what is going on everybody and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott back again
at the request of you all i reviewed episode 1 and winning time last week and you all said hey
let's talk about this show every single sunday here we are discussing episode 2 of winning time
which was titled is that all there is which was directed by jonah hill a very fascinating episode
with jerry west we learn more about his past and what kind of drives him to winning but ultimately
drives him to leaving the lakers as the coach jerry buss is willing to do anything and
everything it takes to win and so much more we're breaking it all down here in the spoiler review
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thoughts on the second episode favorite moments least favorite moments what do we feel about the
direction jonah hill what do we feel about the characters jerry west jerry buss magic johnson
everyone that we got in this episode let's talk about it in the comments below so just my brief
recap or just kind of my review before we recap and break it all down like i mentioned jonah hill
was the director of this episode and i'm a jonah hill fan i don't know if you all have seen mid
90s his director of debut really solid direction and i thought that he brought a lot of his own
sensibilities to this episode of course it still has that you know adam mckay set the tone last
week we're gonna get the fourth wall breaking the entertainment aspects but also diving deeper into
these characters to these legendary characters and the performances of really strong so far john c
reilly is knocking it out of the park i gotta say quincy isaiah is doing his thing as maggie johnson
but man magic was an [ __ ] in this episode but if you're that competitive you're competitive in
everything in your life including relationships so i'm really excited to break that down with you all
but overall a really solid second episode as we're seeing this dynasty building the pieces to what
ultimately becomes the showtime lakers so i really enjoyed the episode again let me know your pros
and cons let's discuss in the comments but let's break it all down as we open the episode in west
virginia 1951 as we get this glimpse of a young jerry west him growing up in west virginia he's
outside playing basketball in the snow because his mom and dad tend to argue it seems like he
grew up in pretty tough environment in regards to his mom and dad maybe not seeing eye to eye but we
see him shooting hoops bloody hands and we kind of fast forward to his one and only championship
in 1972 the lakers you would think after all the hours put into basketball the hard work he
would be the happiest man on earth winning that championship but i think of connecting this to
i think of a recent player like kevin durant right when he won his first championship with
the golden state warriors he was just so driven to win a championship he put his legacy on the
line he put his you know his ego in line joining the warriors you know and building that super team
and he won a championship and he won another one as we know but he ultimately left to go with
kyrie and playing with the nets but it always this speaks to it's not all about the championships as
the title of lose suit is that all it is right so i love that kind of duality and kind of that that
conversation that they're having with jerry west who is known as mr logo mr clutch he finally wins
but he's not that happy about winning as we cut to the next scene fast forward to him winning
that championship we see him he stumbles in this bar that happens to be having awake from this guy
named bob he meets this young lady takes to the hotel had some sex with her you know he has the
confetti in his hair from one of the championships that night which again he just won a championship
you would think he would be out partying with his teammates buying something just being happy but
he's at a bar where it happens to have awake sleeping with some random woman and just like
is that all is this the happiness i've been searching for which again speaks to
and i know the show is dramatized i don't know if this was actually the mindset of j west but
just in the narrative of the show he has mr logo and he he couldn't even find happiness within
championship so i love how they plant the seeds there and how that ties into the end episode which
kind of brings us to present day september of 1979 we see executive bill sherman who was the coach of
the lakers in 1972 but now he's the executive we see them putting the pieces to the puzzle together
jerry west is there you know they're talking about the draft pick they're talking about the
summer league you know they're really trying to put the team together and in comes the new
owner who's a lot more hands-on than the previous owner cook he wants to be involved with this he
wants to change the narrative he wants you know showtime lakers but he also wants the lakers to
be taken seriously he wants him to be looked at to be feared to be the next champion and overtake
those boston celtics who will talk about the big role that we got from red auerbach in this episode
but getting back into the conversation here we see wes isn't a fan of this new approach by dr bus
but we see bus tell him i'm willing to spend whatever it takes to win these championships
going to the next scene which is the nba owners meeting we get to see the young rp2 the visionary
uh commissioner nba for a long part of his career and that is david stern david stern has his doubts
some of the other owners had his doubts in regards to this dr jerry buss is it just a hobby for him
is this just gonna buy a team and then walk away from the team a couple years from now well
jerry wants to prove them differently he's here to stay and he's here to change his own narrative but
