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The Fighter is a 2010 American biographical sports drama film directed by David O. Russell, and stars Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother and former boxer Dicky Eklund (Bale). The film was inspired by the 1995 documentary featuring the Eklund-Ward family titled High on Crack Street: Lost Lives…
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I don't like boxing at all, but I have seen a few movies dealing with boxing. I have been interested in seeing The Fighter since I first saw the previews. sourceMore
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Here is my entry for the Triple AAA contest FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION (#01): "Favorite Directors" You guys should check it out and participate. Director of week #3: David O. Russell # I've never been given much attention to film directors, in fact I tend to concentrate on films no matter who directs them, however thanks to this contest created by @wiseagent I managed to realize some that I really like, some directors w…More
This film actually won a ton of awards including top awards for Best supporting actor (Christian Bale) and Best supporting actress (Melissa Leo.) Mark Wahlberg, unsurprisingly, doesn't get so much as a "good job" from the awards community and it just kind of reminded me of that year where Titanic was winning everything except Best Actor, because Leo wasn't nominated for any of them. on to The Fighter sournce This is…More
Boxing movies are like the Holocaust. In the first moment, you say about it "Oh,not again!"What else can be said, which is not said before? Are not they tired of doing the same movie over and over again? In the end, we will hardly see a new "Rocky" or "Raging Bull", right? Well, for obvious reasons we will not see, but we can see something almost as valuable, sharing similarities in its general themes, but different…More
*The Fighter* was a heavily hyped film when it was first released. I first heard about the film in a *Sports Illustrated* article that initially piqued my interest. However, the film only lasted a couple of weeks at my local theater and was gone before I had a chance to see it. When I saw the number of Oscar nominations this film received, I was disappointed I missed it. Luckily, *The Fighter* had an encore showing…More