Comments on: Best of the Decade #1: The Wrestler (2008) http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/ Blog and Podcast Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Goon http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-687386 Goon Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:26:28 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-687386 nobody who wants to make Oscar bait hires Mickey Rourke (at that time) to play a wrestler. It only turned out to be as such because people took to it, and it didnt win Oscars anyways. It couldnt even get Springsteen nominated. Its like saying Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill" was Grammy Bait in 1995 when she was a washed up teeny bopper making angry music that was not currently in favor. Sometimes things just turn out in the end, and then people go rewrite history around it. nobody who wants to make Oscar bait hires Mickey Rourke (at that time) to play a wrestler. It only turned out to be as such because people took to it, and it didnt win Oscars anyways. It couldnt even get Springsteen nominated.

Its like saying Alanis’ “Jagged Little Pill” was Grammy Bait in 1995 when she was a washed up teeny bopper making angry music that was not currently in favor. Sometimes things just turn out in the end, and then people go rewrite history around it.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-687361 Jeff Sun, 10 Jan 2010 03:33:31 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-687361 Really? Like... really? It's fucking Oscar bait. Will you ever be combing through your movie collection and think; "Hm... I'm in the mood to be completely miserable for the next couple hours". I think I can confidently say I will never have the urge to watch that movie ever again. Yeah, it was worth watching once, but a movie shouldn't garner so much praise if no one is going to fucking watch it ever again. It'll just sit there with people applauding it, showering it with praise, but when someone pipes up with "hey, why don't we watch it since it's so great and filled with emotion". A movie's 'enjoyment' shouldn't expire after one viewing, or it's failed as a movie, I think at least. Whatever, abysmal pick. Really? Like… really? It’s fucking Oscar bait. Will you ever be combing through your movie collection and think; “Hm… I’m in the mood to be completely miserable for the next couple hours”. I think I can confidently say I will never have the urge to watch that movie ever again. Yeah, it was worth watching once, but a movie shouldn’t garner so much praise if no one is going to fucking watch it ever again. It’ll just sit there with people applauding it, showering it with praise, but when someone pipes up with “hey, why don’t we watch it since it’s so great and filled with emotion”. A movie’s ‘enjoyment’ shouldn’t expire after one viewing, or it’s failed as a movie, I think at least.

Whatever, abysmal pick.

]]> By: Bricktop http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-685822 Bricktop Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:30:49 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-685822 The Wrestler got robbed for its Oscar!! Thanks for redeeming it here on Film Junk!! The Wrestler got robbed for its Oscar!! Thanks for redeeming it here on Film Junk!!

]]> By: Trisomy21 http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-685431 Trisomy21 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:18:33 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-685431 What? Do you guys even watch movies? What? Do you guys even watch movies?

]]> By: rus in chicago http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-683342 rus in chicago Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:53:02 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683342 I think Henrik is right, The Wrestler will always be the film that got a great actor back in our lives and in a miraculous way allowed him to channel his pain in to art. http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/story?id=6897261&page=1 I think Henrik is right, The Wrestler will always be the film that got a great actor back in our lives and in a miraculous way allowed him to channel his pain in to art.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Oscars/story?id=6897261&page=1

]]> By: Henrik http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-683331 Henrik Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:14:45 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683331 "Frankly, I think Mickey Rourke wasn’t acting at all." You're saying this as if it's a negative of some sort. “Frankly, I think Mickey Rourke wasn’t acting at all.”

You’re saying this as if it’s a negative of some sort.

]]> By: Reed Farrington http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-683315 Reed Farrington Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:07:27 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683315 @Nick Robertson: Ha ha. Thx for linking with tongue firmly in cheek I'm sure that piece of wisdom to me. Surely, if God can't please everyone, then no one can! For those who care, I'm currently compiling my list of 10 favorite films of all time. And for those who think Pan's Labyrinth didn't get enough love, I think it may end up in my list. And no, The Wrestler will not be on my list. Frankly, I think Mickey Rourke wasn't acting at all. Just like Jean-Claude Van Damme wasn't acting in JCVD. It's a matter of perfect casting. I think the film could have gained a larger audience with soap opera fans if it was called "The Deli Counter" or horror fans if it was called "The Meat Handler." @Nick Robertson: Ha ha. Thx for linking with tongue firmly in cheek I’m sure that piece of wisdom to me. Surely, if God can’t please everyone, then no one can!

For those who care, I’m currently compiling my list of 10 favorite films of all time. And for those who think Pan’s Labyrinth didn’t get enough love, I think it may end up in my list. And no, The Wrestler will not be on my list.

Frankly, I think Mickey Rourke wasn’t acting at all. Just like Jean-Claude Van Damme wasn’t acting in JCVD. It’s a matter of perfect casting.

I think the film could have gained a larger audience with soap opera fans if it was called “The Deli Counter” or horror fans if it was called “The Meat Handler.”

]]> By: DavidM http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-683311 DavidM Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:01:50 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683311 fyi: my #1 would probably be Spirited Away or The Incredibles or some kiddie cartoon shit like that. So, you know... fyi: my #1 would probably be Spirited Away or The Incredibles or some kiddie cartoon shit like that. So, you know…

]]> By: DavidM http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-683310 DavidM Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:59:43 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683310 The Wrestler is a good enough film, but what it is doing in the upper reaches of anyone's movies of the decade list - let alone at #1 - is beyond my comprehension to be honest. The Wrestler is a good enough film, but what it is doing in the upper reaches of anyone’s movies of the decade list – let alone at #1 – is beyond my comprehension to be honest.

]]> By: Henrik http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-683307 Henrik Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:50:25 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683307 I disagree. This movie is an honest performance. Nothing else matters, it is the rawness of the emotion on the face of the man that is the movie. I disagree. This movie is an honest performance. Nothing else matters, it is the rawness of the emotion on the face of the man that is the movie.

]]> By: rus in chicago http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-683281 rus in chicago Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:01:58 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683281 This film is a simple story of man that realizes late in his life that he took his friends and family for granted as his existence within a profession he loves comes to an end. The fact this story is set in the world of wrestling, showing areas of that sport not seen before, with high ethical dilemmas not seen in other professions makes it entertaining, or, more entertaining than common and mundane walks of life. If you can't see that you are fooling yourself. Just as There Will be Blood is not about oil speculation, but telling a story in the time and place of 1900s California makes it immensely entertaining and rich. The whole "the Wrestler isn't about wrestling" is over used and throws the baby out with the bath water. It wouldn't have been as interesting a film if Mickey was for example a rodeo rider or boxer, why, because that story has been told. This film is a simple story of man that realizes late in his life that he took his friends and family for granted as his existence within a profession he loves comes to an end. The fact this story is set in the world of wrestling, showing areas of that sport not seen before, with high ethical dilemmas not seen in other professions makes it entertaining, or, more entertaining than common and mundane walks of life.

If you can’t see that you are fooling yourself.

Just as There Will be Blood is not about oil speculation, but telling a story in the time and place of 1900s California makes it immensely entertaining and rich.

The whole “the Wrestler isn’t about wrestling” is over used and throws the baby out with the bath water. It wouldn’t have been as interesting a film if Mickey was for example a rodeo rider or boxer, why, because that story has been told.

]]> By: Teo http://www.filmjunk.com/2009/12/31/best-of-the-decade-1-the-wrestler-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-683259 Teo Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:08:20 +0000 http://www.filmjunk.com/?p=31186#comment-683259 How can you not have memento How can you not have memento

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