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Originally Posted by vipco  Hahaha, I could write a book on my thoughts of that film.
A very true story of many ex 'superstars' of wrestling , certainly a watered down version of Jake 'the snake' Roberts life story.
Look at Jake, former Wrestling Champ, now a drunken , drug fuelled man that still pulls in the fans just to see him preform his sig move, the DDT , very similar to Randy The Ram.
I like the way they filmed in front of real wrestling fans at the old ECW Arena / Bingo Hall during an ROH and CZW joint show in South Philly as it added 'life' to the matches and captured the intimidating environment of alot of Indie Feds . The places these toppled stars now work are pretty scary joints and the film captured this well.
The he use of a real top draw deathmatch guy Necro Butcher in the Hardcore match, mixing real with fiction , added to the realism and the way it showed wrestling for what it is and not what all the WWE 'marks' think it is , the pre match talk between Necro and Randy comes to mind as one example .
It hit on some raw topics such as blading , and matches were theres gonna be blood without holding previous blood tests , and the massive drug abuse that wrestling as a whole had always tried to keep quiet .
I could go on about the toll on family life due to excessive schedules , wrestlers treated as a disposalbe item, tossed away when the fickle fans of top teir wrestling are sold the next big thing by money hungry promoters , even the comparison to porn, but we'd be here all day, and as Pedro says, to many games to play and not enough time.
Overall a very good film that opened up alot of the dirt wrestling tries to hide but it still held back on a few of its punches.
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Nice one, I knew that you would have something to say about this film, that's why I asked really. I loved the
semi-documentary vibe about this film, which made me invest in the
Randy character a lot more than I probably would have otherwise. This added to the realism they were aiming for, and it worked really well. The trailer park, and factory scenes were brilliant, detailing the mundane and repetitive life
Randy mainly lives these day's. Well, like a lot of people really, me included. lol I can't watch the part when he punches the
meat slicer to be honest. Nasty. Choosing
Sweet child o' mine as his entrance track was a masterstroke, at that point in the movie, a brilliant touch there. So
Vipco, do you reckon that
Randy had that second heart attack then? A sequel would probably spoil it, but I'd definitely watch it regardless. I thought
The Wrestler was one of the best films that I've ever seen. I don't watch it too often these day's because I don't want to get bored of seeing it. I would like to play that mock
Nintendo "Randy the Ram" game from the film. Maybe they should release it on the
Live Marketplace just for fun.
Call of Duty 4: Modern warfare is mentioned well in
The Wrestler too. A game that I have yet to play still. I will get around to it one day. Trust me...