real Salinger did not like the use of his likeness and threatened the movie, leading to the author being completely fictional in this version of the story. Moonlight Graham’s story is also very real. Kinsella was reading a baseball encyclopedia and saw he had just one ½ inning and no at bats, which intrigued him. He then researched his life and found out he did become a doctor. All of the stories the people in Chisholm, MN told were real stories about the real Doc Graham. I believe some, if not all, of the people in the movie might have been those actual people. Only a few minor changes were made to Graham’s story (mostly the dates). When Phil Robinson was adapting this story for this movie, he wanted to use the title of _Shoeless Joe_ but the studio objected and suggested _Field of Dreams._ When Robinson called Kinsella to tell him about the name change, Kinsella said that he wanted to call his book _Dream Field_ but was overridden by his publisher.
Just a fun fact, for the end scene with the cars coming to the field, they put out a call for people in the area to be part of it. They wound up with about 1,500 cars from people in the surrounding towns and had them park on the side of the road with their lights on. Then they told them to flash their high beams to simulate them moving. Also the voice is listed as "himself". To this day no one will reveal who the voice is
My dad passed in 2005 and this was one of those movies we enjoyed together ❤️ makes me cry every time now that I watch it. I would highly suggest JFK it's one of my favorite movies also with Costner
Oh my goodness I was absolutely bawling like a baby & laughing at the same time ……..ESPECIALLY the last 20 minutes. Spectacular reaction to one of the best sports movies of all time!! ⚾️ ⚾️ ⚾️⚾️⚾️
No, Archie's real dream was not to be a doctor. His real dream was to play professional baseball.... but our dreams don't always work out. His becoming a doctor was a blessing for many other people and he was just fine with that.
THIS is the reaction this masterpiece deserves. And as for whether you should watch Bull Durham and Dances With Wolves... ABSOLUTELY YES to both. I predict that Dances With Wolves will break you as much as Field of Dreams did. And Bull Durham, while it may not make you cry, really IS the best baseball movie of all time. Looking forward to watching your reactions to both
Very insightful reaction, thank you. I cried just like you when I saw this for the first time 35 years ago. Even now, I tear up when I see it.... (In fact, I'm remembering that my wife and I were the last ones to leave the theatre.....it took me that long to compose myself, I was bent over, pretending to look for something on the floor, while sobbing the whole time...)
Field of Dreams was all about second chances. Everyone got their chance to do something again that they regretted once in their life, including Ray playing catch with his father. Shoeless Joe Jackson got to play again. Terrance Mann got to find peace and write again (yes he was probably already dead the whole time - lol). Moonlight Graham got to bat and wink at a major league pitcher. My favorite all time movie. I cry at the end every time!
Field of Dreams............Making grown men cry for 35+ years and counting. My All-Time Fav movie.
Oh it’s everyone. I first saw this in the 90s as a kid. I don’t trust any baseball fan who doesn’t cry through at least the last quarter of the film. 😉
I cry every damn time
Such a beautiful, painful, cathartic film for me. I lost my father when I was 13 and he was a massive baseball (and NY Giants) fan. One of his biggest joys was having catch with me and my older brother, but I HATED baseball when I was a kid. Like Ray said, it felt like a chore to me. I mean, what kid doesn't want to have a catch with his dad? That was me. Then when I got older, in my late teens/early 20s, I really got into the game. What I wouldn't give to have a catch with him now.
One of the most honest, genuine reaction to one of the greatest movies ever made . THANK YOU!
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Best one I've seen.
Endlessly timeless. 👊💖
About 15 minutes into this, I knew the ending would break you... this is why I watch reactions. So I can see it again for the first time
That is an excellent way to put..."to watch it again for the first time"!
I’m an Australian with no love or interest in baseball yet this is still one of my most favourite movies of all time. It transcends any particular sport, baseball can be switched out for any nations sport that they hold dear in their hearts. Great piece of cinema.
This movie transcends sports in general. I don't even like sports, and this is one of my favorite movies. It's really not a movie about baseball, or even sports.
Amazing reaction bro. I'm 61 and cry every time. I'm a baseball kid and tgis is my favorite movie.
I lost my father when I was fourteen. I'm now middle-aged, married, and a father. This movie gets me every time.
