Boxing Film Southpaw It Stinks!

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  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Just tried to watch the Jake Gyllenhall boxing movie Southpaw ,its total cack.If you haven't seen it ,don't bother, ham acting and rubbish realism ,[pouring water on cut eyes in the corner etc] .I've given up half way through.
     
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  2. Ol' Bub

    Ol' Bub Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Did you not see any of the trailers?
     
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  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Most Antoine Fuqua movies do.:deal
     
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  4. Beenie

    Beenie Evolve already! Full Member

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    Lookin' forward to The Magnificent Seven, though.
     
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  5. aaalbert

    aaalbert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Bummer :(

    Anybody looking forward to Creed?
     
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  6. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Aside from Denzel, Hawke and Pratt, not the most inspiring cast.
     
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  7. TinFoilHat

    TinFoilHat Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thought the movie looked bad... Honestly most boxing movies don't do it for me at all. Because their not about BOXING. The boxing is just a backdrop/metaphor for other issues in their life typically...

    I honestly have to say the only boxing movie I want to see is "Great White Hype", I feel like it actually explores something about boxing and is about boxing before anything else. Has anyone seen that movie?
     
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  8. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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  9. sniffmybadger

    sniffmybadger Relationships are not my forte Full Member

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    Story has been done over and over. Fall from grace, picks himself up again blah blah blah. Cinderella Man is still my favourite boxing film
     
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  10. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Hateful 8 baby. Let's go
     
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  11. mafioso

    mafioso Well-Known Member Full Member

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    when the movie ended I was like"did they really named that movie southpaw because he lands one punch in southpaw at the end of the movie wtf???"
     
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  12. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Holywood churns out that kind of garbage on an industrial scale. I rarely bother watching movies anymore these days never mind any of that unbearably corny and cringeworthy Murican tripe.

    Regarding boxing movies. They're usually incredibly corny. I can barely make it halfway through the trailers without feeling nauseous, let alone the actual film. Nine times out of ten I know exactly what's going to happen before it happens. Seen it all thousands of times before. Boring.

    Raging Bull is absolutely amazing and there is a handful old of black and white ones I like too. Someone Up There Likes Me is good, IIRC. The Rocky films are good fun but I enjoyed them more peering through child eyes.
     
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  13. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    I forgot the title, but I enjoyed the old black and white film on Joe Louis.
     
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  14. Mind Reader

    Mind Reader J-U-ICE Full Member

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    I really liked Cinderella Man too, but didn't like how they painted Bear as a monster.
     
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  15. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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