Frustration beseeches me. Today, we were supposed to continue watching Coach Carter in English class. As we did not have enough time to finish the whole movie during the previous lesson, the movie was discontinued and we intended to continue watching it today. Sadly, Miss Dilani was not present due to unforeseen circumstances. The suspense was killing me and I decided that I couldn’t wait for the next English lesson so I downloaded the movie myself from Utorrent. It was a terrific movie and I couldn’t resist writing a review on the story. After all, the movie is a multi award-winning movie, nominated for 14 awards winning 3 of them.
Review of Coach Carter
Ken Carter, a successful sporting goods store owner, accepts the job of being Richmond Oilers basketball coach for his old high school in a poor area of Richmond, where he was the champion athlete responsible for many of the varsity’s medals and trophies. However, he was greatly dismayed at the poor attitudes and indiscipline of the team players as well as their dismal play performance. Thus, Coach Carter sets about to whip them into shape psychically and academically. He immediately imposes a strict academic and basketball training regime which are bound by written contracts that include stipulations for respectful behaviour, dress codes, maximum attendance in class and good grades(2.3 point average) as requisites to being allowed to participate in basketball games. Initially, the boys were indignant and some even walked out on the team. However, the initial resistance from the boys are soon dispelled as the team under Coach Carter's guidance and discipline becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. But when the team slowly starts to become overconfident and taunt their opponents after scoring, and Coach Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly or skipping class, he takes immediate action and cancels all of the team activities and locks the gym up until the team shows acceptable academic improvement. In the ensuing debate and controversies with the town’s community and media, Carter struggles to keep to his methods, ever so determined to show the boys that they need to rely on more than just basketball for their futures and eventually finds that he has affected their individual lives more profoundly than he ever expected.
Memorable quotes i can remember from the movie:
Coach Ken Carter: You shooting the ball, what's your name?
Jason Lyle: Jason Lyle, but I ain't no sir.
Coach Ken Carter: Oh, well are you a madam?
[team laughs]
Jason Lyle: You said we're a team. One person struggles, we all struggle. One person triumphs, we all triumph.
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