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Another BS Boxing Movie:
Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:49 pm
Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:49 pm
THE FIGHTER.
How many have there been? How many have been realistically portrayed? Beyond "Rocky", what does the Genre offer?
How many have there been? How many have been realistically portrayed? Beyond "Rocky", what does the Genre offer?
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Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:51 pm to DeeTeeS
Diggstown 
Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:52 pm to DeeTeeS
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Beyond "Rocky", what does the Genre offer?
Vicarious testosterone rushes for bros
Posted on 5/20/11 at 8:56 pm to DeeTeeS
quote:
Another BS Boxing Movie:
THE FIGHTER.
Posted on 5/20/11 at 9:02 pm to SG_Geaux
I liked The Fighter a lot.
Gladiator is a good boxing movie.
I didn't like any of the Rocky movies
Gladiator is a good boxing movie.
I didn't like any of the Rocky movies
Posted on 5/20/11 at 9:21 pm to tigerfan84
The Basic Formula is, throughout Representation: Redemption, with Lover, with Child, with Self, through Badly-Developed Ring Scenes.
Same old Shots , in The Fighter, as in Raging Bull, as in Rocky, as in Fat City.
Loserism is glorified . . .
Same old Shots , in The Fighter, as in Raging Bull, as in Rocky, as in Fat City.
Loserism is glorified . . .
Posted on 5/20/11 at 10:24 pm to DeeTeeS
If you didn't think The Fighter was a good movie then I just can't do anything for you.
Posted on 5/20/11 at 10:36 pm to gatorhata9
The only thing I don't like about boxing movies (being a big boxing fan) is the over the top portrayal of the in-ring scenes. Ali was actually the best as far as realistic boxing scenes go. I've heard nothing but good things about the fighter overall but I don't know what the actual boxing scenes were like.
Posted on 5/20/11 at 11:29 pm to Crede15
Posted on 5/21/11 at 12:14 am to Fewer Kilometers
The Fighter was a very good movie and deserves to be mentioned with the other greats like Raging Bull, Million Dollar Baby, Cinderella Man and others. Every boxing movie can't have the great ring choreogrophy of Ali, but there are other apsects of the films that makes them great. Also there are somewhat limitations with some of the actor's athletic ability that makes the fighting scenes less realistic but no way a boxing film should be judged on that alone.
Posted on 5/21/11 at 1:07 am to Crede15
quote:They were real shots if I remember reading an article. Marky Mark trained and then decided to use real footage of them hitting each other instead of staging it.
I've heard nothing but good things about the fighter overall but I don't know what the actual boxing scenes were like.
Posted on 5/21/11 at 8:28 am to tduecen
I liked the fighter a lot, but the boxing in the film was rather lame and looked to choreographed and fake.
Posted on 5/21/11 at 9:32 am to DeeTeeS
The Boxer has arguably Daniel Day-Lewis' and Emily Watson's best performances. As far as realistic ring scenes it's ok, but that is not the point of The Boxer, The Fighter, or of Rocky. It's about the journey, what drives the charcters, and great acting.
I guess it's all about what you expect from a movie going into it
I don't agree with the ranking, but this is a pretty good list of boxing movies:
https://www.sportsinmovies.com/best-movies/boxing.asp
I guess it's all about what you expect from a movie going into it
I don't agree with the ranking, but this is a pretty good list of boxing movies:
https://www.sportsinmovies.com/best-movies/boxing.asp
This post was edited on 5/21/11 at 9:44 am
Posted on 5/21/11 at 9:35 am to MikeDTiger
Hate boxing movies. Not a big boxing fan, but have nothing against it. Don't know why I hate the movies so much.
About the same as horseracing movies to me.
About the same as horseracing movies to me.
Posted on 5/21/11 at 10:20 am to Tigertown in ATL
Play it to the Bone.
I can remember watching the first(I think) Ward/Gatti fight and that movie had just come out. I think Ward and Gatti went down 8 or so times that night and I remember Lampley saying, "You've seen Play it to the bone in theaters. Now you are watching it for real."
I can remember watching the first(I think) Ward/Gatti fight and that movie had just come out. I think Ward and Gatti went down 8 or so times that night and I remember Lampley saying, "You've seen Play it to the bone in theaters. Now you are watching it for real."
Posted on 5/21/11 at 11:05 am to PurpleandGold Motown
Fighter was not a bs boxing movie...it was good acting, decent story. Rocky, now that is bs, but entertaining.
Posted on 5/21/11 at 11:32 am to mikeymike
All you need is below
Posted on 5/21/11 at 11:34 am to DeeTeeS
Try Fat City with Jeff Bridges.
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