Re: The Wrestler
[quote=NewYorkLA;701736]Even though I am not a wrestling fan whatsoever... I really enjoyed this movie! Mickey Rourke had a truly amazing performance and I was so touched by the movie.
After seeing how great Rourke was in [I]The Wrestler[/I] I'm excited to see his other move, [I]Killshot[/I] which already comes out today! Have you heard of this one?
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It's a great Elmore Leonard book. Elmore Leonard is one of the better American crime writers out there, and I loved Rum Punch (which was turned into Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino). The beginning of the book starts at the Silver Dollar here in Toronto (which is just above The Comfort Zone for the Torontonians on this board), which was a nice hat tip to my hometown.
As for a movie - it was supposed to be released back in 2004 or 2005 I think, but kept getting shelved over and over again, got numerous re-edits, and had a lot of trouble getting properly cast. Joseph Gordon Levitt's role was originally supposed to be played by Justin Timberlake (!), and Johnny Knoxville's role as a parole officer (I think) got nearly completely cut out of the movie.
I've seen a rough cut of it a few years back, and saw it around the same time that A History of Violence got released into theatres. It got shelved at that time because they were worried that it was going to get compared with History and probably savaged because it was far inferior.
So yeah, wait for video on this one, I say. What I saw a few years ago was kinda boring and having read the book didn't help my opinion of it one bit. The girl I was going out with at that time didn't care for it much either. They're probably putting this out because of Rourke's sudden comeback with Sin City and The Wrestler, hoping to cash in on his newfound success.