The Waterboy (1988) is a true underdog story where Bobby Boucher (Adam Sandler) plays the role of the waterboy who is a “momma’s boy” and has social issues. Bobby shows his possible skills of being a weapon on a college football team. Bobby turns his life around earning a spot as a line-backer on the football team, getting into school and meeting the girl he ends up marrying in the end. Bobby became the team’s best player and they needed him to win the championship game of the tournament. "Bobby Boucher: So that's what opening up a can of whoop-ass feels like. Coach Klein: Son, you just opened up a whole case of whoop-ass.” I picked this quote because it shows the passion for the game and it plays a big role in the movie and it’s a line …show more content…
that Coach Klein says to Bobby to get him into the game. This quote comes up a few times in the movie. I think the pieces of the movie that involve Bobby getting bullied stick with me. This is because, I think it tells the sick truths of what people go through when they are classified as “different” than everyone else. Bobby gets bullied for not being smart, and for not being a “man” and for his stutter. These are all real-life situations that people like Bobby go through every day. If people just take time to get to know others they may realize that everyone has a character and they are worth taking the time to get to know. This is a huge portion of why I enjoyed this movie. I admire Bobby the most in this movie for his perseverance and belief in himself that he could be a football player. He had drive to show everyone he could do it, even his momma, who didn’t want him playing football at all. Bobby plays his role very well, but I guess if I were to ask the character a question, I would ask, what was the motivation to prove others wrong? The character that influences Bobby (the main character) the most was his momma. Momma made sure Bobby was sheltered, and for lack of better words, uninformed of society in that time. Momma protected Bobby from all the bad in the world that she could but there was only so much she could do. However, momma changes her thoughts when she finds out how important Bobby is to the football team and the community and she soon supported Bobby like she probably should have from the start. My biggest influence is also my Mother. I grew up learning from her and she has supported me since day one in anything I’ve ever done or decided. She is the woman I hope to turn into (for the most part, shhh don’t tell her I said that) and I hope to pass along my knowledge to be a good mother as well. The adversity that Bobby overcame was what I had spoken about in questions 2. Bobby gets bullied for being different. Being the waterboy, he got picked on by the team and got water dumped on him because they thought it was funny… It was not. Something that I have overcome in my life was coming out that I am gay. It took me a long time to do it because I was scared of what people would think. But I learned that the right and most important people in my life would accept me for who I am. This was something I thought I connected with the character with because, for a very long time I saw myself as different, just like Bobby. Turns out I am not, and I am happy I could be open about my life. I think Bobby’s momma makes the most attributions during the movie, causing Bobby to be sheltered and not able to get the social life he deserved and needed.
She made attributions on why Bobby couldn’t do something. It was always because it was the devil and it would hurt Bobby. I see this unfit and wrong because everyone needs to go through things and have experiences in life in order to grow to be a better person. Bobby turned out to be a good person once he was exposed to all the things he should have been earlier in life. The turning point in the movie was when Bobby stood up to his momma because he wanted to go to school and he wanted to play football because he loved them both. He told his momma that he was going to do it. Bobby was needed by his team during the championship game and he came through for them to help them win the game. His skills in football help them be a better team and it helped him be a part of something positive in life, which he didn’t have that before. Bobby’s motivation was his team and the girl he really liked, Vicki Valencourt. Vicki was the girl Bobby had been crushing on since he was a little boy, but momma always made it a point to keep them away from each other. Vicki took matters into her own hands in order to show Bobby and momma she was a good person and would support Bobby no matter what. They ended up getting married and momma finally came around to liking
Vicki. I think the making of this movie was for people to understand that everyone has a place in sports and even in life. I take away the good from this movie and I think that’s why they made it the way it was. This movie is a good underdog story where Bobby comes out on top and that’s what it's all about. Everyone should be included because everyone deserves a chance. I don’t think this film needs to be changed at all. I think it’s a great film to watch and the plot, and story is just right. There is also humor in it bringing it all together for an overall good film. I think this movie is a great film for sports fan to watch. It pulls together a lot of real life situations that make me able to connect with the characters. I would give this movie a 5 in the rating.I think non- athletes could also connect to the movie because it's not just sports retaliated situations. (People get treated like outcasts and like they are different all the time.. Jobs, school, community events and so on.) People should be able to relate to this on more than one level. People should watch this movie because there are many good things about it. It's funny, but yet serious. It's about sports, but also connected to real life. It has many good factors to the film and I think it’s a must see, especially if you’re an Adam Sandler fan!
As Bobby is putting Feather into her crib, he drops his basketball and it rolls from the crib, to his mom’s room. This shows coming of age because his basketball (his childhood) is rolling away from him because now he has to grow up and take care of Feather. Bobby always used to play basketball with K-Boy and J.L. but he can’t as much anymore because he is a single parent and needs to learn how to take care of Feather by himself and mature to be a good
A message that really explains the movie in a sentence is every human is not perfect and each human has their own personal struggles that they will try to overcome. Boobie Miles thought he was perfect and he actually put a curse on himself and got injured right at the beginning.The primary theme in the film is the Underdogs don’t always win. We thought because they were underdogs they were going to win but they ended up losing. They still did put up a great fight. Some other themes are the impact of adults’ hopes and goals lived vicariously through their children. The most important theme of the novel involves the impact of adults’ hopes and goals lived vicariously through their children. The people of Odessa place an unmistaken spell on the shoulders of their sons to be champions every year so that the adults can take the triumph as their own. The result is that their children can never leave their triumphs and defeats of that short time behind. It follows them no matter what they make of their lives, and it is unfair that they must do so. The last important theme is that of misplaced priorities. The people of Odessa wouldn’t accept the fact that their obsession with football was impacting on the educational success of their children. Their need to have a winning season affected class time, homework, tests, and even whether school
middle of paper ... ... But later on soldiers mentioned that Bobby had indeed matured from his once pusillanimous ways. And it is through such experiences, like the one that Bobby had with Tim, that he learned to become a better medic, a better soldier, and even a better person. Most of this story revolves around experiences that Tim O’Brien has had.