I just watched the whole thing. Best reaction to Field of Dreams ever. Hands down. It was a pleasure to watch Jonathan. Thanks for reminding me about my dreams.
Agreed 100%. I've seen some other shorter reactions that are pretty good, but Jonathan didn't do a hatchet job on the editing, and really gave it the time it deserves to really get it. Hands down the best one of I've seen.
Baseball as all that we love about America. What a masterpiece. ❤
The one film where guys weep openly in public without shame after watching. ❤
Well, this and Brian's Song.
@@CrystalDawn1202 Thought the same thing! Jonathan, if you see this and haven't seen Brian's Song, trust me, YOU HAVE TO. I've only seen one or two reactions to it, don't know why... copyright maybe?
Best reaction to this movie ever. Every reactor I've seen loved the movie, but you really feel the magic if you loved baseball as a kid. I was a kid in the 60s, when baseball was still king. My father had a tryout with the Red Sox but didn't get signed. He became a mailman in a small town in Maine. In his late thiries he started falling down a lot and was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. He truly was an old man by forty. My strongest connection with my dad was through baseball. He told me stories, and I constantly read books about the baseball greats of the past. I've seen Field of Dreams at least 50 times, and it affects me like this every time. I never fail to blubber like a baby.
This reaction deserves a million views. This was me the first time I watched it and now that I’m 35 with a family I watch reactions so I can feel it again for the first time. Easily my favorite movie of all time.
You just floored me. This is probably the best reaction video I've ever seen. Granted, I dearly love this movie. But, seeing it again through your eyes, and being filled with joy as you caught all the levels here, the personal and the social and the spiritual... thank you.
RIP James Earl Jones & Ray Liotta. You were True Actors.
And Burt Lancaster wasn't?
@@bossfan49 I never heard of him.
@@joshuacampbell7493 Jonathan says his name during the opening credits. He plays Doc Graham in the movie. He's a Hollywood legend.
And James Horner who created the beautiful soundtrack.
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I'm not American and I don't even like baseball but Mann doing that speech about how America is built on baseball still hits me hard.
"that guy" is Burt Lancaster. One of the herd of GOATS. IMO he and James Earl *made* this flick.
I heard Mr. Lancaster had to be fed his lines. What a performance he gave.
Knowing he was ill at the time and still knocked it out of the park (pun intended). Amazing!
@@davidkneitel1840 that's understandable...find "Trapeze," he does his own stunts. One fit SOB...
I worked at a theater showing this when it came out. It has aged like fine wine. And the iconic James Earl Jones, delivering the speech of the power of baseball, silenced the audience. So glad you got to enjoy it.
Came here to add that it was JEJ’s wife that first read the script and based on that writer speech said you HAVE to do this film. So glad. I’m glad the first time I see this film again after his passing is in a reaction… I’m a bit nervous to watch it full out… 😭
I was a projectionist at a movie theater when this came out. This was in the days of 35mm prints, where we manually put the light cues on the film. Normally, when the credits roll and the lights come up, most ppl start trickling out. This movie, from the opening weekend, was completely different. The audience was mostly men, and they were audibly crying through the last 10-15 minutes and none of them moved the entire time the credits rolled. After opening night, the manager told us to just take the light cue off and let the credits roll in the dark and not to even try to go in and clean the auditorium until everyone left. He didn't want anyone to feel pressured to leave or embarrassed to be seen crying. I watch almost ALL YT reactions and I sob like a baby EVERY SINGLE TIME, without fail. It's such an amazing film, and the score is truly magical.
When I first saw this in the theater, I had just lost my father. I’ve watched this movie literally dozens of times since. To this day, it is my favorite and the most impactful movie in my lifetime. So sad we lost Ray, and JEJ. Great actors and story tellers.
absolutely the greatest movie I have ever seen. The script is magical....the acting wonderful. This movie has made more men cry than possibly any movie ever made.
Agree , but IMO the final dressing room scene in 'Imitation of Life' is hard to beat for emotional effect. I dare anyone to watch that scene and not break.
Always a tear bringer.
As a child I lived near where this was filmed. In that line of cars I'm there, with my father.
"I'm watching this movie every year now." - Jonathan
Watch it on Father's Day.
Are you trying to kill the poor man?!
