Streaming Miracle Online
February 9th, 2010 by dominque6789285As the Frosty War fades into memory, it is hard to elaborate the on-going, almost mystical fascination with The Miracle on Ice; the defeat of the vaunted Soviets by a bunch of unknown American college kids. Yes, national pride plays a immense role, and more generally everyone loves an underdog. But I mediate what has really made this event such a cultural touchstone is the pure joy that surrounded it. Across the nation, and the world, for a myriad of reasons, but distilled and purified in the players and coaches who pursued their dream not for fame and fortune, but because the only dreams worth chasing are the hard ones.
“Miracle” captures this spirit down to the smallest nuance; in a day and age when you are as likely to read about athletes in the police blotter as the sports page, it is refreshing to discover people play for the pure joy of sport and like of the game. The ability to acquire this appreciate of the game was made possible by the fact that every single one of the actors portraying a hockey player was first and foremost an staunch hockey player. That’s not to say they can’t act, but they sought out the opportunity because they have scored Eruzione’s game winning goal a thousand times on a rink or pond or even on asphalt and they wanted an opportunity to tap into a miniature bit of that magic. They didn’t audition for “Miracle”, they tried out for it, and once they had the job, they went to training camp to prepare for filming. This attention to detail comes through in spades; I know hockey, but you don’t have to be an expert to realize these guys are in grand shape and have been on the receiving ruin of a check more than once.
In incompatibility to these raw and unseasoned actors stands Kurt Russell, a Hollywood frail (and admittedly a very vast hockey fan) . His portrayal of Herb Brooks is stupid on; from the state and mannerisms down to the single minded determination to beat the best team in the world. Moreover, his punishing conditioning regimen and mind-bending schemes are accurately portrayed without bogging down in details that would likely bore even dedicated fans. The supporting cast is likewise strong, and wisely tiny in grand share to honest Brooks’ wife and assistants. This focus mirrors the plot Brooks lived the game and minimizes distractions.
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So the film has staunch hockey players and pleasing actors in all the key roles but the most daunting task for the director calm remained: how to record a game where the outcome is know when the NHL hasn’t found an entirely effective understanding for live games. The retort was to exercise as many ice level shots as possible, which serves a twofold purpose. The first is that it is great easier to follow the puck when it is the focus of the shot, and at the same time, when a hit or injury is the key portion of the scene, the puck isn’t a distraction. The other reason this near is successful is because this player’s notice concept of the ice injects a sense of urgency that makes victory seem in doubt even when it is a known factor. A corollary to this advance is in the story of the game with the Soviets; the director wisely chose not to reinvent the wheel and conventional Al Michael’s definitive call, which includes key commentary from Ken Dryden which can be informative for the non-hockey fan.
In the raze, what this all adds up to is the perfect encapsulation of the joy I referenced above. The chilly hard fact is that we are unlikely to ever watch such joy in sport again, as professionals have reach to dominate Olympic team sports and high schoolers join the pro ranks as soon as they graduate and middle schoolers go to strength and conditioning camps under relentless pressure from their parents. What “Miracle” portrays is a joy born of a esteem of competition, a fancy of sport and a savor of teammates that has become all too rare. That’s not to say that this movie only portrays sunshine and roses, but the ultimate goal transcended any one individual. Some of the best scenes in the movie have nothing to do with hockey, but rather the camaraderie that comes from sharing simple things with helpful friends.
Superb in its portrayal of perhaps the greatest sporting event of all time in every aspect - from acting to wardrobe to the game on the ice, “Miracle” is an absolute joy to perceive. It wisely frames the geo-political import of the game and then sets it aside, focusing instead on the beauty of sport and the satisfaction of hard earned accomplishments.
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Jake Mohlman.
The first hockey games I ever watched were during the 1980 Winter Olympics and I know I was not alone in that respect. It took a while to understand what a blue line had to do with icing the puck and I have never gotten past the thought of what basketball would be like if it was played the same draw as hockey (you are allowed to noxious the guy with the puck/ball) . But I remember watching the games the U.S. Hockey Team played against the Soviet Union and Finland. How titanic was the miracle that Al Michaels proclaimed during the final seconds of the semi-final match against the Soviets? Well, when “Sports Illustrated” came out the next week there was no need for a headline or caption on the screen photo of the U.S. team celebrating.
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Knowing what is going to happen in “Miracle” is necessary because if we did not know that this team is going to bag the gold medal then we might suspect the means that coach Herb Brooks (Kirk Russell) is using to do that kill. Brooks is timorous by the 1960 Winter Olympics, when he was cleave from the U.S. team a week before it won the gold medal. It was also the last year the Americans beat the Soviets on the ice and Brooks knows how to pull off the upset against the best hockey team on the planet. All it will buy is a team that he handpicks playing the draw he wants them to play.
The best fragment of this film is watching how Brooks does exactly that and then becomes basically a spectator and cheerleader when his team goes out and wins the gold medal. Director Gavin O’Connor hits a bulls gawk with the casting of Russell, who should derive serious Oscar consideration for his performance. The hard driven coach who puts his sport before his wife and family is something of a cliché, but what matters here is how Brooks’ determination and intelligence comes through as he molds his team.
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The production also scores because they went out and got hockey players to act instead of trying to fallacious us out the other blueprint around. The only exact professional actor on the team is Eddie Cahill, but he plays goalie Jim Craig. You can build anybody you want tedious a camouflage in goal on the ice (feeble Edmonton Oilers’ goalie Bill Ranford in fact) and because Craig was such high maintenance and high profile he was the one role where you needed to up the acting level. But Michael Mantenuto as Jack O’Callahan, Patrick O’Brien Dempsey as Mike Eruzione, Nathan West as Lift McLanahan, Eric Peter-Kaiser as Note Johnson, and the other 15 players on the team are playing exactly what they are: hockey players brought together to obtain a team.
One thing I was surprised about in the film was that there is never an explicitly stated reason why Eruzione was picked as the team captain. Yet in the context of the film I was accurate in thinking that I knew exactly what Eruzione was going to do that was going to earn him stand out as first among his teammates. (You will know what I am talking about when the moment comes) .
The fidelity to recreating the moments we remember from the 1980 Olympics was quite impressive. You can check out the added features on this two-disc DVD place to gaze order comparisons of the television footage from the exact games with the movie’s re-creations as well as the techniques worn to give you a dynamic feeling of being on the ice. Of course getting Al Michaels to “call” the games again was a necessity and it is not surprising that they worked in the unique version of his noted line that gives the movie its title. You can re-create history but you cannot really improve on it, although this 2004 film does a nice job of trying to achieve that particular feat. I objective wonder if those who know nothing about what happened at Lake Placid in 1980 can relish that as worthy as those of us who do.
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