The Wrestler
I never watched wrestling growing up. I hated it. I didn’t understand my friends who liked it. I was always uncertain on whether or not they knew it was fake.
That being said, i think some of the interest of this movie is momentarily dulled if you aren’t/weren’t a wrestling fan. Only for an instant though, because in the end, this movie could’ve been about any number of professions. America is a breeding ground for professions like the namesake of this movie. Individuals who unwittingly sacrifice their lives and bodies for fleeting moments of fame and fortune are as common as the scores of fickle fans who they performed for.
This movie is about the pain of going through that process. The rise and fall and how one reacts. The main character is a man who refuses to believe that fall ever came. Even as he is drowning at the bottom of the well, he cannot comprehend that he is no longer on ground level. For a moment the man accepts it and attempts live life normally. He gets his fingers over the lip of the well, and sees sunshine for the first time in years. His small slice of fame does not forget him tho, and he is weak to it’s call. As much as he resents what he is, the wrestler gives in and plummets back down the hole onto the mat.
This movie is great. Rourke should win best actor, but this movie isn’t quite as good as the actors in it.
9 roid rages/10
