I can't believe I'm writing this, as it's only a matter of time until I'll be flamed. First off, I'm not going to write
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Rsnyd978 — 15 years ago(November 18, 2010 04:01 PM)
Ok so clearly your not a child judging by the fact that you put together a semi-good argument on what you didn't like about the movie. However, you compared it to Stand by Me. The difference between the two is the target audience it attracts, Stand by Me is geared more toward adults where as this is a mindless kid's movies bringing back nostalgia of playing baseball growing up without a care in the world. So if your going to spend time trashing kids movies i look forward to your analytical views on Fantasia, Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast.
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grim107 — 15 years ago(November 21, 2010 03:29 PM)
I have nothing against kids' movies. Frankly, Aladdin was pretty good. The problem wasn't the fact that this was a kid's movie. It's that it was a bad movie. I just recently saw the movie "Secondhand Lions" starring Haley Joel Osment. This was clearly a kids'/family movie, and at many parts, it showed a little too much. However, It was a pretty descent movie, and while by no means was it a masterpiece, I plan to watch it again some time in the future. So why did I like one movie but not the other? "Secondhand Lions" was all around well acted and had a fine storyline. "The Sandlot" wasn't well acted and had a pretty crappy storyline.
I knew before I started watching "The Sandlot" that it was a kids' movie. However, I felt that it's 7.5 rating and hundreds of posts and websites raving about it (and comparing it to Stand by Me), calling it an incredible coming of age movie couldn't be lying to me. I wasn't shocked to find out that this movie was aimed towards a kids' audience. Sadly, though, I found it to be a very lame movie.
Lastly, while I can't bash the original "Sandlot" for this next point, I can say that the series was a total sellout. The first "Sandlot" had a clear and definite ending. What was going through everyones' minds when they made "Sandlot 2" and "Sandlot 3"? These are some of the lowest scoring and worst reviewed movies I've ever seen on IMDB. There was never a "Stand by Me 2: Gordie Kicks Ass!" where Gordie (now played by Dakota Fanning, although frankly, she was WAY too famous for such a role, as opposed to those in "Sandlot 2/3") goes back in time with a flux capacitor to stop Chris's death, and in the process, completely reenacts the original story. -
ted-204 — 15 years ago(November 23, 2010 05:37 AM)
I think this movie is great and I believe you are missing the context in which the story is being told. This is a memory of childhood as told by an adult. We all recall stories of adventures with our buddies where the details become more exaggerated as the years go by and the stories are retold again and again. The idea of a "Beast" or events with details that are a little grander than what actually happened is not at all preposterous. That is what I love about this movie. It reminds me of many stories in my childhood and playing baseball with my buddies. I consider it much more along the lines of A Christmas Story where memories of childhood are romanticized. I wouldn't put it in the same category as Stand By Me, which is also a great film.
I was 30 years old when this movie first came out and I enjoy it just as much now. My 12 year old son also loves the movie. -
ajackett — 10 years ago(October 05, 2015 05:08 PM)
I know I'm quite late to the party, but this is exactly the point of this movie. I was 12 when it came out, I loved it then because I was roughly the same age as those kids. I just watched it again tonight, I'm 34 now and it was still great. I realized that because the movie was being narrated by an adult, that the story was exaggerated, just as the stories I remember from my youth are. The movie is much deeper than the OP saw. It also makes me miss my youth, what we wouldn't give to relive our childhoods.
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filmrevolutionary — 9 years ago(April 23, 2016 01:29 PM)
THANK YOU! I know this is a post from five years ago lol but THANK YOU.
This is the kid's Point of View! This is his memoir!
The cheesy sound effects? The exaggerated mythical creature like dog? Those are all things we do as kids! We fear the unkown (they did not KNOW how to handle a dog with made up stories that Squince is going around yacking about through out the town.), and as kids we also have a habit of telling stories through making funny sound effects. All of this stuff captured the idea of telling a story through the youth.
I understand The Sandlot is not Stand By Me but they are two different movies. One is about a kid trying to fit in with another group of kids, and how those kids change his whole life for the better through friendship, and the team game of Baseball. The other is about a group of kids going on an adventure, and the adventure as you said MATURES them, and helps them grow up. Their both very different ideas about childhood growth, but they both are very true to everything when it comes to growing up as a young boy.
