More Than a Game
More Than a Game follows high school star LeBron James and his talented teammates as they grow up and compete. They face many challenges along the way, including players being ineligible and growing media attention. This documentary focuses on their senior year and the last time they will ever play together.
Released 2009; Runtime 105 minutes
Concepts
- Confidence: The team is overconfident their junior year, thinking they can act however they want and still come out victorious, which does not happen.
- Goal Setting: At the start of the year, because this is their last time playing together, the team sets out to be national champions; They accomplish their goal because everyone makes sacrifices for the good of the team and their goal.
- Media: Because of their success, they were on a national stage, with come with lots of fans, but also a lot of detractors and people who wanted them to lose.
- Team Cohesion: The "Fab Five" had been playing together since middle school and nothing could break the family bond they had with each other.
- Pride: Ip Man helps restore pride to the citizens if his town, Foshan, who were humiliated and beaten by outsiders, by winning himself; He also refused to teach his style of martial arts to the outsiders, even when his life was on the line.