Field+of+Dreams+Review,+Dongmin+Lim

Dongmin Lim August 24, 2009

Field of Ambiguity

Of many of the classics, Field of Dreams shows an in-depth story of baseball and a life of person as he grows closer to realize the importance of life. This movie consists of many beautiful pictures and scenery. However, is this really a movie that should be considered as one of the classics all time? What makes this movie so special? I wonder why. Hearing voices of ghosts? Making a baseball field for ghosts? Obviously, this movie has issues. In the story of Field of Dreams, the main character Jay Kinsella hears weird things like messages of ghosts. Obviously, the main character has problems, so does the movie. He makes a baseball field due to the messages of ghost which is very unrealistic in a for a person to make a baseball field just for the sake of the ghosts, and the wife agreeing to make the field has some problems too.

` The main character tries to act modest and calm when there is a court full of ghostly players that were exiled from the White socks scandal. It was very interesting to see a person talking to a ghost or It was rather hilarious, or seemed as if the author was making the movie as a joke. Did you ever saw a person talking to an elephant? Same for the movie. Usually, ghost represents despair and fear, however this movie totally made this role into a ghost of dreams. Seriously, what is that. A ghost should be used as a ghost not a harbinger of happiness. This just belittled the reputations of ghosts that entertain people through fear.

Of many of the classics, Field of Dreams shows an in depth story of baseball and a life of person as he grows closer to realize the importance of life. This movie consists of many beautiful scenery due to the beautiful farm setting in Iowa. The background of the farm made the movie itself very calm and modest. The music matched with the setting as if it was a harmony in an orchestra. The essential ambiance of the film is the major thing that made this movie loved by many people I believe, but it doesn’t mean I liked it.

Maybe because the movie was old school that I didn’t understand it, but isn’t the purpose of movies to entertain people visually? I didn’t see any aspects that showed entertainment in the field of dreams. Usually, a movie consists of many activities and action that entertain people, but there was barely a single scene with action. The movie was basically baseball game with no hits. Honestly, this movie was almost a lullaby that could of made me sleep anytime. People who don’t really understand baseball will have a hard time understand the beauty of this movie.

Many of the actors showed a great impression that not only expressed that character in full potential, but showed what they are really made of. The actor of Jay Kinsella expressed himself with exaggeration and excitement which made me acknowledge him as one of the best actors. Even though the acting was good, the plot of the story degraded his status as a good actor. He did a good job on acting on a poor plot. He himself represent “Shoeless Joe” a person who deserves admiration and the real catalyst of the story.

Some characters seem to be very broad and ambiguous in many terms. Terrence Mann, supposedly a famous author, didn’t really show many examples of his characteristic. I knew that he is really cranky, but is that all? A true actor must show a characteristics of its role in many ways that could bring attention to its audience, but I believe this actor failed to do so. I didn’t really have the real image of the character.

Overall, the movie is really hard to understand due to the weird story plot and poor acting of some character. This movie is not recommendable to anyone who are in their youth age due to the dull and unclear plot. Maybe the fans of baseball players will enjoy this, but not everyone in this world are baseball fans including me. A true classic movie I would consider Coach Carter, or Remember the Titans. These are movies that will give you a chill in your heart and also give you good memories.