Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The Wrestler

I went and saw the Wrestler on Saturday not knowing too much about it except that it was Oscar bait. It was all in all pretty impressive. Mickey Rourke is perhaps one of the ugliest men in the world and his craggy exterior is well suited to the role. I would've liked to have seen him pile drive Jason Statham into a corner bar but Statham wasn't actually in the film so you can't have it all can you?

The story centres around Rourke's charcter Randy the Ram (which is a pretty hot name for a wrestler, even better for a childrens character) and how much of a shit his life is these days. He has a heart attack and gets a sense of his own mortality and the film becomes a little rushed and laboured to get it's message across from the half way mark onwards but it's still excellent. The bar scene is touching and awkward all at once. All in all it was tops. I found myself cheering for the little fella right to the very end.

Also, if you like looking at boobies, Marissa Tomei gets her set out about every 5 minutes. Excellent.
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