Review: The Fighter

Pfff, just received some negative feed backs from my course mates today about my first post in Chinese. Blehhh, they were from Chinese high school, so cannot blame them since my Chinese language standard ain't that good as them. -.- Will try harder next time.

The Fighter

As everyone has known that The Fighter is based on a true story about the famous Irish boxer, Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) during the 1908s. If this wasn't based on a true story, I would be complaining about how predictable the story was.

Micky looks up to his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) who is also Micky's trainer and hero. Dicky here is an ex-boxer who is famous for knocking Sugar Ray Leonard down. HBO then makes a documentary about his life after the success.

Amy Adams plays Charlene, the bartender who Micky fell in love with. Charlene is a former college drop-out for her drinking issues. She understands Micky's problems as a boxer can't get enough of his family struggles. Darn Amy, she's fuckin' great in her fuckin' role who keep fuckin' throughout the movie.

The lovely-dovey couple who brings out the only romance in the film.

Nods for Bale. It is hard to imagine Bale in Batman suit turns to one of a hell crack addict in The Fighter. He plays it a little too overacted but still enough for him to win a big Oscar for his role.

Am no fan of boxing movies, but darn The Fighter was one great film. I felt that the fighting scenes are too quick and lack of drama and tension in it, even though the movie is nearly 2 hours long. What? David O Russell ain't no fan of sucker punch? There are not enough winning punches there! A movie about boxing should have more fights/punches that woos people.

Brotherly hug me likey. The woman behind is Melissa Leo who plays the raging temperament mother, Alice. Damn, idk how she could bore so many children!

Overall rating: A-