by Dr. House
McFarlandMcFarland, USA
This 2015 American sports movie was directed by Niki Caro and co-produced by Disney Pictures and Mayhem Pictures. This film is based on a true story: In 1987, a high school from the McFarland area of California, which was mainly composed of Latinos, welcomed a white coach. After the initial discomfort and conflict, The coach took the cross-country track and field team composed of this group of Latino children to overcome all kinds of difficulties and finally won the track and field championship!
"McFarlane" received rave reviews after its release on February 20, 2015, grossing a total of $45 million at the box office. Then in June of that year, Disney released the film on DVD and Blu-ray. The film is said to have increased audience interest in the sport of trail running.
The starring role of the film is Kevin Costner, who plays the role of Jim White, the new physical education teacher at McFarland High School. This high school is basically composed of Latinos, because McFarland, California, is a gathering place for Latino immigrants. Jim, a former football coach, moved his family to McFarland after leading a loss and getting fired. At McFarland High, Jim discovered that some students had a talent for running. So he organized a cross-country track and field team of seven boys from poor families with endless farm work and despair for the future. Over time and the development of the plot, these children finally came together to encourage and support each other. Under the guidance of Coach White, this track team has achieved stellar results, consistently winning 11 state championships! The children of the track team also escaped poverty and became the first in their families to go to college or serve in the military.Some kids continue to play the sport even after graduating from college.
If you choose to watch this film, you will be moved by the Latino children in the film. Especially when McFarlane challenged the state cross-country run for the first time, the little fat man who usually lost his chain, actually became the most dazzling star of the whole team! This film tells us that sports are perseverance, self-challenge, and a way to change the trajectory of life.
2.WarriorWarrior(2011)
This 2011 sports-themed film, directed by Jarvan O'Connor, starring Tom . Hardy and Joel Edgerton. This is a broken family, the alcoholic coach father Paddy ( Nick Nolte Nick Nolte ornaments) domestic violence wife, the second son Tommy (Tom Hardy Tom Hardy ornaments) and the unbearable mother go abroad; The eldest son Brandon ( Joel Edgerton Joel Edgerton) chose to stay for love, and believed that he could gain the respect and cultivation of his father from now on, but in the end father and son parted ways. After many years, Tommy found his father with the sad memory of his mother's painful death and the tragic experience in the Iraq war, and asked the latter to serve as his coach again in order to participate in the MMA prize competition (from the development of the plot, we get I know, Tommy was giving the money to the wife of his dead comrade in arms); almost at the same time, Brandon, a former professional fighter and now a middle school physics teacher, was troubled by money, and he couldn't stand his inability to be a wife and daughter. Provide shelter and decide to return to the game. In the MMA arena, the brothers who have been separated for many years will reunite again, and use the blend of blood and sweat to release each other's heart... The film was not a commercial success.In the U.S. and Canadian markets, it earned a total of $13.65 million at the box office and $9.4 million overseas. It only earned $24.21 million at the global box office, and failed to fill in the film's $25 million production cost.
"Warrior" has received numerous critical accolades, with an 83% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an average score of 7.3/10 based on 174 viewing reviews. The site's reviews were unanimous: "Warrior is based on the cliché of love. category, but elevates it to gripping action scenes, powerful performances, and an inside-out appeal." With a Metacritic score of 71/100, audiences overall loved the film.
MMA (mixed martial arts), usually translated as mixed martial arts , is a competitive fighting sport with extremely open rules. MMA competitions use split-finger gloves. The competition rules allow both standing strikes and ground fights. The competition allows players to use boxing, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu , Muay Thai, wrestling, karate, Jeet Kune Do and other techniques. Weight is divided into different classes. MMA events and their players are usually under the supervision and management of the local government's Athletic Committee. Professional MMA players usually undergo systematic and scientific fighting training, and have the ability to comprehensively use different fighting techniques and the physical fitness required for intense and intense multi-round confrontation.
