the wrestler

[vta]

It was a good movie and Rourke does a good job of playing the part; I think he's a much better actor than he's known for, because he went nuts, bloated up, had surgery and worked harder on his image than his talent, but none the less...

I was a bit disappointed, after all the talk. I'd say good, but definitely not great.

 

[Yeagermeister]

It was a good movie and Rourke does a good job of playing the part; I think he's a much better actor than he's known for, because he went nuts, bloated up, had surgery and worked harder on his image than his talent, but none the less...

I was a bit disappointed, after all the talk. I'd say good, but definitely not great.

I agree

 

[Sarge]

It was a good movie and Rourke does a good job of playing the part; I think he's a much better actor than he's known for, because he went nuts, bloated up, had surgery and worked harder on his image than his talent, but none the less...

I was a bit disappointed, after all the talk. I'd say good, but definitely not great.

By bloated up -do you mean roided up?

 

[Yeagermeister]

By bloated up -do you mean roided up?

Yes and he admitted to it.

 

[Sarge]

Yes and he admitted to it.

You can spot a roidster a mile away. He looks awful - Did a helluva job in that movie though. I'll give him that much.

Savage woulda killed him though......

Tony Atlas too.....

Anyone remember Dominic Denucchi?

Ernie the Big Cat Ladd...........

 

[lewpac]

I enjoyed this movie enough I guess. I liked the documentary and grainy style they it seemed they were trying to attain.

Rourke? Hollywood lefties always try to prop-up former addicts and criminals and self-destroyer's who have tanked, but now are "resurrecting" their careers. Robert Downey Jr. is a prime example of this amongst many. Sorta' like a morality play inside of a morality play. There's an agenda to make a hero and a role model or some loser who has destroyed their life, and they want to shove him down our throats now as some kind of example of courage and strength and intestinal fortitude.

If it were Bruce Willis instead of Mickey Rourke in this movie, we wouldn't be having this discussion. There are indications and sightings already of Rourke resorting back to his usual behavior.................................

 

[jackrussell]

I enjoyed this movie enough I guess. I liked the documentary and grainy style they it seemed they were trying to attain.

Rourke? Hollywood lefties always try to prop-up former addicts and criminals and self-destroyer's who have tanked, but now are "resurrecting" their careers. Robert Downey Jr. is a prime example of this amongst many. Sorta' like a morality play inside of a morality play. There's an agenda to make a hero and a role model or some loser who has destroyed their life, and they want to shove him down our throats now as some kind of example of courage and strength and intestinal fortitude.

If it were Bruce Willis instead of Mickey Rourke in this movie, we wouldn't be having this discussion. There are indications and sightings already of Rourke resorting back to his usual behavior.................................

Gosh dern self destoyers....they'll be the ruin of all of us!

Gotta go git my gun.

 

[theogt]

Gosh dern self destoyers....they'll be the ruin of all of us!

Gotta go git my gun.

Git 'er dun!

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

When this movie first came out I kept thinking it sounded like a documentary about wrestlers and a specific section about Jake the Snake...finally found this on IMDB...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1125849/trivia

Randy "The Ram" Robinson's uneasy relationship with his daughter Stephanie parallels that of real-life wrestler Jake "The Snake" Roberts and his daughter, as chronicled on the 1999 documentary Beyond the Mat (1999).

Also thought this was interesting...

The film reportedly moved wrestler/actor Roddy Piper so much, he broke down and cried after a screening.

 

[bbwlover]

My wife and I, finally rented and watched this movie, last night. It does have a "documentary" feel to it. I also could not care less about wrestling but it was moving. One of the saddest films I've seen in awhile. A broken down piece of meat. A broken human being. Unloved and unwanted.

 

[vta]

I enjoyed this movie enough I guess. I liked the documentary and grainy style they it seemed they were trying to attain.

Rourke? Hollywood lefties always try to prop-up former addicts and criminals and self-destroyer's who have tanked, but now are "resurrecting" their careers. Robert Downey Jr. is a prime example of this amongst many. Sorta' like a morality play inside of a morality play. There's an agenda to make a hero and a role model or some loser who has destroyed their life, and they want to shove him down our throats now as some kind of example of courage and strength and intestinal fortitude.

If it were Bruce Willis instead of Mickey Rourke in this movie, we wouldn't be having this discussion. There are indications and sightings already of Rourke resorting back to his usual behavior.................................

I don't see that as much with Rourke, he seems off the radar until he's in a movie. Doofy Downey Jr, is always being lauded as something great. I don't see it - he plays himself, mostly: a goofy ***.

Rourke's a good actor though; even in the lame movies he's in, he does a good job. In his better movies, he's natural. He was great in Angel Heart and a movie called Home Boy, as a somewhat ******** boxer.

Sometime after those movies he went nuts, got on the juice, tried boxing, - that was atrocious - got a chin implant and looks like Jocelyn Wildenstein. He can still act, but he's stuck in certain rolls because of that crap.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

I don't see that as much with Rourke, he seems off the radar until he's in a movie. Doofy Downey Jr, is always being lauded as something great. I don't see it - he plays himself, mostly: a goofy ***.