This is one of my favorite movies. At first glance it may seem like a baseball movie, but the message in this hits deeper than James Earl Jones' voice. It's such an eye opening movie because it shows how life is constantly in motion and not everyone has the opportunity to say or do things differently before it's too late. The emotions that this movie brings to the surface are about as heartfelt and innocent as a person can have: wishing you could take back something awful you said to a loved one while trying to hit them where it hurts. Everyone is guilty of that -- especially rebellious teenagers to their parents. The end of this movie breaks everyone. I watch this movie at least once a year and I still break because the acting is so honest and the writing is so powerful. A beautiful movie. Hopefully you eventually watch The Sandlot if you haven't already.
It was always Ray's pain that needed easing. 😌
Love the dedication at the end of the credits.
"For Our Parents"
I was 18 when this came out. I loved it then, but I can truly say now, at 53....that this movie hits you harder the more years that you've lived through. Yes, I still cry at all those cryable moments. It just means a lot more now.
The first time I saw this movie, I saw through the prism of a young man estranged from his alcoholic father longing for a relationship. Years later, we made amends, but he passed days before we were supposed to see each other.
Now, as a father and husband, the shot of Ray looking at the front porch hits harder.
I have never enjoyed a reaction to a movie as much as I've enjoyed yours to this! From moment one, you were invested. Seeing you "get it" and let the story just take you - watching you yelling at the screen, laughing, crying, all the while picking up the nuance of the film. I know a lot of people love this movie; a good number of reactors, too - but there are a good number who say they like it that don't seem to understand fully - and they spend all their time asking how, logically, this could be happening, or what it means in the end. Yours was pure understanding and joy and it was wonderful! Thank you!
This movie is emotional for everyone, but man... for any father and/or son who watches this? Damn. "Hey dad, you wanna have a catch?" is just the most simple, beautiful, and devastating (in a good way) line ever.
This is one of the best reactions I've seen for this film! Great to see a reactor who is so passionate about baseball and fully gets all the meaning & the feelings in the film. Everyone cries at the end. Not just because of the father/son reunion over catch, but just because who wouldn't want their dead loved one to come back just one more time?
BTW, you must watch "Dances With Wolves". It's a masterpiece.
You need to watch when MLB had Kevin Costner lead the Yankees and White Sox through the crops and onto the Field of Dreams back in 2021. It was truly a magical moment where movie meets reality
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That was such an amazing game too. The ending felt scripted it was so perfect.
@@CraigKosteleckyIt was super odd being a Yankee fan because I was like, “whelp… I can’t be mad, right?” It was just a regular season game too. But I felt bummed I didn’t have the same reaction as everyone else I think.
@@IslesYankeeLady I imagine that was perhaps the most oddly satisfying loss to witness.
omg how did I miss this...thank you
Enjoyed this reaction immensely. This movie hits me hard. My dad died when I was 16, the same year this movie was released. Would give anything to play catch with him again.
Prediction: The ending broke him. Edit: Called it. That catch line especially broke him. HARD.
this is my favorite movie, it is perfect in so many ways - thank you for the best reaction I've seen. Moonlight Graham was a real player who became a small town doctor. (the script changed his era from 1905 to 1922 to make the timeline fit). the anecdotes about Moonlight from the newspaper editor and the locals in the bar are true stories about his marriage & medical career. (someone always pops up here & comments that they are spoken by the actual editor & actual acquaintances - that would be sweet but it's not true). my Poppop was born in Los Angeles in 1911 & baseball was his lifelong passion. one memorable day he caught Satchel Paige for an entire game & thought his hand might never recover (it did). he knew players who traveled by train & played for food money - I usually begin to cry when Ray Liotta says he would've played for nothing. I laughed when you said you will watch this film every year because I'm guessing you will watch it more often than that! welcome to the club!
I love the notion that, in theory, as long as John doesn't cross the gravel Ray could see his dad every day. My dad's been gone almost five years, and I'd give just about anything for ONE more day with him.
It really is a perfect movie. It sets up needs for every character and then meets them. And it just keeps the crescendo going until the apotheosis, “Dad, do you want to have a catch?” Just perfect.
Bull Durham and Dances with Wolves are both great movies, but DWW is just special. Its one of those one in a lifetime movies that sticks with you for life. A definite must see film.
