Draft Day – Tag der Entscheidung (2014)

Draft Day – Tag der Entscheidung: Directed by Ivan Reitman. With Chris Berman, Dave Donaldson, Patrick St. Esprit, Chi McBride. At the NFL Draft, General Manager Sonny Weaver has the opportunity to rebuild his team when he trades for the number one pick. He must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice on a life-changing day for a few hundred young men with NFL dreams.

“First of all donu0026#39;t confuse this for a u0026quot;Sportsu0026quot; movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt revolves around the NFL Draft, an annual event where the NFL managers are selecting players to join their teams.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt is a USA football thing, so if you are living in another continent, it is rather difficult to understand the rules and even more the point of this whole charade.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAbout the rules is something of a Poker game. At least as it looks in this picture. The manager of team A is on the phone with the manager of team B and they talk things like u0026quot;I am giving you 2 of my first picks of the second round to give me your first pick for the next 2 years…u0026quot; and so on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAgain, this is NOT about who wins a game or a trophy. This is merely about picking players whom you think they might be useful to your team. In the actual games they may proved to be bad choices, or injured or whatever, and despite being happy about your choices in the NFL draft, eventually to lose games and the season.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow as movie u0026quot;Draft Dayu0026quot; is carefully designed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe direction and editing are trying to be u0026quot;edgyu0026quot; with unique split screen effects during the numerous phone-calls between the team managers. You can see for example Kevin Costner (who plays the lead role as an experienced yet unconventional manager) in a split screen walking into the other side of the frame where the manager of the other team is.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe music has a certain triumphant feeling without being to much in your face and the whole production is carefully designed.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI point that out because in this movie you have constantly the feeling that you are seeing great things taking place. Like every little decision is something that could change the world. But in reality all these u0026quot;decisionsu0026quot; are something of a micromanagement. In the end and if you actually pay attention, what is happening and what the characters are talking about is totally uninteresting…u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e…and for the rest of the world, outside the US, confusing and pointless.”