fumanstan

The character was exactly what made me think of Rocky Balboa

JCWBobC

What does that even mean?

I was responding to the post above mine where PopcornTreeCt was comparing The Wrestler to the last Rocky movie. PopcornTreeCt said the Rocky movie was pure Hollywood fiction while implying that The Wrestler was a true story because it was shot documentary style. My point was simply that they are both Hollywood fiction and the only thing real about The Wrestler is that they used real indy wrestlers and real indy feds.

I do understand his point because, as I stated a few pages back, a bunch of the indy workers in the movie used to work for me a few years ago. So to me it had an even more realistic feel to it than most people but it is still just pure Hollywood fiction.

Bob

covenant

use this next time

fumanstan

It was right under Popcorn's post. Wasn't that hard to figure out what he meant

arminius

I will be spoon fed or not eat at all!

fumanstan

PopcornTreeCt

I don't know I just didn't see any of that. Rocky didn't want to fight, while Ram only wanted to wrestle. A video game dictated Rocky's come back... a video game showed how much Ram lived in the past.

Robot Rock

Just saw this last night but

toddly6666

That's the beauty of a well-written movie...

Dr Mabuse

Exactly.

And well directed.

rexinnih

Congrats to Rourke and Tomei on getting Oscar noms. Both were great performances and I'd love to see Rourke get it.

Quake1028

It finally opened here !!

Solid Snake

I hate you...

Tarantino

Tomei is HOT.

(And, oh yeah...the movie was really good too)

= J

hasslein

They started the film early and I walked in on the opening credits.

cupcake jesus

You didn't miss anything. The camera pans over Randy "The Ram" Robinson "vintage" wrestling magazine clippings with some "vintage" audio play-by-play of The Ram's bouts during the opening credits. The film opens with the "20 years later" title that you saw.

hasslein

Thanks.

NoirFan

Don't forget the big-haired thud of Quiet Riot's "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" on the soundtrack.

chris_sc77

Looks like the Weinstein company silently opened up Rourke's Killshot this weekend in 5 theaters in Arizona with no marketing or anything.
I was trying to find the Killshot thread but no luck.

Torchur317

Out of all the places in the U.S. they picked AZ? WTF!!!! lol
I've been waiting for Killshot for atleast 2 years now....
I think the Weinstein company is waiting to see if he wins the oscar to give it a bigger push....

NoirFan

I don't think there is one, but here's the trailer if you're interested.

Tarantino

I put 'killshot' into the search engine and it came right up.

The thread is here.

= J

SethDLH

I have to say while Rourke and Tomei were exceptional I think the script lacked that one pivotal moment to really set it over the top into greatness. As it was it was a depressing look into the world of professional wrestling on a small scale and into the world of a lost human being on a larger scale. It never had that gut-wrenching moment, where you really felt for "The Ram", it just played out a little too straight forward for me.

Quake1028

I finally got to see this on Friday night and all I have to say is......it dethroned The Dark Knight as my favorite and best movie of 2008. Heartwrenching and spectacular.

Quake1028

I thought it had several of those moments .