Watching the reaction I would bet that if you had been there on the field you would have seen the players. Your facial expressions tell me that you have that magic in you. You get it.
This movie is an absolute tear jerker for guys who have difficult relationships with fathers, which is probably most of us. Like Ray, a lot of us come to regret our reactions and appreciate the father we had. But this movie also hits hard for another group...those of us who wanted this type of relationship with their father, but it's impossible. Shout out to all the children of narcissistic parents, parents who's personal selfish needs always came first. I feel for the emptiness you were left with from that lack of true parental love
FOD is one of the best movies ever made. It hits me every time. You picked up on its uniqueness and the real meaning and messages exquisitely. I believe it will always stand the test of time. Thank you for such a beautiful and authentic reaction....by far, the best one I've seen.
This is a wonderful movie. Being Italian , let me tell you, baseball is SO very far from the sports we watch/follow here but somehow this movie holds a special place in my heart. James Earl Jones monologue is SUPERB. Burt Lancaster is seen for less than 10 minutes in the whole movie and even in this brief time frame shows what a magnificent actor he was. I watch this movie every year and every time manages to move me. They don't make movies like these anymore.
I feel that her brother Mark gets a bad rap. He lived in the real world like we do where (as far as we know) ghosts don’t play baseball on fields in Iowa or anyplace else. For that we are calling him cynical and a bad guy. He wants to do what he considers to be the right thing by his sister. He does pick up his niece Karen rather abruptly but it was actually Rays attempt to grab her and he knocks her out if Marks grasp. Don’t get me wrong. He is partially responsible for her falling but he certainly wasn’t trying to hurt her. I’m not saying he’s an awesome guy but he’s also not an ogre.
His redemption moment is all the more satisfying because of him being a hard ass the rest of the story. Agreed he's not a villian, he's a pragmatist and honestly trying to help them avoid disaster.
@@UncleQue You took the words right out of my mouth.
@@LadyFeline3 Ditto.
Two times in my life I had serious goosebumps: standing on the little bridge where the "shot heard 'round the world" happened, and walking up the ramp for my first view of Yankee Stadium.
Yes!… Me too. Like life turned from black & white into vivid color when I came up the ramp at Yankee Stadium with my dad…..I’m talking the 1970’s.
You are one of the first reactions I've seen that really got this movie. "Dreams""obstacles" and most of all "if you build it" means exactly that build whatever dream you want and this will be your result. Remember you all to listen to your intuition ;)
This movie is pure magic, captured in a way few movies have ever managed. You're in very good company, crying like you did. :)
Thanks so much for sharing such lovely thoughts (and feelings!) about it.
Went to the field in 92 during a family reunion. Had a catch with my dad on it. The farm you can see in the distance throughout the movie(doc graham thanking ray) was owned by my dads cousin during filming and is still in the family
Great catch "are you Graham?" It points to the fact that John knows Ray. When he says "Dad. Wanna have a catch?" John never skips a beat "Yeah....Id like that."
Now, watch James Earl Jones again in The Sandlot. Another baseball movie of him.
"You're killing me, Smalls!"
Yes! Another great baseball movie!
The guy who plays the White Sox first baseman here is Babe Ruth's ghost in The Sandlot. 2 baseball movies with JEJ and he's a ghost in both of them. Weird.
@@bossfan49 very weird!
I felt the same about this movie since it came out. Timeless classic.
It's up there as a must-see for anyone who wears their heart on their sleeves.
32:15 It's because he actually knew Doc Graham. All the guys they talked to in the bar knew him in real life.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who felt like this watching this magical beautiful movie
No matter how many times I’ve watched this movie, the final scene gets me every time. I become a sobbing mess. Your reaction was so genuine.
I’ve never come across one of your reactions, but I’m happy this one was suggested to me. It’s so raw and thoughtful. Thank you for that.
Another comment, this may be the best reaction to this I've seen. Another fun fact; the man who plays Ray's Dad had just lost his Dad in real life, and not long after was when he had to film the final scene.
Oh my. I've seen so many reactions to this movie because it's one of my favorite films but yours is my all time favorite. You picked up on EVERYTHING...including the book banning, the "Rosebud" reference and "the thrill of the grass". Remarkable for someone as young as you. Love it. Subscribed!