Rourke's a good actor though; even in the lame movies he's in, he does a good job. In his better movies, he's natural. He was great in Angel Heart and a movie called Home Boy, as a somewhat ******** boxer.

Sometime after those movies he went nuts, got on the juice, tried boxing, - that was atrocious - got a chin implant and looks like Jocelyn Wildenstein. He can still act, but he's stuck in certain rolls because of that crap.

agree 100,000% on Downey, he's essentially the same person in every movie, a smart-alec, he's always being a wise-***, watch him in Ironman, then go back and watch him in the sequel to the Fugitive, can't remember what it's called, it's a serious role, but he's still got that smug look on his face, same in the Zodiac, every, single role/rant

Rourke also got a brow lift which messed up his hairline

 

[vta]

agree 100,000% on Downey, he's essentially the same person in every movie, a smart-alec, he's always being a wise-***, watch him in Ironman, then go back and watch him in the sequel to the Fugitive, can't remember what it's called, it's a serious role, but he's still got that smug look on his face, same in the Zodiac, every, single role/rant

Rourke also got a brow lift which messed up his hairline

Some chick dragged me to the theater to watch that less than zero crap and that was basically it for me, regarding Downey. I did see Natural Born Killers and hated that and him in it too. I usually avoided anything he was in until Zodiac and there he was again, playing - surprise! surprise!- a drug addict clown.

I did like that movie he was in recently with Ben Stiller, where he pretended he was black, though. He was funny.

 

[theebs]

Just finished watching this. I really liked it.

Thought it was great actually and marissa thomei......oh my.

The part where he plays nintendo just cracked me up.

 

[Danny White]

I was on a long flight a couple of weeks ago and watched Gran Torino on the way over and The Wrestler on the way back.

I thought The Wrestler was OK, great acting and really empathetic storytelling, but I thought the ending was really unsatisfying. I wasn't expecting a "happy" ending or anything like that, but it just seemed like it left an awful lot unresolved.

Gran Torino, on the other hand, was just fantastic. As soon as it was over, I wanted to watch it again. It was funny, touching, and suspenseful. Clint's acting was amazing. A great story as well.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

I'll grant the performances were excellent, but you'll have to excuse me if I'm not enthralled by the world of wrestling even if it's about the darker side of what goes on. And as good as the performances were, the only character I could muster up any feeling for at all was the daughter, and that was minimal at best. The characters just weren't very likeable at all.

And anyone that takes their kids to see Night at the Museum (Lord, why is there a sequel?) needs to be looked at for possible child abuse.

hmmm...funny cause my son & daughter absolutely loved the movie (both of them) so I don't know how that is abusive, even with it being a pathetic attempt to be funny.

As for The Wrestler I thought it was great. The acting was great and I felt like the portrayed the darker side of wrestling to perfection. I thought the movie was great and I do agree that Mickey was absolutely robbed at the Oscars. I'm not surprised by that, though.

 

[Kevinicus]

hmmm...funny cause my son & daughter absolutely loved the movie (both of them) so I don't know how that is abusive, even with it being a pathetic attempt to be funny.

As for The Wrestler I thought it was great. The acting was great and I felt like the portrayed the darker side of wrestling to perfection. I thought the movie was great and I do agree that Mickey was absolutely robbed at the Oscars. I'm not surprised by that, though.

Kids love lots of things, doesn't mean it's good for them. I mean, I know this may sound crazy, but there are actually people out there who love the Commanders. And they let their kids love them too!

 

[Yeagermeister]

Kids love lots of things, doesn't mean it's good for them. I mean, I know this may sound crazy, but there are actually people out there who love the Commanders. And they let their kids love them too!

Call the police on them

 

[AbeBeta]

agree 100,000% on Downey, he's essentially the same person in every movie, a smart-alec, he's always being a wise-***, watch him in Ironman, then go back and watch him in the sequel to the Fugitive, can't remember what it's called, it's a serious role, but he's still got that smug look on his face, same in the Zodiac, every, single role/rant

Rourke also got a brow lift which messed up his hairline

Downey is a great actor. His problem is that he's a drug addict and takes roles that make $$ over good parts now.

You catch him in Less Than Zero and he and Spader are just ****ing acting circles around everyone else. Short Cuts, Two Guys and a Girl. He's great. If he gets back to doing edgier stuff, you'll see a great talent.

 

[theebs]

I was on a long flight a couple of weeks ago and watched Gran Torino on the way over and The Wrestler on the way back.

I thought The Wrestler was OK, great acting and really empathetic storytelling, but I thought the ending was really unsatisfying. I wasn't expecting a "happy" ending or anything like that, but it just seemed like it left an awful lot unresolved.

Gran Torino, on the other hand, was just fantastic. As soon as it was over, I wanted to watch it again. It was funny, touching, and suspenseful. Clint's acting was amazing. A great story as well.

I watched gran torino last night and loved that too. It was like they reincarnated my grandfather!!!!! Same scenario....in the pacific in ww2 and then in the late 80s when my grandmother had died and the neighborhoods that were so nice were now run down by people who didnt take care of anything.

My grandfather would call anyone anything and he would call things like he saw them.....He would hate the PC environment!!

what a great movie. In the last few nights I have watched taken, the wrestler and gran torino. I have doubt, valkrie and slumdog on their way.