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June Bride (1948)
Typical of time when movies were fun; characters had fun.
As a former midwesterner who's lived most of her life in CA, I love movies where the "city slickers" come into town like snobs and ridicule the midwest. Robert M. and Bette D. play their roles well as people who "get their comeuppance" and are good-natured about it. I know a few people who have never left the big city (usually NY) or its environs and have no idea that there are some wonderful people "out there."
None of the psychological claptrap here...relax and enjoy!
Field of Dreams (1989)
Baseball, science fiction, romance of America
As a casual baseball fan, who does truly love the game, I realized how much I see it as a major symbol of America when I listened to James Earl Jones, aka Terrence Mann, give the soliloquy about the game toward the end of the film. It truly does go on as something basically good and fine, even through the scandals. I cry every time Ray meets John, no matter how much I try to fight it. Who doesn't giggle when Mann enters the corn field, knowing we'd like to go there too?
Who doesn't get the same choking up when Ray realizes that Doc Graham can't play again? Who doesn't remember times that people like Mark have refused to "see" things that require faith.
The casting of this film was true genius. Every single time I watch it, I see more. Unfortunately, when I show it to my seventh grade students, I do have to "zap" out the PTA meeting because of the language. Teachers...it works; the kids love it!
Watch it again and again...for the baseball, for the science fiction, for the metaphors about the game, and for the sheer fun of being a kid again and not worrying if it makes sense!