As for the whole "they barely made it look like the 60s argument". are you kidding me? The dialogue? The Clothing? The Music? The Set Design? All of that convinced me at 4 years old, and it convinces me now. I appreciate if you were catching certain things but I mean, they did a lot more than just put up a convincing Pharmacy.
In the end how can you hate this movie? It's a really fun story, and I actually will say the acting was damn good for a group of kids. Some of it may have been flat or exaggerated but this all goes with the Kid's Point of View argument when does anyone tell a childhood story and does not exaggerate a little? All I'm saying is that maybe, just maybe, you should watch this with someone else, and see why they enjoy it. -
grim107 — 15 years ago(November 25, 2010 06:47 PM)
"Maybe you were sitting on a pin. That might explain why it was painful. "
Look, I truly wanted to like the movie. I REALLY did. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough. It was a downright bad movie. I don't watch movies expecting to hate them. As a general rule for me now, I check IMDB for reviews and forum posts for all movies I see. This movie had pretty close to unanimous positive reviews. I'm not saying it's a bad movie for the sake of pissing everyone off. I truly want to know why everyone loves it so much so that I can take it into consideration. -
danhollow — 14 years ago(April 15, 2011 07:29 AM)
We love it because we grew up with it. That's basically what it is for us. We saw it, it brought out the kid in us, and we loved it. It celebrated being a kid. That is probably the main reason we love it, just nostalgia. We can't even really explain it beyond that.
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baran_erik — 9 years ago(May 10, 2016 02:47 PM)
I didn't "love it" like some guys do, but I did enjoy it very much. Why? Because it captured my youth. These guys were my older brother, while my summers were at the other end of the 60s. So the kids weren't all Haley Joel Osmet, they all did a pretty good job. Yeah, it was a simple story, but that's all it was supposed to be, a few weeks during summer vacation for some 11 year olds. I don't know how old you are, but I suspect you are of a much younger generation and had helicopter parents, with play dates,organized events and trophies and medals all around. Here's my summer vacation from about six on up: Get up, have breakfast, go outside and gather the kids from the neighborhood. We'd play pickle basketball, football, go on bike hikes, go to the pool, play army, make up gameswhatever came to mind. Home for lunch, sometimes at another kid's house (none of the moms worked), and then back outside until dinner then back outside until the street lights came on. And as we got older, our world expanded. Our bikes had hundreds of miles on them from racing around the shopping center on Sunday, when EVERYTHING was closed, to having coasting races down the three block long hills in the neighborhood, to riding three or four miles in one direction to play Putt Putt on Mondays and Saturday mornings (Dollar Day and Kids Day), to the little nine hole golf course in the other direction to just plain exploring other neighborhoods and "night games", including capture the flag. We rode bikes without helmets, played tackle football without pads and blew up green army men and Revel models with fire crackers. We had roman candle fights and played army with BB guns. Yeah, there were some stiches, chipped teeth and broken bones, but nobody put out an eye or broke their neck. Was this a cinematic masterpiece? No, but it was very good for what it set out to be: a slice of life. It's fine that you don't like it, but what made you come here to rain on everybody elses parade?
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nayruslovespell — 15 years ago(December 11, 2010 08:23 PM)
This is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. However I can see why you did not enjoy the movie. Your first mistake was comparing it to Stand by Me. I don't think this movie is really in the same genre. If I were to compare Sandlot to a similar movie it would be The Goonies, or maybe The Lost Boys. When I was a kid I used to love those kind of movies and wish that my life could be that amazing. I think the point is to be rediculous and unrealistic. Stand by me on the other hand is more of an emotional journey and a true coming of age movie.Of course it doesn't compare.
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teenangel1226 — 15 years ago(December 23, 2010 05:17 PM)
Someone said Secondhand Lions showed too much for kids? Really? Poor kids these days..
You're comparing this with Stand By Me? Seriously? Two different movies. And I loved both when I was little and I love both now.
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grim107 — 15 years ago(December 25, 2010 11:01 PM)
"You're comparing this with Stand By Me?"
I made this comparison because hundreds of others have too. I've read countless forum posts and articles about how the movies are similar. This is why I watched it in the first place. Being fair, I also compared the two movies. Unfortunately, I had much worse things to say.
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teenangel1226 — 15 years ago(February 01, 2011 06:52 PM)
Woah I'm a little late.
Really? They are different movies. And Stand By Me is a way different vibe. Aw, why didn't you like The Sandlot?
Oh and I was talking about what somebody else said.
"Live Today Like You'll Die Tomorrow"