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[Willco]

Beaten up has been beats the odds and injuries and triumphs during the depression as America roots for the underdog in a happy period piece. Substitute Spider-Man and horse for Russell Crowe.

 

[Matlock]

If it had Sarah Jessica Parker as a love interest, it'd have horses too!

 

[kIdMuScLe]

well they are using the guidelines as seabiscuit as they both happen during the depression era and both brought america back up as they both reproesnted the common people!

 

[Son of Godzilla]

This would be fifty times better if it had Spider-man boxing a horse instead of Russell Crowe. That guy hasn't been in a good movie since LA Confidential, where he was the worst actor in the cast.

 

[Ryck]

Ah man I thought it looked good.....besides isn't it based on a true story?

 

[galeninjapan]

Beaten up has been beats the odds and injuries and triumphs during the depression as America roots for the underdog in a happy period piece. Substitute Spider-Man and horse for Russell Crowe.

:lol I have been telling my friend the exact same thing for 4 months now! we have alot in common wilco.

 

[Willco]

I have been telling my friend the exact same thing for 4 months now! we have alot in common wilco.

Plus, I just watched Orgazmo on DVD days ago! WTFOMGBBQ!

 

[galeninjapan]

Plus, I just watched Orgazmo on DVD days ago! WTFOMGBBQ!

:lol Orgazmo is such an underated move.

 

[explodet]

Born in New Zealand in '64,
A hot-headed actor named Russell Crowe.
He loves to act, but he loves one thing more...
FIGHTIN' AROUND THE WORLD!

 

[FoneBone]

Born in New Zealand in '64,
A hot-headed actor named Russell Crowe.
He loves to act, but he loves one thing more...
FIGHTIN' AROUND THE WORLD!

That episode sucked.

Anyway -- let's see -- same writer and director as the astonishingly overrated A Beautiful Mind (and the same star, though I admit Crowe'll probably be good even if the movie is shit), plus every "underdog triumphs" cliche imaginable, plus Renee Zellweger (a woman whose appeal I will never understand -- she's fugly, IMO) = NO.

 

[lordmrw]

This would be fifty times better if it had Spider-man boxing a horse .

the mental image alone was hilarious.

 

[Dead]

Hey look! A Ron Howard movie! And it's written by Akiva Goldsman!


Yeah this one looks like it'll be a winner!

 

[Ford Prefect]

This is one of those movies so obviously tailored for Best Film it's pathetic :lol

Come to think of it, does Russell Crowe ever do any other type of movie?

 

[AeroGod]

I saw a sneak preview a couple weeks ago. Its a really really good film.

Im not really a fan of Russel Crowe or Zellweger or their movies, but Paul Giamatti is in it and he rocks.

Hey look! A Ron Howard movie! And it's written by Akiva Goldsman!

Ya know, i thought the same thing. Goldsman has done some real shit bombs but it seems like he is really turning it around. I, Robot was at least a decent summer action movie and CInderella man is a fantastic film. I now have some huge hopes for The Da Vinci code after seeing the Howard/Goldsman duo work together well. I wasnt a fan of Beautiful Mind, but Cinderella Man works on many levels, its my favorite film of the year so far.

 

[StoOgE]

Honestly, I hope this movie does a better job of showing the "common man" rooting for the underdog.. because that is where seabiscuts real story was.. and they managed to instead make the story pretty much about a horse and the guy that rode it.. and while they showed them as underdogs well and good they just sorta superficially showed the parralells to American culture at the time.

 

[olimario]

I really do hope it's good. I'll be working tomorrow night during the sneak. I'll post impressions of what I see of it.

Galen- Did you get my txt message earlier?

 

[AeroGod]

As a side note, if you like boxing or boxing films you might enjoy this despite the sappy root for the underdog subplot. THe filming and choreography of the boxing scenes are some of the best ive ever seen in a movie.

 

[Brannon]

Yeah, hopefully the action will distract from the "YOU CAN DO IT JIMMY!!!" hamfest acting.

I mean it's Russell Crowe doing what he likes best; the action CAN'T go wrong.

 

[Shinobi]

If it had Sarah Jessica Parker as a love interest, it'd have horses too!

:lol :lol :lol

This is one of those movies so obviously tailored for Best Film it's pathetic :lol

Indeed...the overdone commercials with the grandiose orchestrations make me want to throw up.

 

[Flynn]

My friend called it Million Dollar Seabiscuit

 

[Ash Housewares]

:lol Orgazmo is such an underated move.

Orgazmo kicks Schindler's List's ass

Seven Samurai? Godfather? Shawshank Redemption?

those movies need some DVDA if they even want a chance against Orgazmo

anyways... the topic

we're forgetting that Cinderella Man also has a horrible horrible title