Goal 2 - Living The Dream [2007]

Average customer rating:

Predictable and un-real. And yes, I tried not to take it seriously...

What a waste!

plot twist on a parrallel with the usual suspects!!!

Repeats the First Movie, Only in an Insufferably Cheesy Way

Loved It, though you cannot compare to the first film!

Goal 2 - Living The Dream [2007]
Starring: Kuno Becker , David Beckham , Stephen Dillane , Frances Barber , and Mike Jefferies
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
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ASIN: B000O3HG1O
Release Date: 2007-06-11

Customer Reviews:

Predictable and un-real. And yes, I tried not to take it seriously..........2007-12-27

I watched the original 'Goal' movie last year, and thought even that was pushing it a bit.. Newcastle training behind some sort of old mansion, Alan Shearer demonstrating personality (it must only come out in films), and of course, the inevitable winning goals from Nunez, which you could predict before the game even started. So I gave Goal 2 a go and see if the formula had changed. It hasn't.
This is basically just the first film set in Spain. Munez meets up with his annoying cockney mate 'Harris' who loves life off the pitch rather than on it (I guess thats well spotted for these days). The 2 pair up at Real Madrid after, tieing in with reality, the move of Owen to Newcastle, making it appear as a swap deal.
And so it all un-ravels - he comes on a sub a few times, scores the winning goals.. blah blah.. then we have the 'sad' part in which his toon born girl-friend leaves him because she doesn't like the lifestyle. Then to make matters worse, the dozey bugger Munez falls onto a bike and is out injured! Cue sad music and lots of 'head in hand' shots...
But oh no, all things come well when he's back on the pitch after recovering, and out of the blue, the Champions League Final pops up. All I can say is, thank god the winning goal wasn't given to 'him'..
0-2 at half time to Arsenal, they come back out and emphatically, to say the least, crush Arsenal 3-2. The scorers... Harris, Munez, then a millimetre perfect free-kick from Beckham.
End Film. No seriously, it just ends their - 'To Be Continued' pops up as the celebrations go on. Disappointing! Looks like theirs more cash to be made in this franchise.
Though both films are pushing the boundaries that keep you believing it could happen, the first it definitely better. Seeing Munez get to the elite level is more absorbing than watching him play in the Champions League final after being just subbed twice. I'm only saying this as an 18 year old - younger kids I know become more entertained because their easily led in. But in all honestly, if you want to watch a really entertaining football film that takes the protagonist from dreams to reality, Bend It Like Beckham is by far the best I've watched, mainly because it shows you don't have to be an elitist to get that euphoric feeling of success. And watching the girls on their local ground is by far more enjoyable and emotional than this Hollywood-accelerated motion.

What a waste!.......2007-10-07

What a waste of time and money this movie is. Too many unecessary storylines and not enough football. Its fails the realism of the first one and surely they could have given some of the top footballers a speaking part.

plot twist on a parrallel with the usual suspects!!!.......2007-08-08

even though i enjoyed the first film i never expected much from this one,it was a football film built by those who probably pay more attention to Mr Beckham bench warming and party hoping than to real football,i found myself not caring if the won or not totally unatached to the player/"actors" ,every goal scored for some reason was an overhead kick or volley from the edge of the box,even the best players score tap ins sometimes. this somes up the film for me, trying to hard and acheving little realism ,it totally fails to capture the passion of spanish football and only yank soccerball fans will give this the time of day ,the plot is so blatantly obvious and the acting so hammed up im surprised i even let it play out to its predictable conclusion, goal 3 coming to a bargin bin near you soon!

Repeats the First Movie, Only in an Insufferably Cheesy Way.......2007-07-10

"Goal" wasn't a bad film, but it was mediocre and cheesy throughout every second. Still, the movie was nevertheless a little entertaining for all its ridiculousness and predictability. By comparison "Goal II: Living the Dream" is very much a bad film. Caring to do nothing more than repeat everything that went on in the first movie (only in a different shirt) and adding one or two ludicrous subplots, "Goal II: Living the Dream" is downright awful in every unholy second. That this movie is pointless goes without saying. That it is anything of value is impossible to believe. This movie is a painful experience littered with bad scripting, bad directing, bad acting and bad dialogue. There are problems after those, of course, but these are the most glaring.

Having made a noticeable impact at Newcastle United, star player Santiago Munez (Kuno Becker) jumps at the chance to join Real Madrid CF when he is offered a contract. Soon enough, he is transferred and playing for Real, finding almost exactly the same situation faced in the first movie playing over again. Only this time, he inadvertently comes into contact with his distant brother and mother, which doesn't help his career much.

In the first movie Kuno Becker was a passable actor. In "Goal II: Living the Dream", he is simply annoying and repetetive. Becker's line deliveries are constantly stilted, his facial expressions are all over the place and he doesn't help elevate the god-awful dialogue he's been laboured with. Returning as Santiago's significant other, Anna Friel becomes merely a spectator. Perhaps that for the better, though, since her and Becker share absolutely no chemistry together. As far as her own personal performance goes, Friel is merely average, but at least that means she's above most of the other supporting actors. Elsewhere Alessandro Nivola and Stephen Dillane can't go away soon enough.

The most positive thing that can be said about "Goal II: Living the Dream" is that the players are in it. The Real Madrid players are actually given character elements and play their small parts with more skill than their Newcastle counterparts did with their "look at me" cameos of the first movie. Such a notion doesn't do much to help the film's overall quality though, every second is still vile and repulsive.

"Goal II: Living the Dream" should never have been made. Lacking a point and lacking the palpable plot conventions needed to make something as uninteresting as this any more bearable, this inferior sequel so far qualifies as one of the year's worst. Even by the standards of a sports movie, this is awful.

Loved It, though you cannot compare to the first film!.......2007-06-27

The film follows exactly from where the first film finished, with "shock horror" Santiago Munez being signed up to Real Madrid!
Yes, the films trilogy is very predictable, on the whole we all "sort of" know how the stories are going to end up, but that still does not detract from how much fun you have while watching, escapism at its best, and a rollicking good ride! Loved every minute, and cannot wait to see the third story!

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