单挑

每个还没成熟的人从中可以得到成长的启发，每个不知怎么教育小孩的父亲也能得到不少启示，这就是电影的魅力，电影的某个细节触动到你，电影就算是成功的

斯派克李以篮球作为载体给每个人上了一课，每个人在成长的过程中会遇到许多挫折，也存在许多诱惑，如果没有选好路也许会影响一生。

很多时候，我们背后没有一个或者一群人来推着你走，你得推着你自己前进，这是我印象最深的。

Jesus is a promising high school basketball player who is about to go to college. His decision about which school to choose could cause totally different outcomes. Jesus’s father Jake is a prisoner who is guilty of accidentally killing his wife. The governor is a basketball fan who wants Jake to convince Jesus to go to the state university, which for Jesus is also a perfect idea. Jake has to face many difficulties because his son can’t forgive him for what he did to his wife and son. But finally Jake persuades his son to make the right choice, which is to go to the state university.
        This movie is all about an immature boy becoming a man. How he changes is by learning how to make right choices. Although this movie’s plot focuses on portraying basketball, all this does is to support the story about choice-making. In this movie, Jesus’ choice affects not only his father’s life, but also changes his life forever. Jake has been pushing so hard on his son for all of Jesus’ life, all because Jake wants his son to make the right choice in his life and not to waste his talent. There are many temptations on one’s way to success. For Jesus, what Big Time and the manager offer money, and the party school offers sex and drugs which could eventually ruin his career and life. However, Jesus has a good father knows what is right, and the most important thing his father has taught him is how to make the right choice. Finally Jesus overcomes those temptations and chooses the state university. By doing this, Jesus proves that he is a mature man.
Another theme of this movie is redemption. This theme is expressed metaphorically in this movie. Jake names his son Jesus, who later becomes his savior spiritually, although the governor doesn’t set Jake free at last. However, the last scene in this movie, in which Jake through the ball over the wall and it ends up at the gym where Jesus is playing, is absolutely symbolizing that Jake is spiritually free from his sins. Going back to the name Jesus, I see more in it than just Jake’s redemption. I see a spiritual guidance of African Americans in this movie. This movie shows the dark side of African Americans’ lives in lower classes. For example at the last Jake is still in prison, and the governor’s promise hasn’t come true. In addition, when some African Americans are reading the newspaper about Jake, one of them is clearly illiterate; and Big Time makes his racist speech, African Americans in this scene are doing all kinds of drugs. All these scenes are showing that African Americans need a savior, who in this movie is Jesus. This is extremely obvious when so many people are saying his name “Jesus”. He suddenly becomes a religious symbol. How Jesus saves them is by doing his work decently and ignoring temptation. This is a metaphor for the redemption of African Americans.
        In conclusion, this movie is really not about basketball. Although this movie begins with many people from different races and places all over the country playing basketball, it still is a movie about growing up and race issues. On the other hand, basketball only plays a supporting role in this movie.

一部关于父与子，一个男人成长的经典电影。
　　或许不是每个人都在童年时有这样一个积极的父亲在一直pushing you.可有这样的父亲对于主人公绝对是三生有幸。
　　
　　影片的桥段堪称经典
　　也许你收下了那2W刀的金表，你会丧失2000W年薪的合同。
　　也许你现在偷懒，你会失去曾经的梦想。
　　
　　毒品，酒精，性 ，懒惰， 这些都是职业球员致命的杀手，当然对于我们常人也是。

Dear Jesus, ever since you were bornI've been pushing you.

Trying to make the best ball player you could possibly be.

Trying to make you the ball player I never was.

Finally came to the realisation that I was pushing you further and further away from you also.

I believe that things are gonna work out for the best for you.

Your great grandfather used to always tell me that if you try all the shoes sooner or later you gonna find a pair that fits you.

Well I'm here to testify that I've found a pair.

It hurt like hell son.

I love you
 
Your father, Jake...

Wow, Ray Allen on the spot. I enjoy the last part when son took his father on the court. Reminds me of my good old days ...

对于黑人来说，要合法迅速的获得金钱、地位、名望的方法，要么是搞体育，要么是搞音乐。而篮球显然是非常廉价的努力方向。你只需要拥有黑人的篮球天赋和在球场挥汗如雨的必要努力，起码上个大学不会是太费力的事情，再优秀点，能进入职业联赛，基本也就衣食无忧了。
杰克就是一位迫切希望儿子能够改变家庭命运的父亲，他给自己的儿子起名叫耶稣，期望着孩子能够成为一个NBA明星，将来看台上的观众对着他的孩子大呼：oh，jesus！所以他努力的push着他的孩子，没日没夜的训练着他的孩子，单挑时大喊着：你的梦想是什么！是不是为妈妈换一所大房子！可他也像大多数父亲一样，努力实现自己的梦想，却忽略了孩子的感受！孩子忍无可忍，将篮球扔出了篮球场，赌气回家了。父亲因为孩子的不争气还丢掉了篮球，一怒之下要惩罚孩子，却失手杀害了想保护孩子的妈妈！杰克因此而判刑15年。在坐牢的6年后，他的孩子真的成长为了“耶稣”，一个球场上的救世主，每个围在他周围的人，都渴望从这个明日之星身上分得一杯羹，甚至是耶稣选哪个大学，是否直接进NBA的消息似乎都能换来金钱。这个时候，狱长找到了杰克，希望他能出狱说服耶稣上州长希望他上的大学，如果成果就能换来杰克的减刑。出狱的杰克不仅要解决自己的减刑与儿子意愿上哪个大学的矛盾，还要面对儿子对其弑妻罪行的憎恨。。。。。

