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A monologue in a movie
Sigurd 2022-04-08 09:01:13
Football has meant too much to me and come to represent too many things to me. And after a while, it all gets mixed up together in your head. You can't remember whether life's shit because Arsenal's shit or the other way around. I 've been to watch far too many games, and spent too much money. Fretted about Arsenal when I should have been fretting about something else. I've asked too much of the people I love. OK, I accept all that. Perhaps it's something you can't understand unless you belong. But what about this... Three minutes to go and you're 2-1 up in a semi-final. You look around and see thousands of faces contorted with fear and hope and worry . Everyone lost. Everything else gone out of their heads. Then the whistle blows and everyone gets spare. And just for those few minutes, you've at the centre of the whole world. And the fact that you care so much, that the noise you've made has been such a crucial part of it, is what makes it special. You've been as important as the players and if you hadn't been there, who'd have been bothered about football, really? The great thing is, it comes round again and again. There's always another season. If you lose the Cup of Final in May, there's the third round to look forward to in January. What's wrong with that? It's actually pretty comforting if you think about it. But every now and then, not very often, but it happens, you catch a glimpse of a world that doesn't work like that . A world that doesn't stop in May and begin in August. There's some stuff that just never comes back. And some stuff that just won't go away.And some stuff that you couldn't ignore even if you wanted to.
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Rasheed 2022-04-10 09:01:09
The original was thoroughly British and the American adaptations of drink and jimmy were also quite successful.
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Josefa 2022-04-08 08:01:02
The movie has the most three stars in the plot, and Colin Firth has always had a bad character and likes to pretend to be a forceful character. However, it is worthy of the title of the gun fan's bible. As a gun fan, the bits and pieces of life are so real and consistent in different eras. Arsenal and gun fans' lives are so closely bound, watching this film on Valentine's Day is considered a You got it right. Today I hate the team, and tomorrow I will be excited to win. This is the gun fan! Please do not let people look down on the rise of the team
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Jo: [regarding Sarah's sudden interest in her boyfriend's favorite team] It's all a sinister form of male manipulation.
Sarah Hughes: Rubbish!
Jo: It's true! You get colonized! Your native culture gets driven out, and it's replaced by stuff that you don't like and don't even want to know about.
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Ted, the Headmaster: I wanted to talk to you about a vacancy. Rosie Hunter's handed in her notice I wonder whether you'd be interested in applying.
Paul Ashworth: Head of year? Erm, well...
Ted, the Headmaster: It's obviously not the most attractive offer you've ever had.
Paul Ashworth: *Come on Ben, get back with him!* Sorry Ted.
Ted, the Headmaster: I haven't fired you with enthusiasm.
Paul Ashworth: Well there's a lot of work, isn't it? What do I want to do more work for?
Ted, the Headmaster: More money?
Paul Ashworth: Well I've got enough to pay my rent, I got enough for my season ticket and a couple of records a month. Got no family.
Ted, the Headmaster: I'd like you to think about it.
Paul Ashworth: Sorry Ted as far as I'm concerned there's nothing to think about. *Come on Sam, put it away!*