i watched mickey rourke's "the wrestler" recently.
Superfantastische!
one of the most engaging films i have seen in the last ten years.
mind you i never get to teh cinema these days (twice in last 3 1/2 yrs?) and the only tv i watch is freeview so we're talking film4, tesco, itv4, gig-stick off Gronzo, bbc's 2&1 but not much else. for fillums, that is.
and buying dvd's online, of course.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 11 Dec 2009, 23:34, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

so that puts me about eighteen months behind da times.
innit.
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Fri 11 Dec 2009, 23:40, Reply)

Really?
I honestly thought it was very forgettable, the wrestling scenes were lame and the ending was more comedic than heartbreaking.

Last watched Antichrist, beautifully horrific ultra slow motion, black and white intro, with a tasteful 'full penetration' scene, quite something for in the cinema. Got a bit hokey in parts, but overall, very effective.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Sat 12 Dec 2009, 0:35, Reply)

not seen it so can't comment.
but i'll say this, if a film is made or broken by a single scene then it's a strong scene or vice-versa.
i must confess that i still have not seen the last 20 minutes of wrestler, the confines that parenthood place upon one...
that notwithstanding i found rourke's performance convincing to the max. he is actually a man who knows first hand what it is like to take a battering.
not saying that makes him a great actor!
the wrestling scenes? imagine if you will a group of 20/30/40 yr old blokes who do that for a living. you reckon they're gonna knock their pans in every night?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 12 Dec 2009, 0:48, Reply)

Noooooooo!
I've seen Antichrist, and it was good, but there were bits niether myself nor my even-less-squeemish-professioal-bouncer girlfriend both had to hide behind our hands from, and I should qualify this by saying I've never done that befor since I reached puberty. Also niether of us fancied sex for a week.

like I say, good film, but what is seen cannt be unseen.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Sat 12 Dec 2009, 13:30, Reply)