No match to watch! The NBA has been suspended, the five major football leagues have been suspended, the European Championships have been postponed, the Tokyo Olympic qualification tournaments have been suspended, and the major global sports channels that were originally riveting in the sports year have encountered a "food shortage" crisis due to the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic. How to ensure that "no skylight" is guaranteed on days when there is no live broadcast of the event, major TV stations have come up with clever tricks: reviewing classic games, revisiting special animations, home fitness exercises... But the most appropriate thing may be to play classic sports movies, just as the so-called "style does not separate families", the audience can enjoy the art of film while enjoying the passion of competition without changing the stage.
Cartoons were put on the sports station
Affected by the epidemic, the whole country of Italy has been forced to "stay at home". To appease and encourage the nation, Sky Sports Italia launched a special programme looking back at the classic matches of the Italian national football team, including the moment when Italy won the 2006 World Cup and the 1/8 final of the 2016 European Championship. In addition to broadcasting highlights from Europe's five major leagues, the British Sky Sports Channel also has unpopular events such as darts and cricket, as well as special documentaries on homemade stars.
ESPN, the largest sports channel in the United States, has also recently turned over the classic game video, and the "inventory" of the four major leagues in North America for many years plus various special programs is enough to last for a while. The Sports Channel of China Central Television also has a wealth of programs, not only with videos of events such as the Premier League and the Champions League, but also by interstitial programs such as "Fitness Moves" to remind the audience to exercise at home. Taiwan's Alda Sports Station broadcast the animation film " Slam Dunk Master "", which not only loses the true color of the sports station, but also attracts the attention of many young people, after all, many young people like basketball because of this cartoon.
"Baseball doesn't believe in tears"
In addition to cartoons, many people fall in love with sports through sports movies, begin to know and understand sports stars, and develop the habit of playing games and watching games.
Recently, many Hollywood movie stars and sports stars have been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, but they are still exerting their influence to provide positive energy for fans. For example, tom Hanks, the first Hollywood movie star to be diagnosed with an infection, encouraged everyone on social media to "remember that despite all this happening, baseball doesn't believe in tears!" This quote is the classic line from the sports movie "Red Pink League" that he starred in in 1992. "Pink League" is a baseball film in which Hanks plays a baseball coach who originally had a prejudice against female players, but he was later impressed by the female players' love of sports, trained with the team and eventually won.
There are many sports films in film history that are based on real events and convey inspirational emotions, and this genre has always been an evergreen tree in the world film industry, and has also been affirmed by professional film awards including Oscars, such as "Chariot of Fire". The film is based on the true story of two young sprinters in the 1920s, who are not professional athletes, but eventually represented Britain at the Olympic Games and won gold medals, and the film won four awards including the 54th Academy Awards for Best Picture.
The heart of sports films, inspiration and passion
If sports movies are further classified and refined, they can be roughly divided into two categories from the perspective of creation, namely the biography of sports figures and the reproduction of classic events. The protagonists of sports movies are usually athletes or coaches, such as 1993's "DreamIng Naked Heart", which tells the story of the skinny Rudy who strives to enter the football team of his dreams and changes from a substitute to a regular player. 2005's Coach Carter is based on the true story of high school basketball coach Ken Carter, telling the story of a basketball team that has been defeated and defeated, and has become a winning general under the leadership of coach Carter.
In recent years, sports movies have also had a tendency to dig into the stories of team owners and managers behind the scenes, such as "Penalty Shootouts into Gold" starring Hollywood star Brad Pitt, which tells the success of Billy Bean, the general manager of the American baseball team "Oakland Athletics", who is good at using "reverse thinking" to manage the team and successfully "transform" a third-rate team. Action superstar Stallone's masterpiece "Rocky" series, the protagonist has also slowly changed from the original boxer to the behind-the-scenes pusher. In the new version of "Quiddi" in 2018, Stallone became the coach who helped the frustrated boxer regroup. Sports movies are not all about success, but also about reflection on failure, for example, in 2017's "I, Queen of Patterns", Margot Robbie portrayed a figure skater who was originally quite talented, but eventually fell into depravity due to his extreme personality and failed education.
Outside of Hollywood, countries also have their own sports movies, which are also the on-screen testimony of their own sports undertakings. For example, "Win the Championship", which was originally scheduled to be released in the Spring Festival this year, but was withdrawn due to the epidemic, this film reviews the thirty years of hard work of the Chinese women's volleyball team, and the trailer released before makes many viewers feel as if they have returned to the passionate moment of the "iron hammer".
In addition, France has also made a number of sports films for their favorite event, the Tour de France, and 2013's "Circle of Life" recreates the Tour de France from the perspective of a cycling amateur. The 2017 Russian sports film "Kill Munich" recreates the legendary past of the Soviet basketball team reversing the American team at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. The reason why sports movies have endured is precisely because of the inspirational spirit and sense of honor that other types of films have.
Source: Global Times