The "bill-less hat" Annie is wearing at the beginning is a brownies hat. Karin is in the pre-Girl Scout organization The Brownies (that's the uniform she's wearing) and Annie is either wearing her little hat, or else she's a den mother of some kind and has a hat because of it.
I first saw this movie on a cross-country flight. At the ending, every guy on that flight was crying. Every single guy.
They made a movie about the Black Sox scandal, called Eight Men Out. You should give that one a watch.
Definitely. No one watches that one.
@@BouillaBased I still can't believe the cast they got for that film. It had a shoestring budget, from what I recall, but it had John Cusack, D B. Sweeney, David Strathairn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael Rooker ... I mean, geez.
Non-sports movie for Kevin Costner: "Dances with Wolves." The little, brown beanie hat "Mom" was wearing in the kitchen was Karin's Brownie's (youngest Girl Scout's) cap. The secret to understanding this movie is BELIEVING! Great job with this one, Sir!
Nice reaction sir. As someone who grew up in a baseball family, all the boys and our Dad played and coached it, there is no way to get through the ending without feeling the melancholy joy and fantasy of playing catch with your Dad in a different time. Maybe this is heaven.
I've seen a few other people react to this movie and not shed a tear, how can anyone be so unemotionally detached I don't understand, so to see your reaction gives me hope.
wow. I've watched a lot of FOD reactions. and you "get it the most". its a ball players movie. through and through. "the thrill of the grass". amazing.
Had a nice smile on my face when you said you were emotional half way through... I kept thinking "oh man. Just wait."
I love this movie so much! Back in the 90's, listening to the radio as I was driving into work...the morning DJ's were talking about movies that made men cry. This one was #1, with Rudy as a close 2nd.
Come for the baseball, stay for the fairy tale. I believe Costner himself has said that Field of Dreams is sort of a new generation's version of It's a Wonderful Life.
I LOVE how authentic your reaction was. Never change my man.
One of the best reactions to this movie, EVER! I LOVE Annie's speech at the school one of my favorite parts!
Best true reaction of this movie. Glad you really enjoyed it. Everyone that has a heart tears up. No shame.
No disrespect to Amelia but I must say I am ssooooo glad the Braves won. Your reaction was one of the BEST I’ve seen to this timeless film. Thank you for being authentic and showing true, raw emotion. ❤
Field of Dreams, Rudy, and Brian's Song all make grown men cry unapologetically.
Although it doesn't get most people until the dad reveal...😅
Most people cry to this movie, but it seems to hit grown men the strongest. It's like our kryptonite.
I thought I was the only one who did this when I saw this movie. Best reaction ever thank you. My Dad is gone. This hit me hard. He and I used to play pass in the back yard on cool Maine evenings. Great job.
It really is a magical movie, and closer to home, the, production, style, and acting bring that magic into reality for us. It’s truly beautiful.
This was a fantastic reaction, thank you!
I drink milk. Not daily, but, it calms your nerves, calms your stomach (usually) and is reasonably wholesome if I don’t want to bust out a smoothie.
Moonlight Graham was a real person and the people they interview are talking about the real man.
Btw, not all men cry at the end of this, just the ones who had fathers. ; )
Timothy Busfield (Mark) actually played baseball up into college but he had to quit due to a shoulder injury. He later starred in a movie called *Little Big League* where he plays an all-star first baseman for the Minnesota Twins. All the players in the film were college-pro level athletes so the quality of play is awesome. Also, it was a strike year, so they filmed in the Metrodome and other pro ballparks with the real stars of the era... Frank Thomas, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson.... Very underrated movie.
Remember the prices are from 1989. Fun fact: A young Matt Damon and Ben Affleck showed up to be fans in the stands. They got a chance to speak to Costner about acting.
Great reaction. Real. Sincere. It happens to all of us…every time.
This movie was emotional when I watched it in my teens. My father passed away a couple of months before my 1st child was born. I'm a mess at the ending as well.
A lovely reaction!
I lost my father at 32, and he never met his grandchildren. The film is pretty primal for anyone who's lost a parent, especially if there's unfinished business .
Kevin Costner is terrific in Dances with Wolves, Bull Durham, Silverado, and (IMO) The Highwaymen. Fun fact: he has a role in The Big Chill (1983), although you wouldn't know unless you already knew.
