Field+of+Dreams+Review,+Sarah+Cho

“Wakening of the Voice” To be able to learn a lesson through a movie requires a lot of thinking and analyzing. The film that our class watched was “Field of Dreams.” This movie as a whole was scary and mysterious at first but eventually grabbed the attention of the audience by attacking the weakness of the human heart and mind. The main point was the idea of unity within the family. This movie wasn’t a low scaled movie, but it was released now-a-days, it won’t get the attention that it should normally receive. The movie starts off as a young man with his own family starting to hear things in the corn field. The first time, it says, “If you build it, he will come.” Ray Kinsella, the main character, thinks and decides to build a baseball field. At first, there was no improvement, but as time passed, he started seeing ex-baseball players enter his baseball field. As time passed by more and more baseball players started coming, and later they played games. However, when his bank account reached bankruptcy, he was on the verge of selling the field, but then he understood that someone will finally come, the one the "wind" was talking about. Then as he waited, he finally met the one he wanted to meet in his heart, but could not express those feelings outside. While watching this movie, I was not thinking very much about the acting nor the quality, but the message the director was trying to give to the audience. What I liked about this movie is that actors were able to act it out so that the audience can feel what the actors are feeling. I am not saying that they were good actors, but the fact that the movie was able to grab the attention of the movie. Although the story was about baseball, and basic knowledge of baseball was needed to know who the baseball players were. However, the movie somehow was broad enough so that it can grab different range of peoples. Also, the music that was used in this movie was very attracting and fit to the movie. There were sufficient number of songs so that it didn’t annoy the audience. The songs were not serious nor were they breath-taking to grab the attention of the audience. If the music was too good, then the movie would not stand out and keep the watchers focused. As the movie went on, I thought that the settings were too limited for people to learn the culture of America. Since the settings introduced in the movie were three different places, and most of them in the baseball field, it was getting the audience somehow bored and unwillingly fall asleep. If there were more settings introduced in the movie, then it would have made the movie more interesting and more people would have to try and analyze what was happening. In my point of view, the director was too focused on analyzing who is who, and what impact they will be to Ray Kinsella. The quality of the movie, although it wasn’t released recently, it did not have a very good quality. Also, there could have been changes made in which who got assigned to which part in the movie. Especially, Ray Kinsella’s wife seemed too bright to fit in the story line in the beginning. Unless the audience gets used to the awkwardness she delivers, they will not be able to focus in the movie. The songs and audio was fairly listenable, which was what helped the audience understand and relate to the movie. The factor that helps the audience become focused in the movie is the actor’s ability to act out all the details and feelings the character at that time feels. I am aware that this job is not an easy job, and need many practices to become a professional. Overall, I was quite satisfied with the acting the actors did, since it brought the deepest feelings one could not get through just any movies. One minor thing that I did not like about this movie was the acting and characteristics portrayed in the movie as Ray’s wife. Her characteristics were one of the couple factors that distracted the mind while watching the movie. She was a bright, positive, and out-going person, but this did not really seem to blend in with the actual theme of the movie. In my opinion, Ray Kinsella could be someone the audience members would be able to relate to since he is able to show what action people should take when they have a goal. The one thing that he is exampling is that once someone has belief in what he is told, and wants to accomplish, then that person should never give up because the world would at some point give a chance to that person as well. Thus, people be able to refer to him whenever they difficulties rather to follow their life-time goal, they can remember Ray’s action and believe in themselves. As stated before, people might have difficulties focusing on the basic theme once they have noticed Ray’s wife not being able to blend into the theme. Once it is inscribed in the mind, then it is hard not to think about it again, which is why some of the audience members won’t be able to concentrate. This movie as a whole seems fairly successful, considering the year it was released. This movie is suitable for people who wants to be emotionally affected by the movie. Since “Field of Dreams” is a movie that all ages could watch, there will probably be different stages and comprehending depending on the age of the viewer. Couple of the themes in this movie could be amusement, family-warmth, and spirit. If this is a theme that the watchers will be interested in, then it would be available to watch the movie. (4)