Santiago, a teenager born in Mexico, loved football since he was a child and was very talented. When he was a teenager, he smuggled into the United States with his family, and the family lived hard in the United States, but this did not weaken Santiago's love and dedication to football. Finally, his talent on the football field was discovered by a retired Newcastle player - Gran, who recommended him to the Newcastle club. Although Santiago's father strongly opposed, but he still embarked on a dream journey to Newcastle. At Newcastle Club, Santiago experienced all kinds of hardships and setbacks, overcame many difficulties and obstacles, began to emerge, and got the understanding of his father. After a series of tempering and baptism of family, friendship, love and bereavement, Santiago finally became an official player of Newcastle, and became famous in the game, and gradually embarked on the road of star.
The storyline is old-fashioned and not too new. But it still fascinates me. Dreams, like love, are the eternal theme in all kinds of literary and artistic works. The works about dreams are always lovable, fascinating, and irresistible. The reason is very simple. Each of us has dreams, or we all have dreams. There are dreams, big or small, far or near, even from the moment we are born to the moment we die, we have never stopped dreaming or pursuing. The road to chasing dreams is long and arduous, we may succeed or fail, but the process of chasing dreams will always be a precious treasure in our life, a shining memory in our life, and an inseparable part of our spirit and memory. Therefore, we cannot refuse those works about dreams. This film is a work about the dream of football. This is the dream that countless people have or are having. It has an irresistible charm. A very funny subject.
In the film, a large number of active football stars were invited, such as Beckham, Zidane, Raul, Alan Shearer, etc., except for those mentioned in the starring list (I don't seem to find Roony in the film). , you can also see Frank Lampard, Gerrard, Balosh and other stars in the game scenes in the movie. In short, there are no big-name movie stars, but there are a large group of big-name stars as a selling point of the film. As far as I feel, it's okay. Adds a lot of fun to the movie. It is said that this film will be made into a trilogy. The last two parts tell about Santiago's move to Real Madrid to compete in the Champions League, and the third part tells about Santiago representing Mexico in the World Cup. Step by step, I hope to see more stars in the latter two.
I haven't seen many football-themed movies, but the one that impressed me most was "The Great Escape" led by the football kings Pele and Stallone. It tells a football story that happened during World War II. Of course, there are many plots mixed in it. . It is also a story about honor and courage. What impresses me most is that at the halftime of the game, Nianke, a member of the prisoners of war team, gave up the chance to escape, and also played the second half with the German team, and also won the victory. It was very touching and also Very exciting. Of course, "The Great Escape" and "Fame with One Ball" are not the same. One is to fight for honor, the other is to fight for dreams.
Finally, there are still a few shortcomings. First of all, the film shows that when Santiago was a second-tier player in Newcastle, it seemed that he only had training games, and I heard that there is a tradition in British professional clubs for small players to polish the shoes of the club's big stars. I feel this scene. Very vivid, I don't know why it's not in the video. Then there is the view on the Chinese translation of the film "Fame with a Ball", this name always seems to make people feel more or less utilitarian, not good. And it is not as passionate as the original name "Goal" or the literal translation of "Goal", and it can better hit the gist of the movie. And this movie is going to be made into a trilogy. The first one is called "Fame with a Ball". Are the latter two also called that? Does it still fit the content of the movie?
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