Becker, Stephen Dillane (King Arthur), Anna Friel (the bloody you will, of life as algebra.
0 + x 11. Let x be a protagonist. Until we know what x is, the inequality stands.
Over the course of a given feel-good movie, the value of x increases until it satisfies the conditions of the inequality.
genres that stray too often into formula, and then there are genres that exist only as a formula. The garden-variety inspirational film fits into the latter.
certain character arc: starting from point A, or the bottom, and rising to point B, or realization of wildest, unrealistic dreams. There stories, but they all sketch the same exponential graph of time against screen. Their stories represent pure fantasy.
Gee, says the child. It sure would be neat if my favorite sports team would pick me, out of a group of my peers, to play professional ball with them. I would be so cool.
Your fantasies may vary. Mine usually do. The drama is in the distance traveled between points A and B, not in the nature of the destination.
those character aspects are dismissed and folded into the formula, then we get a boring movie. Goal! is just such a movie.
All the nuance and interest in our script. His family are illegal immigrants; his father doesn't want him to dream for anything big; and he has asthma. These obstacles are broad, and featureless.
What's worse, they're transient. The story kicks through its plot on the present. Another contribution to the movie's smooth, unnatural feel.
some nice diversions along the way, though. The soccer matches are nimbly paced and exciting throughout, which is good since they crop up pretty frequently. The ferocity of opposition shown by Santaigo's father is initially compelling, creed the ends obviate the means.
In order to get a true sense that the protagonist accomplishes something, the beginning of the journey has to be as compelling as the end. Goal! smoothes over the complications that are so necessary when, well, overcoming complications.
Such featureless distance, combined with an unchallenging role for the lead, make the film energetic but directionless.
news is that if you violently disagree with my criticism, there are two sequels decently filled disc, with very little in the way of fluff material. There's a of the game of soccer and its worldwide following.
Another featurette, Behind the Pitch, targets the most interesting of behind-the-scenes topics: that of how the on-field scenes were shot and choreographed.
things go, and offers a good context for the creation of the story, the casting a soccer movie featuring a quasi-American.
two features are less noteworthy, being a music video from the band Happy Mondays, and a highlight reel from World Cup games.
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