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Just watched Field of Dreams for the first time as an adult. There is A LOT more going on there than I remembered from seeing it as a kid. What a film.

I highly recommend the book, "Shoeless Joe," on which it is based. I had read it when I saw the movie and the movie has ever since seemed to me like weak tea by comparison.

Without getting into spoilers, what was most compelling for me about the book -- that the movie mostly lacked -- was the darkness and confusion of Ray's journey. Then there was the matter of the famous, then-living real-life character near the center of the story.

Yeah your second point was my whole point. Agree about the journey. Wonder if that certain character was mainly a GenX thing.

It's interesting, I found the movie worked for me better exactly because of that change. It was too much real-life baggage and broke my immersion.