Thursday, May 5, 2011

The Fighter

The Fighter

GOOD!  Glad I have the red envelope though.  Some movies are big screen and some are not: Star Wars-Yes, this-No.  I don't think I could have handled hair on Mickey's sister any bigger than it was anyway.  Wahlberg, okay, not the best actor but good enough to not be a total slouch but here, thank goodness for Christian Bale, everyone shoulda been a conten...I mean everyone shoulda gotten an Oscar.

Directing, good, script, good, cinematography, good.  Pale white skinned people, God!  Stop it.  The pride of Lowell was Dicky Ward (Bale) for knocking down Sugar Ray Leonard in a bout, but sadly, crack and free basing knocked him down for a hell of a lot longer than Sugar Ray was down and nobody cared.  He finally hits bottom and after doing so, he becomes the trainer his brother (Mickey played by Wahlberg) needed to win and win a title.  Very inspiring but if you look at it from a wider perspective realizing that so many people in these situations see making a huge splash through either the lottery or sports is the only way out, but few, so very few make it, well, enough said on that. 

Good film and very much worth watching.

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