The Fighter trailer (Movie about Micky Ward )

captainanddew wrote:

I have a problem with Rudy. Alot of the shit is made up!!!

Like when they turned in their jerseys? LOL I hate holywood.

captainanddew wrote:

I have a problem with Rudy. Alot of the shit is made up!!!

Half the freakin movie is made up. I don't care. That shit give me goosebumps when Charles S Dutton claps slow at the end. I don't care if that character was created for the movie it was awesome.

Marble what do you think of it ?

Apparently the movie ends before the Gatti fights, and they CGI Walberg (I'M MAAAHK WAHALBAAAG FRAM FACKIN BAHHHSTANNN) into clips of actual Ward fights.

But, I love the story from a human interest standpoint, and it's more about the idea of being a "fighter" than of actually being a great (or even good) boxer.

Bale has been playing the same character for 10 years, but I hear he's getting Oscar buzz for this one, so who knows.

Ali_1748 wrote:

Marble what do you think of it ?

You know me Ali. I think Raging Bull was a monumentally overrated movie. So take that into account.

Me? I'm looking forward to this. I like Wahlberg in these kinds of roles and there is enough drama in Ward's life to keep me interested.

Christian Bale appears to have lost a decent amount of weight for the role. Nothing like the Machinist though:


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flapanther2001 wrote:

I still don't get it. There's no big happy ending like Rocky. What's the tag line.."Work hard & you can be a journyman too"?

Don't know if anybody saw The Wrestler, but that was a great movie about a journeyman pro wrestler. So the idea could work. Granted this movie doesn't have a smoking hot Marisa Tomei.

I liked the promo. It'll be a solid movie and Wahlberg has been talking about the idea of the movie for a while so I'm sure it will be well done. I just hope they don't overhype the drama and force a happy ending.