The second film in yesterday's double feature was "The Fighter".
- I was told that this wasn't so much of a boxing movie as it was a movie about family. I wouldn't have minded watching a boxing movie anyway, since I have liked a few of them, but I wonder now if ANY boxing movie is just a boxing movie. I think that they're pretty much all about overcoming adversity. Oh, wait. That's sports movies. Well, boxing is a sport, so that works.
- Christian Bale is not handsome as a drug addict. But he's still got those awesome lips, so I'm good with that. He did an amazing job here, as usual. I heart him, Method and all.
- Mark Wahlberg was great in this movie as well. I don't think that he does the Method thing, so I'm hoping that the little paunch of a stomach they showed in the mirror after he got his cast taken off was not his actual stomach. Perhaps Marky Mark had an abs double for that scene.
- There were a couple of shots of Wahlberg's profile wherein he really looked a lot like his brother, Donnie. Like I thought that his profile was actually Donnie's.
- I wasn't supposed to like Melissa Leo's character, right? Because I really didn't like her. I wanted to slap the hell out of her.
- The scenes with the sisters made me giggle every time, mostly due to the hair. OMG, the hair should have been noted as a supporting cast to the supporting cast! Do they all travel together like that in the one car all of the time?!
- I think that Wahlberg probably felt really comfortable with that huge family. I believe that he came from a family of 9 himself. I have no clue about their hair, though.
- So THAT'S what a crack house looks like.
- I loved Amy Adams in this movie. It's nice to see her play such a strong character, and she does it really well.
- Sugar Ray Leonard! That's from when I used to watch boxing sometimes. I kind of remember Eklund's name, but not Ward's.
- Boxing/Family/Sports movies make me cry.
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