篮球是有魅力的！它可以让一个集体、一个城市、甚至一个国家迅速团结并为之疯狂，也可以让一个人迅速成为英雄或明星。这也是为什么我们对其如此迷恋的原因。可如果这项运动触及了商业，那它不可避免的会产生些阴暗的角落。斯派克.李的《单挑》就任性的为我们展示了美国黑人如果要在篮球界立足，遇到的种种磨难与煎熬。我一直不是特别喜欢斯派克。李的电影，总觉得他对在美黑人兄弟的电影宣言好像为赋新词强说愁一般。而这部《单挑》显然并没有印上让我诟病的烙印。在影片的开头，缓慢的镜头展示了美国篮球的深入人心，不管是在土地、草地、水泥地、橡胶地、木板地都有打篮球的孩子，就已经定下了这不是一部故事片的基调。电影的很多镜头使用了手摇式摄影的方式，在对人物对话的拍摄也是脸部特写的手法，再加上穿插的各种NBA巨星的采访，导演试图用一种记录片的方式来讲一个故事，告诉你这些都是真实发生的。在故事缓慢推进中，我看到了一个篮球运动员在成为NBA巨星的路上，会面临怎样的诱惑和难题：亲戚、朋友、女友把耶稣当成吸金的工具，希望他签约的经纪人教导他的金钱之道，大学前辈为他开的性爱party，甚至父亲也要被迫出狱说服他来上什么大学。是的，金钱、毒品、性就是NBA绕不开的话题。导演就这样缓缓揭开了美国篮球光芒四射的大环境下的点点丑恶。

后来，我们都知道了，这是一部以马布里为原型的故事。当初斯派克.李想让马布里扮演耶稣这个人物，而马布里却想演电影的主角，耶稣的父亲杰克。所以斯派克.李转而让雷.阿伦扮演了耶稣这个角色。有趣的是，当年NBA选秀，雄鹿第四顺位选择了马布里，森林狼第五顺位选择了雷.阿伦，然后两家互换让马布里来到森林狼，雷.阿伦去了雄鹿。不得不说这是现实与电影的重叠。而电影中，雷.阿伦也出色的完成了扮演耶稣这个角色的任务，我想起码电影里耶稣经历的一切，雷.阿伦或多或少也应该经历了，而略显生涩的表演，却让电影的纪录片风格更加生动可信。丹泽尔.华盛顿扮演的父亲杰克也足够成功，他把一个父亲希望用一个星期出狱时间来弥补对儿子六年陪伴的缺失，又希望儿子洁身自好在大染缸环境中忠于自我，与自己如果说服儿子可能换来的减刑的多重心理矛盾演的深刻而不做作。这让我始终坚信，丹泽尔.华盛顿的小金人晚来了好几年。

很喜欢影片的结尾，站在监狱广场上的杰克将篮球扔出了监狱围墙，而篮球穿越时空落到了耶稣练习的篮球场！这段意象般情节就像一个父亲的忏悔，如果当初不那么操之过急，不那么意气用事，平静的捡回耶稣扔出球场外的那个篮球，或许耶稣的人生又会有很大的不同。可是，人生不是如果，就如同电影的片名一样，你总要单挑人生的各种难题，性格决定命运，性格也同样能为你的人生树立各种的难题，而这种难题只有你自己能解决，自己去单挑。


我突然想写这部1998年老电影的影评，大概是因为前些日子马布里带领首钢男篮夺得CBA冠军以及纳什的退役，勾起了我对96黄金一代记忆，让我想起了这部马布里自传式电影。对于马布里，我不是他的球迷，但是在学生时代但凡下载一些牛逼的过人、扣篮视频，马布里的视频显然是绕不过的精华。有才华的人都有点小脾气，才华横溢的人自大也可以理解，而像马布里这样坚持要演丹泽尔.华盛顿的角色，多少就让人觉得自大到摸不着头脑。所以我们看着他在森林狼成名，转战篮网，又被换至太阳，再到尼克斯、凯尔特人，直到被凯尔特人弃用，大概就能看到一个恃才放旷的人的人生轨迹，在NBA独狼这个称号对马布里可能更多的是贬义。再后来，独狼来到了CBA，经过并不太出彩的两年后，他在北京安家，并为北京带来了三座CBA总冠军！正如篮球评论杨毅曾在微博里写的：天赋定义开始，性格决定命运，坚持丈量生涯。因为他的天赋他可以被称为耶稣，因为他的性格他不得不远走他乡，而又因为他的坚持他带来了三座CBA冠军。我们已经看到太多96黄金一代球员的落幕，可是谁能想到当年大家嗤之以鼻的独狼，会给一座城市带来这么多的荣誉呢？如果马布里有QQ签名的话，他应该写上《冰与火之歌》里詹姆的那句内心独白：那个少年，从小想当亚瑟.戴恩，但不知怎地，生命拐了个弯，最后成了微笑骑士。

  Splike lee 已经很少在麦迪逊花园球馆与对方core boy 口水了。

  时光回到98年，我们的怪才无法忍受心中的骚动，拉来老搭档丹泽尔，好友乔沃维奇，二年优秀正太 Ray Allen 出演这部故事虚构，但十足的篮球片。

  影片深刻而露骨的反映了天赋异禀、明日星、未来的千万富翁成名之路上所能遭遇的诱惑和阻力。

  片子看完，你肯定能理解那些高中一毕业就急着进NBA的球员的心态，也能理解进入NBA成为百万富翁之后，由于环境变化太大所带来的负面因素，导致高顺位球员的心态变化，而走下坡路。并不是每个人都能像汉斯布鲁那样读完4年大学再进NBA。

  片中两段斗牛情节真实感十足，丹泽尔球技不错，看来stable的季票也让他学了不少。

  乔丹那句“他有一手”，太逗了。