The Fighter..............

Discussion in 'British Boxing Forum' started by Michael300, Aug 31, 2012.


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  1. Michael300

    Michael300 Fighting back..... Full Member

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    I have to disagree mate.

    I could understand if the role was a ficticious then it may be unnecessarily 'dramatic', but if you see any footage of the real Dicky Eklund, such as in the Making of doc, then you'll see it is absoulutely spot on; Dicky Eklund was/is a crazy guy!
     
    Michael300, Aug 31, 2012
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  2. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    He gives a very true performance, but it was self-consciously Oscar-baiting. And frankly, the film is utterly pointless - Ward's story is dull.
     
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  3. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    the biggest disappointing boxing related film for me was Ali. A true biopic would be a 3 hour plus film but its hard to fit so much in..
     
    JIM KELLY, Aug 31, 2012
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  4. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    oh yeah what happened to that Michael Gomez biopic? Did they complete it? I was looking forward to it.
     
    JIM KELLY, Aug 31, 2012
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  5. Michael300

    Michael300 Fighting back..... Full Member

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    Agreed mate, it had so much potential; great director, remarkable lead performance and a big budget, it could/should have been 'the greatest' boxing film yet.

    I have read though that there was a huge amount cut from the cinema release, and that there is a 4 hour directors cut.

    Hopefully they will eventually release it on some sort of Blu Ray collectors edition.:bbb
     
    Michael300, Aug 31, 2012
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  6. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    yeah plenty were cut out. There were more scenes with malcolm x and Ali's passionate ties with the NOI and Islam..but it was wise for them to remove that due to the 9/11 atrocities.Remember when Smith walked out with Ali to speak against terrorism etc?/
     
    JIM KELLY, Aug 31, 2012
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  7. Michael300

    Michael300 Fighting back..... Full Member

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    Yes, I'd forgotten about that!

    There was that big televison thing in America not long after 9/11 where loads of celebrities spoke about the situation; I do remember the two of them, Ali was very much saying that Islam is about peace and the creatures that carried out the attacks were not of that religion.
     
    Michael300, Aug 31, 2012
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  8. JIM KELLY

    JIM KELLY Bullshyt Mr Han Man! Full Member

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    yeah..Ali was like the human spokesmen for Humanity! Remember they sent his ass to Iraq to free the hostage..Saddam got the chills when he met the Greatest..lol
     
    JIM KELLY, Aug 31, 2012
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  9. Manning

    Manning Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppbyM60dN04[/ame]
    Shits on the fighter from a great height.
     
    Manning, Aug 31, 2012
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  10. dftaylor

    dftaylor Writer, fanatic Full Member

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    I thought Will Smith was awful as Ali. I love Michael Mann's movies in general, but Ali just sucks.
     
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  11. Manning

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    The original was much better.


    [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAzgW_TAQdk[/ame]
     
    Manning, Aug 31, 2012
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  12. Jack Dempsey

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    Dempsey with Treat Williams is not bad, Marciano with Jon Favreau not so much, the Joe Louis in that movie looks more like ****ing Usher
     
    Jack Dempsey, Aug 31, 2012
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  13. GazOC

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    I enjoyed the film. The ending was fine, the Gatti fights are great to watch "in real life" but how do you end a piece of drama with 3 points decision fights?
     
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