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Post by Loki on Jan 24, 2009 9:36:05 GMT -5
I loved it!
It gave me the same, sad, vibe of Beyond the Mat. And considering the latter was a documentary, I think Rourke and Aronofsky did a great great job with the movie.
I can totally see why Vince may have NOT be happy with how pro-wrestling is portrayed in the movie, but quite frankly, that's a rather spot-on picture... We've heard of many, to use the words of Broke Shawn Michaels, "wrestling tragedies... who bags stuff at the grocery store or who limp into high-school gyms" [now I wonder if it was a aubtle reference to The Ram...]. So we, as fans, know there were and will be many Randy "The Ram" Robinson in real world.
The best part, besides the superb characterization of The Ram and of the indy wrestling world, is that the movie is rarely preachy. It would have been SOOO EASY turning it into yet another Rocky, where Randy manages to re-capture the glory of his old days and rides into the sunset with Steph and Pam.
Instead, the ending just fits the natural downward spiral of Randy's career and life.
Awesomely sad, yet sadly awesome.
I'll try to bring as many friends to the theater when/if it'll come out here. I'm curious to see how the dubbed version will be.
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Post by Throwback on Jan 24, 2009 10:18:51 GMT -5
I like to believe that after the screen fades to black. He finishes the match, turns out OK and goes on to have a normal life with marisa tomei's character.
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Post by leapinglambert on Jan 24, 2009 10:47:42 GMT -5
I really liked it...but I was pleasantly surprised by the Oscar nomination(s).
SMALL SPOILERS
"Use the leg! Use the leg!" (Only a matter of time before that is in someone's sig, eh?)
(Homer Simpson) "Mmmmm, Marissa Tomei..."
It helps that I like the 'rasslin', but I think that this movie might have some cross-over appeal. I wonder if 'Crappers have gone to see this with non-wrestling fans who liked it. The Oscar talk will help with that, as I would say that this is a movie that anyone might appreciate.
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Post by Gopher Mod on Jan 24, 2009 10:53:12 GMT -5
Nice to see the WWE changed their tune about The Wrestler.
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Post by craigdanbeaton on Jan 24, 2009 12:01:42 GMT -5
Nice to see the WWE changed their tune about The Wrestler. bandwagon hopping my boy... If there's a chance of wrestling getting MAJOR recognition the WWE will try to turn it towards them...
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Post by Supersmark is a Troll on Jan 24, 2009 12:06:41 GMT -5
Who liked the camera angles, I thought they were brilliant.
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Post by Next Level was WRONG on Jan 24, 2009 12:18:33 GMT -5
Good to finally find out what LILLIAN GARCIA thought of the movie.
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Post by Throwback on Jan 24, 2009 12:35:35 GMT -5
"Use the leg! Use the leg!" (Only a matter of time before that is in someone's sig, eh?) How did you know? LoL
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Post by joecro on Jan 24, 2009 18:45:53 GMT -5
Who liked the camera angles, I thought they were brilliant. the camera angles were awesome. they gave it a documentary/low budget feel of it. i just got home from the movie not too long ago. i loved it. mickey rourke is awesome in it. the acting was top notch. not one of those "feel good movies" in any sense of the word. defenitly a good 9 out of 10 for me. would and most likely will see it again.
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Post by The_ripoff_artist on Jan 24, 2009 20:29:39 GMT -5
Nice to see the WWE changed their tune about The Wrestler. Or maybe these all "precocious" newz sites got their story wrong like they always do.
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Post by Shy Guy on Jan 24, 2009 22:26:54 GMT -5
omg.
just saw it tonight. loved it. i cried when he was dancing with his daughter, but for completely different and personal reasons. just an amazing movie.