While I'm on the subject, there are many fine Burt Lancaster movies, especially in the 1950s and 1960s. One of the real heartstring tugs for fans in 1988 was seeing Lancaster, who had been this beautiful, athletic heartthrob, as a frail old man. This was his last film. (Lancaster's greatest performance was probably in The Swimmer (1968), although he was also devastating in Elmer Gantry (1960), Judgment at Nuremburg (1961), The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Seven Days in May (1964), and The Rainmaker (1956).)
Burt Lancaster was my first Classic Hollywood crush. I saw him in The Crimson Pirate on tv in the late ‘70s when I was around twelve and I was drooling over his bare-chested physique and the waves of charisma pouring off of him through my screen. If I could have found a poster of him, it would have joined my lifesized Robert Redford poster on my bedroom door.
Dude that was thee best reaction to this movie I've seen and I've seen them all. I knew it was going to make you cry because of something you said way back at the beginning. You talked about that feeling you have when you go to a game and sit down and you get that feeling of being a kid...that feeling of excitement.... Yeah, I thought, he's gonna cry. Anyways thanks for the video.
The soundtrack is fantastic as well! I always keep the tissues handy for this one. I'm not even into sports, and it gets me every time 😂 🖖
Once a year the MLB holds a major league game on this field. And yeah, amazing that's it's a mirror to what is happening today.
Dances With Wolves: Best picture of the year 1991, Best director for Kevin Costner, Best screenplay, Best cinemaphotography, along with 52 other wins and 39 other nominations over multiple award ceremonies. I'd say that is well-worth a view and reaction.
Thank you so much for appreciating this film the way it was meant to. I sub’d to this channel because of your reactions especially because of your depth in understanding and feeling. I’ve seen other reactors watch this and they just don’t quite get it.
This film has the same impact on me as well as any fan of this movie.
P.S. If you wanna cry some more, look up Kevin Costner on leading the Yankee White Sox game. It’s incredible.
Aside from the baseball backdrop, it's about regrets and second chances to make things right!
I live just an hours drive away from the field. It's still there, and a Major League field has been built, just across one of the corn fields. MLB plays one game per season there. The James Earl Jones speech didn't get lost in the script. It's taken on a whole life of its own, in the last 37 years.
Best reaction ever... real, insightful, human. Great job. Thank you for putting this together.
Don't shit on Mark. Mark is trying to keep them from losing their home. Ray can't pay the mortgage, the bank is going to foreclose and evict them. If Mark buys the mortgage...yes, their name is no longer on the deed, but at least they can still live there and farm the land. He's trying to talk sense into them and no one is listening.
And the incident at the end was a complete accident....that's why Ray says "She fell" and didn't lose his temper and blame Mark.
I agree with everything you said EXCEPT the Karin part. He grabbed her. Even without her falling, if you go and grab my child like that for NO reason, you're going to get punched in the throat. The fall was completely his fault.
He's literally the "evil banker" from every Frank Capra movie. I get he has some nuance, but cmon - he's the bad guy.
@@submersivemedia9995 He can't see the magic, and from his point of view his brother in law is being very irresponsible with his land to the point of almost getting evicted.... Let me ask you this: What did Mark do that was so wrong that makes him a "bad guy?" (Besides the Karin incident of course)
@@michaeljacyna1973 He occupies the antagonist role in the film. He is the person pushing back against Ray. I don't care about his own personal morality. He's a Hollywood archetype because the movie is an old fashioned kind of story. He's basically Mr. Potter in It's a Wonderful Life.
@@submersivemedia9995 You are confusing "antagonist" with "bad guy." Those are not the same thing. You originally claimed Mark is the "bad guy." Up until dropping his niece, he has done nothing to demonstrate he's a "bad guy."
Kevin Costner was one of MANY (future) stars in Silverado... one of the bst westerns since the 60's.
The people who Terrence interviewed actually knew the real Moonlight Graham and those stories about him were true. Amazing movie. Damn my tears.
Came in to see if anyone else mentioned this. It adds so much beauty to that scene, knowing those were the real Moonlight Graham's actual friends, lovingly telling stories about him.
@@JeffKelly03 The actors in the film weren't the real people, but the stories they shared were genuine stories that the author, W. P. Kinsella, collected from Graham's friends when he was researching the book, Shoeless Joe.
