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    Posted: Apr. 4, 2011 - 6:27 PM ET #1

    I finally got around to seeing it. Good movie with some great acting. Christian Bale solidified himself as one of the best actors in hollywood with that performance. Simply amazing. A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    It was also very funny. The scene where Dickey (Bale) is in the crackhouse and his family comes to pick him up was hilarious.  When he jumped out the window, tried to hop the fence, started swinging punches, laid out his stepdad, and then Dickey and his mom calmly walk to the limo while Micky yells to his mother something about coming to pick her husband off the ground had me laughing so hard I was crying.

    Also the “MTV girl” scenes were hilarious as well.

     

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    I finally got around to seeing it. Good movie with some great acting. Christian Bale solidified himself as one of the best actors in hollywood with that performance. Simply amazing. A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    It was also very funny. The scene where Dickey (Bale) is in the crackhouse and his family comes to pick him up was hilarious.  When he jumped out the window, tried to hop the fence, started swinging punches, laid out his stepdad, and then Dickey and his mom calmly walk to the limo while Micky yells to his mother something about coming to pick her husband off the ground had me laughing so hard I was crying.

    Also the “MTV girl” scenes were hilarious as well.

     

     
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    Posted: Apr. 7, 2011 - 8:32 PM ET #2

    that was a hilarious scene! 

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    that was a hilarious scene! 

     
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    Posted: Apr. 8, 2011 - 3:19 PM ET #3

    overrated
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    overrated
     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 9:22 AM ET #4

    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:

    overrated

    The plot: maybe

    The acting: no fucking way

     

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    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:

    overrated

    The plot: maybe

    The acting: no fucking way

     

     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 1:24 PM ET #5

    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:

    overrated

    YOU'RE overrated.  

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    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:

    overrated

    YOU'RE overrated.  

     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 6:33 PM ET #6

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    The plot: maybe

    The acting: no fucking way

     


    Bale was good. Rest were mediocre.
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    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    The plot: maybe

    The acting: no fucking way

     


    Bale was good. Rest were mediocre.
     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 10:23 PM ET #7

    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:


    Bale was good. Rest were mediocre.

    Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar and Melissa Leo won an Oscar.

    Two actors won Oscars for their roles in the film and a third was nominated, but yeah the acting was “mediocre.”

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    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:


    Bale was good. Rest were mediocre.

    Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar and Melissa Leo won an Oscar.

    Two actors won Oscars for their roles in the film and a third was nominated, but yeah the acting was “mediocre.”

     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 10:46 PM ET #8

    Bale's been my personal fav for a long time.
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    Bale's been my personal fav for a long time.
     
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    Posted: Apr. 9, 2011 - 11:10 PM ET #9

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar and Melissa Leo won an Oscar.

    Two actors won Oscars for their roles in the film and a third was nominated, but yeah the acting was “mediocre.”



    From the same guy who said this:

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    I


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    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    Amy Adams was nominated for an Oscar and Melissa Leo won an Oscar.

    Two actors won Oscars for their roles in the film and a third was nominated, but yeah the acting was “mediocre.”



    From the same guy who said this:

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    I


     
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    Posted: Apr. 10, 2011 - 1:10 AM ET #10

    Yeah, sometimes they make picks I don’t agree with for best movie, best lead actor, etc.

    But when three actors from the same movie get nominated for an Oscar and two of them win it, you can be damn sure the acting in the movie wasn’t “mediocre.”

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    Yeah, sometimes they make picks I don’t agree with for best movie, best lead actor, etc.

    But when three actors from the same movie get nominated for an Oscar and two of them win it, you can be damn sure the acting in the movie wasn’t “mediocre.”

     
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    Posted: Apr. 10, 2011 - 4:23 AM ET #11

    The movie was overrated.  It was a good movie but based on all that I read I was expecting a great movie and it just did not meet expectations.
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    The movie was overrated.  It was a good movie but based on all that I read I was expecting a great movie and it just did not meet expectations.
     
