Have you seen the 2008 film "The Wrestler?"

[Orrex]

Why the hell not?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. My dear Orrex!

Why, yes I have!

It was good...

Ultimately sad, though...

Did you see it?

:hi:

[Orrex]

2. Several times, in fact

It's not exactly a "feel-good" movie, but it's remarkably well made, and Mickey Rourke's performance is incredible.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I agree...

And I could not remember the name of the actor! Yes, Mickey Rourke. Outstanding.

[MilesColtrane]

8. Added bonus material: Marisa Tomei's bewbies

[muffin1]

14. Her bewbies were good in

"Before the Devil Knows Your're Dead", too! It was a very good movie, too.

[flvegan]

19. Good Lord, yes!

Nice, long views of them as well.

[fishwax]

3. yep -- that was a great movie

Really a great surprise the first time I saw it. And while I've been pretty much indifferent to Mickey Rourke over the years, his performance was quite remarkable.

[Pithlet]

4. Yes. I loved it.

It was sad, but it was that beautiful not too sappy sad. It got it just right. And then of course it had professional wrestler extras in it it, to boot. Perfect.

[Gormy Cuss]

6. Yeah, it was stupid.

Who the hell wants to see a movie about wrestling that isn't funny?









:hide:

[Skittles]

7. can't take looking at Mickey's face

when I remember what a stud he was back in the day :(

[Bucky]

15. I'm the same way. It looked like a pretty good movie, but his head gives me the willies

It's so bad, I even passed up an opportunity to see Marissa Tomei pole dancing just to dodge that mug.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Me too. It's too creepy.

Like something out of "Brazil"

[lunatica]

9. A good movie that makes you empathize with a born loser

Every one of the character's choices basically screws up everyone's life. You think he's going to get back into a good relationship with is daughter and he blows it just to get drunk and laid. He gets a caring beauty like Melissa Tormei only to pursue suicidal wrestling.

But he goes out his way. His choice. Yet you still care. Nothing was glossed over or made pretty for our sensitivities. I actually think the director must have wanted to see if they could make a loser sympathetic. It worked.

[JCMach1]

10. Should have won the Oscar for bets picture IF acting was the only qualification

This was an excellent movie.

[bigwillq]

11. Yes, thought it was fantastic (nt)

[LynneSin]

12. I could only get thru about 2/3rds of the movie and it was just annoying to me

I was definately glad that Penn won for "Milk". That movie affected me way more than "The Wrestler"

[LeftinOH]

13. Just recently saw it -it's really good (even for those -like me- who don't like pro-wrestling).

[Forkboy]

16. Yes I have, and was damn impressed.

One of the better films I watched last year.

[NV Whino]

17. Two hours of watching Mickey Roark grunt and groan

was a bit much for me.

[Orrex]

21. Well...

If that's all you took away from the film, then I suspect that you may have missed part of it.

[NV Whino]

23. That's certainly not all I took away from the film

But Mickey kind of overshadowed the good parts.

[Orrex]

27. Au contraire--Mickey *was* the good parts

The great majority of them, in any case.


Are you sure we're talking about the same movie?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

18. Yes, and I love the Springsteen song in it.

It's a bonus track on his most recent album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-6DM6iWKKo

[aquattro_660]

20. yeah

it was awful

[abq e streeter]

22. I rarely watch movies that aren't either funny, or political/documentary ( Michael Moore etc)

but I rented this at someone's recommendation, and thought it was very very good.

[ceile]

24. It's in my que.

It's really sad though, isn't it?

[Orrex]

26. Well, it's not a great movie for a first date

It's really good, though. Just not the kind of film you'd likely describe as "uplifting."