It is not a simple thing.
While the Lions apparetengono East, the Panth rs belong to West Dillon. To say East or West, in an American city, it is to speak of two opposite realities and (apparently) incompatible. West Dillon is part of the rich and "white" of the city. What is behind Easy money is corrupting attitudes and superheroes, the Panthers, in fact, now feel themselves masters of the world and football. Dillon is the East instead the ghetto of the city: crumbling houses, groups of armed gangs, teenagers and children in prison to be recovered. The East brings together the entire black community of Dillon.
From this ...
... to so
Coach Taylor did not bat an eyelid. Abandons his blue cap, wearing the red of the Lions and is preparing to coach a team to be built, all to justify, in a field abandoned and destroyed. The locker rooms are barracks, uniforms are worn and there are not enough for everyone. The contrast is clear. From local hero of a very strong team, the coach Taylor is relegated to the ghetto, a misfit team and taken continuously around.
And here again the phrase that lingers throughout the series: Clear eyes, full hearts. Can not lose!
The Panthers seem to have lost its meaning. Instead, this is the concept that the coach now leads among Lions. Although there is written in the locker room red Never out of the fight , during the first day of workouts, Taylor speaks of pure hearts and clear eyes, that first day, the coaches, players between skeptical and indifferent gaze , receives the response "Can not lose!" only by Landry Clarke, the former Panther, forced to move between the Lions because of the division in two city districts.
inevitably come into play new characters, members of the Lions or not. Former Panthers by the diploma, are only good in FNL Tim Riggins, the iconic TV series and Matt Saracen, the name of that actor, Zach Gilford, is not among the main performers but still among the guest stars. Even the fate assigned to the two heroes of the series can be a double edged sword. Tim and Matt, in fact, have so far enjoyed their status as champions of Texas quarterback and fullback. The time now is completely anonymous. Tim lives in a trailer. Around him hovers the ghost of "33", the number that carried over his shoulder when he played. Tim renunciation of the scholarship to the University in San Antonio and decided to return to Dillon, his brother and his work as a mechanic. He plans to live a simple life, to have a land all its own and a porch for watching the world by drinking beer. Matt waiver to go to art school in Chicago, but Dillon feels tight. For each episode mania, looks like a caged animal and suffering, torn by a dilemma not always so easily identified: being with people who love art and live free of any weight?
As I said, the authors' work, focusing on only thirteen episodes, it is very bold and risky. The risk is what, so changing the tables, you can lose public. For three seasons we're used to so many people and especially to cheer Panthers. Now the Panthers are the enemies. In each case the operation fails and can also fine, because the protagonist of the story is not the blue of the Panthers team, but coach Taylor with his unshakable values. It is important not to lose the meaning, the basis of all the history around lights on Friday evening.
Dire Friday Night Lights is to speak of dreams, hopes and pure feelings that animate the human being in his daily struggles. When the lights light up, sparks also something much more important in the hearts and eyes of those plays. Now the Lions are able to enjoy the lights: The Lions must be constructed from the base, should grow, should amalgamate. They have an endless series of difficulties, but thanks to Coach Taylor and his teachings are successful in what they do, even if they spend the season to lose every single match. So this is another important element for the entire series, we identify a team that, for obvious logistical reasons, only serves to suffer defeats. Is teased and mocked, not down, and still loses.
Friday Night Lights has always brought forward another concept no less important. This is expressed clearly in the feature film "Friday Night Lights," set in the late eighties, and is resumed at the end of the third season of the series. The important thing is not to win. It is not enough add trivia "is the important part." No. It is important to play and fight and be satisfied with their fight even if it does not go through. Somehow, you can win even if you lose. The Panthers, at the end of season three, coming in the final. Playing against a very strong team and fight with all their might. To lose a few points, but the impression is of winning. The sequence of that game has turned so superb. Despite being excited in the final moments, he opts for a slow motion, the slow music of Explosions in the Sky, for details on shots. When attacking the ball is kicked, the slow motion shows the route, during which they are stopped and caught small intensity: guys who take the Panthers all join hands and hope again, the eyes of fans anxious, teary eyes of Coach Taylor. And then the ball goes between the posts, the opposing team that celebrates and heads down the Panthers. Coach Taylor makes a good speech, tells the students to feel proud as ever, despite the defeat.
For the Lions is pretty much the same thing. Playing football does not mean winning the game, but to be together, out of the ghetto, away from gangs, get rid of certain oppressions. Means to win, although in another way.
And since the Lions lose, but lose only with a pure heart, they may win a single game. That is against those who bribes from attitudes star, who used football to dominate others. Lions vs. Panthers. The last match. Last episode. The sequence is designed to raise your heart in your throat. Among touchdowns and tackles, is a kick from a yard forty-six us dream. That kicked the Lions' kicker, Landry, who for four seasons now we have fun with his attitude and unshakable nerd funny guy and has never downhearted. Landry at first unable to kick, but the coach talks to him and puts the situation in hand. Sometimes you can do extraordinary things if they so desire. And if you have the right concentration.
May this season that the third end with a kick that hits the stakes in slow motion. The losers are always the Panthers. And either way you win. Landry becomes the kick of a real lesson for the Panthers. The blue Dillon fix their former coach and understand that the value added of the team was he, not the money of a tycoon nor the haughty powerful arm of a guy arrogant. The added value is the pure heart of Eric Taylor in the face of adversity has always continued his battle. Only once withdrew, the first episode, giving his team loser at the table: and he learned that the consignment does not abandon, especially when you have nothing to lose. And if you lose, the defeat will be other reasons for growth.
sounds like a saccharine series all based on concepts covered so maybe pathetic. In reality it is not so. On a formal level the series runs away from those simple mechanisms that bring it to be glossy and fake. As explained in a previous post, it relies on the contrast between a director and a dirty and wobbly lyrical and cathartic that acts as a subtext. Not exceed, nor is it likely to become commonplace.
also be given honorable mention to some actors. First, Zach Gilford, aka Matt Saracen: a young Hollywood actor who should not pass up. In the episode The Son gives evidence of being an actor of a maturity beyond description. It is not easy to find one that knows how to cry for a long first floor without dislodging, communicating every single emotion without too many frills. However, the king of the series is just the coach Taylor, played by Kyle Chandler. The production got it perfectly the actor, and Chandler was able to build his character so deep and complex. Coach Taylor is studied in detail: I think that when the nervous tic continuous emissions of the lips or his typical pose - hands on hip, head back and looks killer (who perceive themselves well despite the sunglasses), Kyle Chandler, indeed, acts with every muscle of his face and body. And most of all eyes. From anger, scolding sympathetic to the violent and the tender moment with his wife and daughters, the cool pose, Chandler even before his voice communicates with his eyes. It is very rare to find such good actors in a television series.
At this point you just have to wait for the fifth season which is still unpublished in the United States. Anything can happen. Many plot lines are closed. He was just a cliffhanger: the one that relates to the fate of Tim Riggins. In the face of a beloved grandchild and a brother who is like a father, Tim will make a tremendous choice, to keep his family firm threatened by serious trouble.
Then, you wait. Convinced that, whatever happens, clear eyes and pure hearts are always there to fight and win.
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