My favorite movie is The Revenant (2015), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Here's a summary of the movie:
[quote]A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Source: IMDB[/quote]
It captured the spirit of America's past time entirely. Mixing past and present, with a little mysticism--as well as the chance for redemption between a father and son.
Though I came to the movie late in life, purchasing it in 2009,I had strong ties, like you, back to childhood. Nothing matched the satisfaction of a good game of catch -- the smell of a glove, the smack of the ball diving to it out of a blue sky, like a fallen angel.
Yes, it's in the soul where this story plays out.
No doubt you loved the White Sox - Yankees game featured there a few weeks ago...that was poignant, genius. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug4bsd4LqqM
The Legend of Bagger Vance has a similar hold on me as well.
@Lykos Oh yes, I get that. For me it's the ping of hardball off an aluminum bat, or fresh cut grass. I was never a stellar athlete, so these were just pickup games. But every bit as real to us. We were the original kids of The Sandlot, lol.
That's fantastic, always wanted to pitch. But really my favorite position was outfield.
You must have played as a young man then, and into your later years. Great!