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Post by Throwback on Jan 25, 2009 1:44:43 GMT -5
Who liked the camera angles, I thought they were brilliant. the camera angles were awesome. they gave it a documentary/low budget feel of it. It has the low budget feel to it because it was low budget. In fact Rourke didn't even get paid for the role. I'm going to watch it again sometime soon
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Post by Spyke the Pacers Fan on Jan 25, 2009 1:46:44 GMT -5
I saw it Friday night and was blown away!
*SPOILARZ BE AHEAD*
When he's walking from the break room in the back of the grocery store to the deli counter on his first day in the position and you hear a crowd fainly chanting his name, and then he steps through that plastic curtain and it just goes dead. WOW.
Also, I teared up a little at the very end when he was on the top rope. Very, very good movie. I am SO glad I decided to wait until it was in theaters instead of watching it for free online.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 2:15:53 GMT -5
the camera angles were awesome. they gave it a documentary/low budget feel of it. It has the low budget feel to it because it was low budget. In fact Rourke didn't even get paid for the role. I'm going to watch it again sometime soon where did you read that he didn't get paid...I highly doubt that if they had Cage signed to play the character that he wouldn't have gotten paid...I do know Springsteen contributed free of charge but I haven't heard that about Rourke at all?
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Post by Throwback on Jan 25, 2009 7:07:44 GMT -5
It has the low budget feel to it because it was low budget. In fact Rourke didn't even get paid for the role. I'm going to watch it again sometime soon where did you read that he didn't get paid...I highly doubt that if they had Cage signed to play the character that he wouldn't have gotten paid...I do know Springsteen contributed free of charge but I haven't heard that about Rourke at all? I didn't read it. I heard Rourke say it on either Leno or Letterman not to long ago. Edit: It was Leno on either January 13th or 14th
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2009 7:10:21 GMT -5
Nah it's true, Rourke didn't get paid anything up front for it, pretty sure he's getting paid a percentage of it's gross.
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Post by Throwback on Jan 25, 2009 7:20:31 GMT -5
Nah it's true, Rourke didn't get paid anything up front for it, pretty sure he's getting paid a percentage of it's gross. Oh yeah for sure. I also found this. Its Rourke speaking of his first meeting with Darren Aronofsky “There were no formalities. He said ‘You’ve been difficult.’ I nodded my head. He said, ‘You’ve thrown your career away.’ I nodded my head. Whatever he said, I agreed. He tried to make me feel 2 inches tall. He raised his voice and he pointed his finger at me and said, ‘You can never disrespect me. You can never [mess] around with girls at night. You can’t go to Miami over the holidays because I know you’ll be out partying every night. And by the way, I can’t pay you because we have no money.’ ”
Rourke laughs. “That’s how bad my career had gotten. I had to listen to all that crap and take it. I kept thinking, ‘This guy must really be talented’–I’m leaving out a few choice profanities that Rourke used for emphasis–’to get away with talking to me that way.’ But it was OK. I like a guy that’s honest from the start. We never had a problem.”
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Post by Shy Guy on Jan 25, 2009 9:54:22 GMT -5
marissa tomei worked the stripper route for a bit to study for her role, and said she made more money doing that than she was paid to do the movie.
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Jan 25, 2009 16:20:40 GMT -5
marissa tomei worked the stripper route for a bit to study for her role, and said she made more money doing that than she was paid to do the movie. Why didn't anyone tells us where and when it happened. So I took my brother and mother to see it. I wanted to see it at the 1:40 showing and it took my brother 15 min of constant badgering got him up and we barely got there and had to sit in seats too close. I loved it, brother thought it was too depressing, and my mother thought it was too violent. (she hates violence) Question how did he spell his real last name? Was it Polish, Jewish, or Russian.
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Post by nate5054 on Jan 25, 2009 16:49:20 GMT -5
Others feel she walked away because she grew to care about him and potentially love him, and it hurt her too much to see him in pain and getting hurt himself in the ring. Which side do you guys sit on? I sit on this side. However, I thought she knew that he was going to die (even if the ending makes that ambiguous) and she couldn't bear to see that.
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