Join Ryan and Chris every other Thursday as they talk about sports films. Prepare to sweep the leg of critics, revel in the fine art of training montages, have pedantic arguments over romantic sub-plots, and discuss which sports movies had us at hello or ended up juuuust a bit outside.
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Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Thursday Mar 21, 2019
Tear ducts, prepare thy selves for this 21st edition of Scoring At The Movies, as we analyze the best film we’ve covered yet: Field of Dreams.
This ghost story has a sense of humour, along with a midlife crisis, father/son regret, spirituality...and lots of corn. Kevin Costner was the ideal choice to head up the eclectic Field Of Dreams cast. He’s given a lot of credit for this movie, but writer/director Phil Alden Robinson did a masterful job of walking the tightrope and finding the correct It’s A Wonderful Life type tone. To Chris’ dismay, it also shares a major plot point with Jimmy Stewart’s Christmas movie—money woes. Also, while the miscast Ray Liotta as Shoeless Joe doesn’t hurt the picture, he’s just too scary and New York-y for that role. Fortunately, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones and especially Burt Lancaster are perfectly cast.
Dig into our lengthy teeth-rattle about one of the sweetest and oddest sports movies ever made.
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