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That being said, it is a standard story of a life being wasted, a life spent in non-stop partying and fleeing from responsibility.
What makes this worth seeing is that you do end up caring about Rourke's character, in spite of yourself.
Not even a very good movie but worth it to see how far Rourke and his character have fallen.
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Rourke is playing himself. This is a perfect coincidence of player and role. One cannot help but be aware of the tragedies of Rourke's personal life paralleling that of his character's.
Marisa Tomei is every bit his match in this film. I give her the greater ACTING credit.
On first viewing, the film is subordinate to the players; still a great and ironic pleasure for it. It will grow in stature over time.
the particular lifestyle of constant travel, massive drug use to develop and maintain a cartoon body, the great adrenaline rush that comes from having hundreds and thousands cheer you, the tremendous pain that comes after the bouts and the inevitable "crash" as the drugs, excitement, and adulation disappear: all of that is self-destructive and addictive. But also, the Ram was trapped. What else possibly comes close to that for him? We all too clearly were shown his other jobs. Who wouldn't be Superman, no matter the cost, instead of a nobody?
I can agree with you!!
Rourke's performance is better than the film.
I am not so sure I would be quite as disparaging of the film, but certainly MR is the standout in it.
I hope he wins an Oscar.
wasn't enough to make me like/care about the film or, for the most part, the character.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I am not sure how his performance could be that good if you were left disinterested in the character.
Still it's much better than us all agreeing!
and though he is extremely selfish, eventually he realizes it and tries--- I thought heart-breakingly--- to make some human contact, to show and receive love.
His response when he realizes his hopelessness is not self-pity but, rather, courage. That elevated him far above his circumstances and made him a tragic figure.
At the end when he chooses to wrestle (I nearly said "fight"!!!) instead of choose the girl, he goes with what he knows, not (in Springsteen's words accepting the Golden Globe(?)) not what nourishes him.
The very last scene is beautiful in its silent sadness and inevitability.
I think you (meaning me) can appreciate something without being moved by it or into it. Plus I didn't say it was THAT good... just that as good as it was (which I'll bet means different things to all of us) it wasn't enough for me to ultimately care.
"The man is only half himself, the other half is his expression." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I could hear it going faster and faster, more and more notes and (a little anti-Mozart-ish) it didn't touch me at all.
But on the other hand I would never have called those guys players of the year because I thought they missed the point.
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