Tuesday, March 15, 2011

TODAY'S BLU

I don't think I'll run out and buy The Fighter today per se, but I'll definitely pick it up down the line at some point.  It's an excellent movie.  It's nice to see David O. Russell make a film that did some coin at the box office.  It's not his most ambitious project but it confirmed that he can make an emotionally rousing, straight-ahead drama and get some terrific "movie-star" performances from a deep cast.
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4 comments:

Joel said...

Bale is just incredible in this movie. Came THIS close to being winner of my personal supporting actor ballot, but Cillian Murphy just barely beat him out for "Inception" (the best supporting performance of the year).

And I don't like there being talks for "The Fighter II." This film had such a strong familial dynamic that a sequel probably won't be able to match.

March 15, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Actionman said...

sequel?!

March 15, 2011 at 5:49 PM
Joel said...

Yeah, there's supposedly going to be a trilogy, since there were two other major fights Micky Ward took part in, which they're considering cinematizing, "Rocky"-style. Which is all well and good. But I'm extremely happy with the one film they've produced (as in, "#8 on my top ten of 2010 list" happy).

March 15, 2011 at 8:17 PM
Actionman said...

there a'int gonna be sequels...

March 16, 2011 at 4:05 AM

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