Goal The Dream Began Film Analysis

For Sport Film Analysis assignment I decided to analyze a movie named Goal! The Dream Begins, which Is a film about a young Mexican that goes by the name of Santiago Muñez, who lives in the not so good part of los Angeles, is given a chance to achieve his dream of playing professional soccer by trying out for an English club team named Newcastle United when he is spotted by a talent scout with contacts with Newcastle united. In the Film Santiago Muñez is portrayed as a an overachiever who even though he is working two jobs as a gardener and cook at a Chinese restaurant he gives himself time to play in a recreational soccer team and is always wanting to give superior and impressive results through the excessive effort that he portrays in the game. As he is starting as a rookie in a low level of competition in soccer he has been playing this sport since he was a child and at the
This is seen as a setback to him as he is very close to his father but still goes to show you how much of a passion he has to continue playing even though his father found Santiago’s savings from his earnings from his two jobs in which he hid in a boot under his bed is found by his dad and he uses it to buy a truck to prevent Santiago from achieving his goal, which took Santiago to a state of disappointment and anger from frustration due to the result of what his father did. In this scene the frustration aggression theory can be seen as his fathers actions cause frustration in Santiago as his all his hard work that he sacrificed to assist him in achieving his goal went downhill causing him to put aggression towards his father by yelling gat him and bumping into him as he walked away from