the sandlot review
My Rating: 8.8/10
IMDb Rating: 7.8/10 Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 57% Metacritics Rating: N/A My Favorite Quotes: 1. "Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong." - Babe Ruth 2. Ham Porter: *play ball!* Hurry up, batter. This better be a short game, I gotta get home for lunch. [Pitcher pitches and the batter fails to even swing] Ham Porter: Haha, that's one. [cuts to new pitch] Ham Porter: [to the batter] You know, if my dog was as ugly as you. I'd shave his butt and tell him to walk backwards. [cuts to new pitch] Ham Porter: Here it comes, it's coming, I tell ya. *Strike three* [Porter puts the batter off, he swings and misses] Ham Porter: *You're out!" [cuts to new pitch] Ham Porter: Is that your sister out there in left field, naked? She's naked? Phillips: [swings and misses again] *Shut up Porter!* Ham Porter: Hey, hey, hey, I'm just trying to have a little friendly conversation, come on. [two seconds later] Ham Porter: Think she'll go out with me? 3. "You're killing me smalls." - Everyone A classic to remember Such great characters with such simple ambitions and oh how nostalgic this film is. I remember playing baseball during the summer when I was a child. I love how basic a film can be yet so fantastic. It just proves movies don't need good CGI or insane amounts of action to be good. Just a fun loving film worth watching and nothing more. I also enjoyed the first person narrative. This film felt so similar to Stand By Me. Except it doesn't have the same effect. I still loved it and think anyone who likes baseball will love this. Or anyone who wishes they could return to their childhoods and hang out with their friends one last time. |
Positives and Negatives
+ Characters
+ Fun
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Criteria /10
Acting/Characters: 9/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 10/10
Pacing: 8/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Dialogue: 9/10
Special Effect: 9/10
Theme: 9/10
Ending: 9/10
Plot: 8/10
Originality: 10/10
Pacing: 8/10
Soundtrack: 8/10
Dialogue: 9/10
Special Effect: 9/10
Theme: 9/10
Ending: 9/10