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Topic Started: Jan 11 2009, 05:06 PM (421 Views)
Seumalo	Jan 11 2009, 05:06 PM Post #1
Member Posts: 40 Group: Valid Members Member #151 Joined: March 24, 2008	Will be an instant classic forever. DA's best film yet



Blake	Jan 12 2009, 11:54 AM Post #2
Co-Founder Posts: 720 Group: Admin Member #30 Joined: November 27, 2006	best film? dang, big words man. i was able to catch it in san francisco recently, it was great. congrats to mickey on the golden globe



Seumalo	Jan 12 2009, 09:15 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 40 Group: Valid Members Member #151 Joined: March 24, 2008	i think it was great he went for something smaller and he layed off the camera tricks. The film really stands on it's own. I think that guy who left a bad review on the forum a while ago was just looking for a reason to be a troll. what did everyone think?



Jaden Nny	Jan 13 2009, 07:58 PM Post #4
Monitor and Detective. Ace Detective. Posts: 435 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: November 19, 2006	It STILL hasn't reached Albuquerque to my knowledge. So lame.



Deleted User	Jan 23 2009, 08:53 PM Post #5
Deleted User	Great movie, just love the hole story and I really never knew anything about the wrestling scene so this was quite a welcome insight as well :) Never knew that they actually agreed on some of the moves that they would do and such...always thought that the stuff came up as they go... Really nice acting as well, and the camera shots made me feel like the world wasn't "picture perfect" just like the setting of the movie was full of the troubles of 'randy the ram'. In the end I do have to say tho that I liked Requiem and The Fountain more then this one. Of course all 3 are totally different kind of movies so comparing them isn't really justifiable. There was just an uneasy feeling with a few scene's in the movie that seemed a bit to far of the 'main line'. My biggest one was the "Nintendo" scene, it was just a bit weird, at least I didn't get the point really and at the start of that I almost thought the hole movie was going to change from personal and family trouble too..hmm lets say other kind of trouble.. I would think that the scene was there to show that Randy was a 'normal' guy and didn't completely missed out on the social skills, but this was already emphasized when all the kids woke him up I think... and the scene almost sounded like a commercial for that game....just my 2cents here :) The only thing that I missed in the movie was that in the end the relation ship between the stripper ( grrr...forgot the name..pam? or something else..?) and Randy was still somewhat superficial to me, an extra "together"scene would have possibly strengthened their bond a bit more perhaps. ..I can kinda feel bad now...always easy to talk about the dislikes in the end >.< Ohh. another pro one then, the vulnerability of the wrestlers in their changing room kinda touched me. Made me think again that most professional fighters have a tiny hearth. The climax at the end was also really nice, kinda had an awful "end" after it in my head for what happened after the movie ended...more or less if the body of that other wrestler was still 'intact' after the dead weight of Randy's body fell on it...
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RemiZ	Feb 24 2009, 12:54 AM Post #6
Member Posts: 136 Group: Valid Members Member #142 Joined: February 3, 2008	Finally !!! I've seen it and thursday, and I was not disappointed ! This is really a big movie. The Westler IS the "Raging Bull" of wrestling. Too bad Rourke didn't get the Oscar. His performance is amazing. And Thank You Darren Aronofsky !!!!



Pi-O-My	Mar 1 2009, 01:23 PM Post #7
I'm New Posts: 8 Group: Valid Members Member #5,485 Joined: February 5, 2009	Terrific movie. Really loved the two very different scenes behind the deli counter. And the scene with Randy talking with his daughter, framed by the window overlooking the ocean. Glad both Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei got recognition for their work in it. DA does seem to bring out great stuff from his actors.



lani	Aug 22 2009, 01:24 AM Post #8
I'm New Posts: 3 Group: Members Member #5,521 Joined: August 22, 2009	When I first heard about "the Wrestler," I remember thinking Why would Darren Aronofsky make a film like this? I figured it would be a boring, wanna-be tear-jerker about a father trying to reconcile with his bratty daughter. Still, I knew I would end up watching it one day simply because it was directed by Darren Aronofsky. I LOVE everything else he's ever done, so I might as well give it a chance, right? I did just that this past Tuesday (19 August) and was so moved by the film that I was unable to write my review of it until now - three days later. It is an AMAZING film!!! WOW! Simply amazing! Every element of the film - the actors, the camera style/type, the sound, and the setting - combines to show the bleak, dreary and desperately lonely state of the title character. I have read and heard critiques claiming Randy's (Mickey Rourke) daughter (Evan Rachael Wood) and friend (Marisa Tomei) do not appear in the movie enough for the viewer to become emotionally invested in the characters or their relationship with Randy. I beg to differ. The character's lack of involvement in the film is a direct reflection of their lack of involvement in Randy's life. The film is told from Randy's point of view. We see the world through his eyes; and his eyes hardly ever see his daughter and only sporadically visit Tomei's character. Speaking of Marisa Tomei, she does an excellent job of portraying a small town stripper! Bravo! Allow me to summarize before I spell out the entire plot: What started as a "let's get this over with" sort of viewing quickly became one of my most memorable movie-watching experiences of the past decade. Fifteen to twenty minutes into the film, I was like, "Hey, this is cool!" Something about Randy "The Ram" Robinson really got to me and had me on the verge of tears at several moments throughout the film. On at least two of those moments I crossed over the verge and wept silently as I rubbed on the soft pads of my cat's feet for comfort and consolation. So, Why would Darren Aronofsky make a film like this? To turn it into a work of art! The film displays the same intense, high-impact drama Aronofsky showcases in The Fountain and Requiem for a Dream through a simpler medium, not unlike Pi. In short, any fan of Darren Aronofsky should watch this film. Any fan of Mickey Rourke should watch this film. And if you aren't a fan of either, you will be after watching The Wrestler. In response to the guy who said he didn't get why the Nintendo scene was there and felt it was out of place - this is what I got out of that scene: Randy is so lonely he has to play Nintendo with a kid because he has no one else in his life. Randy is so pathetic that the kid somehow manages to see his "social responsibility" to afford the broken down old man a measure of human interaction. The Nintendo itself goes along with Randy's "I loved the 80's" statement and also shows is financial level - like getting locked out for non-payment of rent. It was a brilliant scene and contributed greatly to our understanding of Randy's social situation.


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