The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke movie

[Gerard K H Love]

Mickey Rourke stirring up some positive buzz with his starring role in The Wrestler. It won top honors at the Venice Film Festival( CNN story).
The Adam Corolla radio program mentioned how great Mickey Rourke once was and of course how he seemed to self-desturct a few years back. One thing they brought up was an article about how he thought about a murder suicide, which he did not go through with thanks to the help of a Catholic priest in New York.
His movie is getting plenty of hype.;)

 

[zoom man]

Mickey Rourke stirring up some positive buzz with his starring role in The Wrestler. It won top honors at the Venice Film Festival( CNN story).)

I've got a pre-screening pass to this movie
(4? weeks from now)
and I'll let you know what I think.

Mickey is going to be there for post-showing questions, etc.
I like him, and see why a lot of people wouldn't
(and I think that makes me like him more)

 

[chronic]

Post-showing at a pre-screening? Isn't that an oxymoron?

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I've got a pre-screening pass to this movie
[...]

Wow! That is a very good reason to like someone. Seriously you are on the right track. He is rebelling against the trend(all normal stuff and the same old bullshit) and you must be admiring that. He may have gone against the grain a little too much, wouldn't you say?
I sincerely hope The Wrestler is a good movie, but you will see so let us know.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

The Wrestler - Mickey Rourke receives praise

Ruthe Stein of the San Francisco Chronicle has placed Mickey Rourke on a list of hypothetical winners for 'Best Actor' nominees.

This article which makes some good picks on everything else for the year.

Sean Penn in Milk sounds like something to see. It would be nice if Mickey Rourke could pull off a win. Although the voters from the Academy are not likely wrestling fans. It is Andy Kaufman's fault.

 

[zoom man]

Post-showing at a pre-screening? Isn't that an oxymoron?

What'd you call me?! :)

Turns out I can't go
(going to Idaho (and really, really don't want to) for a couple of days).

If anyone in the LA area wants to attend, pm me and I'll give you my registration #.
It's going to be at the Landmark Theater this Wednesday, 8pm

 

[roni]

...If anyone in the LA area wants to attend, pm me ...

thanks for the offer zoom!
very nice of you!
now someone please gou! we demand to know!

 

[mjp]

It's going to be at the Landmark Theater this Wednesday, 8pm

The Landmark has an awesome theater full of couches instead of the typical theater seats. Saw the Joe Strummer documentary there.

But I will be eating Hawaiian-fusion food (whatever that may be) at an open-bar company dinner on Wednesday, so I can't go.

 

[marina del rey]

From the UK Telegraph: New Rourke movie "insults Iran".

 

[CRBSMILE]

Thanks marina del ray. Interesting and good to know that people are still being offended by fiction. (I am Assuming that the story is fiction.) Rourke still looks a mess, but I must say I will probably pay to see this film. I'm intriqued. CRB:)

 

[bospress.net]

Darren Aronofsky directed this. In my book, he is a damn fine director.

Notice how Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei have both been in Buk movies.

How's that for a tie in? Maybe we'll see a part for Frank Stallone if they are looking for a never-been wanna-be actor....

Bill

 

[james]

Notice how Mickey Rourke and Marissa Tomei have both been in Buk movies.
How's that for a tie in? Maybe we'll see a part for Frank Stallone if they are looking for a never-been wanna-be actor....

ask, and ye shall receive. he's back!!!

http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/?tag=frank-stallone

great movie site by the way. they basically make fun of 95% of the movies coming out and focus on how stupid hollywood actors are...

 

[Gerard K H Love]

isn't bad.

 

[roni]

The song in the background sure sounds a lot like THE BOSS! - is it him? is it?

Good trailer. Wanna see the movie.

 

[tinux]

The song in the background sure sounds a lot like THE BOSS! - is it him? is it?

It is. Me like.
I found a different version at the bottom of this article.
Lyrics and lots of trivia on this page.

 

[roni]

Thanks tinux!
Great!

 

[Gerard K H Love]

One of the Top Ten to see for 2008

MSN put The Wrestler on their top ten movie list for 2008. In this article they cite Mickey Rourke's acting.

 

[CRBSMILE]

Yo! I have never seen BarFly(I'm waiting). I have been watching the talk here about Micey R. for quite some time.
After seeing the clip(thanks, GNHLOVE). I WILL go and see this film. :)CRB

 

[Black Swan]

MSN put The Wrestler on their top ten movie list for 2008. In this article they cite Mickey Rourke's acting.

Patiently waiting for that one too.
From the article, it seems like the actor is back.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

I know people ( little old ladies in luxury condos on championship golf courses ) who watch professional wrestling on TV. Every week like church. But they wouldn't go to the movies to see that.

 

[Black Swan]

I just saw Rourke in 'The Wrestler'.
I found the subject very original and Rourke was fantastic. A perfect match.
Some parts made me laugh saddly.
I could see a little of myself coming out of the gym.:eek:
Rourke is a very good actor. He is the very best Hank.

 

[Gerard K H Love]

Well, Mickey Rourke got the Golden Globe award for best actor. Here is the story.

 

[rjwink666]

If you guys liked The Wrestler I recommend the Wrestling Documentary film 'Beyond the Mat'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_mat

 

[CRBSMILE]

Well, Mickey Rourke got the Golden Globe award for best actor. Here is the story.

G KHL, did YOU see it yet? They're still not showing it in PGH/EastCoast. I'm waiting, and hopeing that if it does get big 'buzz' that they will re-release Rourke's older films,(BARFLY!!!). CRB:)

 

[Gerard K H Love]

G KHL, did YOU see it yet?

no, not yet. I will come up with the $22.50 to see it. I should take my mother-in-law she's a big fan of wrestilng.;)

 

[number6horse]

...I'm waiting, and hopeing that if it does get big 'buzz' that they will re-release Rourke's older films,(BARFLY!!!). CRB:)

This is my hope too. But the studio must remember Barfly is not a sexy bank-heist film with hi-tech action sequences and thrilling chase scenes. And not an animated penguin in sight.

 

[LickTheStar]

If you guys liked The Wrestler I recommend the Wrestling Documentary film 'Beyond the Mat'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_the_mat

Yes. A wonderful documentary that really hits a lot of high and low points in wrestling.

Another point of interest about The Wrestler... some of the scenes were shot at indy shows put on by the company Ring of Honor. I went to their shows for almost three years straight all around New England and the Tri-State area.

I was so happy when it was announced and then... the company started tanking about... a month or so afterward... so disappointing.

I can't wait to see The Wrestler when it hits DVD though. I love Pi and Requiem For A Dream.

 

[ROC]

Requiem was one of the worst things I've ever seen.
A very fine film.
You know what I mean?

 

[LickTheStar]

Its a good thing you didn't say that in real life. You would've been dead before you finished your sentence.

But yes, I know what you mean. One of the few films that I sat speechless through the credits.

Also: not the kind of film to watch home alone, in the dead of winter, while already fairly depressed... I mean... damn!

 

[bospress.net]

Selby has a way of writing books that are VERY un-Hollywood in their movie endings.

Last Exit to Brooklyn ends with a gang rape of a prostitute and the beating and crucifixion of a closet homosexual. Requiem ends in a mess of pain and despair, where there is no winner and everyone, in the end, has no hope.

It is painful, but refreshing, when it seems that all movies have to have a neat and tidy ending that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

Did anyone see Win Wenders' Wings of Desire? At least in the remake (City of Angels), they kept the depressing ending.

Speaking of Wim, has anyone seen "Until the End of The World"? I thought that is was a bit long, but great idea and interesting.

Best,
Bill

p.s. Sorry to go so far off topic....