http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=1207&item=0
Looks pretty good! Rourke kind of has that Kevin Nash thing going on and it looks like it takes the subject more seriously than the cheesy predecessors do. I still think there's more potential in a Sopranos-style backstage politics thing with the McMahons (or composites thereof) but that's apparently coming to HBO next year too. Now whether this movie ever plays in Saskatoon is another thing entirely.
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That scene where Rourke has that hearing aid on gave me chills because I have met a few 80s wrasslers sporting the same thing recently and it is always a bit of a bummer… Rourke’s leatherfaced profile and warn down-roided orange body is perfect for this role and Marissa Tomei still looks damn sexy for a 40+ broad. Cage would have been a disaster.
Sopranos style, but set in the 80s would be fabulous. They could use composite characters made up of the McMahons, Grahams, and Von Erichs.
Going to see this on December 11th as part of a movie club I belong to. Darren Arnofsky can do no wrong in my eyes, and after hearing the raves after the initial screenings in Toronto, the Oscar buzz being generated, and now seeing this trailer, I’m probably more excited about this movie than I was about The Dark Knight.
This, The Watchmen, and Coraline are my “can’t miss” movies for the next few months. Everything else actually looks pretty passable to me.
I caught a preview screening and it’s a pretty solid film in full form, too. There’s some minor quibbles toward the wrestling aspect, but no real complaints. But I can’t ever look at Necro Butcher the same way again, let’s just say that.
Didn’t Russo have a similar idea back in 99 for a behind the scenes “Soprano” style show featuring wrestling—Rope Opera? (Horrible name…) He was pitching it and had some offers (so he says) but McMahon got involved and wanted to buy it and take it over. I’m sure it wouldn’t have been great, but you never know. 30 Rock is basically a show about the backstage antics of a sitcom. Larry Sanders beat them all to the punch.
God I miss The Larry Sanders Show. “Hey now!”