Oct 29 2008 08:29 AM
| Benjamin Grimm wrote: I'm probably in the minority, but Field of Dreams was a letdown. I liked the book it was based on, Shoeless Joe, much better. |
Now, this is one of the rare times when I thought the movie was better than the book, and probably because Kinsella himself had a big hand in the adaptation. I thought he did a good job streamlining the story, and delaying the introduction of the dad until the end.
I think its one of those movies where everything comes together perfectly. And I liked how they incorporated real people into the story. Not just was there really a Moonlight Graham, but the obit they read in the movie, about the doctor who made sure all the kids had glasses and the blue hats for the wife, was Graham's actual obit. They tinkered only with the date, and that was because they wanted to use the re-elect Nixon poster to set the year in the flashback.
I think the music is outstanding, too.
I get weepy everytime I see the thing, which is know is silly.
I visited the field in Dyersville last year, and even spent some time in Galena, Ill. where the Chisolm scenes are filmed. It was pretty special, even if it is a pretend baseball field and an empty house. We took family portraits standing in the corn, on the bleachers and in the outfield with the house in the background.
Of course, I'm the only one not in the photo, since I'm taking it.
