LIVE BLOGGING: The Wrestler
Gonna start watching THE WRESTLER in a minute. If you've seen it, follow along after the break!
8:08: Is it me or should it be required that the 20th Century Fox (Fox Searchlight) theme legally have to be followed by the Star Wars theme?
8:10: Nice, movie opens with a montage much like the Rocky movie and the end of THE USUAL SUSPECTS. There's two flicks you rarely see in the same sentence.
8:12: After listening to--and seeing pictures of--Iron Sheik peeing himself on Opie and Anthony this week, I'm curious how this movie is going to play out. And we have a Jersey reference with Rahway.
8:18: Drug use, beer, and a trailer park. Hmmm. Maybe he's only CLOSE to New Jersey.
8:21: Ha! The Funky Samoans. Wish we could watch that match.
8:25: Hmmm. There's some wrestling going on here. What a plot twist!
8:27: It appears to me that Mickey Rourke does not have the panache or sho.... oh waiiiiitttttttt there it is. The leap off the top rope!
8:33: Did I just see Marissa Tomei nude? Did I? Hmm. +1
8:36: They talk really fast in this movie. And naked Marissa Tomei has been counteracted by Mickey Rourke butt.
8:37: Rats. This movie does take place in New Jersey, but judging by the locale... South Jersey, so it doesn't really count....
8:42: The chants by the crowds in this movie are hilarious. "You sick F---!"
8:48: I can't read the NOTE at the hospital!!!
8:52: Books or old school Nintendo?
8:54: He ran about fifteen feet and was winded. Seems like me.
9:02: I knew i recognized that voice... Judah Frielander looks so much different not on 30 ROCK.
9:04: Now knowing where this movie was filmed I am going to embrace its hardboiled/noir Jersey side.
9:07: "Isn't that when you sit on other dude's faces?"
9:10: Now I feel like I should be playing a game of "I've been there. I've been there!"
9:14: Mr. Rourke should never dance. Though, a lot of hairbands in this movie... "Round and Round" sounds a whole lot like "Panama" by Van Halen.
9:17: Love how the walk to the deli parallels a walk to the ring. Very funny, even adding the crowd chanting.
9:23: This boardwalk is very close to where I was this afternoon.
9:35: I USED TO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE!!!!!!!! (Oh well, this live blog has just degenerated into nonsense, hasn't it?)
9:38: Sometimes you just have a bad day. He quit the supermarket better than I did way back when.
9:47: We get one more nude scene with 15 minutes to go, and plenty of time for a tragic, tragic ending. That's my guess.
9:53: Takes a while to get this wrestlin' rant going. There we go. Now we're wrasslin'.
9:55: She leaves. That's perfect. Anti-Adrian.
9:57: The Wrestler is like a Ray Banks novel without the accents and the crime. Good movie.
9:58: Oh no wonder the movie got such ridiculous good reviews. Good acting and a vague ending.
8:08: Is it me or should it be required that the 20th Century Fox (Fox Searchlight) theme legally have to be followed by the Star Wars theme?
8:10: Nice, movie opens with a montage much like the Rocky movie and the end of THE USUAL SUSPECTS. There's two flicks you rarely see in the same sentence.
8:12: After listening to--and seeing pictures of--Iron Sheik peeing himself on Opie and Anthony this week, I'm curious how this movie is going to play out. And we have a Jersey reference with Rahway.
8:18: Drug use, beer, and a trailer park. Hmmm. Maybe he's only CLOSE to New Jersey.
8:21: Ha! The Funky Samoans. Wish we could watch that match.
8:25: Hmmm. There's some wrestling going on here. What a plot twist!
8:27: It appears to me that Mickey Rourke does not have the panache or sho.... oh waiiiiitttttttt there it is. The leap off the top rope!
8:33: Did I just see Marissa Tomei nude? Did I? Hmm. +1
8:36: They talk really fast in this movie. And naked Marissa Tomei has been counteracted by Mickey Rourke butt.
8:37: Rats. This movie does take place in New Jersey, but judging by the locale... South Jersey, so it doesn't really count....
8:42: The chants by the crowds in this movie are hilarious. "You sick F---!"
8:48: I can't read the NOTE at the hospital!!!
8:52: Books or old school Nintendo?
8:54: He ran about fifteen feet and was winded. Seems like me.
9:02: I knew i recognized that voice... Judah Frielander looks so much different not on 30 ROCK.
9:04: Now knowing where this movie was filmed I am going to embrace its hardboiled/noir Jersey side.
9:07: "Isn't that when you sit on other dude's faces?"
9:10: Now I feel like I should be playing a game of "I've been there. I've been there!"
9:14: Mr. Rourke should never dance. Though, a lot of hairbands in this movie... "Round and Round" sounds a whole lot like "Panama" by Van Halen.
9:17: Love how the walk to the deli parallels a walk to the ring. Very funny, even adding the crowd chanting.
9:23: This boardwalk is very close to where I was this afternoon.
9:35: I USED TO LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE!!!!!!!! (Oh well, this live blog has just degenerated into nonsense, hasn't it?)
9:38: Sometimes you just have a bad day. He quit the supermarket better than I did way back when.
9:47: We get one more nude scene with 15 minutes to go, and plenty of time for a tragic, tragic ending. That's my guess.
9:53: Takes a while to get this wrestlin' rant going. There we go. Now we're wrasslin'.
9:55: She leaves. That's perfect. Anti-Adrian.
9:57: The Wrestler is like a Ray Banks novel without the accents and the crime. Good movie.
9:58: Oh no wonder the movie got such ridiculous good reviews. Good acting and a vague ending.
Labels: Live Blog, Live Blogging, The Wrestler
posted by Dave White at 7:03 PM
6 Comments:
It was really good, wasn't it? I couldn't persuade most of the people I know to see it.
south jersey doesn't really count? what, are we talking about the philly suburbs like atlantic city and all? give me a dividing line, dave. if you say anything south of pt. pleasant beach, well, then...OK. that's acceptable.
It was Asbury Park. Right? Central Jersey?
patti: i think dave is ignoring us. asbury park is northern monmouth county, where as far as i'm concerned the real new jersey ends--like right at the manasquaan inlet where i grew up a mere five or so miles south. i think the dividing line is the end of NJ transit line in bay head (hence my pt. pleasant comment) in other news, asbury park is affectionately referred to as "newark by the sea". dave?
The real NJ ends at the Raritan River, nuff said.
That said, I had to amend my opinions on the movie, because the girl Randy hooks up with in the bar lives in an apartment complex in my home town.
really now? the raritan? mmm. nice beaches up there, mister passaic. here's a thought. benny go home.
dave, come on. where's the love?
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