http://BrandonFibbs.com/2010/01/07/crazy-heart/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:05:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://BrandonFibbs.com/2010/01/07/crazy-heart/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 rick finholt Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:01:31 +0000 http://BrandonFibbs.com/?p=1918#comment-2910 Brandon: I really think this movie is better than you suggest. It has some truly funny lines and situations and a moving story arc of middle-age decline/struggle/redemption that manages to avoid most of the expected stereotypes of this kind of story, and, Bridges is, as usual, underplaying it brilliantly. By contrast, I thought "The Wrestler's" dialogue was insipid ("I just don't want you to hate me," cue the one tear) and its story lacking in credibility. What one critic said of another of last year's sleeper hits was equally true of "The Wrestler": "If you couldn't predict every plot twist, you just weren't paying attention." Let's see: the roar of the crowd over sleeping with Marisi Tomei? Bad Blake wouldn't even need a coin to decide that one. Brandon: I really think this movie is better than you suggest. It has some truly funny lines and situations and a moving story arc of middle-age decline/struggle/redemption that manages to avoid most of the expected stereotypes of this kind of story, and, Bridges is, as usual, underplaying it brilliantly. By contrast, I thought “The Wrestler’s” dialogue was insipid (“I just don’t want you to hate me,” cue the one tear) and its story lacking in credibility. What one critic said of another of last year’s sleeper hits was equally true of “The Wrestler”: “If you couldn’t predict every plot twist, you just weren’t paying attention.” Let’s see: the roar of the crowd over sleeping with Marisi Tomei? Bad Blake wouldn’t even need a coin to decide that one.

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