The Wrestler (2008)

Boscar Obarra · January 01, 2009, 05:11:26 PM

Film with Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei (don\'t miss it, for her \'scenes\' alone).

Pretty good flick, but I\'m still waiting for something like that about a Jockey. Will we ever see such a thing?

elkurzhal · January 02, 2009, 05:52:18 AM

www.jockthemovie.com

Boscar Obarra · January 02, 2009, 01:38:22 PM

Not exactly what I had in mind but interesting nonetheless.

jma11473 · January 04, 2009, 02:20:34 PM

There\'s a Jockey series coming on Animal Planet soon, I\'m sure it will be nothing but good for sport, ha ha.........

richiebee · January 04, 2009, 07:33:03 PM

The best film of 2008 which did not feature Marisa Tomei nearly naked may be
\"Man on Wire\", a documentary chronicling Frenchman Philippe Petit\'s tightrope
walk between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974.

As Silver Charm says, \"WOW!\"

TGJB · January 05, 2009, 10:19:18 AM

Richie-- If they are showing art house films on Staten Island, the place sure has changed.

richiebee · January 05, 2009, 07:05:44 PM

JB--

Actually I saw both \"The Wrestler\" and \"Man on Wire\" at Sunshine Landmark on
Houston Street, right next to the famous Yonah Schimmel\'s Knishes, which will
probably survive the Recession and celebrate 100 years in the same location
next year. The red cabbage knishes are \"the Bomb\".

Your point about Staten Island is quite accurate. \"Brokeback Mountain\" never
made it to the big screens on Staten Island. While Staten Island has become
slightly more diverse, most young SI kids think \"The Godfather\" and \"Goodfellas\"
are documentaries.

I\'m slightly partial to documentaries and NYC themed films, but \"Man on Wire\",
which is available on DVD (and probably Netflix) is an exceptional piece of
filmmaking and, unless I have missed something, 3/5 to get an Oscar for
Best Documentary if it meets all of \"Oscar\'s\" arcane eligibility requirements.

miff · January 06, 2009, 06:50:59 AM

\"While Staten Island has become slightly more diverse, most young S.I. kids think \"The Godfather\" and \"Goodfellas\" are documentaries\"

Bee,
....they\'re not? The wannabees will be upset!

Mike

marcus · January 06, 2009, 06:43:15 PM

Used to be start them off with the Valachi Papers and work from there . . . For various reasons imo , now is not the right time for a racing movie ...

NoCarolinaTony · January 08, 2009, 08:18:05 PM

RIchie

Whadya mean they aint documentaries? I have an uncle Vinne who can tell you the true analogy of each incident. In fact when I was in Little League, Joey Puzo (son of MArio) was on our team in Brightwaters LI. We have some insight on most of that movie. What was really interesting is that Old Man MArio was so afraid to be in public he built both an underground swimming pool and tennis courts in his Brightwaters home.

Anyway, Go Mo Cushle!

NC Tony

TGJB · January 09, 2009, 10:27:43 AM

Tony-- what the hell is a true analogy?

HP · January 09, 2009, 10:38:59 AM

I can\'t resist a straight line like that...

False analogy
\"Jerry, you look like a movie star.\"

True analogy
\"Jerry, you look like a man who has seen better days.\"

Let me know if you have any more questions!

HP

TGJB · January 09, 2009, 10:43:07 AM

I got your analogy right here.

NoCarolinaTony · January 15, 2009, 08:43:14 AM

Been away from the board for a few days...HP did a nice Job explaining what a true analogy is, so I will leave it at that, although I might add this was more along the lines of George Costanza....\"it\'s not a lie \"IF YOU BELIEVE IT\"

NC Tony