聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 Do you ever sit down and watch a movie or television show from when you were younger? Are they just as good now as they were then?
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 One movie that I had kind of forgotten about was The Sandlot. A young boy moves to a new community in the early 1960s and there鈥檚 a group of eight boys that play baseball every day during the summer at the Sandlot鈥� so although the new kid wasn鈥檛 good at baseball, he figured he could stand in the outfield and take up space at least since he can鈥檛 catch or throw a baseball.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 As the summer evolves the kid gets better. There鈥檚 a variety of shenanigans that happens鈥� and before you know it he smokes a home run over the fence and into the Beast鈥檚 yard. The Beast destroys any balls that end up over the fence. The problem鈥� the ball belongs to his stepfather and had been signed by Babe Ruth. His eight new buddies are flabbergasted as to why you鈥檇 play ball with such a special memento, but vow to get it back.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The movie although set in the 1960s was released in 1993 鈥� surprisingly the video quality itself still holds up, but the movie itself was still exceptional. It could be that nostalgia meant rewatching the movie was going to maintain itself in memory; but, I鈥檝e watched others from the 90s聽 - like Power Rangers: The Movie and it was not what it once was when I was like eight-years-old.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Sandlot, however, remained to be quite funny鈥� it in fact stood the test of time in my opinion. Everyone can still relate to idolizing a sports hero (I suppose Google would allow a kid to look up who it is the other kids are talking about) and when autographed memorabilia is used to play in a game and look like it would be destroyed鈥� it would be devastating to the young group of kids.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 There鈥檚 the iconic line, 鈥淵ou鈥檙e killing me, Smalls,鈥� which is used by people in pop culture still, just as 鈥淪tay golden Pony Boy,鈥� is even if the ones using it haven鈥檛 read or watched The Outsiders.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Ultimately though it has a message of encouragement at its roots.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淟et me tell you something kid; everybody gets one chance to do something great. Most people never take the chance, either because they鈥檙e too scared, or they don鈥檛 recognize it when it spits on their shoes.鈥� The Babe tells Benny.
鈥淩emember kid, there鈥檚 heroes and there鈥檚 legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you鈥檒l never go wrong.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I鈥檓 not sure how many movies really stand the test of time, but I have to say The Sandlot is one of them in my opinion. The Outsiders 鈥� which I mentioned above 鈥� is as well, although it was an exceptional book first as well.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The Wizard of Oz, Braveheart, The Godfather, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Taxi Driver, Groundhog Day, National Lampoon鈥檚 Christmas Vacation, Jaws,聽 The Shining, Pulp Fiction, Casablanca, The Breakfast Club, Die Hard, The Princess Bride, Citizen Kane, Top Gun, Grease, Rocky, Psycho, Indiana Jones, The Sound of Music, Pretty Woman, Gone with the Wind, Home Alone, Back to the Future (it鈥檚 actually surprising how much they got right in these movies 鈥� although we鈥檙e still waiting on an actual hover board), Reservoir Dogs, Saving Private Ryan, The Goonies, One Flew Over the Cuckoo Nest, Forrest Gump, The Green Mile, and Schindler鈥檚 List are a quick list that come to mind for movies that, in my opinion, have stood the test of time.
