Ronaldo (2015)

Thanks for the memories!

Absolutely brilliant

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Here, we got a son who knew that he got talent and knew what he really wanted to do, what he really wanted to be, what he should do to reach that goal. Here, we got a young man who never lost his focus to be a good man, a good athlete, a good son, a good brother, a good professional, a good father/parent. Here, we knew that there only needed only one good son if he could become successful, making lot of money, then all his family members would have the opportunity to benefit from this one member of the family.Here, we have to remind all the parents who are poor or not rich enough not to rely on your sons or daughters to change your family's financial status, if they don't have the talents or the urge to become the HOPE of your family. They've got to have 1) The Real Talent; 2) The Ambition and The Urge to use and take the advantage of their gifted talents to reach the top. Only success can bring in money to improve the family's poverty.Here, we have to remind all the parents who are rich or too rich to not force your sons become the heirs of your fortune and wealth, or to use your money to invest on your sons' or daughters' future if they 1) Do not have the talents; 2) They don't have the ambition or urge to become a great success. If your sons or daughters got no music talent, don't waste your money to force them to learn how to play the piano, violin or whatever the instruments would be. If they don't have the dancing talent, don't waste your money to force them to waste their childhood or youth-hood in ballet. Don't force them to do anything that you think is good for them. No talent, no ambition, no urge, then forget it. *This is very important: Only the real talented, gifted kids know what they want to be or to do when they are still very young. Non-talented ones are just aimless and clueless no matter how old they are. Talented ones are like pioneers, trail blazers and adventurers with iron will and courage, they set out their own journeys by their own choose in their early age, and never let go, while the non-talented ones are like tourists, they need their parents as their tour guides to point out the direction and arrange the supporting transportation means for them to move forward. Ronaldo is a good son, a very talented son and he got the ambition and the urge when he was very young. He is a fine sword and he continues to fine tuning himself to be even greater, sharper and more lethal in the field, then used his hard earned money to do the talk. There's nothing he really needs you to agree with him or not, because your opinions mean nothing to him. If you have some negative opinions against him, it only proves that you are not successful enough yet, or already being a certified lifetime loser. So just keep your mouth shut and watch to learn something from this person's partial life story.

Whilst this was fairly watchable, it didn't tell us anymore about Ronaldo as a person than we already know. In fact, he and his agent Jorge Mendes came off even more out of touch with reality, especially the latter. His agent portrays Ronaldo as if he is the greatest person ever to walk the earth, the gushing admiration was noticeably cringe worthy towards the end of the movie, when he makes a speech after they have finished a family dinner about how Ronaldo is the greatest sportsman and person around. Even Ronaldo's family are quick to shout give him an Oscar. It's no wonder with Ronaldo surrounding himself with Mendes from the age of 16 why he became as arrogant as he is.I thought the only true characters we got to see were his mother and son. I felt sorry for his mother as she has clearly not yet come to terms with losing her husband. You can see also the pressure she faces when Ronaldo plays. I think his desire to want to be recognised as better than Messi has really got to her. There is one point where Ronaldo says it's just a game to her on the phone, but this is after he opens the movie with "winning is everything to me" He contradicts himself a good few times throughout the movie.What can't be questioned is that he clearly loves his son. His son comes across as a very normal and honest kid. There is one point where Ronaldo talks to another father outside the school as he is picking his son up, and as they walk away Ronaldo remarks on the man's stature, to which his son replies "bigger than you". Ronaldo then quickly adds "but Daddy is stronger", as if he was threatened and needed to prove his dominance over others to his son. Also, there is a part where he asks his son which car is missing, like this was a normal test of intelligence for a child... It showed this is not someone who you can relate to. What I got also from Ronaldo is that he expects his son to become almost a replica of him, hence the name Cristiano Junior and the way you can see he wants him to become a footballer, like he expects he will live up to his standards, which is unfair on the boy.As a person you can gage he is not that understanding of others and sees things very much as black and white. This was highlighted by what happened with his dad. He said the biggest regret was that his dad could not see how he turned out, which is fair enough- but he said I wished I had another dad and I don't care why he became an alcoholic, which to me shows he fails to realise that not everyone has the same mindset in life as he does and can go down the wrong paths for whatever reason. What was never seen in this movie was a true look at a Ronaldo who suffers through the bad times. They focused on the injury he had at the world cup, but in terms of their exit, it failed to show his reaction to their elimination for an extended period. All that was seen was him getting into a taxi and saying how he needed to go on holiday. He also blamed their elimination purely on Portugal's team and his injury, failing to admit he missed many good chances against the USA and Ghana, which could have put them through. There is never at any point any self criticism. He does not portion any of the blame on himself for things at any point not just footballing wise, but in all aspects. There was also no mention of his break up with his ex girlfriend in the movie and it showed nothing of her, considering they were dating for a some time over which it was filmed. There was a fleeting mention of her but nothing else.In terms of his rivalry with Messi, I would say the obsession with manifests itself in the movie more than ever. The film makes no secret of his disappointment at seeing Messi winning four years in a row, which is to be expected; but this was one of the first things you see at the start, all but confirming this is what football for him is all about. Whilst he goes on to say he says he sees Messi as more of a person now, I think that stems from Ronaldo winning the last two Ballon D'ors. Had Messi won both, I think there wouldn't have even been a movie and he certainly would not be talking about Messi in a more positive light. It's good he has not taught his son that Messi is someone he sees as his rival, but you can figure out Messi is never far from his and his agents thoughts.Overall, I can't say the movie endeared me to Ronaldo anymore than before. There was not enough of a connection formed with him to make you think this is a person who actually is quite humble and is not afraid to show himself at his worst. He was very wrong to claim the movie is an honest look at how he is, because you can see it's not. He has some good points shown, but the overriding theme is a huge ego and unhealthy obsession to be the best.

"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" Those are the words from Jorge Mendes,Cristiano Ronaldo's manager.First of all, this is recommended for all CR7 lovers and for all people who judge CRISTIANO RONALDO because of his behavior,arrogance and they don't really know him!This is true story about his life,how he struggled to become what he is NOW!He lived in poverty, with his three siblings,and parents.He rose above that and became WORLDS BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER, with unique style of football, amazing work regime, attitude towards football.Words like losing,quitting do not exist in his head or his vocabulary,to him "ITS ALL ABOUT WINING, SIMPLE AS THAT"!!!HE despises alcohol because that is the reason for his fathers death!To him the most importance thing is family and friends and of course his son Cristiano Junior.So"NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE" "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE"SIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!

Actually wasn't that good. Was hoping to get some insight on the daily life of a world famous footballer, how they combine/balance their work life with family etc. Was hoping to see more of day-to-day stuff and really what was going on behind the scenes. Wasn't really that much of an insight, everything is mostly known from the documentaries released before and didn't really have very much new footage or info(when there should be, freaking camera crew has been following him for 14 months). Seems more like a marketing stunt than a documentary, it really didn't offer anything new or exclusive. Quite disappointed in the outcome in many ways.The only really new part was knowing that he had daddy issues and that's it. Feels like the movie is more focused on dumb and irrational fans seeing their hero on the big screen.