In Reply to: Any advance word on Cinderella Man? I hated Cinderfella! nt posted by clarkjohnsen on May 28, 2005 at 09:00:37:
are flawed. The more they attempt to show the fights themselves, the more ridiculous they appear.
Raging Bull set the low-water mark: if any one punch were as devastating as those received or given by Mr. DeNiro, the match would end then and there. It is as ridiculous, in its way, as the Ahnie shoot-em-ups.
After Million Dollar Baby, we deserve a better rest between rounds.
Someone needs to tell Hollywood that no metaphor for life is needed. Getting up to go to work in a cubicle for 18 k/yr. takes as much courage as fighting for the championship of the world for megabucks.
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- Boxing movies inherently - tinear 07:52:08 05/29/05 (2)
- Oh yeah? Try films about fencing - Victor Khomenko 14:49:17 05/29/05 (1)
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