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Friday, December 26, 2008

Filmspotting Fix: The Wrestler / Valkyrie

Dec. 26: In this abbreviated Filmspotting Fix edition of the show... Just how good is Mickey Rourke's performance in Darren Aronofsky's "The Wrestler"? Matty busts out the Sam Van Hallgren Memorial jar of hyperbole to give you his answer. Plus, Brian Singer's "Valkyrie" isn't that bad... and neither is Tom Cruise's performance. Seriously.

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NOTES/CORRECTIONS

- Following up my (Adam's) point about Randy putting on a show even at his other job... Found this in a great interview with former WWF champ Mick Foley: "He was Randy the Ram. It was the little cues that really registered — like how he lived to get a reaction from people, even if they were just customers at the deli counter."

- Yep, I said "Last Temptation" when I meant "Passion of the Christ." Hey, I got Jim Caviezel's name right!

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posted by Adam @ 3:37 PM   2 comments

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At 10:49 PM, January 06, 2009, Blogger jakeCCOF said...

hey there,
Sorry, Hitler actually said that in order to understand National Socialism you have to understand Wagner. Bad and scary, yes but not the screenwriters fault in this case. I just happened to hear this on Dan Carlin's hardcore history yesterday.

 
At 10:55 PM, January 06, 2009, Blogger Adam said...

I actually figured Hitler had said it, or something close... but that doesn't change the fact that it sounds incredibly bad when said by a character in a movie... at least this particular line did in this particular movie.

 

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