Comments on: Goal! 2 - Living the Tedium http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/ Wed, 22 May 2013 04:07:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 by: Own Goal - The Big Whatsit - http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-21936 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:44:28 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-21936 [...] Goal 2 showed signs of an already ailing franchise. Slipped quietly onto screens in the UK, its premise - Santi is transferred to Real Madrid and contests the Champions League - held little of the charm of its predecessor. The story of WAGs and rich footballers who learn that money isn’t everything gave nothing for the ordinary viewer to identify with, and its best parts concerned the struggles of Santi’s teammate, Gavin (Alessandro Nivola), who was coping with the onset of retirement. Less surefooted was Anna Friel, our hero’s girlfriend who ended the film pregnant and alone, and a subplot that had Santi scouring the backstreets of Madrid for his mother seemed to be shoehorned in for the sake of a cheap human interest story. [...] […] Goal 2 showed signs of an already ailing franchise. Slipped quietly onto screens in the UK, its premise - Santi is transferred to Real Madrid and contests the Champions League - held little of the charm of its predecessor. The story of WAGs and rich footballers who learn that money isn’t everything gave nothing for the ordinary viewer to identify with, and its best parts concerned the struggles of Santi’s teammate, Gavin (Alessandro Nivola), who was coping with the onset of retirement. Less surefooted was Anna Friel, our hero’s girlfriend who ended the film pregnant and alone, and a subplot that had Santi scouring the backstreets of Madrid for his mother seemed to be shoehorned in for the sake of a cheap human interest story. […]

]]> by: Auran & Mariela http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-16564 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:51:07 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-16564 This movie is really good i loved the first one but the second one is even better if you miss it u are missing a grammy winner. This movie is really good i loved the first one but the second one is even better if you miss it u are missing a grammy winner.

]]> by: Mike http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1934 Sat, 26 May 2007 16:54:11 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1934 Cheers George. Kuno Becker was cast partly on his footballing ability, though for many of the trick shots, passes, etc, it's a CGI ball. A mixture of special effects and real footage accounts for much of the action e.g. the Champions League final in the movie takes footage from a real-life match between Real and Arsenal. Hope this helps! Thanks for reading. Cheers George. Kuno Becker was cast partly on his footballing ability, though for many of the trick shots, passes, etc, it’s a CGI ball. A mixture of special effects and real footage accounts for much of the action e.g. the Champions League final in the movie takes footage from a real-life match between Real and Arsenal.

Hope this helps! Thanks for reading.

]]> by: George Kapsis http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1860 Thu, 24 May 2007 15:18:47 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1860 All ill say is why producers and directors haven't come up with more movies like this one? Increadible!!! i wondering if you can answer me one question though? How come the main character is a non-football player and seems like that he fits with the whole enviroment?it seems like he plays when the whole stadium is full. Is that possible? Please can you send me the link to my question or answer me this question of mine just to realise how the movie world works? i would be extreamly happy and satisfied. THANL YOU !!!! GEORGE All ill say is why producers and directors haven’t come up with more movies like this one?
Increadible!!!

i wondering if you can answer me one question though?
How come the main character is a non-football player and seems like that he fits with the whole enviroment?it seems like he plays when the whole stadium is full. Is that possible?
Please can you send me the link to my question or answer me this question of mine just to realise how the movie world works? i would be extreamly happy and satisfied.

THANL YOU !!!!
GEORGE

]]> by: Mmmm » The Drudge II http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1503 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:36:38 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/mike/2007/02/22/goal-2-living-the-tedium/#comment-1503 [...] Some people have turned watching rubbish movies into something close to an art form. For the rest of us, it’s a case of avoiding them like the plague, catching something that’s virtually critic-proof (e.g. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, which I didn’t think was at all bad, though I accept a deuce of fandom on my part), or hoping that it won’t turn out to be as cruddy as it clearly is (like Goal II, which somehow managed to make the first instalment look like a Bergmanesque work of art - see my review for more). The Grudge II falls into the latter camp. It follows a movie that whilst commercially successful, was critically unloved. The derivations pile up when we see that the two American releases are remakes of Japanese originals, which in turn rip off the Ringu trilogy at every turn. Is there any hope for it? [...] […] Some people have turned watching rubbish movies into something close to an art form. For the rest of us, it’s a case of avoiding them like the plague, catching something that’s virtually critic-proof (e.g. Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, which I didn’t think was at all bad, though I accept a deuce of fandom on my part), or hoping that it won’t turn out to be as cruddy as it clearly is (like Goal II, which somehow managed to make the first instalment look like a Bergmanesque work of art - see my review for more). The Grudge II falls into the latter camp. It follows a movie that whilst commercially successful, was critically unloved. The derivations pile up when we see that the two American releases are remakes of Japanese originals, which in turn rip off the Ringu trilogy at every turn. Is there any hope for it? […]

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