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    Posted: Apr. 11, 2011 - 6:31 PM ET #12

    movie is OK....that's it

    just don't go expecting a great fight movie and you're fine

    Bale is great.....Marky Mark (I was expecting a MUCH better performance).....not so much
    It is better to be feared - than to be loved.
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    movie is OK....that's it

    just don't go expecting a great fight movie and you're fine

    Bale is great.....Marky Mark (I was expecting a MUCH better performance).....not so much
     
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    Posted: Apr. 12, 2011 - 1:44 PM ET #13

    Marky Mark is always average. Only thing he was good in was basketball diaries only because he didnt mumble every word underneath his breath. Hate that shit.
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    Marky Mark is always average. Only thing he was good in was basketball diaries only because he didnt mumble every word underneath his breath. Hate that shit.
     
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    Posted: Apr. 13, 2011 - 1:39 PM ET #14

    Raging Bull best boxing movie of all time hands

    Cinderella man second

    Rocky 3rd

    Million Dollar Baby 4th and

    the Fighter 5th best

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    Raging Bull best boxing movie of all time hands

    Cinderella man second

    Rocky 3rd

    Million Dollar Baby 4th and

    the Fighter 5th best

     
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    Posted: Apr. 14, 2011 - 1:24 AM ET #15

    Quote Originally Posted by D_Unit:

    Marky Mark is always average. Only thing he was good in was basketball diaries only because he didnt mumble every word underneath his breath. Hate that shit.

    I thought he was good in The Departed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by D_Unit:

    Marky Mark is always average. Only thing he was good in was basketball diaries only because he didnt mumble every word underneath his breath. Hate that shit.

    I thought he was good in The Departed.

     
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    Posted: Apr. 14, 2011 - 11:29 AM ET #16

    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:



    From the same guy who said this:

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    I



    i have a question for you..why would you put ur own pic in ur avatar?
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    Quote Originally Posted by marnypoly:



    From the same guy who said this:

    Quote Originally Posted by StraightShooter:

    A lot of times I wonder what the hell people at the academy are smoking when they make their picks, but this one was a no-brainer.

    I



    i have a question for you..why would you put ur own pic in ur avatar?
     
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    Posted: Apr. 26, 2011 - 12:28 AM ET #17

    that movie sucked...i got 80% thru it and couldnt take it anymore...and who is that nasty pasty ho..she was making me sick...
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    that movie sucked...i got 80% thru it and couldnt take it anymore...and who is that nasty pasty ho..she was making me sick...
     
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    Posted: Apr. 26, 2011 - 12:34 AM ET #18

    Agree that it was overrated. Bale was awesome.  Everytime I watch Wahlberg, he's always just meh.

    And Melissa Leo winning the Oscar was a joke.  That character has been played in dozens of movies/TV shows.  She brought nothing new to the table.

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    Agree that it was overrated. Bale was awesome.  Everytime I watch Wahlberg, he's always just meh.

    And Melissa Leo winning the Oscar was a joke.  That character has been played in dozens of movies/TV shows.  She brought nothing new to the table.

     
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    Posted: May. 3, 2011 - 11:53 PM ET #19

    Raging Bull was overrated, 
    The Fighter, 
    Probably the 4th best boxing movie ever. 

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    Raging Bull was overrated, 
    The Fighter, 
    Probably the 4th best boxing movie ever. 

     
     
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    Posted: May. 5, 2011 - 7:36 AM ET #20

    Quote Originally Posted by misfit_aka:

    that movie sucked...i got 80% thru it and couldnt take it anymore...and who is that nasty pasty ho..she was making me sick...

    THIS WOMAN made you sick?

    Oh look, it's you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misfit_aka:

    that movie sucked...i got 80% thru it and couldnt take it anymore...and who is that nasty pasty ho..she was making me sick...

    THIS WOMAN made you sick?

    Oh look, it's you.

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