again i'm loving seeing all these legendary people like a david stern who again as a show says he's
a visionary he literally reinvented the nba to what we know it as today with international play
and just really expanding the brand of the nba and again r.i.p to davis stern but speaking of
a legend we get our shot of 13 time champion winning seven of his rings big red he makes his
appearance played by michael uh chitless who i'm a fan of i don't know if you ever used to watch uh
fx it was called shield fantastic show he's a great actor he really from what i know from like
watching espn as a kid and watching the rivalry between the lakers in boston he really kind of
embodies what red was all about that persona that bigger than life type persona and also
it's about them ring 13 them things and seven of them being against the lakers himself i really
appreciate all the appearances from some of these legendary people and again you know we got david
stern we got red i love this so far but getting back into magic living different now we cut to
magic johnson at his parents house buying them new things after he just got his 500 000 check
his friends are looking at him differently you got people coming to him with business plans but
they ain't impressing his mama and i love this moment here with his mom because you would think
that you know when you're in this position of power especially a black man in the late 70s
making his way to the nba coming from where they come from and all that stuff you would
think everyone would be on his side right i'm going to be getting some money winning
some basketball games i'm playing for the los angeles lakers but you need people like
his mama to ground him right to say none of that matters son and i love that she was pressing him
about continuing his education i love that narrative there because it is so important to have
people like you know mrs johnson to ground his her son to let him know the reality of situation once
the fame once you're done playing basketball what comes after that that's how important
his education is and that's why as we know him to be the magic johnson he is today you got to
have those brains you got to think you know past basketball you got to think of what's next what's
the next thing i want to accomplish so i love that they have putting that seat in there showing us
it's not all about basketball it's about more than basketball it's creating your own legacy so i love
that narrative there that we get with his mom going back into jerry west's home as we cut to
him stealing his feelings about drafting magic and why is he so mad his new owner just told
him i'm willing to do whatever it takes to win basketball games as bill is over visiting jerry
west and he comes up with the idea maybe i can do something with this six nine point guard make him
a power forward maybe i can really change things around and we see jerry west starting to get
happy starting to get his juices flowing but that doesn't last too much longer as we'll get to that
point but back to magic we get our first look or i should say not our first look because she appeared
in episode one but we i didn't really know i guess i didn't really address this last week i know
cookie and magic they're you know they're a power couple she stood with him through all his turmoil
all the stuff he went through in the 90s and all that stuff but i didn't know that they really kind
of almost pseudo kind of grew up together she knew and again i know this show is dramatized
i don't know if that is the case i believe it is from what i remember from the relationship
but she's been there for a long time she was there before the money but she has a new man brian who
she brings to the house and we see mrs johnson's a fan of him but uh magic's like listen man
i got something for your ass a little bit later but let's check back into dr
buzz taking over the books i love this scene right here between dr buzz and claire who doesn't like
the idea that frank is the one handling the books but i love breaking the fourth wall here where
jerry wants to handle the books because uh money's a little thin the finances aren't as strong as we
know dr bus kind of led the owners and someone like claire to think they have so again i love
again he's always just going back to last week the title being swann everything looks cool on
top but he is patting those feet under the water i still love that narrative there but
i love this conversation in regards to the change of tables right and giving her a little bit more
responsibility with the forum and just goes back to showtime lakers but more importantly
the showtime of the lakers and the forum and la in bringing that buzz and that excitement to the
forum he wants her to bring in concerts not only the basketball games but singers and artists and
having like major events in the forum to again put the lakers on the map make the forum the hottest
the dopest place that people want to go to in l.a and we know that was the case back in the 80s and
90s then obviously turn and transition in that to the staples center and crypto.com i hate that name
but again it just shows you dr bus was thinking ahead of his time we got to make this not only the
best basketball team in basketball but we also got to make this city excited to come watch the lakers
but also get the idea in their head we got to go to the forum because there's always something fun
going on in the forum so i love how they planted that into the show getting back into it we meet
jessie buzz played by sally fields and i really enjoy her inclusion in this episode i'm excited
to kind of learn where does jerry or she say you know jay buzz what does he get all that charisma
from it looks like his mom but also i'm enjoying how they're still showing us a young jenny bus
