Oliver Stone performed a football movie in 1999, Any Given Sunday which depicts the history of the Sharks, a starred football club of Miami at their pivotal moment : they need to reivent themselves to continue to go ahead.
That said, all the movie is constructed around a duality between the Ancient and the Moderns : the old classic quaterback « Cap » Rooney paired with the veteran coach Tony D'Amato faced the pretty young and ambitious new owner of the club, Christina Pagniacci tied with the new new hotheaded selfish and Balck quaterback Willie Beamen…
This eternal conflict is amazingly showcases in that movie, as the pace combines intense and dynamic matches and long and deep human introspection…
A turning point speech from the coach dispels this gap, phrased at the decisive moment of the history of the club, when they have to win a match to win the qualification : « Our sport is to advance individually and to contribute to the overall success » followed by « Our sport is going back or going ahead, exactly what happens in life. » We all face this choice : to go back or to advance, and if we choice to go ahead we know that we will fiercely need to fight…Sport is just a clear way to explain us that complex dilemna and help us opt for the right option !
To go beyond the stars : Rasta Rocket from Jon Turteltaub is a nice and friendly movie, frill of humour and sincerity to explain the necessity of being a teamplayer and go ahead whenever…
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