nostalgic

Seamus 2022-02-07 14:52:30

I don't remember when I saw the movie, but I saw it on CCTV. It's a middle-aged version of American Dream. When I was young, the male protagonist liked baseball very much. As a pitcher, he was very talented, but because of his father's work , his dream was shattered when he moved to another state before his high school softball game.
The time jumped very quickly. When he was 35 years old, he became a high school teacher, but the school team he led won the championship, and a new scout found the teacher. Dreams and now in his world, constantly rolling.
The few episodes that moved me the most, maybe when I saw it, I was still young, a teenager, and now I'm 24, I didn't realize the touching story.
1. When the teacher thought whether to go to the draft, he ran to the highway and used the ball to test its pitching speed, 78km/h. He was disappointed to see the test card of this highway, but he turned back and drove away from the truck. At that time, because the broken test card was very broken, the real speed dropped to 128km/h, which made me feel sorry for him and sad for him at that time.
2. When he decided to leave his hometown and go to a faraway place for the draft, there was no rice left at home, and his wife and children were starving at home. I felt distressed when I saw it, and in the end, my wife still supported him, which was very touching. When a person reaches middle age, how much responsibility and pressure does he have to understand one of your wives. This life is enough.
3. Another touching point is that when the team he played won the Grand Slam, he once opposed his father, and the white-haired father came to the court, and I saw tears welling up in my eyes. When watching the domestically produced "Sunflower", the painter's son opened an exhibition with his elderly father, and I was also in tears.

This movie is a very typical American Dream movie, a middle-aged inspirational movie, it will not let you down, let you ignite the most desire for your early dreams. When I wrote the film, I left it after watching "Dead Poets Society", and let your heart fly once. (The exact details may be wrong, many years ago

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Extended Reading
  • Rudy 2022-03-25 09:01:22

    Remember your childhood dreams?

  • Brent 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    It's good to have a dream

The Rookie quotes

  • Joel De La Garza: [while him and Jimmy play catch] Hey coach, back when you were really pitching, how fast were you throwing it?

    Jimmy: I don't know. 85, 86?

    Joel De La Garza: That's not too bad.

    Jimmy: It is when the other guy's throwing 90.

    Joel De La Garza: Coach, let's see you bring one.

    Jimmy: Can't. Promised too many doctors.

    Joel De La Garza: Come on, coach, one isn't going to kill you. Come on, feed me!

    Hunter: Yeah, dad, bring the heat!

    Joel De La Garza: [Jim gets himself ready while Joel waits in the catcher's position] Feed me, coach.

    [Jim pauses, then winds up and throws his fastball, which audibly whisses by and hits hard into Joel's glove, much to the shock of him and Hunter]

    Hunter: Woah!

    Joel De La Garza: Coach, where did that come from?

    Jimmy: [Smiles] Forgot how good that sounded.

  • Jimmy: Look, guys, most of you, you're gonna finish up school here, you're gonna work the rigs, you're gonna work at Bo's Tire Barn, you're gonna raise a family, you're gonna retire, and you're gonna do all that right here in Big Lake. And there's nothing wrong with that. A lot of real good people have done that. I'm doing it. But, if you're looking for something more after you're done here, you better give some serious thought as to how you're gonna play out the rest of this season!