Through the movie "Warrior", we can feel the fierceness and cruelty of MMA, a martial arts competitive sport. The exciting fights from fist to flesh will make the audience have a strong interest in mixed martial arts.
3. Roll over! Ashin
"Roll, Ashin" is adapted from a true story: Yilan youth Lin Yuxin ( Eddie Peng ) once spent a happy boyhood on the gymnastics team, when the lively little Ashin had excellent talent He is quite valued by the coach, but as he grows older, Ashin's innate long and short feet make it difficult for him to improve his gymnastics level, and he can't resist the request of his mother who opened a fruit shop. Every day, he fights with people from all walks of life on the street, and because of this, he becomes a phone secretary 559 (played by Lin Chenshou) who delivers the killing notice for him. In order to stand out for the stall of the former gymnastics teammates, Ashin and Dried Dried Vegetables accuse Papaya (played by Chen Handian), the son of the underworld eldest brother, and repeatedly made Papaya make a fool of himself. Seriously injured. Ashin and Caijian had to go to Taipei to escape the disaster. The gymnastics dream of their youth has become blurred at this time...
When it comes to Eddie Peng, many people think that he is a very hardworking actor. In recent years, many popular movies The film landed on the big screen and is also a hot and popular first-line actor in China. Eddie Peng is based on "Roll! The film "A Xin" successfully completed "The Big Turnover of Salted Fish". The film has a score of 7.1 on Douban. Although the comments are polarized, everyone still agrees with Eddie Peng's hard work. If you are interested in abs, gymnastics, Taiwanese elements, this movie is not to be missed.
4.Eddie the EagleEddieEddie the Eagle (2016)
details the inspiring and true story of Michael Edwards, the most famous ski jumper in British history, known as "Eddie the Eagle".The film depicts Eddie's invaluable spirit of never giving up on the sports arena, praising his extraordinary perseverance and optimism in the face of great difficulties and challenges.
This 2016 German-UK sports biographical film was directed by Dexter Fletcher. The background of the story is the inspirational legend of Eddie Edwards, the first athlete to participate in the ski jumping competition in the history of the British Olympic Games in 1988. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2016. The film grossed $46.1 million at the global box office. In the UK, it grossed $12.8 million, making it the highest-grossing film in the UK in 2016. Although it performed well in the local and most overseas markets, Chinese audiences do not seem to buy this kind of biographical films. The performance of "Eagle Eddie" in major domestic theaters can almost be described as a fiasco.
Although the box office did not create miracles, it could not stop the audience from giving the film a good evaluation. It has an 80% score on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average score of 6.5/10 based on 167 reviews. Metacritic has a score of 54/100, based on 34 reviews, which is quite satisfactory. Audience polls at CinemaSore showed that the film could be rated A (with ratings ranging from A+ to F). A major feature of
"Eagle Eddie" is the standard English spoken language, as well as various humorous jokes from time to time. Friends who like Uncle Wolf can appreciate his performance. There are several wonderful scenes of ski jumping in the movie, especially the "flying eagle" jumping in the final game. With the slow motion deliberately polished by the director, the enthusiasm of the audience will also reach the highest peak of excitement.
5.Moneyball Moneyball (2011)
In Major League Baseball, Billy (Brad Pitt) belongs to the Oakland Athletics lost to the wealthy New York Young The base team , which hit him hard. To make matters worse, the three main players have been poached with a lot of money, and the future of the future season is bleak. At the management meeting, everyone was confused, only he secretly made up his mind to transform the team. By chance, he met Peter (Jonah Hill), a master of economics at Yale University, and the two had the same idea of team operation. With his intuition and experience, he seemed to have found the key to cracking Jin Yuan baseball. He hired Peter as his advisor to work out how to build the team with the highest winning percentage. Using mathematical modeling, they gradually began to tap potential stars with on-base rates, and recruited them through soft and hard bubbles. They don't care about the cynicism from the top, they just concentrate on finding the source of confidence and strength for the team, and finally the new season begins...
