tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post2661681502784847968..comments2023-06-30T05:06:42.335-04:00Comments on My Life, at 24 Frames Per Second: The Fighter: The Ties That BindKenji Fujishimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-64042224050860838982011-02-09T11:27:46.522-05:002011-02-09T11:27:46.522-05:00Thanks, Mad Hatter!Thanks, Mad Hatter!Kenji Fujishimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-81648928831443268672011-02-09T10:02:52.966-05:002011-02-09T10:02:52.966-05:00I like that you bring up how it's not really a...I like that you bring up how it's not really a "boxing movie" as I believe that has drawn some unfair comparisons.<br /><br />I heard one podcaster say that this wasn't even as good as CINDERELLA MAN or ALI...but as you detail in this post, it isn't really trying to be. the story is more fascinated with the circles Micky hasd to run outside of the ring than it is with the punches he has to throw inside.<br /><br />Great post on a surprisingly good film!Ryan McNeilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00440134802928893661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-57689042385102095632011-02-09T08:32:07.772-05:002011-02-09T08:32:07.772-05:00Yeah, I can't really argue with your distate w...Yeah, I can't really argue with your distate with the depiction of those daughters, who are practically made up to look grotesque. In some ways, <i>The Fighter</i> isn't too different from other previous poison-pen letters to Boston (<i>Mystic River</i>, <i>The Departed</i>, <i>Gone Baby Gone</i>, <i>The Town</i>). I guess in this case, it bothered me but not to an overwhelming degree.Kenji Fujishimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-18404203348561567082011-02-09T08:28:16.183-05:002011-02-09T08:28:16.183-05:00Nice post, Kenji,
I think my problem with the Mel...Nice post, Kenji,<br /><br />I think my problem with the Melissa Leo performance is not that it's a case of scenery-chewing or that it's too over the top, but that it's a rather disturbing example of lower-middle-class grotesque. (Disturbing in what it reveals about the filmmakers' attitudes toward a certain group of people.) Still, Russell allows Leo's character's motivations and fears enough play to justify the characterization, at least to a degree. The same cannot be said for her many daughters, little more than a gallery of hateful class-contemptuous caricatures.andrew schenkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03827165807994115459noreply@blogger.com