This didn’t quite grab or blow me away. There’s this period in Aronofsky’s career where he didn’t seem to try as hard as a director; both this and Black Swan are lacking in style and feel like they could’ve been directed by just about anyone. Mickey Rourke’s good, but it isn’t a mindblowing performance or anything. I feel like it’s being overinflated for the reason that people didn’t expect he was capable of delivering a performance on this level. Even the music’s very understated and bland, which is odd because most of his movies have a great score. What saves the movie are its well executed drama and solid climax, I like how it pulls back the curtain on wrestling without pulling any punches (no pun intended), even if some it moves in directions you can clearly see coming. I just don’t see how it’s considered to be one of his best, to me it’s easily Aronofsky at his most uninspired and by the numbers.
Shout by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2022-10-18T21:14:57Z
This didn’t quite grab or blow me away.
There’s this period in Aronofsky’s career where he didn’t seem to try as hard as a director; both this and Black Swan are lacking in style and feel like they could’ve been directed by just about anyone.
Mickey Rourke’s good, but it isn’t a mindblowing performance or anything. I feel like it’s being overinflated for the reason that people didn’t expect he was capable of delivering a performance on this level.
Even the music’s very understated and bland, which is odd because most of his movies have a great score.
What saves the movie are its well executed drama and solid climax, I like how it pulls back the curtain on wrestling without pulling any punches (no pun intended), even if some it moves in directions you can clearly see coming.
I just don’t see how it’s considered to be one of his best, to me it’s easily Aronofsky at his most uninspired and by the numbers.
5.5/10