just in time to not beat the oscar nominations, we went to see the fighter today. nominated for best picture...really? it has moments of wannabe scorsese, and the christian bale character, dickie, is a cartoon character at best, but i'll give it this: mark wahlberg is finally watchable again, and i love amy adams, always and forever.
but it's melissa leo, as his mom, who steals the show.
there are some moments of bad artistic decisions (family of down syndrome sisters, cold turkey hallucinations), dumb story distractions (a broken hand that doesn't really delay the boxer's career), but for the most part, it's really watchable from start to finish, and the end (um, spoiler?) is genuinely thrilling. and this from one who doesn't much care for sports movies.
a recommendation. but not a nomination.
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