Cinderella Man
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Just got back from watching the above movie.
The boxing scenes were good, but the rest of the movie was even better.
For those of you who haven't heard about it, it is the story of Jim Braddock (Crowe)a washed up Boxer in the depression era. By fluke he is given a second shot at the big time.
It is a heart warming tale and has strong performances from Crowe himself, Giamatti (as his manager Joe Gould), and Renee Zellweger (as his wife). Some have criticised it for being overly sentimental, but I didn't mind because I am a big softy :hehe:
My wife doesn't like violence in movies, but because of the whole story, she really liked this film.
I am surprised the movie flopped in America :confused:
The boxing scenes were good, but the rest of the movie was even better.
For those of you who haven't heard about it, it is the story of Jim Braddock (Crowe)a washed up Boxer in the depression era. By fluke he is given a second shot at the big time.
It is a heart warming tale and has strong performances from Crowe himself, Giamatti (as his manager Joe Gould), and Renee Zellweger (as his wife). Some have criticised it for being overly sentimental, but I didn't mind because I am a big softy :hehe:
My wife doesn't like violence in movies, but because of the whole story, she really liked this film.
I am surprised the movie flopped in America :confused:
Jaglover said:
You may be right
I forgot to mention the worst part of my trip to the cinema, my wife saw a trailer for the Pride & Prejudice, and now we are going to go and see it.
Maybe they have spiced it up and stuck a few big battle scenes in, but I somehow I doubt it
Just focus on all the heaving bossoms
Jaglover said:
You may be right
I forgot to mention the worst part of my trip to the cinema, my wife saw a trailer for the Pride & Prejudice, and now we are going to go and see it
Maybe they have spiced it up and stuck a few big battle scenes in, but I somehow I doubt it
Worse they have even removed some of the raunchiness, so no eye candy to keep you distracted...
Cinderella Man is indeed a fantastic movie, maybe a little slow in plot progression but the involvement is pretty much extraordinary in this day and age. Most of the people in the cinema were really routing for Braddock at the end of the film to an extent where it was a "can't watch but must" towards the end. The best thing about the showing was the lack of children, so apart from the group of excitable women, the whole place was quiet, nicely spaced out and just enjoying the movie.
The only bit in the film I really didn't like was the scenes with Renee Zellwegger where she pretended to be a groupie, that really, really grated (then again I'm not a fan on RZ for some reason).
The only bit in the film I really didn't like was the scenes with Renee Zellwegger where she pretended to be a groupie, that really, really grated (then again I'm not a fan on RZ for some reason).
Jaglover said:
You may be right
I forgot to mention the worst part of my trip to the cinema, my wife saw a trailer for the Pride & Prejudice, and now we are going to go and see it
Maybe they have spiced it up and stuck a few big battle scenes in, but I somehow I doubt it
Don't worry, if you have read the original book - and I believe this version is quite faithful to Jane Austen's original -, there are a number multi-girl mud fights, a couple of car chase scenes worth mentioning (between the Stig and Mr. Darcy), and the denouement is a combination of Gladiator and Lord of the Rings but with frocks
...
Or did I read the wrong book?
Jaglover said:Ditto. The cars looked right, the sets looked dirty and "old", the clothes of everyone was seemingly typical...
for anyone that has seen Cinderella Man.
did it look convincingly like period New York?
I will explain after a few replies.
Especially interested in any scenes with snow or taxi's.
There will be mistakes of course (I'm betting the shot of the sky-scrapers has buildings that weren't there originally), but overall I was convinced.
Reason I was asking about how convincing it was as 1930's New York is because it was shot in Toronto whilst I was there last summer.
It was very strange seeing Madison Sq Gardens, yellow NY taxis and snow covered streets.
An entire district was converted down a main tram route to a downtrodden NY street complete with broken windows etc.
Best bit was all the real shops and bars were operating as usual behind the prop facings.
It was convincing enough being there, never mind when all the cinema stuff is odne.
apparently Russel Crowe got thrown out a few places for being rude to staff cos they won't put up with it there like they do in LA.
It was very strange seeing Madison Sq Gardens, yellow NY taxis and snow covered streets.
An entire district was converted down a main tram route to a downtrodden NY street complete with broken windows etc.
Best bit was all the real shops and bars were operating as usual behind the prop facings.
It was convincing enough being there, never mind when all the cinema stuff is odne.
apparently Russel Crowe got thrown out a few places for being rude to staff cos they won't put up with it there like they do in LA.
OK, watched it this morning, great film, not too shmaltzy (like some other Ron Howard films), just a great, back to basics well acted, well shot, well paced movie, made a refreshing change from all the SFX laden films of late!
Highly recommended!
>> Edited by chris watton on Sunday 11th September 22:21
Highly recommended!
>> Edited by chris watton on Sunday 11th September 22:21
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