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realtall · 01-25-2006, 05:22 AM

We rented and watched it this past weekend.

That show is just fantastic! The boxing scenes were riveting. Extremely well done. Its not just about boxing though, as it has a good family message and the whole thing is permeated by the circumstances of the Great Depression.

I highly recommend this movie.

Jeff Lebowski · 01-25-2006, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by realtall

We rented and watched it this past weekend.

That show is just fantastic! The boxing scenes were riveting. Extremely well done. Its not just about boxing though, as it has a good family message and the whole thing is permeated by the circumstances of the Great Depression.

I highly recommend this movie.

Saw it on an airplane flight from Australia. I loved it.

RockyBalboa · 01-25-2006, 03:53 PM

A fantastic movie.

The scene where he had to go into the office of the promoters and agents to ask for money to pay his heating bill was absolutely gut-wrenching.

The_Tick · 01-25-2006, 04:04 PM

I think it is Academy worthy.

While I hate Crowe, he did fantastic.

Paul Giamatti, who playes the corner man, should win for Best Supporting Actor (On a side note, did you know that his father is former baseball commisioner A. Bartlett Giamatti? Cool eh?)

The gal did well also. I am forgetting her name at the time.

One of my favorite Christmas Presents.....

Also...

Max Baer had a son.... Max Baer Jr....

Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies to us...

non sequitur · 01-25-2006, 04:30 PM

One of the big criticisms about the movie is the way in which Max Baer was portrayed. In real life, Max Baer was devastated when one of his opponents -- Frankie Campbell -- died as a result of injuries sustained in a fight. He stopped fighting for a while and when he came back he had lost a lot of his edge. He also donated the purses of several of his succeeding fights to Campbell's family and ultimately put Campbell's children through college. Max Baer wasn't quite the monster that the movie portrayed.

Archaea · 01-25-2006, 08:39 PM

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One of the big criticisms about the movie is the way in which Max Baer was portrayed. In real life, Max Baer was devastated when one of his opponents -- Frankie Campbell -- died as a result of injuries sustained in a fight. He stopped fighting for a while and when he came back he had lost a lot of his edge. He also donated the purses of several of his succeeding fights to Campbell's family and ultimately put Campbell's children through college. Max Baer wasn't quite the monster that the movie portrayed.

Interesting.

A did-not-know.

Otherwise, it was a great movie. I was very touched when he both took assistance money, but more touched when he paid it back. That is something you would never see today, unless there were grandstanding and much ado. Didn't Whoopee Goldberg have to go on assistance?

il Padrino Ute · 01-26-2006, 03:32 AM

No, I haven't seen it. Should I?

SteelBlue · 01-26-2006, 03:40 AM

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While I hate Crowe, he did fantastic.

I don't know if Crowe has ever made a bad movie. Love him or hate him, he's a great actor.

SoCalCoug · 01-26-2006, 04:30 AM

I heard an interview with Max Baer Jr. on the radio, talking about the movie. He said he thought his father got a bad rap by the movie.

By the way, Max Baer Jr. is rude and crass.

Jeff Lebowski · 01-26-2006, 04:37 AM

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Originally Posted by The_Tick

While I hate Crowe, he did fantastic.

I don't know if Crowe has ever made a bad movie. Love him or hate him, he's a great actor.

Amen to that.

01-25-2006, 05:22 AM	#1
realtall Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Krum, TX Posts: 891	Has anyone seen Cinderella man? We rented and watched it this past weekend. That show is just fantastic! The boxing scenes were riveting. Extremely well done. Its not just about boxing though, as it has a good family message and the whole thing is permeated by the circumstances of the Great Depression. I highly recommend this movie. __________________ http://realtall.blogspot.com/

01-25-2006, 04:04 PM	#4
The_Tick Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 626	I think it is Academy worthy. While I hate Crowe, he did fantastic. Paul Giamatti, who playes the corner man, should win for Best Supporting Actor (On a side note, did you know that his father is former baseball commisioner A. Bartlett Giamatti? Cool eh?) The gal did well also. I am forgetting her name at the time. One of my favorite Christmas Presents..... Also... Max Baer had a son.... Max Baer Jr.... Jethro from the Beverly Hillbillies to us... __________________ Spooooooon

01-25-2006, 04:30 PM	#5
non sequitur Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,964	One of the big criticisms about the movie is the way in which Max Baer was portrayed. In real life, Max Baer was devastated when one of his opponents -- Frankie Campbell -- died as a result of injuries sustained in a fight. He stopped fighting for a while and when he came back he had lost a lot of his edge. He also donated the purses of several of his succeeding fights to Campbell's family and ultimately put Campbell's children through college. Max Baer wasn't quite the monster that the movie portrayed. __________________ ...You've been under attack for days, there's a soldier down, he's wounded, gangrene's setting in, 'Who's used all the penicillin?' 'Oh, Mark Paxson sir, he's got knob rot off of some tart.'" - Gareth Keenan

01-26-2006, 03:32 AM	#7
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	No, I haven't seen it. Should I? __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

01-26-2006, 04:30 AM	#9
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	I heard an interview with Max Baer Jr. on the radio, talking about the movie. He said he thought his father got a bad rap by the movie. By the way, Max Baer Jr. is rude and crass. __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

01-25-2006, 03:53 PM	#3
RockyBalboa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 7,297	A fantastic movie. The scene where he had to go into the office of the promoters and agents to ask for money to pay his heating bill was absolutely gut-wrenching.