The film is adapted from Michael Lewis "Moneyball: The Wisdom of Winning in Adversity" (Moneyball: The Wisdom of Winning in Adversity) Art of Winning an Unfair Game). The 2011 American sports film, directed by Bennett.Miller, was written by the talented and award-winning Alan Sorkin and Steven Zellian.
Moneyball debuted at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival, followed by a September release of the same year. In terms of box office and word of mouth, the film has achieved an impressive record: with a budget of US$50 million, the global box office reached US$110 million; at the same time, the film received 6 Oscar nominations (including Brad Pitt's Best Actor nomination, Jonah Heard nomination for Best Supporting Actor).Rotten Tomatoes has a 94% freshness rating based on 242 reviews, with an average score of 8.0/10. It has an 87/100 score on Metacritic, based on 42 reviews, and has received praise from "global acclaim".
Although baseball is a sport far away from the Chinese, its competitive spirit and spectacle are extremely high. This film is suitable for sports-loving male compatriots to enjoy. Of course, sisters who like Pitt, an old handsome guy, can't miss it. I still remember Pete meeting the owner of the Boston Red Sox, turning down $12.5 million in the highest salary ever for a sports manager, and a golden opportunity to coach the Boston Red Sox. . . How courageous it is to refuse sometimes~
6.The Iron Fist Man Cinderella Man (2005)
Bullock (Russell·Russell Crowe) In addition to being an outdated boxer , he has three children 's father. When his boxing career went downhill, then came financial constraints and a family that couldn't make ends meet. Fortunately, there is a virtuous and beautiful wife Mei (Renée Zellweger) who understands and supports her. Her never complaining and hard-working housekeeping make the family not lifeless. Brock put down his pride and went to queue to receive the relief money, but he couldn't stop the coming of the severe winter, the food at home was in short supply, and the problem of survival was imminent.
Bullock finally decides to get back into the ring, the only way he can save his family. His comeback attracted the attention of the people and became a civilian hero in people's hearts. He punched heroically in the game, for the dignity of a man and for the survival of his family.
This 2005 American drama film (another one about the sport of boxing), directed by Ron Howard. The film is 144 minutes long, and its premiere date is June 2005. The production cost is 88 million US dollars, and it finally won the box office of 108 million US dollars.In addition to the box office, the film also received a number of nominations, including Oscars, Golden Globes, and more. It has an 80% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, 69% on Metacritic, and an A+ on CinemaScore.
From a sports point of view, this film does not actually portray too many technical and tactical characters. The whole film focuses on depicting family warmth. A husband who fights for love, a father who fights to protect his children, and a boxer who fights for his dignity. Russell Crowe once again successfully shaped the image of a brave man outside of "Gladiator".
7.Glory RoadGlory Road (2006)
1965 was the time when Martin Luther King and the Black Panthers, the Beatles and the Vietnam War, and white men dominated basketball. High school women's basketball coach Don Huggins (Josh Lucas) is hired by Texas Western University, although the treatment offered is not high - the family can only temporarily live in the boys' dormitory, and the board's funding is not enough to attract high-level Athlete, but since he will be coaching an NCAA Division I team, Huggins continued and immediately started a wide-ranging search for black players with assistants. The coaching staff successively found seven black players with outstanding talents. These players have different personalities and have their own strengths. After a bloody confrontation, the black and white players quickly became one and threw themselves into the harsh training of Coach Hudgens. The difference between the players' occasional violations and the concept of basketball has made the coaches and players gradually grow... Finally, the season begins.The Texas West team was triumphant all the way. Facing the violent threat of racists and the contempt of some public opinion, Coach Huggins decided to rush to the apex of the Path of Glory with his black players. Sort out these good sports movies first, and I will continue to sort out a collection of interesting movies in the future, so stay tuned. Peace!!!
