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Re: The Fighter

#21 Post by valda » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:43 pm

Spanner wrote:oh and the boyf said he feels all macho and wants to go out and b*y and everlast sweatshirt tomorrow!
I felt all macho and I'm a girl who doesnt like boxing!

It was pretty full at Whitely's and I had a guy sitting next to me, eating apples! And even more annoying he kept on laughing really loudly and rocking the seat :evil: this sort of put me off for the first half hour, then he calmed down a bit. HOnestly I'm such a grumpy cinema goer :oops:

Anyway I enjoyed this more than I thought I was going to, and got really involved in the story, one person even punched the air at one stage (not me I hasten to add, although I wanted to hehe). I thought the cast mainly were excellent. I didn't even recognize Christian Bale, he was amazing as was Melissa Leo who I really rate as an actress. Sadly the worst one for me, was Mark Whalberg. He just can't act in my opinion,always seems so wooden

Edit to say I'm being a bit hard on ol Marky Mark, I guess his role wasn't as showy as Bale's so he would stay in the background a bit. 8.5/10
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Re: The Fighter

#22 Post by Beate » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:47 pm

What have you guys got against Mark Wahlberg? He was the only decent thing to look at in the film. Don't get me started on Christian Bale, I can't stand him.
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Re: The Fighter

#23 Post by elski » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:54 pm

Oh forgot to say we were in a much smaller screen than normal. Well, huge screen small number of seats, and was half full so probably only about 30 of us in there.
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Re: The Fighter

#24 Post by Beate » Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:58 pm

Cineworld Greenwich in contrast was very full.
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Re: The Fighter

#25 Post by baty » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:04 pm

Odeon half full in Cardiff. Wasn't sure if I was going to like this but got drawn in and was rolling with the punches. Thankfully OH had picked seats way up high and no-one was really watching. hought Christian Bale was excellent, Mr MW was a bit of eyecandy even if bloodied at times.

OH wasn't impressed by the boxing and is going to dig out his old DVD's to show me difference, oh joy.....

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Re: The Fighter

#26 Post by andrews » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:25 pm

elski wrote:Wonder where they got the seven sisters from? pretty actresses with loads of bad make-up or dragged off Jeremy Kyle?
Yes, you've summed them up pretty well, elski.

I enjoyed this film much more than I thought I was going to, but it wasn't outstanding. Mark Wahlberg was good - but lightweight. Christian Bale, though not my favourite actor by a long shot, ought to receive an Oscar nomination for best Supporting Actor.

The touches of humour along the way were needed to lift the film - there was some very good dialogue. Considering that it was a film about boxing, entitled The Fighter, I didn't think that there was enough boxing in it.

However, this film does offer a study of family dysfunction, and with some strong character portrayals, will probably do well at the box office.

7/10 from me.
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Re: The Fighter

#27 Post by Preston1990 » Tue Jan 11, 2011 10:37 pm

andrews wrote: .... Mark Wahlberg was good - but lightweight......
Surely you mean "light welterweight" ;) :p
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Re: The Fighter

#28 Post by Cortone » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:02 pm

Saw this at Leeds, which was probably about half full.
Beate wrote:What have you guys got against Mark Wahlberg? He was the only decent thing to look at in the film. Don't get me started on Christian Bale, I can't stand him.
Totally with you on this, Beate. I like Mark Wahlberg, and I thought he was good in this (although most of what I know about boxing comes from the Rocky films, and that film with Russell Crowe a few years back, which I really liked). I was squirming in my seat with Christian Bale's character, but in irritation. (Even later on.) He was OK in 3.10 to Yuma, but I cannot think of anything else...

Was totally stunned at the weights that the boxers were meant to be in the final match weigh in - 10 stone something? Was that one arm???? But I have seen that he is 5' 7'' - I always thought he was taller. I noticed the height difference between him and Christian Bale changed in a couple of scenes.

Finally, I wondered about this as a preview screening in the UK. We are meant to cheer a US fighter on against a Brit??? (I had never heard of the latter boxer, BTW.) It was not a Rocky moment.

Overall, I found this disappointing - maybe I expected too much.

BTW - Elski - liked your comment about the sisters. They irritated me as much as Christian Bale...
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Re: The Fighter

#29 Post by tilly » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:03 pm

Mark wahlberg was the highlight in the film :roll:
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Re: The Fighter

#30 Post by Cortone » Tue Jan 11, 2011 11:12 pm

Preston1990 wrote:
andrews wrote: .... Mark Wahlberg was good - but lightweight......
Surely you mean "light welterweight" ;) :p
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