this movie, not surprisingly, is about the new york cosmos in the ’70s and ’80s. it was good and contained a lot of things i didn’t know. what is a bit surprising is that a movie about an american soccer team opened in the u.k. before it opens in the america (july 7th). it’s interesting that the cosmos were funded by warner communications under the head of steve ross during their hey-day. while i don’t think the premier league will collapse, there would seem to be similarities with chelsea and even real madrid. however, a big difference for the cosmos was that warner and ross also viewed it as a marketing tool for warner music and movies. ross still did want to just own a winning sports team though.
whatever, it’s good. go see it.
the movie was showing at the screen on the green (beware! crap website even without using flash) which is a small theater chain. it’s an older theater. small-ish screen. odd seats that seemed comfortable at first, but were less so as the movie went on. there was also a mildewy, old place smell. to top it all off, there was 18 minutes of ads and trailers before the movie started. i’m not sure when they started exactly, but i’m measuring based on scheduled start time. i just can’t figure out why fewer people are supposedly going to the theater? what a difficult mystery. 20 minutes of wasted time, high ticket prices, a lot of crap movies, better viewing experiences at home.
whatever.