The movie "Coach Carter"

Coach Carter....

Coach Carter is 2 1/4 hours of MTV-produced tough love, with a dance break and pool party to relieve — momentarily — a series of motivational rants from lead Samuel L. Jackson. This is a film inspired by the real-life heroics of basketball coach Ken Carter, who made national news by benching his entire squad for academic ineligibility. The film starts with Carter (Samuel L Jackson) being offered the basketball job from his old coach (Ray Baker) at Richmond High, the school where Carter still holds many of the basketball records. Carter lived in Richmond in better times and wants to bring some of the glow back to his alma mater. Richmond is a troubled area. The high school dropout rate is 50 percent… and residents are more likely to go to prison than college. Teenage pregnancy is as common as the flu, which puts added pressures on an already strained economy. The school is now plagued by violence and the boys on Carter's squad are statistically more likely to go to jail than college. Basketball is one of the few things the young men have that can take them away from the pains of reality. It stands as the highlight of a life that will likely lead to, at best, a life in poverty and at worst gangs, drugs, and an early death. So when Ken Carter, a former All-American basketball player and now small business owner in the city takes over the team, As much dismayed by the poor attitudes of his players as well as their dismal play performance, Carter sets about to change both. He looks to not only lead a revolution on the court, but in the lives of the men who play for him. To turn the players around Carter introduces a four-point contract with his basketball team: keep a 2.3 Grade Point Average; no truancy; sit at the front in class; and wear a shirt and tie on game day. He believes that his charges should be students first and athletes second; a radical concept for most people around Richmond High. The initial resistance from the boys is soon dispelled as the team under Carter's tutelage becomes a undefeated competitor in the games. However when the overconfidient team's behaviour begins to stary and Carter learns that too many players are doing poorly in the class, he make a immediate action. to the outrage of the team, the school and the community, Carter locks the court in the midst of their still-undefeated season, cancelling practices and forfeiting games until the team shows acceptable academic improvent. He meets great resistance from Principal Garrison (Denise Dowse), his charges, school officials and community members. In the ensuing debate, Carter fights to keep his methods, determined to show the boys that they need rely on more than sports for their futurs. The school board eventually votes to end the unpopular lockout, despite dissenting votes from the principal and the chairwoman of the board. He is about to quit, but he finds the palyers sitting at school desks in the gym, with teachers tutoring them. The players point out that even though the gym is reopened, the schoool board can't force them to play. Carter is heartened and decides to stay, thanking the players. The team makes it into the state high- school championship playoffs. The climactic game takes place in the tournament's first ground against the first ranked team in the state, St. Francis (starring a superstar NBA prospect, Ty Crane). In the last second, Crane makes the winning shot to end Richmond" season. Over the closing song, it is shown that six of the players went on to attend college.

My opinion about this movie........

This movie is a good movie, a lot of things are hide behind the story and the plot. It is not an ordinary basketball movie, for me, is more toward a educational movie. From the begining of the story until the end of the story, moral values and lessons can be seen throughtout the movie. The deepest impression i get from the movie regarding the lessons i get after watching the movie is respect can win everthing. Coach Carter, in order to change the team, in both aspect of performance in the court and the live of the player, respect the player without looking down at the player who mostly come from a poor and bad surrounding. Why he do this? It is clearly stated in the movie about the power and magic of respect in out human live. By showing great respect towards the player by refering them as "sir", Coach Carter has gain the trust from the player. As time passing, the behavoiur of player change, from opposing the requirement asked by Coach Carter to follow each instruction given by the Coach like do push-up 500 times. This can only be done if the players believe him. Determination is another moral value that can be seen in the movie. When Coach Carter say he want his player to go into colleges, it look like a joke to the teacher in the school, even though the player felt that it is a mission impossible. In the fact, the high school dropout rate is 50 percent and nearly only 6% go to college. However Coach Carter thinks of changing all this unfavourable situation because he know that the youngsters need education to improve their life in the future, not only than depending on basketball. The contract has recieve great response from the players' family members and the teacher, where critic is more than support. After persuading the people, the contract finally are carried. But things are not going on as what Coach Carter predicted, he realise the academic performance of the palyers still not improve to the level he asked as the Richmond team has already become undefeated in the league. Determination of Coach Carter to make sure his plan success is shown when he make a shock decision to lock the court to force the player to study until their result become better. Most of the people live in the Richmond strongly oppose the locking of the court. Finally, the court is reopened as a result of voting by the school board. But due to the respect and trust to Coach Carter, the players study in the court by saying that the school board can reopen the court, but they can force them to play. When I see the behaviour of the player in that time, i feel touched and I really feel the importance of respect towards other ans determination in doing something.

Ok, this is what i learned from the movie "Coach Carter". As a conclusion,

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