and even at a young age she had a lot of ideas she had a lot of things she wanted to do with the team
with the forum and a lot of people were pushing her off which kind of speaks to her if you all
know her you know as an adult her brother got involved and that's when we were kind of in those
dark times as lakers fans and we weren't winning basketball games there were some bad decisions
being made in off season but they never listened to jenny so i love that they're showing that even
at a young age she had a lot of ideas but no one was listening to her but claire does at the end of
this episode but again i love meeting mrs buss and also still continuing that narrative of no one's
listening to jenny she got some pretty good ideas but going to anything for the church i love this
scene here this is a pretty funny moment as we see magic going to church after just uh handling
his business in the car he has the pastor saying hey again everyone knows they got that 500 000
the stain window hey hey magic you mind helping the brother out he gives and i love that he gives
the money over to brian just kind of again just taking shots at cookie's new man which i thought
was funny but cut to a really good scene here with red and buzz i love how even red and david stern
and the owners and a lot of the people around dr bus doubted him right and i love that bus
went to red again 13 championships seven against the lakers let me pick your brain man how can we
get this ball rolling i love the rivalry there you think that red was going to give him an advice you
know who he coaches for the boston celtics jerry i don't think he's going to give you too many advice
but again i love how jerry's willing to go to his competitor to someone that's won championships to
pick his mind again a really good moment there but it is time to play some basketball in this moment
here magic definitely was filling himself in this episode and i again he was a bit of an [ __ ] but
like i said up top people like magic larry bird mj kobe you know and all the greats they're not just
competitive on the court they're competitive of every aspect their life including their
relationships as we see magic taking brian down to the post while talking smack to him but also
kicking his ass in front of cookie again i'm like that was a bit of an [ __ ] move but magic trying
to let him know that's my girl i don't care what's going on right now you ain't hitting it right
i'm gonna get her back so again he's competitive in every aspect of his life and again it was very
assholery of him but it just goes to show you he wants to win and everything so i really enjoyed
that scene there but going back into it we see jerry is finally happy we see jerry happy coming
up with idea i'm gonna try to win a championship he's talking to his wife which i got to say
his wife karen was wasn't like all that great in her acting she was kind of the weakest link in
the episode to me she wasn't in a lot but that scene when she was just like your ups and downs
jerry i can't deal with it that scene was a little lackluster for me but again we're seeing him being
happy but he's starting to realize man basketball really brings out the worst to me which brings
him to the decision he makes a little bit later which we in the episode with bus ready for war
him telling red that this is the future the lakers of the future all those championships you all won
against us we about to change the table we bout to make the lakers the number one team in the nba and
if you all know the robbery between the lakers in the boston celtics it was like alternating
championships every single year lakers will win celta's win lakers win and so on and so
forth so again i love that dr buzz went up to red you don't want to help me that's fine i'm going
to kick your ass and become the best team in the nba as we wrap up the episode we end with dr bus
telling everyone that the lakers are here to stay they're here to win he's willing to do anything
it takes to win these championships but their coach jerry west walks up to him and says hey
i got an idea i think you're gonna love it um we're gonna win games but it ain't gonna
be with me and then we're gonna find out who that i i'm a lakers fan so i know who the coach is not
pat riley but it's someone else who's an assistant coach during that time that actually
helps get that first championship but hey that's my thoughts on the first on the second episode
i should say again i love what jonah hill brought to the second episode again i love the quick cuts
the fourth wall breaking the jokes and whatnot but i'm loving that we're diving into these characters
that's not all winning is not all right even when you win a championship like jerry west did back in
1972 he still was able to find happiness right which leads him to walking away from the team
basketball is kind of ruining his life he always as a kid went to basketball when he was struggling
when he was going through stuff with his parents but that ultimately didn't find the happiness
that he was looking for so walking away from the game he might be able to find that happiness which
again speaks to these athletes in today's society and how a lot of these
um you know legends if you don't win a championship what is
your career really stand for right i think of carl malone i think of john stockton you know i think
of all the legendary charles barkley and a lot of other legends allen iverson just because they
went didn't win a championship you don't think that they still are legends in the league so
i love that it doesn't just always result to you winning championship to solidify you as a champion
but also solidify your happiness so i love that narrative that we got within this episode but hey
that's just my thoughts let me know yours your pros your cons and of course what you all hope
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