I managed to watch Goal 3 yesterday. As a die-hard football fan, and the fact that I loved the first Goal, I felt I had to. However, in the end it was a disappointment.
This is not to say that the movie was too bad. It was just that, as a fan of the Goal franchise, the movie was a terrible let down. The star of the first two movies, Santiago (Kuno Becker) was reduced to just an extended cameo, and it looked like he has even put on a bit of weight. They very conveniently manage to get him injured in the first half of the film, so that he wouldn't be able to play the world cup. Big mistake. Santiago's is the journey the viewers rooted for. He played in the premiership and then went to Real Madrid. Everyone wanted to watch him play the world cu. But probably the film makers decided that following Mexico at the world cup wont be too exciting. Which is why they got two Englishmen to play the lead this time. They are Charlie Braithwaite and Adams, both who play for Real Madrid, and who are supposedly Santiago's best friends. Which is where the problems start with Goal 3. There is absolutely no continuity from the first two goal movies. These guys are supposed to be Santi's best friends, but where were they till now? What happened to Santi's personal life, with the wife and kid? Only a passing reference is made to this. While focus is spent on the personal lives of the two Englishmen. Another problem with the movie. While I did not like the second Goal too much, as I felt they forsaked a good football plot and tried to hide the flaws by bombarding the watchers with glitzy images of Real Madrid players and stadium, this one seemed to almost relegate the world cup to the background. The biggest problem with the film was probably this. The film crew seems to have just added the existing footage from the last world cup, and with the use of some not so good CGI, merge the actors on the foreground of matches.And Santi seemed to be only intent o supporting England, rather than beat any of Mexico's matches.
As I said earlier, not a very bad movie (even the relatively unknown actors do a decent job), but unfortunately, it virtually disowns the Goal franchise and Santiago.
This is not to say that the movie was too bad. It was just that, as a fan of the Goal franchise, the movie was a terrible let down. The star of the first two movies, Santiago (Kuno Becker) was reduced to just an extended cameo, and it looked like he has even put on a bit of weight. They very conveniently manage to get him injured in the first half of the film, so that he wouldn't be able to play the world cup. Big mistake. Santiago's is the journey the viewers rooted for. He played in the premiership and then went to Real Madrid. Everyone wanted to watch him play the world cu. But probably the film makers decided that following Mexico at the world cup wont be too exciting. Which is why they got two Englishmen to play the lead this time. They are Charlie Braithwaite and Adams, both who play for Real Madrid, and who are supposedly Santiago's best friends. Which is where the problems start with Goal 3. There is absolutely no continuity from the first two goal movies. These guys are supposed to be Santi's best friends, but where were they till now? What happened to Santi's personal life, with the wife and kid? Only a passing reference is made to this. While focus is spent on the personal lives of the two Englishmen. Another problem with the movie. While I did not like the second Goal too much, as I felt they forsaked a good football plot and tried to hide the flaws by bombarding the watchers with glitzy images of Real Madrid players and stadium, this one seemed to almost relegate the world cup to the background. The biggest problem with the film was probably this. The film crew seems to have just added the existing footage from the last world cup, and with the use of some not so good CGI, merge the actors on the foreground of matches.And Santi seemed to be only intent o supporting England, rather than beat any of Mexico's matches.
As I said earlier, not a very bad movie (even the relatively unknown actors do a decent job), but unfortunately, it virtually disowns the Goal franchise and Santiago.