The film has always implemented the competitive spirit of self-improvement advocated in American culture. In a small town with less than 30,000 people, everyone's life is connected with the football team of this school. Therefore, a crash was a huge blow not only to this school, but also to the entire town. The principal decided to reorganize the school football team. After experiencing all kinds of difficulties, the president's plea was finally agreed by the NCAA, allowing Marshall University to return to the college football league and let the freshmen to participate in the game.
As the film progresses, the importance of this college football team has become more and more prominent. Especially in areas that are not prosperous, sports have given the children of many poor people the opportunity to compete on an equal footing. And the rebuilding of this team has an undeniable significance: it allows the town to be reborn from the blow of the air crash. After a long period of silence, on the team's first home game day, the town seemed to come alive. People walked in groups on the street, toward the stadium, talking about various topics; the game won, people still stay on the stadium and do not want to leave. Although it is only a small regular season, even though it is only a college football team, this game, this victory, people have been waiting for a long time.
On the second day after watching LeBron James win the championship, I ran into this film at hbo and inevitably linked the two together.
A year ago, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James unsurprisingly sent the opponent Golden State Warriors to the championship, winning Curry and Curry’s sponsor under armour. In this year's finals, the two teams met again. The Warriors used the Western Conference Finals to reverse the momentum brought by the Thunder, and in the first game, the Cavaliers beat the Cavaliers. After the game, Warriors fans cheered that this year's championship has been produced, and Cavaliers fans regretted the faceless James. After all, this "extremely talented" player once promised to bring the Cavaliers a championship, this year I am afraid that he will break his promise again. Unexpectedly, the Cavaliers' 3-1 lagging situation brought another major reversal this season. With 1 second left in the final, the end of the game was set, and the Cavaliers rushed into the arena from the player area. I thought that in the next shot, Zhan Huang would smile brightly when the Heat won the championship.
But when the camera turns to James, what he sees is that he often kneels down and cries bitterly.
James cried, the coach cried, and the Cavaliers all cried.
Anyone who understands the game can see James' pressure. Because of the changes in the NBA draft system, under the current system, almost no newcomer will break LeBron James's "youngest record in the league". James, who has just graduated from high school and entered the NBA, has also been dubbed the "little emperor". Six years ago, ESPN used a 75-minute documentary to announce to the world James’ decision to move to the Miami Heat. A player's decision changed the structure of the entire league. There will be no more than five players in the history of the league. The people in Cleveland lit his jersey, cursing him for his ruthlessness, mocking him and his unassuming "my talents".
In the Heat, James and his teammates reached the finals for four consecutive years and took away two championships. In 2014, James, who had grown into a superstar, announced that he would return to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Back in the first year of the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers successfully entered the finals under his leadership. What's interesting is that this time people are talking about "under the leadership of James" instead of "under the leadership of James and his teammates" in the Heat era. Without "teammates", the Cavaliers are indeed James' team. Coupled with James' commitment to the championship, fans have placed great expectations on James, and opponents are also looking forward to seeing the day when their promises fall.
Fortunately, these pressures did not overwhelm James, but instead allowed the "little emperor" of the year to grow into the true "emperor Zhan" today. For this championship, James waited for two years, Cleveland waited for 52 years, and the Cavaliers waited for a lifetime. You can imagine James' life in the past two years. If Emperor Zhan only relied on talent, he would definitely not become the Emperor Zhan now. A certain brand advertisement also hinted to fans of Zhan Huang's efforts through the plot of James running on Cleveland Road at four in the morning. Fortunately, in the end, God rewards hard work.
The repeated "ohio" in the film is also like a place of dreams. James' victory ended the ohio people's desire for a championship for more than 50 years. ohio man James seems to use such a championship to bring more expectations to all the swinging people, about courage, about choice, about commitment, about home and relatives, about dreams and defense.
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