The Fighter //

04/02/11

 

 

"As a welterweight from the wrong side of the tracks, Dickie Eklund is the pride of working class Lowell, Massachusetts. Living in his shadow is his half-brother and sparring partner Micky Ward. It's part of the Irish pride to let Dickie lead the way and win a championship belt first. However, after suffering a humiliating defeat to Sugar Ray Leonard, Dickie plunges into a nightmare of crack addiction, violence and prison. His family's hopes are crushed in the wake of Dickie's demise. Like a real life Rocky, Micky fights on his own terms and pulls his family out of despair with his meteoric rise in the ring. Freshly paroled Dickie finds redemption training his little brother, now known as Irish Micky Ward, for his Welterweight Championship bout with Shea Neary." - IMDB

 

I'm actually looking forward to seeing this. The critics love it with 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and countless award nominations. I actually find the trailer somewhat uninspired but individual scenes look excellent. Surprisingly the supporting cast seem to be getting more attention than Wahlberg (not that surprising really). Amy Adams, Christian Bale Melissa Leo are getting all the nominations, with the latter two winning mostly everything. I'm actually 90% certain they'll both win Oscars (unless Helena Bonham Carter pips Leo at the end, although that's becoming more and more unlikely).

 

Christian Bale and his dramatic weight-loss is always interesting but I think Leo's performance is going to be the show stealer.

 

 

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Edited January 19, 201114 yr by ▲▲▲

Only just got round to watching this but it was so worth the wait cos I thought it was brilliant. I'm especially glad they showed that clip of the real Dicky at the end just to show how amazing Christian Bale's portrayal of him was. It was spot on. Leo so deserved that Oscar too.