The Sandlot

The movie The Sandlot was about a kid who moves into a new town and meets a group of friends all of whom love the sport of baseball. They spend every day playing ball in a vacant field and simply enjoy life. Scotty Smalls, the main character is shy but learns to come out of his shell when the rest of the group makes him more comfortable with his move. There was only one problem with playing baseball where they did, and that was Hercules. Hercules was a massive dog that was chained up behind the fence that the boys hit balls over. Once the ball went over the fence it was never seen again. One day Smalls brings a ball to play with one day and they hit it over the fence. Little did he know he grabbed a signed baseball by Babe Ruth. When the boys find out he played ball with this infamous players signed ball, they give him an earful. The remainder of the movie they spend time trying to find ways to get the ball without getting mawed by the massive k-9. At the end of the movie they end up knocking on the door of the man's house who owned the dog. He told them he played with Babe Ruth and gave them a better ball signed by the entire team.
This story could possibly be saying more than just kids trying to recover an important baseball from a backyard. The dog represents an aggressive figure, for instance a terrorist. The group of friends represent the American army who tries to end terrorism. The baseball represents a common winner and whoever retrieves the ball wins the war on terrorism. The boys are very courageous to try and go over the fence and grab the ball. Similarly American troops are courageous in going to Iraq to try and fight a war against terrorists. Scotty Smalls is like a new soldier who just enters the army, shy and unknowing of what lies ahead for him. This movie just like the movies represented in the Scream movie review shows that certain things have an impact on people's reactions. The ball was very important to Smalls because it was his step father's ball. In the Scream movie review it showed how mothering had an effect on how their children grew up in horror movies. Smalls knew his step dad would be mad so he had to get the ball no matter what. Movies can tell a hidden story sometimes and if you look beyond the actual picture shown, you can learn a whole lot more.