The focus is on the process, and it is also a stable chicken soup for the soul

Mona 2022-07-16 16:35:16

Speaking of director Juan José Campanella, let's start with "Mysterious Eyes", a top-notch Spanish suspense film. Oscars and major film festivals have rewarded the full sincerity of this film with trophies. Not to mention the 5-minute long shots that take place about an hour into the film. This clip, which was talked about by technology control, actually took 2 years to conceive before and after, and 9 months to edit the filming. It shows the director's unattainable force and amazing scene scheduling ability. To put it bluntly, it is a show of skills, which can kill the audience.

That clip had to be played in a football field with ten thousand people, which shows the director's love for football. When it came to "Table Soccer", it finally exploded outrageously. It seems that this theme is not exciting any more except "Team Football". animation works.

From the perspective of football movies, biography has always been a common model for sports themes, such as "The Miracle of Bern", "Manchester United" and "The Devil's Company", which have been adapted by the director because of the story of the incident itself. The "Fame with One Goal" series, which integrates contemporary players into the film, is almost a representative of unsincere money-making. The last commercial football film that achieved a double harvest of word-of-mouth and box office was "The Great Escape" in 1981.

In fact, "Football" did not open up a new path. A small town football story similar to "Delicious Food" debuted with joy. In the story, there are representatives of the no zuo no die bear boy like Joffrey, and there are also behind-the-scenes manipulation of him. the evil uncle. The protagonist must be a genius, but he only focuses on one thing that ordinary people don't approve of, and he doesn't seem to be successful. After being ordered in danger or rebounding from the bottom, the epiphany (inspired) generates positive energy, saves the town and harvests love. Look, this is called a routine.

Even if you know where the story is going, you still marvel at how well-made this animated film is and how funny the story is. The protagonist of the story and the town people's anti-evil demolition team are one line, and the table football dolls say that learning to sing is another line, and the two lines cross narration. The player dolls are like the Minions to "Despicable Me". They are an enjoyable plot lubricant that the audience can only take out to watch. The player dolls with full personality robbed a lot of scenes until the protagonist had an epiphany (see no. ) wants to win the game on his own, not with the help of the dolls.


Just like Manchester United played Bayern in the Champions League not long ago, your weak team can be infinitely close to winning, but football is a sport where 22 people play and the Germans win. It means that the difference in strength is sometimes the result of the game, so the upset is precious and exciting. The ending of the story is that the protagonists lose the game, and the hometown is still covered by the commercial stadium where money is the first. The big villain gets what he wants, and this may be the major virtue that distinguishes international animation from Disney and Hollywood. How can so many miracles happen? This also reflects the normal business and social logic. There is a spirit inherent in the man's arm block car, so the focus is on the process, and it is also a stable chicken soup for the soul.


In addition, the animation production of this film is very comfortable. The texture of the tin player dolls and the reality of the people playing football in the town are very convincing. Even the lines arguing between players are very real, a football animation full of sincerity, the awakening road of a small town youth, five-star recommendation.

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Underdogs quotes

  • Skip: Your cosmic mumbo-jumbo's finally making sense to me, Ziggy.

    Ziggy: Aw thanks Skip, you really mean it?

    Skip: Not really.

  • [first lines]

    Narrator: At the dawn of time, a profound discovery was made about our planet. It was boring. But boredom makes you think. And thinking gives you ideas. And what was the first idea? I'll tell you what the first idea was. "Must... kick... ball." Soccer made us compete. And soccer made us work together. More or less. In other words, it made us... human. Soccer isn't just a game. It's who we are.