Goon

 

                    Going back and finding some simpler kind of movies more like trying to find anything between an hour and thirty-minute or hour and fifty-minute films just to get myself prepared for the new year and since we're amid hockey season, I figured I'd take a whack at a hockey movie, something you'd never quite expect. I've been familiar with the movie Goon for quite a while after watching it for the first time in quite a long while. The film itself stars Sean William Scott in the well, I'm not sure if this is the unlikeliest of roles though something that I'm not sure if I would cast him in this role with all things consider I think this was a way for him to branch out of his side character's he's only been famous for, like I don't know American Pie?

                    Though a misfit among his brainy family members, Massachusetts bouncer Doug Glatt (Sean William Scott) has a knockout punch that lands him a spot on a minor-league Canadian hockey team.

                    Having re-watched the film now I will say that this film is at true a decent film from start to finish, that being said though, I would of made a ton of changes with the movie needless to say maybe replace Sean William Scott or change his character in terms of being a complete moron and I get it, the character is supposed to be this dimwit bouncer whose only known for fighting and that's what gets him success of being a hockey player. But I would rather have the character at least stand up to his parents at least moreover have some conflict in terms of is he really being treated as a goon or want to give more as a hockey player. And just some of these little tips can make your hockey movie about enforcers or goons be a good or great movie and it's not that hard. In the world of Hockey there is always that role of being an enforcer or goon, players like most recent Ryan Reaves or can go back in time and talk about past legends like Dave Schultz or even Claude Lemieux and with the changes in the NHL of course the goon's role is in a sense left out because all there made to do is fight nothing else and I think with a movie like this you do have a sense of story that needs to be told in a different stand point. The one actor in this movie that really saves the movie and no it's not Eugene Levy, it's surprisingly of all actors you'd expect saving a movie is Liev Schreiber who does a fantastic job playing the veteran goon on the verge of retirement but most importantly gives a lot of advice to Scott's character and really I kind of wished we had more of his character in the movie but granted he's supposed to be the antagonist/mentor so I guess you can't always have what you want in life. If you’re ever feeling the sense of finding that one feels good movie or any sports related film, I would recommend watching this movie and only this movie, for reasons why I say this movie alone is because there's a sequel and I don't believe anyone needs a sequel to this film, but if you’re not a big fan of Sean Williams Scott, for which I can totally understand there is another movie/documentary that explores the enforcer/goon role called Ice Guardians I would also recommend watching that film if you’re not feeling of for 90’s dead weight like, Sean William Scott. Though I would recommend not buying this movie, more like if it's free on any streaming service you've subscribed to then you can most certainly watch the film, from that standpoint.