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Cinderella Man (2005)
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"Cinderella Man represents the last of the movies lent to me by my friend, who has since left town again, so I'll probably have to mail back her movies, but I digress. I put off watching this movie for several reasons. First: Russell Crowe. I think he's a good actor, but for some reason, his presence in a movie sometimes turns me off. I don't know what it is about him, but he's not my favorite, though I did like him in LA Confidential and A Beautiful Mind. It's a quality I just can't put my finger on.Second: this movie is about boxing. Of all the sports in the world, I like boxing the least. Well, maybe I like it slightly better than professional wrestling. I just don't understand why we need organized fighting, and the only reason I know anything about boxing at all is because I used to play Mike Tyson's Punch Out, or whatever that game was called, on Nintendo when I was a kid. Remember that game? Great graphics, right?Despite these qualms ... "
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"While I'm not much of a sports fan, I do enjoy watching sports movies. There's just something about watching an underdog beat the odds and take the necessary risks on the road to success that just makes me feel good. I know I'm not alone in this. Otherwise, there wouldn't be much of a market for movies like "Cinderella Man," "Seabiscuit" or "The Natural."That's what filmmakers tried to do with "The Rocket," a movie about the career of legendary hockey player Maurice Richard and the racism against French Canadians both in sports and in regular society, during the forties and fifties. Technically, "The Rocket" is a pretty good piece of work, with great music, lovely, rich cinematography and a good story. But due to some seriously weak writing, the movie never really takes off.What "The Rocket" mainly suffers from is relying on telling more than showing. "
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"This movie came out against some heavy hitters when it opened in theaters, which is why I think it failed to make the box office numbers it deserved. I'm not a boxing fan and wouldn't ordinarily see a movie about boxing, other than since Gladiator, I've been a devout Russell Crowe fan. I was surprised. Cinderella Man is more than just a movie about boxing. Knowing this was based on a true story made the resiliency of Jim Braddock's spirit even more extraordinary. Ron Howard brings us into the ring with Jim in some nifty ways and part of what really impressed me was how difficult it must have been to have heart and hold onto the strength of character it must take to endure and win in the ring.The performances by everyone in the cast was fantastic, including the child actors. My faith in Russell Crowe's ability to bring a character to life is unshaken. His portrayal of Jim Braddock obscured Russell Crowe the man to become Jim: the father, the boxer, the ins ... "
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"I avoided renting Cinderella Man (2005) because I thought, “Who needs another boxing movie?” But then the 55-year old guy in the video store—whose opinion I trust—said it was one of the best movies he’d seen recently, if you can stand boxing. This is the story of a good man, James J. Braddock, who had a shot at the light heavy weight championship, went into decline during the Depression, and made a “cinderella” comeback. There’s only two good reasons I can think of to make yet another boxing movie: 1) you can do it better than Rocky, Raging Bull, or Million Dollar Baby, or 2) you have something new to say along with the familiar story line. I’d say this movie is roughly as good as the other boxing movies. Russell Crowe is so fine as Jim Braddock that "
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"After enjoying 'The Departed' a couple months ago, I've been revisiting a lot of old favorite Scorcese films. I hadn't seen 'Raging Bull' in probably 10 or more years, and it has only gotten better with age. This is probably one of three of his films he should have won the oscar for ('Taxi Driver' and 'Goodfellas' are the other two), instead of Hollywood scrambling to give him one late in his career as a consolation prize for ignoring him so long. After the dreamlike credits and short intro backstage with LaMotta's lounge act, the movie jumps right out of the corner at you, both fists a swinging, and the opening sequence is a perfect blend of top notch editing, cinematography and timing as the violence in the ring seems to infect and spread throughout the audience until the capping scene with the entire arena broken out into a riot and the poor organist in the foreground trying vainly to calm people down. So much has been made of Robert ... "
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