This paper will include the analysis of the movie Hope Floats. It will start with a short summary of the movie describing the characters and the plot. It will then discuss the family dynamics that are shown in the movie based on the class discussions and the readings. It will also include a variety of issues that are shown throughout the movie. This paper will discuss three key family system’s issues that includes the family concepts, assessing one from Bowen’s concepts, one from Minuchin’s concepts, and one from General Systems Theory/Anderson and Sabatelli concepts. There are many different scenes and examples in this movie that will give a better understanding of the many different family dynamics, family issues, and family system concepts.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
The director main point of the movie is to show that racism shouldn’t exist. His other main point that I got out of it was him showing how whites and blacks became one, they all became a family at the end of the movie. Although the whites feared they would lose their starting position to the blacks and the blacks feared they wouldn’t get any playing time because of their skin color they were still able to get through it all and were all able to put their pride aside and become one and by them coming together and looking past all the criticism they got something great out of it, a state
An early scene in George Roy Hill’s film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) shows illustrious bandit Butch Cassidy walking into a bank and observing a series of security upgrades (e.g. an alarm system, a safe, and several different locks). As Butch Cassidy exits the establishment, he asks the security guard, “What happened to the old bank?” The guard responds, “People kept robbing it.” Butch remarks, “Small price to pay for beauty.” Although Butch Cassidy’s disappointed assertion may have been rooted in disappointment for the loss of a heist rather than the loss of architectural merit, it leads one to question: To what extent are cultural attributes lost at the expense of new technology? I will consider this question as I examine the ways in which Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid highlights the
Orson Wells’ film Citizen Kane received terrific reviews as soon as it opened in 1941. While the average movie buff would not value Citizen Kane as much, for the critics, directors and film students: it provides a technical handbook as to the nuts and bolts of how a film is to be assembled. It has now been chosen as the greatest American film in a number of polls due to the many remarkable scenes and performances, cinematic and narrative techniques and experimental innovations in photography, editing and sound.
There is a scene in this movie where the coach takes the team on a long run in the middle of the night. They end up at the break of dawn at a cemetery. The coach tells the young men of the battle that was fought on that ground. He told of the blood shed on those grounds that turned the whole area red. This can help many people that want to make a difference in this world. They had to stand up for their new knowledge to people that they love and trust.
One movie that pertains to the family adolescent life cycle is The Goonies. Not only is this movie a cult classic, but it also gives a great perspective on an adolescent’s life cycle. This movie revolves around a group of kids in search of a way to save their home from the rich towns people. While on this search they stumble on treasure map from the infamous “One Eyed Willy”. Thus begins the adventures of the Goonies on their mission to save their homes.
Mama has been mentally abusing Bobby since he was a young boy. She is the main antagonist behind all of his problems in life. I believe that she even cause him to become mentally handicapped due to being too overbearing. She did not let him go to school, or have friends. She “homeschooled” him so that she could make sure that he had to rely on her the rest of his life. Mama was afraid of being alone after her husband left her and took all of their money when he was pregnant with Bobby. She lied constantly to him, even about what happened to his father. Mama told Bobby that he died in the desert due to dehydration. He was 31 years old and had the IQ of a five year old. She had the audacity to tell him false stories whenever he asked her questions to only find out everything he knows is a lie when he goes to college. Bobby goes to college and plays football behind her back. I think it is sad that Bobby found his calling in the world and something he is passionate about and he has to hide it from the one person that is supposed to always be there for him. Coach Red Beaulieu gave Bobby the job as his team’s waterboy when he was very young. Throughout the years, he constantly picked on Bobby and turned his head when the players picked on him. Being a waterboy was the only out Bobby had away from his insane mother and the coach took his away from him. The coach fired Bobby
In having Coach Carter be one of the best critically acclaimed movies of 2005, it also portrayed a sense of emotion to the viewer. It transcends a type of mood in every type of scene in the movie. Coach Carter is about Ken Carter coming into the world of his old high school, Richmond High in a new role. Known for his high school basketball career, he is asked to be the new coach of a broken basketball team with troubled athletes. As Coach Carter, he holds practice after practice. For Coach Carter, sports are a commitment and with that, comes responsibility. So Coach gives the players all a contract to sign to solidify their commitment. All of us know that to participate in sports, you have to have certain grades, and with this contract comes
I have chosen to review the film Boyhood written by Richard Linklater that took twelve years to film. In the movie Boyhood, it illustrates the life of a boy named Mason Jr. through the many stages of his childhood to adolescence to becoming an adult. The movie follows Mason Jr.’s life through his years of kindergarten, middle school, high school, and to college. Through these milestones in his life encounters society with socialization, culture and norms that are exhibited through his family, friends, and others. With factors of social classes, and gender that influence Mason Jr. as he grows and fits into the society that is formed. From the events and milestones in Boyhood, it is able to show human behaviour in society from our
This movie starts off as Jordan Belfort, the main character in the movie, losing his job as a stockbroker in Wall Street. After losing his job, he goes and gets a job in a Long Island brokerage room. In the brokerage room, he sells penny stocks. Thanks to him being aggressive in his selling skills, he was able to make a profit. With the new income, he gives his wife a bracelet and she asked him why doesn’t he go after the people that can afford to lose money, not the middle-class people or lower income people. That is when he gets the idea to get a lot of young people and train them to become the best stock brokers.
If I had a children in my class with an exceptionality I would keep it