FIFA - The Movie (United Passions)

Skid X

The world’s governing body for the game we all love have decided in their infinite wisdom to release a biopic of how FIFA came into existence and has been run ever since, in time for the 2014 World Cup.

Reports suggest FIFA spent a whopping 16 million pounds on this movie, with the total spend coming in at 19 million.

United Passions features Gérard Depardieu, Sam Neill and Tim Roth and showcases the history of the World Cup.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/the-new-fifa-movie-united-passions-looks-amazingly-bad-trailer/

What the hell is this piece of Self Indulgent nonsense? FIFA have nothing better to spend their millions on than a Movie starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter. Mr Orange would turn in his grave.

asdfgh86

Reminds me of the biopic Mr Burns had made

Mushy

A film on how Fifa is run...lets play guess the amount of brown envelopes!

HalloweenJack

Skid X wrote: »

What the hell is this piece of Self Indulgent nonsense? FIFA have nothing better to spend their millions on than a Movie starring Tim Roth as Sepp Blatter. Mr Orange would turn in his grave.

In fairness, the trailer alone seems to suggest a fair bit of dodgy dealings (Uruguay getting the first World Cup, the adidas deal, Tim Roth saying that all the money's gone and he has his suspicions) and snobbery ("You don't even have an association"). It might actually be a warts-and-all type thing.

That said, it wouldn't surprise me if it makes out that Blatter was the man who saved FIFA from corruption and total collapse.

RasTa

£19m to make a movie starting that cast seems awfully cheap.

alchemist33

Does it end with an Independence Day-style rousing speech where plucky underdogs Qatar take the World Cup?

losthorizon

HOW DARE FIFA MAKE THIS MOVIE. I'M NOT LEAVING MY TV TO GO TO THE CINEMA. ITS A DISGRACE.

REVOLT BOARDSIES. TIE YOURSELVES TO THE TV.

Washington Irving

AHAHAHAHA.

This seems almost too good to be true.

Hotblack Desiato

City supporters club have launched an objection.

Kidchameleon

This should be on the blooper reel for the DVD...

Hotblack Desiato

Blatter has amazing chutzpah - he is shocked, SHOCKED, that corruption was uncovered in FIFA. He is shocked, SHOCKED, that it gets hot in Qatar in summer and they treat immigrant workers like sh1t.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjbPi00k_ME

speedboatchase

alchemist33 wrote: »

Does it end with an Independence Day-style rousing speech where plucky underdogs Qatar take the World Cup?

"Good morning. Good morning. In less than an hour, FIFA executive committee members join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest act of bribery in the history of mankind. Mankind, that word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by our petty indifference to migrant workers' rights any more. We will be united in our common interest. Perhaps it's fate that today is the 2nd of December 2010, and you will once again be fighting for your divine right to blow our oil riches at a laughably impractical sports tournament. Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution, but from common sense decisions to host the World Cup in Australia or the USA. We're fighting for our right to swan about buying property in London, to stampede all over FFP in Paris and should we win the day, the 2nd of December will no longer be known as the National Day of Laos, but as the day when the world declared in one voice, 'What the f**k just happened?! Seriously, how did Qatar bribe them?!" We're going to live on, and in 2022 we're going to survive because we're acclimatised to the horrendous summer heat. Today we celebrate our World Cup bribery day!"

mrsoundie

Not looking good for the movie, two people turn up to a cinema in Los Angeles.

The score on IMDB is not great and the reviews are cutting at best.

Copper_pipe

Ulysses Gaze

Copper_pipe wrote: »

Why launch it in a country which does not give a **** about football?

irishgeo

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Why launch it in a country which does not give a **** about football?

The timing is impeccable.

Its not about football its about FIFA and most people don't give a **** about FIFA.

Zaph

What shocks me most about it is how a decent actor like Tim Roth would ever agree to be in a film like this. The brown envelope from FIFA must have been particularly big.