Guest Blogger: Almedin B1

This blog is about the movie “The Sandlot”. It’s about a kid named Scotty Smalls who moves into a new town and really wants to learn how to play baseball. Smalls meets a kid named Rodriguez and is introduced to his neighborhood friends who all play baseball. During the summer Smalls learns how to play baseball but he also creates many memories with his new friends. One of the main characters in this movie is Scotty Smalls played by Tom Guiry. Tom does a great job playing the typical nerdy/weak boy who just isn’t good at sports. Another big character is Benjamin Rodriguez who is played by Mike Vitar. Rodriguez is one of Scotty’s first friends and he seems like the more grown up type of kid. He is definitely the leader of their group of friends and seems a lot more mature. In the movie you can definitely tell that Rodriguez wants to help Smalls and have him fit in with the rest of the crew. One theme that is easily visible is that life goes on. When Smalls moves into his new house you can tell he didn’t really appreciate the move and believes his summer will be ruined because he doesn’t know anyone. But we soon see that Smalls finds new pals such as Rodriguez and he ends up having a very memorable summer. Another piece of advice we get out of this is to never give up on something that you want. Smalls wanted to play baseball and he did, just not the way he expected it to happen. Many critics would agree that this movie is perfect for kids. I agree, when I first watched this movie as a kid it was easily one of my favorites. This movie is a great watch with the family and has a great hidden message for the kids as I mentioned previously in the themes.