Got some free tickets (via some kind souls in my department) to watch a soccer movie. No. It is not the movie Goal!. That is a bit old and also not Football Hooligans (or simply Hooligans). It is the up and coming movie Real (starting in Singapore early February). The Spanish name is Real, la película, translated as Real, the film.
My opinion on the film is, if you are a Real Madrid fan, good show for you; Soccer fan, normal so-so show and luckily only 1.5 hr only; Non-Soccer watching, what are you doing here wasting your money.
The movie is almost a propaganda film to promote Real Madrid, a money-earning vehicle in my view. It features the 2004-2005 Real Madrid Team which still includes Michael Owen.
There is perhaps 2 main storylines in the movie. One is the preparation works leading to the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona which Real Madrid won 4-2. The other is a history teacher who moved to Madrid and experienced first hand the excitement and the passion of soccer, although it is specifically to Read Madrid.
The other side stories told of different reasons on why fans love Real Madrid. One is the Beckham factor or the idol factor, shown by a Japanese school girl almost breaking up with her boyfriend over David Beckham. The boyfriend eventually learns to accept and then ignore the idolism by his girlfriend and fit in well.
The English female amateur soccer player, who had a serious right knee injury, looks at Ronaldo as inspiration and determination to overcome her injury and idolizes him.
The Senegal father who was said to travel 60km (2 days journey) to watch Real Madrid play and then back home (another 60km) to relates the match to his son. He then manage to enroll his son, who cannot concentrate on his studies due to obsession with playing soccer, to a Unicef – Real Madrid sponsored Soccer Academy for studies and learning soccer.
The last story is of family relations torn apart by the love of Real Madrid. A grandfather is one of the kidnappers who kidnap Real Madrid’s star player, Alfredo Di Stefano, nicknamed “The Blonde Arrow”. His son never forgives him and deny the existence of his father to his own son. By chance, the grandfather and grandson met and forge their new relationship by soccer and their passion for Real Madrid.
In all, it is a disappointing show. Though it is about Real Madrid but the method is too documentary. Maybe this is due to it being the official Real Madrid movie. Editing was poor. Scene changes illogically at times. As mentioned, view it only if you are a Real Madrid fan.
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