One of THE best movies ever made! ♥Thank you for the truly heartfelt reaction!!
I worked at a movie theater when this was originally released, and it was astonishing, every 2 1/2 hours or so, to see those theater doors open and the hoards of wrecked men come staggering into the lobby. Every show, for weeks. I worked there for 9 years, and I'd never seen anything like it before, and never did again after.
That first time Ray catches a throw from his Dad. He pauses and just takes in the moment. It is such a subtle thing. He never thought he would have that moment again. I don’t know if it was the director or Costner’s idea. But that pause just added so much to the moment and made it punch so much harder.
You can go visit the baseball field, Costner preserved it. I think they may have annual games there or something
Great reaction! I watched other reactions to this film and you are the first person who actually recognized the name Burt Lancaster!! You get a subscribe from me!! Oh..other films with Costner! You like baseball..For Love of the Game, Bull Durham..truly any Costner film!
This movie is just perfect. There isn’t a single flaw in it that’s consequential.
Some bits of trivia: this book is written by W.P. Kinsella. The part of Terrance Mann was written as the real reclusive writer of JD Salinger. One of Salinger’s books really did use the name of John Kinsella which novitiated Kinsella to use Salinger as a character. The real Salinger did not like the use of his likeness and threatened the movie, leading to the author being completely fictional in this version of the story.
Moonlight Graham’s story is also very real. Kinsella was reading a baseball encyclopedia and saw he had just one ½ inning and no at bats, which intrigued him. He then researched his life and found out he did become a doctor. All of the stories the people in Chisholm, MN told were real stories about the real Doc Graham. I believe some, if not all, of the people in the movie might have been those actual people. Only a few minor changes were made to Graham’s story (mostly the dates).
When Phil Robinson was adapting this story for this movie, he wanted to use the title of _Shoeless Joe_ but the studio objected and suggested _Field of Dreams._ When Robinson called Kinsella to tell him about the name change, Kinsella said that he wanted to call his book _Dream Field_ but was overridden by his publisher.
Just a fun fact, for the end scene with the cars coming to the field, they put out a call for people in the area to be part of it. They wound up with about 1,500 cars from people in the surrounding towns and had them park on the side of the road with their lights on. Then they told them to flash their high beams to simulate them moving. Also the voice is listed as "himself". To this day no one will reveal who the voice is
Burt Lancaster is a film legend. Please look at his other films including one of his last films, Tough Guys with Kirk Douglas.
My dad passed in 2005 and this was one of those movies we enjoyed together ❤️ makes me cry every time now that I watch it. I would highly suggest JFK it's one of my favorite movies also with Costner
Oh my goodness I was absolutely bawling like a baby & laughing at the same time ……..ESPECIALLY the last 20 minutes.
Spectacular reaction to one of the best sports movies of all time!!
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No, Archie's real dream was not to be a doctor. His real dream was to play professional baseball.... but our dreams don't always work out. His becoming a doctor was a blessing for many other people and he was just fine with that.
Dances with Wolves is a cinematic Masterpiece and a must watch!!!! also For the Love of the Game, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves,
THIS is the reaction this masterpiece deserves. And as for whether you should watch Bull Durham and Dances With Wolves... ABSOLUTELY YES to both. I predict that Dances With Wolves will break you as much as Field of Dreams did. And Bull Durham, while it may not make you cry, really IS the best baseball movie of all time. Looking forward to watching your reactions to both
Very insightful reaction, thank you. I cried just like you when I saw this for the first time 35 years ago. Even now, I tear up when I see it.... (In fact, I'm remembering that my wife and I were the last ones to leave the theatre.....it took me that long to compose myself, I was bent over, pretending to look for something on the floor, while sobbing the whole time...)
Field of Dreams was all about second chances. Everyone got their chance to do something again that they regretted once in their life, including Ray playing catch with his father. Shoeless Joe Jackson got to play again. Terrance Mann got to find peace and write again (yes he was probably already dead the whole time - lol). Moonlight Graham got to bat and wink at a major league pitcher. My favorite all time movie. I cry at the end every time!
“Is that guy supposed to be babe Ruth?” One of the guys that played a white sock in this movie played babe in the sandlot