This is one of the greatest Baseball Movie ever made. i love this film. Kevin Costner is outstanding. I Recommend it for everyone
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Is this Heaven?
Added 11/7/2009
No, it's Iowa...What a classic movie, and it looks so much better in Blu-ray. Never gets old.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
I'm glad I updated from my original edition DVD
Added 9/26/2009
I met Bill Kinsella in the early 80's. I had read a little bit about this little baseball book from a guy from British Columbia, and when I saw this clapped out car with vacu-formed signs touting a book called "Shoeless Joe" park near me, I popped over to say Hi. Bill Kinsella was/is a sort of scraggy looking dude, and was pretty interesting to talk to, so I walked with him to Elliott Bay Books, and bought a copy, which Kinsella duly signed. He re-autographed it more personally at a later reading after I told him I had called Larry King's radio show, and highly recommended it.
In spring of '89 I was walking past a theatre & saw a poster for a movie called "Field Of Dreams", which I had never heard of, but then I saw it had Kevin Costner, who I'd liked in Silverado and envied in No Way Out for a little backseat scene with Sean Young. Then I noticed in the fine print "Based on the novel Shoeless Joe by W. P. Kinsella". I immediately bought a ticket for the next showing, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, and was all choked up at the ending. I did miss many aspects of the novel, such as the replacement of J. D. Salinger by a character called Terrence Mann(well-played by James Earl Jones), and the elimination of characters of the hero's brother, and "The World's Oldest Living Chicago Cub", Eddie "Kid" Scissons, but still thought it was well done. After I got out of the movie, I called a lady friend who I had turned on to Shoeless Joe & told her about it, and "Field Of Dreams" became the second movie I've ever watched twice in one day.(the other was Brazil ...how did that happen??)
When DVD's came out, "Field Of Dreams" was one of the first I bought, but until I bought this 2-disc set, I probably hadn't watched it in 5 or 6 years.
When my new copy arrived, I immediately went to the 2nd disc & the Extras. The first extra I watched was the "From Page To Screen" feature from The Bravo Channel which did little more than piss me off: Anna Geddes, who wrote & directed this knew or cared nothing about the book, or its genesis: the book Shoeless Joe was derived from a short story, the title story from Kinsella's Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to Iowa. I also had a problem with the way the narrator of "From Page To Screen" went on and on about "an American classic", but didn't mention the facts that Kinsella is Canadian, or that he lived in Iowa while attending the Writer's Program at the University Of Iowa. Of course, The Bravo Channel has become a joke like A&E, living off of "Reality" TV instead of stressing quality content.
After my disgust with From Page To Screen, I was pretty much delighted with all the other DVD Extras: a round table discussion with Costner and some ex-MLB stars was fun; the deleted scenes were OK, with only one that I thought should have been retained in the film; I enjoyed the visit to Galena, Illinois, which served as Chisholm, Minnesota in the movie; the Look Inside "Field Of Dreams" was well done, and I realized that the director & producers really had a passion for the book and the film, and I had never, ever heard that Bill Kinsella's original title for the book was "Dream Field"; The great bit was From Father to Son: Passing Along the Pastime, with a conversation with Dwier Brown, who played the young father of Ray Kinsella, making buying this edition TOTALLY worth it. Although it was moving when the producers of the movie told of losing their Father at "a young age", Dwier Brown lost his Dad less than a month before he appeared in "Field Of Dreams" and BARELY kept it together when he talked about speaking with his Dad on the father's deathbed.
The transfer of the new edition was just fine, and one more thing, especially aimed at the reviewer who gave FOD 1-star due to his only getting 1 disc, in a 1 disc box:
When you're looking at a DVD (or a book) that has multiple editions, make sure you contact the seller either before you buy, or as soon as you buy. Confirm with the seller what you're buying: Caveat Emptor!
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
|
Inaccurate website advertisement
Added 9/20/2009
I ordered as per website description a 2 disc anniversary edition. The package contained only 1 disc.showing only the feature film . There was no provision in the package for a second disc and no replacement method offered when disc is returned. In other words, the website is wrong. The packaging cover was also in error. Save your money
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Field of Dreams
Added 9/12/2009
We first loved the story and then we stopped in Iowa to see the "Field"..it was a feel good feeling, sitting in the bleaches,being a part of the past, not a dry eye, plus we got to play on the field,see the farm house and enjoying being there with our family.
Bev Moore
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
Maybe it's because I'm just not that into sports...
Added 10/20/2008
I must be missing something here, but I just don't find this film as universally brilliant as so many make it out to be. Maybe it's that I am not a sports fan, especially not baseball (honestly, when Susan Sarandon mentions in her opening monologue that baseball is never boring I actually laughed out loud because I thought it was the films first joke), but I was actually really looking forward to this movie and it failed me on many levels. I should have known that Costner was going to ruin a few things (why is it that his only great performance came so late in his career; `The Upside of Anger'?) because he is such a dreadfully boring actor, but I have been known to like his movies despite his performances (`JFK', `Dances with Wolves') so I didn't really think he would totally destroy my hopes of enjoying this film. I mean, I adore Susan Sarandon and find Tim Robbins engaging and even fascinating at times, so I was really looking forward to this.
Sarandon and Robbins are Oscar worthy; the film as a whole is not.
Sarandon plays Annie Savoy, a baseball enthusiast who picks one player per year to invest herself into, forming a relationship that will hopefully give them a strong year. She loves baseball and she loves me, and so she has found a way to infuse both of them. Ebby Calvin LaLoosh is the newest and freshest thing on the field, a wild pitcher who has an arm touched by god but lacks control. Crash Davis, a legend in his town, is brought in to help reign in that arm. Savoy also decides to make LaLoosh her personal project, forming a strangely intriguing triangle.
The script is funny and witting in scenes, but tends to lose me in others. It just seems very all over the place. It calls to mind one of the wittier lines in the movie, where Millie tells Annie that LaLoosh "`blanks' like he pitches, all over the place". The script is like that too.
The acting is also like that...in fact the entire movie is really all over the place.
Susan Sarandon is delightfully charming as Annie. She delivers a solid comedic performance that is rich with sentiment and believability (we actually believe that she thinks she is making a difference). Tim Robbins is hysterical as LaLoosh, delivering a very strong performance in his portrayal of an overly confident youngster trapped in an adult's game. Kevin Costner is boring as all get out. I just don't see the charm here, at all. He delivers every line in this monotone and stagnant manner, but I know many people would disagree so whatever.
In fact a lot of people will disagree with this review.
Whatever.
I'm not saying that this is a bad movie, and at times I really enjoyed it, but it's just a little all over the place. It works one minute, doesn't the next; it's brisk one minute, drags the next; it's witty one minute and convoluted the next.
If you are a fan of baseball or sports movies in general then you will probably like this. A lot of devoted baseball fans claim this to be the definitive baseball movie. I have honestly seen better, but that's just me. It's decent and I can't say I didn't enjoy some of it; and Robbins and Sarandon are just wonderful, but as a whole I just was not as impressed as so many others were. Oh well, one movie cannot please everyone.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
a good classical 80's romantic baseball movie.........
Added 7/22/2008
a fun and exiting movie. but i would'nt recommend it for the whole family because of it's rating......
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
|
If you like baseball, Bull Duram is a don't miss
Added 8/7/2007
Bull Duram is one of the top Baseball Movies out there. But it's not just a baseball movie. The development of the love triangle between Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins and Kevin Costner gives the movie a nice story line. There is also a good bit of humor thrown into the mix. Bull Duram is a winner
0 out of 1 people found this helpful.
|
