The Wrestler
Saw The Wrestler today. Beautiful flick, sort of like fine whisky - bitter but makes you warm inside and is delicious and intoxicating. In love with Marisa Tomei for the 2nd time and its her eyes.
Spoiler alert... (although the plot is known)
The movie tells the story of a once-popular professional wrestler, 20 yrs from his peak. Mickey Rourke essays the role with panache. You can almost feel the frost forming in his heart when his daughter turns him out on a cold winter day. A little later Marisa who plays a stripper has turned his charms down. And just when you are trying to recover from the lacerating sadness, Springsteen burns you down with a sad song ...One trick pony... when the credits roll.
You will almost certainly need a drink when you are done.
Labels: Movies
posted by D at
1/24/2009 08:30:00 AM
1 Comments:
so much in agreement...love the analogy to a whiskey...a movie which moves you genuinely without forcing it upon you which some of these oscar baiters usually do...truly one of the best movies of the year and never did I think once in my life that i would empathise and love one of these wrestler characters so much.
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