Tell me about your favorite boxing films

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Boggle, Aug 5, 2011.


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  1. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    I just recently watched CHAMPION starring Kirk Douglas. I thought it was pretty good, all things considered. Apparently it was a nominee for Best B&W cinematography, but the version available for streaming on Netflix is colorized (and sourced from VHS no less). Shouldn't there be a rule against colorizing anything that would be considered noir? Whatever. I'm not long for this world where everything good is turned to ****. CHAMPION was interesting because the character never gets a chance at redemption the way you would expect him to in this type of genre film.

    RAGING BULL confounded me upon first viewing. Of course I could appreciate it's quality, but I wasn't sure why anyone would want to watch a film about such a deplorable character. This made me morbidly fascinated. A lot of great films leave you with questions afterward, and this was certainly the case here. To be honest, I still have questions about why I'm drawn to the film.

    I'd really like to read some thoughts from The Classic Forum about your favorite boxing films.

    Note: I enjoy the ROCKY series as much as the next guy, but I feel that I've read, thought, and seen everything regarding these films. I'd really like to hear about some other films. Unless of course you have something truly brilliant to share, then by all means. I have to admit, I was amused by Jazzo's hatred of the Rocky films. He was such a weirdo. Anyway...
     
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  2. PaiN_KiLLeR

    PaiN_KiLLeR Harder than nails Full Member

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    The fights shown in the Rocky series were a joke. But other than that, the movies were fairly good, especially the first part. Million Dollar Baby, the fictional movie about a female boxer actually has much better fight scenes than Rocky!
    Cinderella Man in the best boxing movie I have ever seen. The Hurricane is brilliant as well, but there has very little about Rubin Carter's time as a boxer in that movie. So maybe you can't call it a boxing movie.
    A recent movie (4-5 years old) that was excellent but went largely unnoticed is 'Resurrecting the champ' starring Samuel Jackson & Josh Hartnett. And of course, 'The Fighter' starring Mark Wahlberg & Christian Bale was Oscar winning stuff.
    If you like watching documentaries, try to get hold of 'Tyson', 'Unforgivable blackness' & 'When we were kings'. Outstanding, all three of them.
     
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  3. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    The Harder They Fall (1956)...Bogart, Rod Stieger, Max Baer, Jersey Joe Walcott,...all were great in their roles. A classic boxing tale.
     
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  4. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    BODY & SOUL (the original '47 version)
    THE CHAMPION
     
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  5. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    Ahhh, ROD STY-GAR!!! Is he intense and over-the-top?
     
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  6. Swarmer

    Swarmer Patrick Full Member

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    Raging Bull rocks. DeNiro's perfect

    Rocky is like half a weird sublimated white hope dream and half ultrapatrotic propaganda.
     
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  7. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    I've been wanting to see BODY & SOUL for awhile, JG. What's lame is that the remake is available on dvd, but the original is not. So I guess I have to dig up a vhs copy from somewhere :bart

    Maybe some brilliant individual will show it on the big screen here in the cittay.
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    He was relatively restrained in his role as an unsavory fight manager..he was up against Bogart in this one..that could have been a reason.
     
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  9. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Canada Lee's Academy Award winning -- but largely unheralded -- performance as JG's brain-damaged trainer is heart-breaking, B
     
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  10. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    I just happen to love largely unheralded Academy Award winning performances. Sold! Looks like I can find a vhs copy pretty cheap.
     
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  11. john garfield

    john garfield Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bear in mind, B, B&S is the thinly veiled story of Barney Ross.
     
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  12. Kalasinn

    Kalasinn ♧ OG Kally ♤ Full Member

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    It's got to be Rocky 5! :D

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    "My ring's outside!" :lol::lol:
     
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  13. Boggle

    Boggle Grozny State Of Mind Full Member

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    You mother fluffers, I said I didn't want Rocky stuff in this thread.

    If you want me to talk Rocky, I can talk Rocky all day and all night. Don't tempt me.





    I've been meaning to see Fat City. Anyone see it?

    Any other recommendations?
     
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  14. keo

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    The Set up with Robert Ryan ,1947 l think ,about a washed up fighter, is still a brilliant film today.The street Fighter with charles Bronson are two of my favorites. keo.
     
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  15. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Raging Bull
     
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