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Best of these Boxing Movies
07-28-08 | 01:24 PM
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From: Near the Great Salt Lake
Originally Posted by Roy Batty
Seriously. I am soooo tired of Clint Eastwood and his mediocre movies. I know Hollywood (and much of America) loves him, but I wish he'd retire or give his resources over to someone who knows how to make good movies.
I, for one, hope he keeps making movies for a good while longer.
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Anyways - "Raging Bull" is a really great film. But, if I had to re-watch one from this poll, I'd probably choose "Million Dollar Baby". It's not nearly as technically perfect as "Raging Bull" - but I've watched it at least three times, and I still think it's a wonderful film, flaws and all.
It's just too bad my mother didn't abort me.
07-28-08 | 02:27 PM
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From: Dublin, Ireland
Remember the part when she poured the bucket of ice down his trunks? COMDEY GOLD!
On a serious note, my dad sold the producers of this film, the oil-pumping unit used in the background of Ryan O'Neil's "home". So my dad is pretty much in the Hollywood pipeline...
07-28-08 | 02:40 PM
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From: St. Louis
I voted for Raging Bull. another great boxing movie is "Somebody Up There Likes Me" which won 2 Academy awards for Art Direction and Black and White Cinematography
07-29-08 | 01:03 AM
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From: Rainy ass Seattle yes the weather sucks here, so do our sports teams.
Originally Posted by Charlie Goose
Rocky is terrific
Raging Bull is okay
Cinderella Man is mediocre
Million Dollar Baby is not good
Raging Bull is okay
Cinderella Man is mediocre
Million Dollar Baby is not good
07-29-08 | 09:21 AM
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Where's Rocky IV??? If I can change. And you can change. Everybody can change!
Raging Bull is a masterpiece. Rocky is great. Million Dollar Baby was well made and emotional. Cinderella Man was, in my opinion, very poorly executed. I hated it in fact. Especially any scene with Zellweger.
Raging Bull is a masterpiece. Rocky is great. Million Dollar Baby was well made and emotional. Cinderella Man was, in my opinion, very poorly executed. I hated it in fact. Especially any scene with Zellweger.
07-31-08 | 02:24 AM
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"CHAMPION" with Kirk Douglas and "Body and Soul" with John Garfield are my two favorite Boxing Movies.
07-31-08 | 07:56 AM
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Originally Posted by wilky61
I was rather impressed with the cinematography and the actual boxing in Cinderella Man. Cutting to the radio broadcast with his wife made it more suspenseful, too.
Against my better judgement (I gen. hate Ron Howard films) I went to see this one in theaters specifically for the boxing and was severely let down. I don't think anything can top Raging Bull. I would have thrown some of the Rocky sequels in the poll in lieu of Cinderella Man to be honest.
I voted Raging Bull...forget best boxing movie, it is one of the best movies of all-time, as well as the best American film of the 1980's.
