Spalding Platinum Portable Basketball Goal

Advantages: Immersive story line, believable acting, soundtrack
Disadvantages: Very basketball orientated - difficult to understand if you don't know much about basketball

...I purchased this film many years ago, in fact I think it was about 6 years ago, maybe 7, and I watched it for the millionth time last night and thought to myself "people really need to know how good this film is"... Because lets face it, if you haven't already heard of it, and you don't love basketball then why should you ever bother to watch it? Right? Well hopefully i'll convince you its a good idea. But i'll make sure I show you why I like it, and why some people may not. Well firstly, the story. The film is a story of 2 next door neighbors that have been living next to each other since they were kids. Both of them (a boy and a girl) love the sport of basketball. The boy, Quincy, (Omar Epps) has dreams of making it big time in the NBA (National Basketball Association) and has all the tools and money to do so, due to his father being... Read review

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Advantages: It's just sick
Disadvantages: Lots of rules

...any side persists in delaying the game, the umpire shall call a foul on them. 10. The umpire shall be the judge of the men and shall note the fouls and notify the referee when three consecutive fouls have been made. He shall have power to disqualify men according to Rule 5. 11. The referee shall be judge of the ball and shall decide when the ball is in play, in bounds, to which side it belongs, and shall keep the time. He shall decide when a goal has been made and keep account of the goals, with any other duties that are usually performed by a referee. 12. The time shall be two fifteen-minute halves, with five minutes rest between. 13. The side making the most goals in that time is declared the winner. In my opinion, these look much more like the current rules in netball, that basketball, especially with no running... Read review

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Advantages: Decent Plot, some good acting, cleverly worked football scenes
Disadvantages: The ending is too loose and David Beckham's acting

...Being a football fan the concept behind Goal seemed like one that should really appeal to me. I was however put off by Dream Team on Sky One and I was incredibly worried that Goal would just turn out to be an overly long episode of it. I did, however, feel it was unfair to judge Goal by Dream Team?s standard as for starters it had a much bigger budget and featured a number of real footballers. So having recently joined an online subscription service I took advantage of it to see a movie I wasn?t willing to actually buy. The plot follows the story of a young kid from Mexico. At a young age Santiago?s (Kuno Becker) family escaped Mexico for Los Angeles. Some 10 years later while playing for a local team in the park he is spotted by former Newcastle midfielder Glen Foy (Stephen Dillane). He is convinced that Santiago has what it takes... Read review

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