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The Wrestler

Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's StockingNorth PoleRegistered User regular
edited January 2009 in Social Entropy++
jesus I make a lot of threads

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I'm surprised there's not a thread on this movie already, and I didn't really want to make one until I saw it, which I just did.

It was pretty much the best movie I've seen in a long time. I could lament that it should have gotten a nod for Best Picture at the Oscars, but since I haven't seen most of the ones that did, I'll give that a pass.

Springsteen got fucked, though, that song was rad.

At any rate, I encourage everyone to see this movie. And talk about it. In here.

But you can talk about other things in here too.

I guess.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Springsteen didn't get nominated because he sings in American
    We're all about brown people in America now
    Brown people and space

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  • RobchamRobcham The Rabbit King of your pantsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Mickey Rourke is fighting at Wrestlemania which just makes me wonder "why?"

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Totally watching this. I wish it wasn't just in the arthouse theaters so I could catch it closer to my house so I might not see it until DVD. But I will BUY that motherfucker on DVD.

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Robcham wrote: »
    Mickey Rourke is fighting at Wrestlemania which just makes me wonder "why?"

    he was in a movie about wrestling and is now going to do wrestling and you're wondering why?

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  • PipinownsPipinowns Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I haven't seen it yet, but I definitely want to.

    Out of curiosity, for those who have seen it, is it better than The Fountain?

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well this movie is winning awards and everybody hated The Fountain

    So probably?

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Like anyone here wouldn't jump at the chance to be in a the WWF for a brief, heavily scripted and hilarious appearance.

    Well I would anyway.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i had round and round firmly planted in my head after seeing this

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Best use of a credits song ever. That shit was devastating.

    And I thought the movie was great, but still couldn't really emotionally connect to it.

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Best use of a credits song ever. That shit was devastating.

    And I thought the movie was great, but still couldn't really emotionally connect t it.

    hee hee

    tit

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Best use of a credits song ever. That shit was devastating.

    And I thought the movie was great, but still couldn't really emotionally connect t it.

    hee hee

    tit

    D'oh

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i don't think i've ever seen a non-porn movie in which the female lead spent as much time naked as the wrestler

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i don't think i've ever seen a non-porn movie in which the female lead spent as much time naked as the wrestler

    Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    does marisa tomei even own clothing

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  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    does marisa tomei even own clothing

    Just rents it by the hour

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I'm not complaining

    she's pretty hot

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  • RobchamRobcham The Rabbit King of your pantsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I hope Mickey Rourke wins that Oscar
    if Sean Penn wins well that would just be horrible

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  • Spectre-xSpectre-x Rating: AWESOME YESRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    I am one of maybe three people who've seen Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, as far as I can tell.

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    i hadnt heard that Rourke was going to be at wrestlemania

    as long as it doesnt turn into a Pete Rose type thing, thats pretty cool

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The hardcore match was pretty intense.

    Brvtal, even.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    the theatres by me are the fucking worst.

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  • J3pJ3p Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    The people behind me in the theatre when I watched this were kind of funny but also annoying.

    When the credits rolled, they stayed so one guy could confirm that the porno the manager was watching was indeed the one he had at home. It was!

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  • CliffjumperCliffjumper Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This movie was fucking awesome.

    The sub-plot with the daughter was particularly touching.

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    all my usual babysitters are busy with ailing family members

    as soon as we get somebody to watch the kids, the wife and i will go watch this

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  • trentsteeltrentsteel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    This just in: Now Mickey Rourke might drop out of Iron Man2 because they offered him 250,000. I mean, to us mortals that's a shitload of money but christ, even I know that's lowballing it.

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  • Bloods EndBloods End Blade of Tyshalle Punch dimensionRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    If so that will be the third actor that they've driven away from IM 2.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    I really, really want to see this movie.

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  • DodgeBlanDodgeBlan PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dis movie is pretty good.

    Makes me pity wrestlers tho

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    DodgeBlan wrote: »
    Dis movie is pretty good.

    Makes me pity wrestlers tho

    yeah, it was depressing as hell.

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  • HakuninHakunin Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    this was a great movie. the only thing that irked me a little what the speech he gave in the ring before fighting the ayatollah. it just felt kind of hokey to me.

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  • PolagoPolago Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Bloods End wrote: »
    If so that will be the third actor that they've driven away from IM 2.

    Wait, really? Who else?

    Edit: After a quick read, Terrence Howard.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    as soon as I saw him
    cutting meat on the deli saw

    I knew it was a set up and I was dreading the payoff so hard

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    god guys this movie was fantastic on so many levels

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  • CrackedLensCrackedLens Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    DodgeBlan wrote: »
    Dis movie is pretty good.

    Makes me pity wrestlers tho

    yeah, it was depressing as hell.

    the whole movie seems like it will be like the part from "Beyond the Mat" with Jake the Snake Roberts

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  • ZuelZuel Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Dude's face looks too old for his body

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  • ShockwaveShockwave Back In Black Ontario, CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Spectre-x wrote: »
    I am one of maybe three people who've seen Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, as far as I can tell.

    That's one of my favorite movies!

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited January 2009
    Zuel wrote: »
    Dude's face looks too old for his body

    That's what years of drug abuse and alcohol can do.

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  • Vargas PrimeVargas Prime King of Nothing Just a ShowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Hakunin wrote: »
    this was a great movie. the only thing that irked me a little what the speech he gave in the ring before fighting the ayatollah. it just felt kind of hokey to me.

    Yeah, I can see that. I read an interview with Mickey Rourke and he said Aronofsky let him rewrite that little speech himself because Rourke felt that it paralleled his own career in Hollywood.

    Also, the best part of the Springsteen song was that he wrote it just from knowing Rourke so well. He knew next to nothing about the movie he was writing it for.

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  • Vargas PrimeVargas Prime King of Nothing Just a ShowRegistered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Zuel wrote: »
    Dude's face looks too old for his body

    That's what years of drug abuse and alcohol can do.

    And boxing. He was a boxer for quite a while during his non-acting years.

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