Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0 Chicago – Mickey Rourke’s multi-award-winning performance in “The Wrestler” anchors one of the best films of 2008, now released on Blu-Ray and DVD. If you haven’t seen the film yet, you truly must do so as soon as possible, and if you love the movie like so many people do, you’ll be satisfied, if not overly impressed, by a decent HD release.
His speech would have been legendary, but Rourke not winning the Oscar for “The Wrestler” may have been the best thing that could have happened to the film. It keeps the actor, the movie, and the character as the beloved underdog everyone wants them to be. No one roots for the winner. The idea that the Academy got it wrong, not only in their choice of Sean Penn over Rourke for Best Actor but in ignoring the film in other major categories like Director and...
His speech would have been legendary, but Rourke not winning the Oscar for “The Wrestler” may have been the best thing that could have happened to the film. It keeps the actor, the movie, and the character as the beloved underdog everyone wants them to be. No one roots for the winner. The idea that the Academy got it wrong, not only in their choice of Sean Penn over Rourke for Best Actor but in ignoring the film in other major categories like Director and...
- 4/24/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
I gave The Wrestler a well-deserved "A" when I reviewed it last December and even still, when the Blu-ray arrived I wasn't immediately interested in giving it another watch. It wasn't because I didn't like it, obviously, I just wasn't certain it was the movie I wanted to watch at the moment. This film is an emotional roller coaster and I wasn't sure I was ready for the ride. However, there is something about this film that instantly invites you into its story. The opening shot of Randy "The Ram" Robinson played by Mickey Rourke, sitting in a chair, all alone in a large room as the camera slowly moves in. The documentary style of the cinematography and the beaten down appearance of this gladiator in tights grabs you immediately and never lets go. I can honestly say watching this film a second time was just as good as the first.
- 4/21/2009
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
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