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good movie, but really slow
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""Ray" (Kevin Costner) is an Iowan corn farmer who has regrets -- the biggest of which is fixing his relationship with his estranged father (Dwier Brown). One day, "Ray" is in his cornfield, with his wife (Amy Madigan) and daughter (Gaby Hoffmann, in her motion picture debut) sitting on the deck of their home, he hears a voice come from out of nowhere say to him "if you build it, he will come." After some thought on what the voice meant, he begins to believe that he has to tear down part of his cornfield and build a regulation baseball field. This causes what can only be described as the ghost of disgraced baseball legend "'Shoeless' Joe Jackson" (Ray Liotta), as well as other deceased players to come play on that field. He then goes on a journey that takes him across the country, where he meets with a once popular 1960's author (James Earl Jones), and two versions of the same man who played only one -half of an inning in his major league career without ever getting up to bat (young ... "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Fantasy
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"As with Moonstruck's appearance on the romantic comedy list, I found myself charmed by many of the selections on the fantasy list, even where I may not have made the choice myself. I was particularly happy to see Groundhog Day (1993) on this Top 10, but, like a number of other films here, the more I thought about the idea of “fantasy”, the more I began to wonder if some weren't misplaced or mis-categorized. Groundhog Day, alongside Harvey (1950), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), may be fantasies, but they are more accurately described as “fables”, that is, as stories that are essentially about life lessons rather than the fantastic, though they may use fantasy elements to tell their stories. Where the three older films are concerned, there are questions that clearly can, and are, raised about what the protagonists have experienced or who they actually are. Is George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) actually v "
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Tie...#2
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"Without a doubt Kevin Costner’s best work. Watch this movie with your Dad. You’ll understand after the amazing last scene, which reveals the whole point of the movie (and always makes me misty & choked up). "
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AFI's 10 Top 10: Sports
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"The sports Top 10 is a difficult list to assess. How many truly good sports movies are there, and I ask this as a sports fan? Raging Bull (1980) is arguably the greatest film of the 1980s, and Rocky (1976) was a little labor of love, far from the semi-joke blockbuster that it is often remembered as in light of its sequels. They likely deserve their places at the top of the list, especially Raging Bull. As to the rest of the films, I have a lot of affection for Breaking Away (1979) and really, it's a lovely little film that I'd put higher on the list. I also like Hoosiers (1986) and Bull Durham (1988), but they both have obvious flaws (as Anne-Marie noted, the basketball film falls short in its depiction of the on-the-court action; the final is especially poorly paced and shot and edited in an oblique way. I've always thought that Bull Durham's final act stretched on a little too long, needlessly deferring Annie and Crash's final settling in together). For the remainder, well, I don ... "
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"Eight Men Out is probably my favorite baseball movie. It isn't a simple movie. It doesn't turn the players into shining heroes who were framed by the man. (If you want that movie watch The Natural (1984) with its cleaned up, bloodless ending.) These guys are barely making ends meet while the White Sox owner is raking it in. When a group of gamblers offers them big money to throw the series, they see their chance not only to get their cut, but revenge on the guy they see as cheating them. That's when their victory turns to ashes in their mouths. The movie doesn't shy away from the fact that they are in the wrong or the price they pay for their decisions. There is no Field of Dreams (1989) for these guys. There isn' even the redemption that Crash Davis gets in Bull Durham (1988). But this movie is spellbinding in its heartbreak. "
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"This blog entry is part of my “movie year countdown”. To read more about that check out my first Spout filmblog entry.Sweet Smell of SuccessThis movie took a lot of warming up to. I didn't know what was going on or how people were related to each other for probably at least the first third of the movie. I guess I put it all together well enough by the end for it to be satisfying. Or at least the characters were strong enough by that point that it didn't really matter. Still, I'm kind of surprised this movie has as high of ratings as I've read. It has an 8.2 on IMDB. It's a good movie, but I wouldn't have guessed it was such a stand-out.I'm pretty sure this is the first movie I've seen with Burt Lancaster in it too. (Wait hold that. After a check I found out he was in Field of Dreams, but I can't remember that movie too well nor did I like it much.) Anyways he certainly wasn't the charming swashbuckler I seemed to have as ... "
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Trying Too Hard
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"Paul Morrison's Wondrous Oblivion wants to be many things. It wants to be a period piece about Post WWII England. It wants to be an underdog sports story like a children's Field of Dreams. It wants to be a story about classism and racism. It wants to be a growing up piece like Stand by Me. It wants to be an adult drama about an interracial affair. It wants to be many things, but it is very few. The story is told from the point of view of David Wiseman, an optimistic, naive boy who loves cricket and little else. David is played by Sam Smith who is too bright-eyed and bushytailed throughout the movie. He also has too clean an English accent to reflect his German roots. David is an underdog who really doesn't come alive until the Samuels move in next door. David's relationship with Judy Samuels (Leonie Elliot) is kind, but is shoved down the viewer's throat. David's relationship with Dennis Samuels (Delroy Lindo) is much easier to believe. Ruth Wiseman (Emily W ... "
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