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I also don't understand his reasoning. Rourke is a man-child,

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In Reply to: RE: GOSH posted by dave c on January 29, 2009 at 16:15:28

and though he is extremely selfish, eventually he realizes it and tries--- I thought heart-breakingly--- to make some human contact, to show and receive love.
His response when he realizes his hopelessness is not self-pity but, rather, courage. That elevated him far above his circumstances and made him a tragic figure.

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at the end (spoiler) - dave c 19:06:21 01/29/09 (0)
At the end when he chooses to wrestle (I nearly said "fight"!!!) instead of choose the girl, he goes with what he knows, not (in Springsteen's words accepting the Golden Globe(?)) not what nourishes him.
The very last scene is beautiful in its silent sadness and inevitability.

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