The Wrestler

Having accidentally borrowed¹ colonel_maxim’s copy of The Wrestler some months ago, we watched it last night at long last.

It’s a good movie, though more of a docu-drama than anything else. For some reason, we thought it was going to be a take on life in something like the ‘big leagues’ of WWE or some such, the so-called ‘sports entertainment’ that increasingly fills Sky’s spare broadcasting capacity.

Well, we were wrong. Micky Rourke plays an aging wrestler who is about 20 years past his best as a wrestling pro, but who knows no other life. He has no real friends, little money, no prospects and is estranged from his daughter. The man is pretty much a complete loser. Despite that, it’s hard not to like the character because of his general optimism, even for small out comes and that carries the film.

It’s well-worth a watch, but it’s not a barrel of laughs. The final scene will leave you wondering…


¹By which I mean it got left behind at The Carapthia after one of his flying visits from foreign parts.

The Wrestler

Having accidentally borrowed¹ colonel_maxim’s copy of The Wrestler some months ago, we watched it last night at long last.

It’s a good movie, though more of a docu-drama than anything else. For some reason, we thought it was going to be a take on life in something like the ‘big leagues’ of WWE or some such, the so-called ‘sports entertainment’ that increasingly fills Sky’s spare broadcasting capacity.

Well, we were wrong. Micky Rourke plays an aging wrestler who is about 20 years past his best as a wrestling pro, but who knows no other life. He has no real friends, little money, no prospects and is estranged from his daughter. The man is pretty much a complete loser. Despite that, it’s hard not to like the character because of his general optimism, even for small out comes and that carries the film.

It’s well-worth a watch, but it’s not a barrel of laughs. The final scene will leave you wondering…


¹By which I mean it got left behind at The Carapthia after one of his flying visits from foreign parts.

It's quiet; too quiet

Live Journal is not so much quiet as entirely dead this morning.

Has everyone been invited to a party that I know nothing of, or have you all turned into little gooey puddles in front of your keyboards because of the heat?

It's quiet; too quiet

Live Journal is not so much quiet as entirely dead this morning.

Has everyone been invited to a party that I know nothing of, or have you all turned into little gooey puddles in front of your keyboards because of the heat?

mmm.. groovy

I have just read through a draft paper that includes the phrase Feed In Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive.

You know, I like their peculiar brand of lounge music and have all their CDs.

mmm.. groovy

I have just read through a draft paper that includes the phrase Feed In Tariffs and the Renewable Heat Incentive.

You know, I like their peculiar brand of lounge music and have all their CDs.