Sports movies are not a small category in all movies. They are often inspirational, very enthusiastic, very burning, and people's hearts are surging. In my impression, "The Killing of Munich" should be centered on basketball, with the coach as the protagonist, and the International Olympic Games as the final task. The coach took over the messy national team. There were thorns in it that were disobedient to discipline, disobeyed the authority of the coach, the coach's training plan could not be implemented, and the players were not self-disciplined. Finally, the coach expressed that he had sacrificed himself for the players because of something. , showed the care and sense of responsibility for the team members, and moved the team members. Since then, the whole team has worked hard to reach a new peak, and finally achieved success. There will be some sudden setbacks before the final battle.
But "The Killing of Munich" is not completely like this. The image of coach Garland is more three-dimensional. He has a family, a son with two legs who is in urgent need of money for surgery, has a background that is not optimistic, and urgently needs a smooth coaching career. to maintain. As soon as he took office, Garland set a goal to beat the 36-year undefeated US team in the next Munich Olympics. The players of the Soviet team also have their own forms. There is the rookie Sasha who was newly promoted by Galan Ren, the talented pitcher Sergey who is an old-school star with 30+ MVPs, and Zar, who is moderately short-sighted and insists on playing. Some are known for their speed. A small forward who is good at breaking through. However, in the process of running in the new coach and the players, accidents kept appearing. Sasha is talking about a girlfriend, but suffers from heart disease and may only live for a year; Sergey has been training for a long time, but his knees can’t support it; Zal is highly short-sighted but does not have contact lenses and insists on playing; small forward said the Olympic Games There are many times when family members decide to go back to their hometown to celebrate their sister's marriage after a lifetime.
Fortunately, the team solved these problems as much as possible. Galanren gave Sasha the money he had saved for surgery on his son, so that he could recuperate; Galanren brought contact lenses for Zare from the United States and let him recuperate. He played normally; Sergey asked for some painkillers from the U.S. team; Galanzin took all the players to Georgia to celebrate the small forward's sister's wedding, and in the more life-like training, the team's cohesion was formed. .
Finally arrived at the Munich Olympic Games, but suddenly turned into elbows, terrorist organizations attacked the Israeli Olympic Village, and finally all eleven hostages died. The Soviet representative decided to withdraw from the Olympics on this ground to avoid being slapped in the face when he lost the next basketball game against the U.S. team. But with the team's insistence, the final went on as normal. The movie took nearly an hour to reproduce the whole process of the finals, and also very cleverly added real video from the perspective of street gangsters and Georgian fellows to confirm each other.
In the end, the Soviet team defeated the US team 51-50, and the last three seconds became an unsolved case in the history of the Olympic Games. At the end, the players dedicated their winnings to the coach to operate on his son.
"The Killing of Munich" does not fall into the rut of a general high-burning inspirational sports film, but has rich connotations. The film is not only about coaches and players' hard work and sweat in exchange for the final success, but also the sincere and beautiful emotions between people. The relationship between Sasha and his girlfriend, they were already engaged, but when Sasha learned that he could only live for maybe another year, he separated from his girlfriend on the grounds of having someone else, and did not want to drag her down after marriage and let her be widow. After his girlfriend learned the truth of the matter, she said that she still wanted to marry him. This is just a real sign of love. As long as she is alive, everything is hopeful. In the end, the Soviet team won, and the two embraced each other tightly. This is the truth, goodness and beauty in human nature.
The foundation of the film is solid. First of all, it ensures the theme of inspirational and high-spiritedness. The final finals are wonderful and ups and downs. The movie theater will feel better, and the footage is flawless. Players, coaches, different audiences, street gangsters and Georgia The fellows keep switching between them, but they are not confusing at all, and the cross-editing is wonderful. Let the audience not be distracted and convey the emotions that they want to express, which is a qualified and good guarantee for the film.
But what is more commendable about "The Killing of Munich" is its reality, which reflects the politics of the time. For example, the strict customs inspection reflected the serious imbalance of the Soviet Union's industrial system; the resignation of the old coach reflected the politically common defection abroad at that time; the terrorist organization attack in Munich, Spielberg has a "Munich" about the This; the Soviet Union did not have contact lenses, and it had to be imported from the United States, and said it was the latest high-end technology; the team doctors in the Soviet team secretly observed the players to prevent players from defecting; the Soviet government officials sought to protect themselves and wanted to use terrorist incidents. Just take it for an excuse.
There is still a certain discrepancy between the film and the real history. In history, Sergey did not have a beard at that time. The film was for artistic effect, but after throwing away the beard, the actors and players are still very similar; Sasha has a history before the Munich Olympics. No heart disease was detected, it was detected later, and he died of it in his twenties. This is also the role of the film, showing the good side of things to everyone. There was still a big difference between basketball at that time and now. The game was divided into two halves. Unlike the current four quarters, the total score of a game is generally around forty. This also reflects the terrible average of Sergei 30+ per game. There is no three-point shooting system; the United States refused to receive the second-place silver medal after losing this game, and told future generations not to receive it, and that silver medal still hangs in a museum. The American Dream Team also gradually took shape after this stop. The last three seconds of the Munich Olympics also became a famous unsolved case.
"The Killing of Munich" is the box office champion in Russia, and it is said that Putin has also watched it.
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