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blindzebra · 06-06-2005

GREAT movie.

The best fight sequences ever, even better than Raging Bull, great story, and extremely well acted.

Duane · 06-06-2005

My brother called me yesterday and told me it was the best movie he's seen in a while and they go a couple of times a month.

blindzebra · 06-06-2005

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Originally Posted by Duane

My brother called me yesterday and told me it was the best movie he's seen in a while and they go a couple of times a month.

Crowe and Giamatti are shoe-ins for Oscar nominations.

It's the best movie I've seen since Million Dollar Baby.

junk · 06-06-2005

It looks great, I will have to go see it.

Cbz40 · 06-07-2005

Saw the movie this last weekend......best movie of the year.

Chief · 06-07-2005

I can't even remember the last good movie I saw.

I'll check this one out.

royhitshard · 06-07-2005

Thanks for the heads up, I will now have to go see it!

joseephuss · 06-07-2005

I really enjoyed it. The fight sequences were great. Russell Crowe looked very small compared to what he looked like in Gladiator. He did a wonderful job. I can't stand Renee Zellweger, but she didn't take away from the movie for me.

blindzebra · 06-07-2005

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Originally Posted by joseephuss

I really enjoyed it. The fight sequences were great. Russell Crowe looked very small compared to what he looked like in Gladiator. He did a wonderful job. I can't stand Renee Zellweger, but she didn't take away from the movie for me.

Although her Jersey accent did sound a lot like Edith Bunker, I kept waiting for an, "Ohhh, Archeee."

Avery · 06-08-2005

Definitely a 'feel-good' flick, quite good. Probably the best so far this year though the best pictures will likely not arrive until the fall. I'm looking forward to the new Batman myself.

Chief · 06-11-2005

OK, I went and saw it.

Great movie.

I liked the fact that it was a true story and I thought the interaction with his wife and children and the struggles they went through were powerful.

The fight scenes, like pretty much all boxing movies, weren't realistic. I realize they probably have to have all these earth-shattering blows to make the movie better and more watchable.

They really made Max Baer look like a turd. Opie's revenge on Jethro, perhaps.

Overall, I thought it was outstanding. Renee Zellwegger -- like her not -- did a great job.

junk · 06-12-2005

Just saw this movie this afternoon.

It was terrific. I highly recommend it.

Aikmaniac · 06-13-2005

How'd it compare to the original Rocky?

dewey · 06-13-2005

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They really made Max Baer look like a turd.

Which was unfair and inaccurate. Although the movie was excellent, the "poetic license" they took with the portrayal of Max Baer, Sr. was wrong.

Chief · 06-13-2005

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Originally Posted by dewey

Which was unfair and inaccurate. Although the movie was excellent, the "poetic license" they took with the portrayal of Max Baer, Sr. was wrong.

I did a little research on that after the film, because I was wondering how accurate that was. He apparently was quite a womanizer and had a flamboyant lifestyle. Max Baer Jr. (Jethro) even said that his father got a "bj" right before the fight with Braddock.

The comments that Baer's character made to/and about Braddock's wife were a little over the top and I have no idea how accurate that was. I'm sure the truth was stretched quite a bit.

Also, Baer, according to his son, was very distraught over the ring deaths and wasn't cold and calloused like in the movie.

I thought it was interesting that Baer Jr. said his father never really liked boxing and really wanted to be an actor.